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Italian Aerospace Research Centre

In research, Italian Aerospace Research Centre stands highest in Engineering (#2,057 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,825 of 10,670 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#391 of 785 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics (Aerospace Engineering is 24.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,287
of 22,385 · #9,713 all time
Rank in Italy
#212
of 475
Research works
1.5k
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Italian Aerospace Research Centre

What is Italian Aerospace Research Centre 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
EngineeringField #2,057 of 5,901 4.9%211 #2002
Physical SciencesDomain #3,825 of 10,670 4.5%303 #4026
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #391 of 785 6.5%90 #547

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Italian Aerospace Research Centre 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Engineering#2,002 #2,057
  2. Physical Sciences#4,026 #3,825
  3. Aerospace Engineering#547 #391
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Italian Aerospace Research Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Italian Aerospace Research Centre is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (64%), Environmental Science (9%), Computer Science (4%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 335 fractional works · 92.5% of its workEngineering: 233 fractional works · 64.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 102 fractional works · 28.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 29 fractional works · 8.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKItalian AerospaceResearch Centre362fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering23364.4%
    2. Environmental Science329.0%
    3. Computer Science154.1%
    4. Materials Science154.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences133.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy113.1%
    7. Mathematics82.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering31.0%
    9. Chemistry30.8%
    10. Energy10.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities51.4%
    2. Social Sciences51.3%
    3. Decision Sciences41.2%
    4. Psychology20.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Medicine41.1%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Italian Aerospace Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 24.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 102.0 works24×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 28.9 works14×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.73× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.29× its world share, 233 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.80× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.93× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.42× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.29×233 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.73×4 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.25×13 works
  4. Mathematics1.93×8 works
  5. Environmental Science1.80×32 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.42×11 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.24×4 works
  8. Materials Science1.17×15 works
  9. Computer Science0.53×15 works
  10. Chemistry0.50×3 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.49×5 works
  12. Energy0.32×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×2 works
  14. Psychology0.21×2 works
  15. Nursing0.19×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.13×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.10×5 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×2 works
  19. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  20. Medicine0.06×4 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Italian Aerospace Research Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Vigliotti, Giovanni Totaro and Carlo Di Benedetto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Italian Aerospace Research Centre.

  1. 1 Andrea Vigliotti Italy · #1,756,574 worldwide 1.1k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Giovanni Totaro Italy · #2,162,320 worldwide 731 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Carlo Di Benedetto Italy · #2,445,973 worldwide 207 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Luigi Scatteia Italy · #2,580,763 worldwide 1k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Domenico Tescione Italy · #2,662,096 worldwide 329 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Giovanni Fasulo #2,716,875 worldwide 833 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Domenico Quagliarella Italy · #2,872,989 worldwide 1.3k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Edoardo Bucchignani Italy · #2,888,856 worldwide 1.3k citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Filomena Piscitelli Italy · #2,901,886 worldwide 1.4k citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Claudio Marongiu Italy · #3,014,635 worldwide 302 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Italian Aerospace Research Centre

What are the most cited papers from Italian Aerospace Research Centre?

The most cited paper from Italian Aerospace Research Centre is "Numerical simulation of the flow around a circular cylinder at high Reynolds numbers" (Pietro Catalano, Meng Wang, Gianluca Iaccarino et al., 2003), with 367 citations. Next come "A New Iterative Method for Solving Large-Scale Lyapunov Matrix Equations" (349) and "Climate change projections for the Middle East–North Africa domain with COSMO-CLM at different spatial resolutions" (338).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Numerical simulation of the flow around a circular cylinder at high Reynolds numbers Pietro Catalano, Meng Wang, Gianluca Iaccarino et al. · International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 12 May 2003 367
2 A New Iterative Method for Solving Large-Scale Lyapunov Matrix Equations Valeria Simoncini · SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 2007 349
3 Climate change projections for the Middle East–North Africa domain with COSMO-CLM at different spatial resolutions Edoardo Bucchignani, Paola Mercogliano, Hans-Jürgen Panitz et al. · Advances in Climate Change Research Open access 9 Feb 2018 338
4 Processing and properties of ultra-high temperature ceramics for space applications F. Monteverde, Alida Bellosi, Luigi Scatteia · Materials Science and Engineering A 4 Sep 2007 278
5 Resistance to Thermal Shock and to Oxidation of Metal Diborides–SiC Ceramics for Aerospace Application F. Monteverde, Luigi Scatteia · Journal of the American Ceramic Society 30 Mar 2007 256
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Italian Aerospace Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Combustion Instabilities, Vibration Control, Air Quality, Mechanical Properties, Collision Avoidance and Smart Structures.

▲ 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. Climate Change19▲ 1.97×23 topics
  2. Large-Eddy Simulation19▲ 28×5 topics
  3. Heat Transfer18▲ 10×13 topics
  4. Combustion Instabilities17▲ 75×2 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties17▲ 4.7×18 topics
  6. Vibration Control15▲ 65×3 topics
  7. Remote Sensing14▲ 3.3×21 topics
  8. Air Quality14▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Collision Avoidance13▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Smart Structures13▲ 90×2 topics
  11. Emissions13▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Electric Propulsion13▲ 94×2 topics
  13. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion13▲ 161×1 topic
  14. Regression Rate Behavior13▲ 161×1 topic
  15. Risk Assessment12▲ 5.2×6 topics
  16. Additive Manufacturing11▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Active Vibration Control10▲ 58×2 topics
  18. Structural Dynamics10▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Piezoelectric Materials10▲ 80×2 topics
  20. Adaptive Mesh Refinement10▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Aeroelasticity10▲ 202×1 topic
  22. High-Order Schemes10▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Morphing Aircraft10▲ 202×1 topic
  24. Radial Basis Functions10▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Air Traffic Management10▲ 131×1 topic
  26. Conflict Resolution10▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Shock-Wave Interactions10▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Turbulence Modeling10▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Turbulent Flow10▲ 22×4 topics
  30. Aviation9▲ 106×2 topics
  31. Vortex Dynamics9▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Aircraft Design9▲ 167×1 topic
  33. Alternative Fuels9▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Numerical Simulation9▲ 8.3×8 topics
  35. Kinetic Theory8▲ 53×2 topics
  36. Thermal Management8▲ 7.2×5 topics
  37. Boundary Layer8▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Aerodynamics8▲ 32×3 topics
  39. Sensor Networks8▲ 9.5×4 topics
  40. Turbulent Flows8▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Italian Aerospace Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rocket and propulsion systems research, Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control, Air Traffic Management and Optimization and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics.

Rocket and propulsion sy…13Rocket and propulsion systems research: 13 fractional worksAeroelasticity and Vibra…10Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control: 10 fractional worksAir Traffic Management a…10Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 10 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…10Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 9 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 8 fractional worksIcing and De-icing Techn…7Icing and De-icing Technologies: 7 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 5 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation Technology: 5 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 5 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsGlobal and Planetary ChangeApplied Mathematics

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

  1. 1 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 10 works
  5. 5 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  6. 6 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 8 works
  7. 7 Icing and De-icing Technologies Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 5 works
  9. 9 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 5 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Italian Aerospace Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% 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 Italian Aerospace Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Italian Aerospace Research Centre0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Italian Aerospace Research Centre 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Italian Aerospace Research Centre6.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.3% in 2011.

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