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Museo Galileo

In research, Museo Galileo stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,382 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,382
of 28,054 · #22,637 all time
Rank in Italy
#499
of 618
Research works
774
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Museo Galileo 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,382 of 10,521 11.3%67 #8225

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Museo Galileo 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).

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: 3.15× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.29× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 7.92× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.93× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Museo Galileo?

Ranked on the composite score, Paolo Brenni, GIORGIO STRANO and Jacopo Bassi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museo Galileo.

  1. 1 Paolo Brenni Italy · #503,534 worldwide 5 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 GIORGIO STRANO Italy · #505,949 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Jacopo Bassi Italy · #521,142 worldwide 1 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Anna Toscano Italy · #524,182 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Giovanni Di Pasquale Italy · #704,812 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Arnaldo Bordoni Italy · #748,383 worldwide 8 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 MARA MINIATI Italy · #1,318,024 worldwide 5 citations · 170 works
  8. 8 Claudia Corti Italy · #1,461,524 worldwide 12 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Museo Galileo

Which keywords describe research at Museo Galileo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Cultural Heritage, Biogeography, Conservation, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Invasive Species and Evolution.

▲ 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. Biodiversity13▲ 13×20 topics
  2. Climate Change13▲ 3.5×27 topics
  3. Cultural Heritage12▲ 16×15 topics
  4. Biogeography11▲ 32×13 topics
  5. Conservation10▲ 18×16 topics
  6. Phylogeny10▲ 50×11 topics
  7. Taxonomy10▲ 56×9 topics
  8. Invasive Species10▲ 17×16 topics
  9. Evolution9▲ 26×11 topics
  10. Innovation8▲ 5.8×7 topics
  11. DNA Barcoding8▲ 35×9 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 17×10 topics
  13. Medicine7▲ 58×5 topics
  14. Science6▲ 19×6 topics
  15. History6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  16. Morphology6▲ 27×4 topics
  17. Population Dynamics6▲ 18×8 topics
  18. Financial Performance6▲ 7.8×4 topics
  19. Identity6▲ 6.2×12 topics
  20. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 28×10 topics
  21. Philosophy6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  22. Technology6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  23. Corporate Governance5▲ 5.0×5 topics
  24. Literature5▲ 6.9×6 topics
  25. Archaeology5▲ 27×8 topics
  26. Coleoptera5▲ 182×2 topics
  27. Mediterranean5▲ 39×4 topics
  28. Culture5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  29. E-commerce4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  30. SMEs4▲ 8.5×2 topics
  31. Diversification4▲ 75×2 topics
  32. Colonialism4▲ 6.0×7 topics
  33. Ecology4▲ 18×6 topics
  34. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Memory4▲ 12×7 topics
  36. Observations4▲ 142×1 topic
  37. Society4▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Speciation4▲ 71×3 topics
  39. Conservation Biology4▲ 25×3 topics
  40. beetles3▲ 189×1 topic

Which research topics does Museo Galileo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SMEs Development and Digital Marketing, History of Science and Medicine, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution and Historical and Environmental Studies.

SMEs Development and Dig…4SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 4 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…4History of Science and Medicine: 4 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and …3Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Environme…3Historical and Environmental Studies: 3 fractional worksItalian Literature and Culture: 2 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 2 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 2 fractional worksMediterranean and Iberia…2Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna: 2 fractional works
DemographyHistory and Philosophy of ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 4 works
  2. 2 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  3. 3 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  4. 4 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 2 works
  6. 6 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 2 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  8. 8 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 2 works
  9. 9 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna Plant Science 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Museo Galileo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% 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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