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Museo delle Scienze

In research, Museo delle Scienze stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,531 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,762 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,865
of 34,923
Rank in Italy
#378
of 743
Research works
410
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Museo delle Scienze

What is Museo delle Scienze known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Environmental ScienceField #2,531 of 5,407 13.6%166
Physical SciencesDomain #9,762 of 17,446 14.6%266

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Museo delle Scienze 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 Museo delle Scienze work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Museo delle Scienze is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (33%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 50.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 32.8% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 23.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 21.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 11.5% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMuseo delleScienze71fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences21%

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. Environmental Science2332.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences912.5%
    3. Materials Science22.3%
    4. Engineering11.4%
    5. Computer Science11.1%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1318.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities811.5%
    2. Social Sciences56.5%
    3. Psychology22.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Medicine23.5%
    2. Health Professions00.7%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
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: 3.89× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.00× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.61× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.00× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.00×9 works
  2. Environmental Science6.61×23 works
  3. Arts and Humanities4.00×8 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.89×13 works
  5. Veterinary2.14×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×3 works
  7. Psychology0.71×2 works
  8. Materials Science0.64×2 works
  9. Social Sciences0.51×5 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.25×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  14. Medicine0.18×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.14×1 works
  18. Energy0.10×0 works
  19. Engineering0.10×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Museo delle Scienze?

Ranked on the quality score, Francesco Rovero, Giulia Bombieri and Mattia Brambilla lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museo delle Scienze.

  1. 1 Francesco Rovero Italy · #35,443 worldwide 16k citations · 237 works
  2. 2 Giulia Bombieri Italy · #335,802 worldwide 1.3k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Mattia Brambilla Italy · #542,103 worldwide 4.7k citations · 213 works
  4. 4 Rossella Duches Italy · #631,032 worldwide 554 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Paolo Pedrini Italy · #643,789 worldwide 4.6k citations · 155 works
  6. 6 Massimo Bernardi Italy · #782,231 worldwide 1.4k citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Valentina Oberosler Italy · #855,237 worldwide 671 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Luigi Marchesi Italy · #1,117,224 worldwide 2k citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Claudia Barelli Italy · #1,135,446 worldwide 3.1k citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Simone Tenan Italy · #1,268,704 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Museo delle Scienze

What are the most cited papers from Museo delle Scienze?

The most cited paper from Museo delle Scienze is "Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests" (Jingjing Liang et al., 2016), with 1,512 citations. Next come "Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter" (1,497) and "Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas" (1,223).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests Jingjing Liang et al. · Science Open access 13 Oct 2016 1,512
2 Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter Alejandro Estrada et al. · Science Advances Open access 6 Jan 2017 1,497
3 Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas William Frederick Laurance et al. · Nature Open access216 authors 24 Jul 2012 1,223
4 Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests Wannes Hubau et al. · Nature Open access106 authors 4 Mar 2020 968
5 An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy Fabrizio Bartolucci et al. · Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology Open access 8 Feb 2018 741
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Museo delle Scienze?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Biogeography, Conservation Biology and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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. Climate Change17▲ 8.8×41 topics
  2. Biodiversity11▲ 20×19 topics
  3. Invasive Species9▲ 30×16 topics
  4. Conservation6▲ 21×14 topics
  5. Population Dynamics6▲ 32×7 topics
  6. Biogeography5▲ 28×16 topics
  7. Conservation Biology5▲ 68×3 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 33×5 topics
  9. Habitat Selection4▲ 80×2 topics
  10. Global Change4▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Taxonomy4▲ 36×9 topics
  12. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 23×7 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 15×11 topics
  14. Model Evaluation3▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Ecological Niche3▲ 75×1 topic
  16. Phylogeny3▲ 26×10 topics
  17. Species Distribution Modeling3▲ 75×1 topic
  18. Trophic Cascades3▲ 47×2 topics
  19. Animal Movement3▲ 79×1 topic
  20. Evolution3▲ 15×10 topics
  21. Occupancy Rates3▲ 79×1 topic
  22. Cultural Heritage3▲ 7.2×10 topics
  23. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 21×6 topics
  24. Species Richness2▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Biological Invasions2▲ 37×3 topics
  26. Ecology2▲ 20×7 topics
  27. Archaeology2▲ 26×7 topics
  28. Ecosystem2▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 8.3×7 topics
  30. Community Ecology2▲ 37×2 topics
  31. DNA Barcoding2▲ 18×7 topics
  32. Ecosystem Services2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  33. Functional Diversity2▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 47×3 topics
  35. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Holocene2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Iberian Peninsula2▲ 82×3 topics
  38. Morphology2▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Glacial Cycles2▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Paleoclimatology2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Museo delle Scienze publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Species Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…2Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…2Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 1 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior1Avian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksArchaeological and Geological Studies: 1 fractional worksDiatoms and Algae Research: 1 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…1Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional works
Ecological ModelingEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Archaeological and Geological Studies Archeology 1 works
  9. 9 Diatoms and Algae Research Biomaterials 1 works
  10. 10 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 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 available55.1%not open44.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.4%domestic only55.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Museo delle Scienze's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Museo delle Scienze as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Museo delle Scienze0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Museo delle Scienze 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.

10%20%Museo delle Scienze14.8% in 2021all institutions10.0% in 20212020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.9% in 2018.

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