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Italian Medicines Agency

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,932
of 28,054 · #25,114 all time
Rank in Italy
#530
of 618
Research works
236
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.32× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.37× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.85× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.75× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Italian Medicines Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Francesco Trotta, Federica Cuppone and Pierluigi Russo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Italian Medicines Agency.

  1. 1 Francesco Trotta Italy · #961,862 worldwide 85 citations · 167 works
  2. 2 Federica Cuppone Italy · #1,414,710 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Pierluigi Russo Italy · #1,542,164 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Italian Medicines Agency

Which keywords describe research at Italian Medicines Agency?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Evaluation, Quality of Life, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical Industry, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Drug Development Costs and Generic Drugs.

▲ 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. Quality of Life7▲ 6.5×6 topics
  2. Economic Evaluation6▲ 71×2 topics
  3. Clinical Trials6▲ 12×10 topics
  4. Pharmaceutical Industry6▲ 215×2 topics
  5. Cost-effectiveness Analysis6▲ 89×1 topic
  6. Drug Development Costs6▲ 285×1 topic
  7. Generic Drugs6▲ 285×1 topic
  8. Health Utility Measures6▲ 89×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology5▲ 1.88×23 topics
  10. Adverse Drug Reactions4▲ 95×2 topics
  11. Medication Adherence3▲ 82×2 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 3.0×11 topics
  13. Economic Growth3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  14. Drug Development3▲ 45×3 topics
  15. Off-Label Drug Use3▲ 140×1 topic
  16. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics3▲ 140×1 topic
  17. Pandemic2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  18. Health Outcomes2▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Patient Safety2▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Primary Care2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  21. Cultural Heritage2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  23. Health Equity2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  24. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  25. Chronic Disease2▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 23×3 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-22▲ 6.5×2 topics
  28. Ageing Population1▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Gender Inequality1▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Health Care Expenditure1▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Public-Private Partnerships1▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Regulatory Challenges1▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  34. Cross-Border Regions1▲ 238×1 topic
  35. Mutation1▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Regenerative Medicine1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  37. Territorial Governance1▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Global Governance1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  39. Inappropriate Medication Use1▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Polypharmacy1▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Italian Medicines Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, Pharmaceutical studies and practices and Global Health Care Issues.

Health Systems, Economic…6Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics…6Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 6 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 1 fractional worksCross-Border Cooperation and Integration: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 1 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksBayesian Modeling and Causal Inference: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  4. 4 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  7. 7 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 1 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  10. 10 Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference Artificial Intelligence 1 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Italian Medicines Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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