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Lafer (Italy)

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Research works
5
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
50
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
60%
world 18%
Lafer (Italy)

Not ranked overall: Lafer (Italy) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Lafer (Italy) work in?

In all years, 73% of research at Lafer (Italy) is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (51%), Materials Science (16%), Medicine (16%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 73.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 51.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 16.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLafer (Italy)5fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering251.0%
    2. Materials Science116.3%
    3. Computer Science02.0%
    4. Environmental Science02.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy02.0%
    1. Medicine116.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities02.0%
    2. Decision Sciences02.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.0%
    4. Social Sciences02.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.0%
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.

Engineering: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.94× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.46× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 2.40× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 7.96× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences7.96×0 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.46×0 works
  3. Materials Science2.94×0 works
  4. Medicine2.40×0 works
  5. Environmental Science2.06×0 works
  6. Engineering1.20×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Lafer (Italy)?

The most cited paper from Lafer (Italy) is "Corrosion resistance of CrN/NbN superlattice coatings grown by various physical vapour deposition techniques" (P.Eh. Hovsepian, David B. Lewis, Quanshun Luo et al., 2005), with 33 citations. Next come "Increase of maximum detectable slope with optical profilers, through controlled tilting and image processing" (28) and "Effects of biowashing and liquid ammonia treatment on the physical characteristics and hand of denim fabric" (17).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Corrosion resistance of CrN/NbN superlattice coatings grown by various physical vapour deposition techniques P.Eh. Hovsepian, David B. Lewis, Quanshun Luo et al. · Thin Solid Films 24 Jun 2005 33
2 Increase of maximum detectable slope with optical profilers, through controlled tilting and image processing Francesco Marinello, P.F. Bariani, A. Pasquini et al. · Measurement Science and Technology Open access 12 Jan 2007 28
3 Effects of biowashing and liquid ammonia treatment on the physical characteristics and hand of denim fabric In Yeol Lee, Go Eun Jeong, Suk Rae Kim et al. · Coloration Technology 11 May 2015 17
4 Zero-speed sensorless drive capability of fractional-slot inset PM machine Nicola Bianchi, Silverio Bolognani, Adriano Faggion et al. Conference paperOpen access 2012 9
5 Chaperone proteins as ameliorators of α-synuclein-induced synaptic pathologies: insights into Parkinson’s disease SusanM.L. Banks, JenniferR Morgan, Audrey T. Medeiros et al. · Neural Regeneration Research Open access 3 Dec 2020 4
All 12 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Lafer (Italy) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hormonal and reproductive studies, High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena, Concrete Corrosion and Durability and Risk and Safety Analysis.

Hormonal and reproductiv…0Hormonal and reproductive studies: 0 fractional worksHigh voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena: 0 fractional worksConcrete Corrosion and Durability: 0 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 0 fractional worksCombustion and Detonatio…0Combustion and Detonation Processes: 0 fractional worksLightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena: 0 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 0 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismMaterials ChemistryCivil and Structural EngineeringStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty3 others

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

  1. 1 Hormonal and reproductive studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  2. 2 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 0 works
  3. 3 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  5. 5 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 0 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.2%domestic only39.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lafer (Italy)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

201020152020
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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 Lafer (Italy) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000041% in 2020.

0.000010%0.000020%0.000030%Lafer (Italy)0.000021% in 202220102020

Fractional works of Lafer (Italy) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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