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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia

In research, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,796 of 20,462 worldwide), Life Sciences (#9,474 of 14,347 worldwide) and Medicine (#14,886 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,787
of 28,054 · #19,366 all time
Rank in Italy
#334
of 618
Research works
707
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia 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
Health SciencesDomain #10,796 of 20,462 14.6%217
Life SciencesDomain #9,474 of 14,347 15.5%336
MedicineField #14,886 of 17,978 14.6%184
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,281 of 6,031 21.4%131
Physical SciencesDomain #20,061 of 21,541 8.9%141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia 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).

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: 3.78× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.19× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.28× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.04× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 38.23× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 38.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia?

Ranked on the composite score, Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale, Giuseppa Purpari and Vincenzo Ferrantelli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia.

  1. 1 Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale Italy · #445,362 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Giuseppa Purpari Italy · #700,714 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Vincenzo Ferrantelli Italy · #720,888 worldwide 54 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Santina Di Bella Italy · #830,647 worldwide 55 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 S. Caracappà Italy · #850,355 worldwide 48 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Annalisa Guercio Italy · #881,865 worldwide 78 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Alessandra Torina Italy · #918,198 worldwide 45 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Fabrizio Vitale Italy · #1,348,491 worldwide 13 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Gaetano Cammilleri Italy · #1,354,191 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Guido Ruggero Loria Italy · #1,509,401 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia

Which keywords describe research at Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Vaccine, Drug Resistance, Immune Response and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 6.9×37 topics
  2. Diagnosis10▲ 9.8×12 topics
  3. Pathogenesis10▲ 18×15 topics
  4. Vaccine Development8▲ 29×11 topics
  5. Vaccine8▲ 17×8 topics
  6. Public Health7▲ 4.7×10 topics
  7. Drug Resistance7▲ 23×5 topics
  8. Immune Response7▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Climate Change6▲ 2.2×21 topics
  10. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity6▲ 13×7 topics
  12. Treatment6▲ 4.5×6 topics
  13. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 24×6 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  15. Immunity5▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Health Effects4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 9.7×6 topics
  18. Genomic Sequencing4▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Infection4▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Host-Pathogen Interactions4▲ 43×4 topics
  21. Parasite4▲ 155×2 topics
  22. Pathogenicity4▲ 54×4 topics
  23. Leishmaniasis4▲ 172×1 topic
  24. Sandflies4▲ 172×1 topic
  25. Bioaccumulation4▲ 36×3 topics
  26. Toxicity3▲ 7.3×10 topics
  27. Zoonotic Infections3▲ 55×2 topics
  28. Pollution3▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Toxicology3▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Bunyavirus3▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers3▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Zoonotic Transmission3▲ 36×4 topics
  33. Metagenomics3▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Genetic Characterization3▲ 53×2 topics
  35. Gut Microbiota3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. Marine Environment3▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Virulence Factors3▲ 17×6 topics
  38. Genome Sequencing2▲ 15×5 topics
  39. Aquatic Environment2▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Foodborne Illness2▲ 61×2 topics

Which research topics does Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Viral Infections and Vectors, Mercury impact and mitigation studies and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases.

Research on Leishmaniasi…4Research on Leishmaniasis Studies: 4 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…3Viral Infections and Vectors: 3 fractional worksMercury impact and mitigation studies: 2 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 2 fractional worksTrypanosoma species rese…2Trypanosoma species research and implications: 2 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 2 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 2 fractional worksSalmonella and Campyloba…2Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6 others

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

  1. 1 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  4. 4 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  5. 5 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  7. 7 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 2 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 2 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 available74.9%not open25.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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