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Istituto Tumori Bari

In research, Istituto Tumori Bari stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,982 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,625 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Oncology is 15.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#15,152
of 22,385 · #16,898 all time
Rank in Italy
#318
of 475
Research works
763
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%

What is Istituto Tumori Bari 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,982 of 9,902 17.0%133 #6401
MedicineField #3,625 of 8,541 17.3%128 #5790

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto Tumori Bari 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 Tumori Bari work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Istituto Tumori Bari is in Health Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 156 fractional works · 71.1% of its workMedicine: 149 fractional works · 68.1% of its workOncology: 37 fractional works · 17.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 6.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 43 fractional works · 19.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 15.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIstituto TumoriBari219fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences3%

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. Medicine14968.1%
    2. Health Professions52.1%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3415.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology73.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science73.0%
    2. Engineering41.7%
    3. Chemistry10.4%
    4. Materials Science10.4%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Environmental Science10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    3. Psychology10.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Istituto Tumori Bari specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 37.5 works15×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.1 works6.8×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.92× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.27× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 149 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.54×149 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.27×7 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.92×34 works
  4. Nursing1.42×2 works
  5. Health Professions0.81×5 works
  6. Computer Science0.39×7 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×2 works
  9. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.32×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.26×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  13. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  14. Psychology0.21×1 works
  15. Engineering0.12×4 works
  16. Materials Science0.10×1 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.09×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  24. Energy0.04×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Istituto Tumori Bari?

Ranked on the quality score, Stefania Tommasi, Michele Guida and Daniele La Forgia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto Tumori Bari.

  1. 1 Stefania Tommasi Italy · #614,035 worldwide 9k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Michele Guida Italy · #1,018,274 worldwide 6k citations · 267 works
  3. 3 Daniele La Forgia Italy · #1,069,778 worldwide 2k citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Vittorio Didonna Italy · #1,353,266 worldwide 1k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Stefania Tommasi Italy · #1,425,871 worldwide 14k citations · 264 works
  6. 6 Antonella Argentiero Italy · #1,432,169 worldwide 2.8k citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Rossella Fasano Italy · #1,588,284 worldwide 924 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Maria Carmela Vegliante Italy · #1,624,645 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Raffaele De Luca Italy · #1,629,192 worldwide 3.4k citations · 198 works
  10. 10 Raffaella Massafra Italy · #1,719,992 worldwide 2.5k citations · 164 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto Tumori Bari

What are the most cited papers from Istituto Tumori Bari?

The most cited paper from Istituto Tumori Bari is "The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer" (Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al., 2020), with 3,854 citations. Next come "Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes" (3,360) and "Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences" (2,395).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
2 Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes Lauri A. Aaltonen et al. · Nature Open access1,324 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,360
3 Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences Serena Nik‐Zainal et al. · Nature Open access 29 Apr 2016 2,395
4 The evolutionary history of 2,658 cancers Moritz Gerstung et al. · Nature Open access1,441 authors 5 Feb 2020 1,149
5 Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes Yilong Li et al. · Nature Open access1,411 authors 5 Feb 2020 1,005
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Istituto Tumori Bari?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Clinical Trials, Prognostic Factors, Metastasis, Cancer and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy28▲ 18×24 topics
  2. Immunotherapy20▲ 13×19 topics
  3. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 17×8 topics
  4. Cancer16▲ 5.5×36 topics
  5. Epidemiology15▲ 1.76×61 topics
  6. Clinical Trials15▲ 10×12 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors15▲ 16×13 topics
  8. Metastasis15▲ 20×11 topics
  9. Machine Learning13▲ 1.83×16 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 11×11 topics
  11. Biomarkers12▲ 8.2×10 topics
  12. Survival Analysis10▲ 17×6 topics
  13. Breast Cancer10▲ 19×10 topics
  14. Targeted Therapy10▲ 21×5 topics
  15. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Precision Medicine10▲ 9.0×7 topics
  17. Inflammation10▲ 2.1×46 topics
  18. Gene Expression10▲ 6.9×10 topics
  19. Immune Checkpoint Blockade9▲ 36×1 topic
  20. PD-1 and PD-L19▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Radiotherapy8▲ 9.6×12 topics
  22. Ovarian Cancer8▲ 40×3 topics
  23. Treatment8▲ 3.0×22 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy7▲ 5.9×15 topics
  25. Genomic Analysis6▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Cytoreductive Surgery6▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Rituximab6▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Fallopian Tube Origin6▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Molecular Characterization6▲ 15×5 topics
  30. Mutation Analysis6▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Tumor Models6▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  33. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Prognostic Markers5▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Lymphoma5▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Radiation Therapy5▲ 17×5 topics
  37. Cholangiocarcinoma5▲ 27×2 topics
  38. PET Imaging5▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Quantitative Analysis5▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy5▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Istituto Tumori Bari publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies.

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 9 works
  2. 2 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  4. 4 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 4 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 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 available57.7%not open42.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Istituto Tumori Bari's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher 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 Istituto Tumori Bari as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Istituto Tumori Bari0.00086% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Istituto Tumori Bari 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%Istituto Tumori Bari17.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.4% in 2019.

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