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LINKS Foundation

In research, LINKS Foundation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,689 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,012 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 6.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,864
of 22,385 · #19,416 all time
Rank in Italy
#243
of 475
Research works
323
▲ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
LINKS Foundation

What is LINKS Foundation 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,689 of 10,670 10.0%150 #7479
EngineeringField #4,012 of 5,901 9.4%78 #6275

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where LINKS Foundation 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 fields of science does LINKS Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at LINKS Foundation is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Computer Science (25%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 164 fractional works · 81.2% of its workEngineering: 86 fractional works · 42.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 47 fractional works · 23.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 52 fractional works · 25.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 9.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLINKS Foundation202fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences13%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8642.7%
    2. Computer Science5225.5%
    3. Environmental Science104.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy52.5%
    6. Materials Science31.6%
    7. Energy10.6%
    8. Chemistry10.5%
    9. Mathematics10.5%
    1. Social Sciences115.3%
    2. Decision Sciences42.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities31.3%
    5. Psychology21.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    1. Medicine52.5%
    2. Health Professions20.9%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does LINKS Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 47.0 works6.5×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.28× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.84× its world share, 86 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.11× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.28×52 works
  2. Engineering2.84×86 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.07×4 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.61×5 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.11×5 works
  6. Environmental Science0.97×10 works
  7. Energy0.66×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×4 works
  9. Mathematics0.46×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×2 works
  11. Materials Science0.45×3 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.45×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.42×11 works
  14. Chemistry0.35×1 works
  15. Psychology0.35×2 works
  16. Dentistry0.34×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.34×2 works
  18. Neuroscience0.28×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×2 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×2 works
  21. Medicine0.13×5 works
  22. Nursing0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at LINKS Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Alessandro Mozzato, Giacomo Vitali and Alfredo Favenza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is LINKS Foundation.

  1. 1 Alessandro Mozzato Italy · #1,176,888 worldwide 382 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Giacomo Vitali Italy · #1,387,157 worldwide 470 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Alfredo Favenza Italy · #1,456,516 worldwide 424 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Yuanyuan Li Italy · #1,546,450 worldwide 414 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Silvio Meneguzzo Italy · #2,568,320 worldwide 28 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Chiara Vercellino Italy · #2,665,552 worldwide 53 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Edoardo Arnaudo Italy · #2,830,506 worldwide 163 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Massimo Migliorini Italy · #3,074,203 worldwide 183 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Andrea Maggio Italy · #3,342,859 worldwide 139 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Fabrizio Dominici Italy · #3,840,722 worldwide 221 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at LINKS Foundation

What are the most cited papers from LINKS Foundation?

The most cited paper from LINKS Foundation is "Assessment on the Achievable Throughput of Multi-Band ITU-T G.652.D Fiber Transmission Systems" (Alessio Ferrari, Antonio Napoli, Johannes Fischer et al., 2020), with 339 citations. Next come "Renewable Energy Communities business models under the 2020 Italian regulation" (173) and "Architecture framework of IoT-based food and farm systems: A multiple case study" (172).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessment on the Achievable Throughput of Multi-Band ITU-T G.652.D Fiber Transmission Systems Alessio Ferrari, Antonio Napoli, Johannes Fischer et al. · Journal of Lightwave Technology Open access 22 Apr 2020 339
2 Renewable Energy Communities business models under the 2020 Italian regulation A. Cielo, P. Margiaria, Paolo Lazzeroni et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 12 Jul 2021 173
3 Architecture framework of IoT-based food and farm systems: A multiple case study C.N. Verdouw, Harald Sundmaeker, Bedir Teki̇nerdoğan et al. · Computers and Electronics in Agriculture Open access 26 Aug 2019 172
4 Artificial Intelligence Bringing Improvements to Adaptive Learning in Education: A Case Study Claudio Giovanni Demartini, Luciano Sciascia, Andrea Bosso et al. · Sustainability Open access 5 Feb 2024 158
5 Transformer neural networks for interpretable flood forecasting Marco Castangia, Lina Maria Medina Grajales, Alessandro Aliberti et al. · Environmental Modelling & Software 16 Nov 2022 157
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at LINKS Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Optical Fiber, Security, Digital Signal Processing, Coherent Detection, Nonlinear Effects, Smart Grid and Microwave Photonics.

▲ 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 Learning19▲ 2.8×42 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 2.2×31 topics
  3. Optical Fiber11▲ 55×3 topics
  4. Security11▲ 8.1×12 topics
  5. Sustainability10▲ 1.96×16 topics
  6. Neural Networks10▲ 3.1×18 topics
  7. Digital Signal Processing9▲ 98×2 topics
  8. Coherent Detection9▲ 110×1 topic
  9. Nonlinear Effects9▲ 110×1 topic
  10. Internet of Things9▲ 5.1×9 topics
  11. Microwave Photonics8▲ 48×2 topics
  12. Smart Grid8▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency8▲ 4.2×10 topics
  14. Privacy8▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Optical Access Networks7▲ 107×1 topic
  16. Photonic Signal Processing7▲ 107×1 topic
  17. Supply Chain Management6▲ 3.4×4 topics
  18. Healthcare6▲ 2.4×6 topics
  19. Big Data5▲ 2.8×9 topics
  20. Elastic Optical Networks5▲ 157×1 topic
  21. Optical Networks5▲ 157×1 topic
  22. Cyber-Physical Systems5▲ 8.8×2 topics
  23. 5G Networks4▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Workflow Management4▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Distributed Systems4▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Cloud Computing4▲ 6.1×3 topics
  28. High-Performance Computing3▲ 20×2 topics
  29. IoT Security3▲ 5.5×2 topics
  30. Raman Lasers3▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Optical Interconnects3▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)3▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Resource Management3▲ 9.3×2 topics
  34. Integrated Circuits3▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Wireless Communications3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  36. Intelligent Transportation Systems3▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Smart Contracts3▲ 9.4×1 topic
  38. Optical Modulators3▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Silicon Photonics3▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Traffic Flow3▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does LINKS Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Optical Network Technologies, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems, Advanced Optical Network Technologies and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

Optical Network Technolo…9Optical Network Technologies: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network Technologies: 5 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 3 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 3 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 3 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 2 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 2 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringInformation SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringInformation Systems and Management1 others

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

  1. 1 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 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 available51.4%not open48.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has LINKS Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 LINKS Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00087% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%LINKS Foundation0.0011% in 202520102020

Fractional works of LINKS Foundation 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025LINKS Foundation5.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.8% in 2022.

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