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Institute for Scientific Interchange

In research, Institute for Scientific Interchange stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,681 of 17,446 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#1,318 of 2,917 worldwide) and Computer Science (#3,194 of 6,336 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,997
of 22,385 · #6,880 all time
Rank in Italy
#225
of 475
Research works
725
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
65k
89.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
Institute for Scientific Interchange

What is Institute for Scientific Interchange known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #6,681 of 17,446 25.3%440
Physics and AstronomyField #1,318 of 2,917 29.2%189
Computer ScienceField #3,194 of 6,336 24.1%135

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Scientific Interchange 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 fields of science does Institute for Scientific Interchange work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Institute for Scientific Interchange is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Computer Science (19%), Medicine (19%).

Physical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 40.1% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 19.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 9.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 9.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 30.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 20.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 19.8% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 18.6% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forScientific…117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences30%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science2219.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy109.0%
    3. Mathematics65.0%
    4. Engineering43.3%
    5. Environmental Science22.0%
    6. Materials Science11.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences2420.3%
    2. Psychology76.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    4. Decision Sciences21.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine2218.6%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.7%
    2. Neuroscience32.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.45× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.21× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.03× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics4.21×6 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy4.03×10 works
  3. Computer Science2.45×22 works
  4. Veterinary2.02×0 works
  5. Psychology2.00×7 works
  6. Social Sciences1.61×24 works
  7. Neuroscience1.51×3 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.43×2 works
  9. Medicine0.97×22 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×6 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.41×2 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.37×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.31×1 works
  18. Nursing0.30×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.29×1 works
  20. Engineering0.22×4 works
  21. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  23. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Scientific Interchange?

Ranked on the quality score, Giovanni Petri, Nicola Perra and Paolo Zanardi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Scientific Interchange.

  1. 1 Giovanni Petri Italy · #23,353 worldwide 5.1k citations · 155 works
  2. 2 Nicola Perra Italy · #33,346 worldwide 6.9k citations · 151 works
  3. 3 Paolo Zanardi Italy · #39,388 worldwide 16k citations · 222 works
  4. 4 Bruno Gonçalves Italy · #63,089 worldwide 11k citations · 119 works
  5. 5 Michele Starnini Italy · #64,036 worldwide 4.7k citations · 99 works
  6. 6 Ciro Cattuto Italy · #93,212 worldwide 14k citations · 247 works
  7. 7 Michele Tizzoni Italy · #126,152 worldwide 5.4k citations · 129 works
  8. 8 Gianmarco De Francisci Morales Italy · #133,511 worldwide 5.5k citations · 181 works
  9. 9 Francesco Bonchi Italy · #265,950 worldwide 13k citations · 360 works
  10. 10 Nicolò Gozzi Italy · #297,740 worldwide 907 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Scientific Interchange

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Scientific Interchange?

The most cited paper from Institute for Scientific Interchange is "Community detection in graphs" (Santo Fortunato, 2009), with 11,474 citations. Next come "Statistical physics of social dynamics" (4,225) and "The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak" (4,037).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Community detection in graphs Santo Fortunato · Physics Reports Open access 18 Nov 2009 11,474
2 Statistical physics of social dynamics Claudio Castellano, Santo Fortunato, Vittorio Loreto · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 11 May 2009 4,225
3 The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Matteo Chinazzi, Jessica T. Davis, Marco Ajelli et al. · Science Open access 6 Mar 2020 4,037
4 Epidemic processes in complex networks Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Claudio Castellano, Piet Van Mieghem et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 31 Aug 2015 3,842
5 The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Chia-Hung Yang, Bernardo Gutiérrez et al. · Science Open access 25 Mar 2020 3,137
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Scientific Interchange?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Network Dynamics, Social Influence, COVID-19, Polarization, Infectious Diseases, Network Analysis and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Social Media11▲ 6.8×15 topics
  2. Epidemiology10▲ 2.2×29 topics
  3. Network Dynamics9▲ 80×3 topics
  4. Social Influence9▲ 37×2 topics
  5. Deep Learning8▲ 2.1×27 topics
  6. COVID-198▲ 5.4×8 topics
  7. Machine Learning7▲ 1.85×31 topics
  8. Polarization6▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Infectious Diseases6▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Network Analysis6▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Community Structure5▲ 52×1 topic
  12. Scale-Free Networks5▲ 101×1 topic
  13. Modeling5▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Agent-Based Modeling5▲ 32×4 topics
  15. Public Health Interventions5▲ 60×1 topic
  16. transmission dynamics5▲ 63×1 topic
  17. Bounded Confidence4▲ 121×1 topic
  18. Opinion Dynamics4▲ 121×1 topic
  19. Travel Behavior4▲ 34×2 topics
  20. GPS Data3▲ 74×1 topic
  21. Human Mobility3▲ 74×1 topic
  22. Online Communication3▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Digital Divide3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  24. Representation Learning3▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Social Media Analysis2▲ 66×2 topics
  26. Deliberative Democracy2▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Digital Epidemiology2▲ 89×1 topic
  28. Disease Surveillance2▲ 89×1 topic
  29. Political Participation2▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Natural Language Processing2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-22▲ 6.6×6 topics
  32. Clustering Algorithms2▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Fake News2▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Misinformation2▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Graph Convolutional Networks2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Semi-Supervised Learning2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Transportation2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Graph Neural Networks2▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Knowledge Graph Embedding2▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Approximation Algorithms2▲ 20×4 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Scientific Interchange publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Complex Network Analysis Techniques, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis.

Complex Network Analysis Techniques: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 5 fractional worksOpinion Dynamics and Soc…4Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence: 4 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Locat…3Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 3 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 2 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 2 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…2Misinformation and Its Impacts: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Neural Networks: 2 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 2 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsModeling and SimulationTransportationEpidemiology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 5 works
  3. 3 Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works
  4. 4 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 3 works
  5. 5 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Social Media and Politics Communication 2 works
  7. 7 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Graph Neural Networks Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 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 available64.6%not open35.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.6%domestic only44.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Scientific Interchange's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Institute for Scientific Interchange as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Institute for Scientific Interchange0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Scientific Interchange 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 counting20%40%Institute for Scientific Interchange23.1% 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 34.3% in 2017.

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