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Istituto Superiore di Sanità

In research, Istituto Superiore di Sanità stands highest in Medicine (#1,412 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,061 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,831 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,430
of 28,054 · #1,311 all time
Rank in Italy
#72
of 618
Research works
14k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
438k
32.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Istituto Superiore di Sanità known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #1,412 of 10,443 25.9%439 #1058
Life SciencesDomain #1,061 of 7,800 24.4%313 #531
Health SciencesDomain #1,831 of 11,982 26.0%487 #1229
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,267 of 3,579 23.8%157 #635
Social SciencesDomain #5,549 of 10,521 24.1%119 #3221
Physical SciencesDomain #6,840 of 12,888 20.8%169 #3259
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #191 of 345 29.4%71 #138
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,228 of 2,175 22.9%92 #896
Environmental ScienceField #2,196 of 3,551 26.0%71 #1522

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto Superiore di Sanità 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,058 #1,412
  2. Life Sciences#531 #1,061
  3. Health Sciences#1,229 #1,831
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#635 #1,267
  5. Social Sciences#3,221 #5,549
  6. Physical Sciences#3,259 #6,840
  7. Infectious Diseases#138 #191
  8. Molecular Biology#896 #1,228
  9. Environmental Science#1,522 #2,196
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Istituto Superiore di Sanità specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 71.0 works9.6×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.71× its world share, 157 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.34× its world share, 58 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.51× its world share, 44 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.32× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.19× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.10× its world share, 439 worksMedicineNursing: 1.87× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.75× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Istituto Superiore di Sanità?

Ranked on the composite score, Walter Malorni, Giovanni Rezza and Ruggero De Maria lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto Superiore di Sanità.

  1. 1 Walter Malorni Italy · #4,269 worldwide 1.5k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Giovanni Rezza Italy · #15,972 worldwide 619 citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Ruggero De Maria Italy · #20,016 worldwide 940 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 E. Cisbani Italy · #31,919 worldwide 693 citations · 86 works
  5. 5 S. Frullani Italy · #45,753 worldwide 730 citations · 81 works
  6. 6 Alessandra Carattoli Italy · #47,970 worldwide 778 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Simona Giampaoli Italy · #58,658 worldwide 299 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Eliana M. Coccia Italy · #62,613 worldwide 415 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Paola Matarrese Italy · #64,971 worldwide 357 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Giovanni Migliaccio Italy · #70,584 worldwide 256 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Which keywords describe research at Istituto Superiore di Sanità?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Cancer and Pandemic.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology163▲ 3.8×106 topics
  2. Public Health64▲ 4.0×44 topics
  3. Vaccine48▲ 11×11 topics
  4. Cancer47▲ 3.2×48 topics
  5. Inflammation47▲ 2.1×75 topics
  6. Pandemic43▲ 3.7×9 topics
  7. COVID-1942▲ 2.9×20 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress39▲ 2.2×56 topics
  9. SARS-CoV-238▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Immune Response37▲ 5.9×20 topics
  11. Pathogenesis36▲ 6.5×23 topics
  12. Treatment33▲ 2.5×35 topics
  13. Biomarkers30▲ 4.1×15 topics
  14. Immunity28▲ 6.5×9 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease28▲ 2.3×28 topics
  16. Clinical Trials27▲ 3.7×18 topics
  17. Diagnosis26▲ 2.6×31 topics
  18. ACE2 Receptor26▲ 9.8×2 topics
  19. Health Effects26▲ 3.9×21 topics
  20. Genetics25▲ 3.3×18 topics
  21. Vaccine Development24▲ 8.7×11 topics
  22. Depression24▲ 2.5×19 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 2.5×19 topics
  24. Food Safety22▲ 6.8×15 topics
  25. Immunotherapy21▲ 2.7×18 topics
  26. Toxicity19▲ 4.1×17 topics
  27. Infection19▲ 7.1×10 topics
  28. Coronavirus19▲ 8.3×3 topics
  29. Infectious Diseases19▲ 5.3×7 topics
  30. Neurological Disorders19▲ 3.1×15 topics
  31. Viral Transmission19▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Mutation18▲ 9.0×5 topics
  33. Environmental Exposure18▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Antibiotic Resistance17▲ 4.0×13 topics
  35. antibody16▲ 14×1 topic
  36. spike protein16▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Zoonotic Transmission14▲ 18×5 topics
  38. Biogenesis13▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. Disease Risk11▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Metabolic Disorders10▲ 8.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Istituto Superiore di Sanità publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Extracellular vesicles in disease.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …16SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 16 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…10Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…10COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 10 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles i…9Extracellular vesicles in disease: 9 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 8 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 8 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…7Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 7 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 7 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksParasitic Infections and…6Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics: 6 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesMolecular BiologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 16 works
  2. 2 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 10 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 10 works
  4. 4 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 9 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 8 works
  6. 6 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  8. 8 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  10. 10 Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Parasitology 6 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Istituto Superiore di Sanità's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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