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Museo Galileo

In research, Museo Galileo stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,519 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,763
of 22,385 · #10,548 all time
Rank in Italy
#283
of 475
Research works
774
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Museo Galileo

What is Museo Galileo 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,519 of 9,585 8.1%67 #7261

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Museo Galileo work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Museo Galileo is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 74 fractional works · 47.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 36 fractional works · 23.2% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 7.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 29.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 33 fractional works · 21.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 15.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% 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 · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMuseo Galileo155fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences47%

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. Arts and Humanities3623.2%
    2. Social Sciences2314.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting85.5%
    4. Psychology42.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.7%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1610.4%
    2. Environmental Science159.5%
    3. Computer Science32.2%
    4. Engineering32.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy32.0%
    6. Materials Science31.7%
    7. Mathematics11.0%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2415.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    1. Medicine21.2%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Nursing00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.31× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.62× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 8.03× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities8.03×36 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.62×16 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.31×24 works
  4. Environmental Science1.91×15 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.69×8 works
  6. Veterinary1.31×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.15×23 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.92×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×7 works
  10. Psychology0.83×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.81×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×3 works
  13. Materials Science0.49×3 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.29×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.28×3 works
  17. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.20×1 works
  19. Engineering0.14×3 works
  20. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  21. Nursing0.09×0 works
  22. Medicine0.06×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Museo Galileo?

Ranked on the quality score, Maria Luisa Righini Bonelli, Luca Lapini and Ugo Schiff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museo Galileo.

  1. 1 Maria Luisa Righini Bonelli Italy · #2,447,421 worldwide 115 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Luca Lapini Italy · #2,753,240 worldwide 472 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Ugo Schiff Italy · #2,937,378 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Stefano Vanni Italy · #3,378,277 worldwide 255 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Domenico Laurenza Italy · #3,413,621 worldwide 66 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Silvia Bertini Italy · #3,479,665 worldwide 36 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Natacha Fabbri Italy · #3,928,606 worldwide 37 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Luigi Ballerini Italy · #3,947,580 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Simone Contardi Italy · #4,529,676 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Carlo Triarico Italy · #4,542,536 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Museo Galileo

What are the most cited papers from Museo Galileo?

The most cited paper from Museo Galileo is "The conservation status of the world’s reptiles" (Monika Böhm et al., 2012), with 933 citations. Next come "An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy" (741) and "The Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer for the solar and heliospheric observatory" (439).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The conservation status of the world’s reptiles Monika Böhm et al. · Biological Conservation Open access244 authors 20 Dec 2012 933
2 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
3 The Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer for the solar and heliospheric observatory J. L. Kohl et al. · Solar Physics Open access Dec 1995 439
4 Did genome duplication drive the origin of teleosts? A comparative study of diversification in ray-finned fishes Francesco Santini, Luke J. Harmon, Giorgio Carnevale et al. · BMC Evolutionary Biology Open access 8 Aug 2009 347
5 Ontogenetic convergence and evolution of foot morphology in European cave salamanders (Family: Plethodontidae) Dean C. Adams, Annamaria Nistri · BMC Evolutionary Biology Open access 2010 341
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Museo Galileo?

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

▲ 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. Biodiversity15▲ 13×20 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage15▲ 18×15 topics
  3. Climate Change14▲ 3.3×29 topics
  4. Phylogeny13▲ 52×11 topics
  5. Biogeography13▲ 31×13 topics
  6. Taxonomy13▲ 59×9 topics
  7. Conservation13▲ 19×16 topics
  8. Evolution12▲ 28×11 topics
  9. Invasive Species11▲ 17×17 topics
  10. DNA Barcoding10▲ 39×9 topics
  11. Innovation9▲ 5.5×7 topics
  12. Morphology9▲ 31×4 topics
  13. Medicine8▲ 63×5 topics
  14. History8▲ 7.0×8 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 16×11 topics
  16. Science7▲ 19×6 topics
  17. Identity7▲ 6.2×13 topics
  18. Coleoptera7▲ 171×2 topics
  19. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 26×10 topics
  20. Philosophy7▲ 9.7×5 topics
  21. Population Dynamics7▲ 17×8 topics
  22. Financial Performance6▲ 7.0×4 topics
  23. Literature6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  24. Technology6▲ 7.3×6 topics
  25. Mediterranean6▲ 42×4 topics
  26. Archaeology6▲ 28×8 topics
  27. Diversification5▲ 79×2 topics
  28. Culture5▲ 6.6×5 topics
  29. Speciation5▲ 74×3 topics
  30. Corporate Governance5▲ 4.4×5 topics
  31. Colonialism5▲ 6.3×7 topics
  32. beetles5▲ 180×1 topic
  33. Ecology4▲ 16×6 topics
  34. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 13×4 topics
  35. SMEs4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  36. Conservation Biology4▲ 24×4 topics
  37. Memory4▲ 11×7 topics
  38. Observations4▲ 144×1 topic
  39. Society4▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Cretaceous4▲ 97×2 topics

Which research topics does Museo Galileo publish most on?

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

Coleoptera Taxonomy and …5Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 5 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…4History of Science and Medicine: 4 fractional worksSMEs Development and Dig…4SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Environme…3Historical and Environmental Studies: 3 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 2 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 2 fractional worksRenaissance and Early Mo…2Renaissance and Early Modern Studies: 2 fractional worksItalian Literature and Culture: 2 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 2 fractional worksPaleontology and Evoluti…2Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 2 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsHistory and Philosophy of ScienceDemographySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  2. 2 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  3. 3 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 4 works
  4. 4 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 2 works
  7. 7 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies History 2 works
  8. 8 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 2 works
  9. 9 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Museo Galileo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Museo Galileo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Museo Galileo0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Museo Galileo 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 2025Museo Galileo6.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2015.

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