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La Maddalena

In research, La Maddalena stands highest in Medicine (#2,614 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,232 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,402 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,932
of 28,054 · #11,300 all time
Rank in Italy
#306
of 618
Research works
607
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is La Maddalena 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
MedicineField #2,614 of 10,443 22.2%67 #1796
Health SciencesDomain #3,232 of 11,982 21.9%75 #2348
Physical SciencesDomain #10,402 of 12,888 9.9%100 #18245

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 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. Medicine#1,796 #2,614
  2. Health Sciences#2,348 #3,232
  3. Physical Sciences#18,245 #10,402
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.

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: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.14× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.50× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.67× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at La Maddalena?

Ranked on the composite score, Sebastiano Mercadante, Maurizio Musso and Vittorio Gebbia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is La Maddalena.

  1. 1 Sebastiano Mercadante Italy · #155,944 worldwide 241 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Maurizio Musso Italy · #832,482 worldwide 63 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Vittorio Gebbia Italy · #1,168,682 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at La Maddalena

Which keywords describe research at La Maddalena?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning30▲ 4.2×49 topics
  2. Machine Learning29▲ 4.3×48 topics
  3. Pain Management15▲ 31×4 topics
  4. Quality of Life14▲ 4.7×13 topics
  5. Postoperative Pain13▲ 69×2 topics
  6. Pain Assessment Tools12▲ 99×2 topics
  7. Elderly Patients10▲ 30×4 topics
  8. Cancer Pain10▲ 177×1 topic
  9. Opioid Analgesics10▲ 177×1 topic
  10. Data Mining9▲ 5.8×7 topics
  11. Healthcare7▲ 3.1×9 topics
  12. Chronic Pain7▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Medical Imaging7▲ 6.4×6 topics
  14. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 4.1×9 topics
  15. Classification6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  16. IoT Security6▲ 9.1×3 topics
  17. Transfer Learning6▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Image Processing5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  19. End-of-Life5▲ 27×3 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  21. Feature Extraction5▲ 5.3×6 topics
  22. Palliative Care5▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Cybersecurity5▲ 9.9×3 topics
  24. Health Care Costs5▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Wireless Sensor Networks5▲ 5.3×10 topics
  26. Intrusion Detection5▲ 16×3 topics
  27. IoT5▲ 6.1×9 topics
  28. Anomaly Detection5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  29. Advance Care Planning4▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Family Perspectives4▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Image Segmentation4▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Environmental Monitoring4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  33. Big Data Analytics4▲ 8.9×5 topics
  34. DDoS Attacks4▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Network Security4▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Convolutional Neural Network4▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Brain Tumor4▲ 24×1 topic
  38. MRI4▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Perioperative Care4▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Analgesia3▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does La Maddalena publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pain Management and Opioid Use, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Brain Tumor Detection and Classification.

Pain Management and Opio…10Pain Management and Opioid Use: 10 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 4 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 4 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…3Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 2 fractional worksAI and HR Technologies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 2 fractional works
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthComputer Networks and CommunicationsNeurology5 others

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

  1. 1 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  4. 4 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 4 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 3 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 AI and HR Technologies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has La Maddalena's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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