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Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale

In research, Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,625 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,495 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,611
of 34,923
Rank in Italy
#529
of 743
Research works
310
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale

What is Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,625 of 14,833 5.9%213
Social SciencesField #6,495 of 9,330 4.7%125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale 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 Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale work in?

In all years, 69% of research at Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Health Professions (10%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 213 fractional works · 68.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 125 fractional works · 40.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 65 fractional works · 21.0% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 13.4% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workIndustrial relations: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 51 fractional works · 16.6% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 10.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKIstituto per laRicerca Sociale310fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences69%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12540.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities4213.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting216.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance154.8%
    5. Psychology82.6%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Health Professions3210.3%
    2. Medicine186.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Environmental Science113.5%
    2. Computer Science72.3%
    3. Engineering51.8%
    4. Chemistry20.6%
    5. Materials Science20.5%
    6. Mathematics20.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.1%
    3. Neuroscience30.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.9%
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: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.70× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics6.10×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.70×2 works
  3. Social Sciences2.94×6 works
  4. Psychology2.14×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.12×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.59×1 works
  7. Nursing1.39×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.23×0 works
  9. Chemistry0.87×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×0 works
  12. Medicine0.54×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.34×0 works
  16. Engineering0.30×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.20×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale?

Ranked on the quality score, Maria Romana Allegri, Christian Ruggiero and Manuela Samek Lodovici lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale.

  1. 1 Maria Romana Allegri Italy · #3,407,131 worldwide 39 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Christian Ruggiero Italy · #3,693,155 worldwide 258 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Manuela Samek Lodovici Italy · #3,706,725 worldwide 411 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Ottavio Besomi Italy · #4,175,069 worldwide 105 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Cristina Sofía Italy · #4,253,538 worldwide 5 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Erica Antonini Italy · #4,420,342 worldwide 25 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Mattia Diletti Italy · #5,209,951 worldwide 9 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Michaëla Liuccio Italy · #5,389,101 worldwide 38 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Mariella Nocenzi Italy · #6,048,492 worldwide 115 citations · 100 works
  10. 10 Michele Prospero Italy · #6,674,657 worldwide 17 citations · 86 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale

What are the most cited papers from Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale?

The most cited paper from Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale is "Why Eco‐labels can be Effective Marketing Tools: Evidence from a Study on Italian Consumers" (Francesco Testa, Fabio Iraldo, A Vaccari et al., 2013), with 392 citations. Next come "A simplified model for the simulation of positive-spark development in long air gaps" (181) and "Anaerobic digestion of olive oil mill wastewaters" (157).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Why Eco‐labels can be Effective Marketing Tools: Evidence from a Study on Italian Consumers Francesco Testa, Fabio Iraldo, A Vaccari et al. · Business Strategy and the Environment 4 Dec 2013 392
2 A simplified model for the simulation of positive-spark development in long air gaps N Goelian, P. Lalande, Anne Bondiou-Clergerie et al. · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics Open access 7 Sep 1997 181
3 Anaerobic digestion of olive oil mill wastewaters Gianfranco Boari, Alberto Brunetti, R. Passino et al. · Agricultural Wastes 1984 157
4 Future long-term care expenditure in Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom Adelina Comas‐Herrera, Raphael Wittenberg, Joan Costa‐Font et al. · Ageing and Society Open access 27 Feb 2006 153
5 Polycombs and microRNA-223 regulate human granulopoiesis by transcriptional control of target gene expression Giuseppe Zardo, Alberto Ciolfi, Laura Vian et al. · Blood Open access 11 Feb 2012 148
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Identity, Narrative, Cultural Studies, Cultural Heritage, Education, Religion and Social Policy.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Globalization47▲ 8.2×42 topics
  2. Identity34▲ 14×16 topics
  3. Narrative29▲ 66×2 topics
  4. Cultural Studies27▲ 24×11 topics
  5. Cultural Heritage27▲ 20×10 topics
  6. Education27▲ 6.6×21 topics
  7. Religion22▲ 12×8 topics
  8. Social Policy22▲ 53×6 topics
  9. Sustainable Development22▲ 6.1×11 topics
  10. Cultural Diversity20▲ 34×8 topics
  11. Innovation20▲ 7.0×9 topics
  12. Sociology19▲ 46×7 topics
  13. Migration18▲ 19×4 topics
  14. History18▲ 7.1×12 topics
  15. Pedagogy17▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Citizenship17▲ 47×4 topics
  17. Learning17▲ 28×5 topics
  18. Inclusion17▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Teaching16▲ 71×2 topics
  20. Ethics16▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Research16▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Cura16▲ 564×1 topic
  23. Family16▲ 78×2 topics
  24. Qualitative16▲ 416×1 topic
  25. Social Support16▲ 11×8 topics
  26. Integration16▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Economy16▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Welfare16▲ 91×1 topic
  29. Philosophy15▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Palliative Care15▲ 29×3 topics
  31. Phenomenology14▲ 38×3 topics
  32. Aging14▲ 8.8×3 topics
  33. Medical Ethics14▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Public Health Policy14▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Elderly14▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Retirement14▲ 61×2 topics
  37. Interpretation14▲ 103×2 topics
  38. Caregiving14▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Community Living14▲ 90×1 topic
  40. Hermeneutics14▲ 56×2 topics

Which research topics does Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, Sex work and related issues, Generational Differences and Trends and Theatre and Performance Studies.

Sexuality, Behavior, and…1Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 1 fractional worksSex work and related iss…1Sex work and related issues: 1 fractional worksGenerational Differences and Trends: 0 fractional worksTheatre and Performance Studies: 0 fractional worksManagement, Economics, and Public Policy: 0 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 0 fractional worksNumerical methods for differential equations: 0 fractional worksDifferential Equations a…0Differential Equations and Numerical Methods: 0 fractional worksGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impact: 0 fractional worksMusicology and Musical Analysis: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceLife-span and Life-course StudiesVisual Arts and Performing Arts5 others

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

  1. 1 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Generational Differences and Trends Life-span and Life-course Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  5. 5 Management, Economics, and Public Policy Marketing 0 works
  6. 6 Law in Society and Culture Law 0 works
  7. 7 Numerical methods for differential equations Numerical Analysis 0 works
  8. 8 Differential Equations and Numerical Methods Numerical Analysis 0 works
  9. 9 Global trade, sustainability, and social impact Strategy and Management 0 works
  10. 10 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 0 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000070% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale0.000033% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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