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IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

In research, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,313 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,300 of 9,585 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,161 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience (Cognitive Neuroscience is 7.6× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#2,568
of 22,385 · #2,457 all time
Rank in Italy
#76
of 475
Research works
1.9k
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.23×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%

What is IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,313 of 10,670 13.0%233 #2325
Social SciencesDomain #2,300 of 9,585 16.6%181 #2504
Computer ScienceField #1,161 of 4,417 12.1%107 #909
EngineeringField #2,535 of 5,901 14.9%84 #1806

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,325 #2,313
  2. Social Sciences#2,504 #2,300
  3. Computer Science#909 #1,161
  4. Engineering#1,806 #2,535
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (22%), Engineering (16%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 269 fractional works · 46.2% of its workComputer Science: 131 fractional works · 22.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 53 fractional works · 9.1% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSignal Processing: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoftware: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 91 fractional works · 15.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 32 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 209 fractional works · 35.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 29 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 53 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 46 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 51 fractional works · 8.7% of its workNeuroscience: 37 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIMT School forAdvanced Studies…582fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences36%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science13122.4%
    2. Engineering9115.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy183.0%
    4. Mathematics91.5%
    5. Materials Science81.4%
    6. Environmental Science81.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.7%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences6411.0%
    2. Psychology427.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting295.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities294.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance294.9%
    6. Decision Sciences172.8%
    1. Medicine467.9%
    2. Health Professions61.1%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience376.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology91.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 32.3 works7.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.87× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.89× its world share, 131 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 91 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.36× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.70× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.56× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.29× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.38× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.87×37 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.94×17 works
  3. Computer Science2.89×131 works
  4. Psychology2.38×42 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.29×28 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.70×29 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.56×29 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.36×18 works
  9. Mathematics1.27×9 works
  10. Engineering1.04×91 works
  11. Social Sciences0.87×64 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×4 works
  13. Veterinary0.42×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.41×6 works
  15. Medicine0.41×46 works
  16. Materials Science0.39×8 works
  17. Nursing0.29×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×9 works
  19. Environmental Science0.27×8 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×4 works
  23. Energy0.09×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.02×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca?

Ranked on the quality score, Guido Caldarelli, Alessandro Bessi and Alberto Bemporad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.

  1. 1 Guido Caldarelli Italy · #56,496 worldwide 23k citations · 448 works
  2. 2 Alessandro Bessi Italy · #125,484 worldwide 7k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Alberto Bemporad Italy · #135,076 worldwide 33k citations · 592 works
  4. 4 Michela Del Vicario Italy · #169,915 worldwide 5.7k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Tiziano Squartini Italy · #245,242 worldwide 2.7k citations · 161 works
  6. 6 Folco Panizza Italy · #289,748 worldwide 569 citations · 77 works
  7. 7 Fabio Pinelli Italy · #402,932 worldwide 3k citations · 89 works
  8. 8 Massimo Riccaboni Italy · #434,951 worldwide 7.3k citations · 310 works
  9. 9 Daniele Bernardini Italy · #479,375 worldwide 3.2k citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Michelangelo Puliga Italy · #485,168 worldwide 2.1k citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

What are the most cited papers from IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca?

The most cited paper from IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca is "2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization" (Authors Task Force Members et al., 2014), with 4,345 citations. Next come "The spreading of misinformation online" (2,444) and "The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography" (1,461).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization Authors Task Force Members et al. · European Heart Journal Open access120 authors 30 Aug 2014 4,345
2 The spreading of misinformation online Michela Del Vicario, Alessandro Bessi, Fabiana Zollo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 4 Jan 2016 2,444
3 The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography Klaus Hermann Maier-Hein et al. · Nature Communications Open access Nov 2017 1,461
4 OSQP: an operator splitting solver for quadratic programs Bartolomeo Stellato, Goran Banjac, Paul J. Goulart et al. · Mathematical Programming Computation Open access 20 Feb 2020 1,229
5 Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams Rotem Botvinik‐Nezer et al. · Nature Open access197 authors 20 May 2020 1,226
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Nonlinear Systems, Neural Networks, Distributed Control, IoT Security, Stability Analysis and Robust Control.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning57▲ 2.9×56 topics
  2. Deep Learning49▲ 2.4×52 topics
  3. Neural Networks23▲ 2.6×27 topics
  4. Social Media18▲ 2.2×14 topics
  5. Security16▲ 4.2×16 topics
  6. Innovation16▲ 2.6×19 topics
  7. Nonlinear Systems15▲ 12×6 topics
  8. Social Capital14▲ 4.6×11 topics
  9. Distributed Control13▲ 21×3 topics
  10. IoT Security13▲ 7.2×3 topics
  11. Optimization13▲ 4.9×6 topics
  12. Stability Analysis12▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Robust Control12▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Model Predictive Control12▲ 8.0×4 topics
  15. Constraint Handling12▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Real-time Optimization11▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Industrial Applications11▲ 21×1 topic
  18. Nonlinear MPC11▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Cybersecurity11▲ 7.3×3 topics
  20. Detection11▲ 6.5×3 topics
  21. Polarization10▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Anomaly Detection10▲ 6.1×3 topics
  23. Trust9▲ 5.8×9 topics
  24. Game Theory9▲ 9.4×3 topics
  25. Security Analysis9▲ 9.3×4 topics
  26. Behavioral Analysis9▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Social Networks9▲ 5.6×7 topics
  28. Network Dynamics9▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Social Cognition9▲ 8.2×6 topics
  30. Agent-Based Modeling8▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Neural Mechanisms8▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Social Influence8▲ 6.7×2 topics
  33. State Estimation7▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Neuronal Oscillations7▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Circadian Rhythms7▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Distributed Systems7▲ 7.0×5 topics
  37. Model Selection7▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Parameter Estimation7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  39. Convex Optimization7▲ 14×5 topics
  40. Dynamic Analysis6▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Misinformation and Its Impacts and Fault Detection and Control Systems.

  1. 1 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 11 works
  2. 2 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 6 works
  3. 3 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  4. 4 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Control Systems and Identification Control and Systems Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 5 works
  7. 7 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 5 works
  8. 8 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  9. 9 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works
  10. 10 Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.0%domestic only67.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca0.0030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca16.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.1% in 2017.

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