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Joint Research Centre

In research, Joint Research Centre stands highest in Environmental Science (#221 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,338 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,799 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Automotive Engineering — Global and Planetary Change is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,513
of 28,054 · #659 all time
Rank in Italy
#52
of 618
Research works
9k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
394k
43.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Joint Research Centre 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
Environmental ScienceField #221 of 3,551 41.2%261 #81
Physical SciencesDomain #1,338 of 12,888 35.4%623 #518
Social SciencesDomain #1,799 of 10,521 45.9%184 #1347
EngineeringField #1,548 of 6,636 32.6%170 #615
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #129 of 535 41.5%79 #50
Social SciencesField #1,989 of 6,365 48.1%80 #1437
Life SciencesDomain #2,518 of 7,800 39.5%82 #1539
Health SciencesDomain #7,331 of 11,982 28.0%71 #5439
Computer ScienceField #3,077 of 4,667 28.8%73 #1001

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Joint 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 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. Environmental Science#81 #221
  2. Physical Sciences#518 #1,338
  3. Social Sciences#1,347 #1,799
  4. Engineering#615 #1,548
  5. Global and Planetary Change#50 #129
  6. Social Sciences#1,437 #1,989
  7. Life Sciences#1,539 #2,518
  8. Health Sciences#5,439 #7,331
  9. Computer Science#1,001 #3,077
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 Joint Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 78.5 works11×
  2. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 42.3 works8.2×
  3. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 35.0 works6.8×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 260.7 works5.5×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 22.7 works5.3×
← 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: 1.21× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 73 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.03× its world share, 46 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.87× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 170 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.47× its world share, 261 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.63× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 80 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Joint Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Frank Dentener, Andrea Saltelli and Rita Van Dingenen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Joint Research Centre.

  1. 1 Frank Dentener · #3,893 worldwide 1.8k citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Andrea Saltelli · #4,829 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Rita Van Dingenen · #6,166 worldwide 2.5k citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Pierre Soille · #9,428 worldwide 1.4k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Luca Montanarella · #18,789 worldwide 834 citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Arnulf Jäger‐Waldau · #22,959 worldwide 475 citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Greet Janssens‐Maenhout · #24,328 worldwide 585 citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Silvio Funtowicz · #25,397 worldwide 649 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Frank Raes · #26,535 worldwide 439 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Stefano Tarantola · #27,959 worldwide 875 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Joint Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Joint Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Energy, Land Use Change and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Climate Change118▲ 4.5×83 topics
  2. Environmental Impact71▲ 4.4×44 topics
  3. Sustainability66▲ 2.8×52 topics
  4. Machine Learning64▲ 2.0×55 topics
  5. Remote Sensing53▲ 4.5×31 topics
  6. Renewable Energy52▲ 3.8×30 topics
  7. Deep Learning39▲ 1.18×44 topics
  8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions38▲ 15×7 topics
  9. Health Effects36▲ 6.2×17 topics
  10. Land Use Change34▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Global Warming32▲ 8.2×12 topics
  12. Life Cycle Assessment30▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation26▲ 7.3×10 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency24▲ 2.6×19 topics
  15. Environmental Policy24▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Recycling24▲ 6.4×8 topics
  17. CO2 Emissions23▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Economic Growth22▲ 2.8×18 topics
  19. Particulate Matter22▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Urbanization22▲ 5.5×8 topics
  21. Ecosystem Services21▲ 5.8×10 topics
  22. Mortality21▲ 3.7×7 topics
  23. Biomass Estimation20▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Fuel Consumption20▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Eco-Driving19▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Vehicle Emissions19▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Waste Management19▲ 4.8×5 topics
  28. Social-Ecological Systems18▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Global Burden of Disease18▲ 7.4×3 topics
  30. Sustainability Assessment18▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Global Impact17▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Air Pollution16▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Fine Particulate Air Pollution16▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Environmental Impacts16▲ 6.1×6 topics
  35. Global Change16▲ 6.2×5 topics
  36. Climate15▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Human-Nature Interactions15▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Hydrological Modeling15▲ 6.6×5 topics
  39. Spatial Dynamics15▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Air Quality15▲ 8.3×6 topics

Which research topics does Joint Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vehicle emissions and performance, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Land Use and Ecosystem Services and Environmental Impact and Sustainability.

Vehicle emissions and pe…19Vehicle emissions and performance: 19 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…16Air Quality and Health Impacts: 16 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…15Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 15 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and…13Environmental Impact and Sustainability: 13 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 12 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 9 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and…9Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 9 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 8 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 8 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 7 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Vehicle emissions and performanceAutomotive Engineering 19 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health ImpactsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 16 works
  3. 3 Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesGlobal and Planetary Change 15 works
  4. 4 Environmental Impact and SustainabilityEnvironmental Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing in AgricultureEcology 12 works
  6. 6 Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9 works
  8. 8 Climate variability and modelsGlobal and Planetary Change 8 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsGlobal and Planetary Change 8 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Science 7 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.3%domestic only61.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Joint Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher 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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