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La Maddalena

In research, La Maddalena stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,792 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#4,350 of 8,541 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,230 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,374
of 22,385 · #10,600 all time
Rank in Italy
#174
of 475
Research works
607
▲ 187% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
La Maddalena

What is La Maddalena 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 #4,792 of 9,902 15.1%75 #5363
MedicineField #4,350 of 8,541 14.6%67 #4786
Physical SciencesDomain #7,230 of 10,670 10.5%100 #13463

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where La Maddalena 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. Health Sciences#5,363 #4,792
  2. Medicine#4,786 #4,350
  3. Physical Sciences#13,463 #7,230
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 La Maddalena work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at La Maddalena is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Engineering (21%), Computer Science (17%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 129 fractional works · 45.8% of its workEngineering: 60 fractional works · 21.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 48 fractional works · 17.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 91 fractional works · 32.4% of its workMedicine: 81 fractional works · 28.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.1% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLa Maddalena281fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences16%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6021.2%
    2. Computer Science4817.0%
    3. Materials Science82.7%
    4. Environmental Science72.5%
    5. Chemistry20.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine8128.8%
    2. Health Professions93.0%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Social Sciences186.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting93.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities72.6%
    4. Psychology51.8%
    5. Decision Sciences20.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    1. Neuroscience62.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.19× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.41× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.50× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.19×48 works
  2. Medicine1.50×81 works
  3. Engineering1.41×60 works
  4. Neuroscience1.30×6 works
  5. Health Professions1.15×8 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.03×9 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.88×7 works
  8. Materials Science0.78×8 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.71×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.65×2 works
  11. Nursing0.61×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.60×1 works
  13. Psychology0.59×5 works
  14. Chemistry0.53×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.52×18 works
  16. Environmental Science0.50×7 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×5 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×2 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.32×2 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×2 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×4 works
  22. Energy0.22×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at La Maddalena?

Ranked on the quality score, Alessio Lo Cascio, Patrizia Ferrera and Maurizio Musso lead among researchers whose main affiliation is La Maddalena.

  1. 1 Alessio Lo Cascio Italy · #939,600 worldwide 310 citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Patrizia Ferrera Italy · #1,031,502 worldwide 4.2k citations · 107 works
  3. 3 Maurizio Musso Italy · #1,342,270 worldwide 5.3k citations · 274 works
  4. 4 Sebastiano Mercadante Italy · #1,578,980 worldwide 24k citations · 664 works
  5. 5 Matteo Zanella Italy · #1,582,731 worldwide 829 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Elena Roz Italy · #1,630,347 worldwide 2.2k citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Alessandro Valle Italy · #1,703,393 worldwide 1.4k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Umberto Ficola Italy · #1,797,800 worldwide 745 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Patrizia Villari Italy · #1,989,036 worldwide 2.6k citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Edoardo Arcuri Italy · #2,021,644 worldwide 2.5k citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at La Maddalena

What are the most cited papers from La Maddalena?

The most cited paper from La Maddalena is "Erlotinib versus standard chemotherapy as first-line treatment for European patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (EURTAC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial" (Rafael Rosell et al., 2012), with 5,563 citations. Next come "Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC" (1,256) and "Morphine and alternative opioids in cancer pain: the EAPC recommendations" (861).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Erlotinib versus standard chemotherapy as first-line treatment for European patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (EURTAC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial Rafael Rosell et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 30 Jan 2012 5,563
2 Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC Augusto Tommaso Caraceni et al. · The Lancet Oncology 31 Jan 2012 1,256
3 Morphine and alternative opioids in cancer pain: the EAPC recommendations G.W. Hanks, Franco De Conno, Nathan I. Cherny et al. · British Journal of Cancer Open access 2001 861
4 Phase III Randomized Trial of FOLFIRI Versus FOLFOX4 in the Treatment of Advanced Colorectal Cancer: A Multicenter Study of the Gruppo Oncologico Dell’Italia Meridionale Giuseppe Colucci, Vittorio Gebbia, G Paoletti et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology 6 Jun 2005 785
5 Highly tumorigenic lung cancer CD133 + cells display stem-like features and are spared by cisplatin treatment Giulia Bertolini, Luca Roz, Paola Perego et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 10 Sep 2009 783
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at La Maddalena?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Pain Management, Postoperative Pain, Pain Assessment Tools, Quality of Life, Elderly Patients and Cancer Pain.

▲ 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. Deep Learning39▲ 4.1×56 topics
  2. Machine Learning38▲ 4.0×51 topics
  3. Quality of Life16▲ 4.0×18 topics
  4. Pain Management16▲ 24×4 topics
  5. Postoperative Pain14▲ 53×2 topics
  6. Pain Assessment Tools12▲ 76×2 topics
  7. Elderly Patients11▲ 24×4 topics
  8. Data Mining11▲ 5.5×7 topics
  9. Cancer Pain11▲ 137×1 topic
  10. Opioid Analgesics11▲ 137×1 topic
  11. Healthcare10▲ 3.1×11 topics
  12. Neural Networks9▲ 1.98×23 topics
  13. Convolutional Neural Networks8▲ 4.1×10 topics
  14. Medical Imaging8▲ 5.5×6 topics
  15. Classification8▲ 6.1×9 topics
  16. Chronic Pain8▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Security8▲ 4.0×12 topics
  18. Philosophy7▲ 5.9×3 topics
  19. Cybersecurity7▲ 10×4 topics
  20. Image Processing7▲ 5.6×8 topics
  21. Ethnicity7▲ 6.3×2 topics
  22. Islam7▲ 11×2 topics
  23. IoT6▲ 6.0×11 topics
  24. IoT Security6▲ 7.4×3 topics
  25. End-of-Life6▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  27. Palliative Care6▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Transfer Learning6▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Wireless Sensor Networks6▲ 4.8×10 topics
  30. Health Care Costs6▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Feature Extraction6▲ 4.6×6 topics
  32. Anomaly Detection6▲ 7.2×4 topics
  33. Advance Care Planning6▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Family Perspectives6▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Big Data Analytics5▲ 9.0×5 topics
  36. Science5▲ 7.8×3 topics
  37. Intrusion Detection5▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles5▲ 8.8×3 topics
  39. Image Segmentation4▲ 13×2 topics
  40. DDoS Attacks4▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does La Maddalena publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pain Management and Opioid Use, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Pain Management and Opio…11Pain Management and Opioid Use: 11 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 6 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 4 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 4 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 4 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 4 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…4Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 4 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 3 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…3Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional works
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthComputer Networks and CommunicationsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 4 works
  6. 6 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 4 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 4 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has La Maddalena's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 187% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 La Maddalena as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%La Maddalena0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of La Maddalena 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 counting5%10%15%La Maddalena12.2% 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 14.5% in 2019.

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