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National Archaeological Museum

In research, National Archaeological Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,318 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Archeology (Archeology is 87.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,540
of 22,385 · #14,249 all time
Rank in Italy
#297
of 475
Research works
470
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
National Archaeological Museum

What is National Archaeological Museum 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 #8,318 of 9,585 8.3%76 #7794

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Archaeological Museum 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 National Archaeological Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at National Archaeological Museum is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (38%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 86 fractional works · 56.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 58 fractional works · 38.2% of its workArcheology: 40 fractional works · 26.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 15.6% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 30.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26 fractional works · 17.3% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 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 · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalArchaeological…152fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences57%

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 Humanities5838.2%
    2. Social Sciences2415.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.2%
    4. Psychology10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2617.3%
    2. Environmental Science106.7%
    3. Engineering42.4%
    4. Computer Science31.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.2%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences128.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Health Professions31.7%
    2. Medicine10.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Archaeological Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Archeology takes 87.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ArcheologySubfield · 40.0 works87×
← 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: 1.70× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11.03× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 13.24× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 13.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities13.24×58 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.03×26 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.70×12 works
  4. Environmental Science1.36×10 works
  5. Social Sciences1.24×24 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.04×3 works
  7. Health Professions0.65×3 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.53×2 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×3 works
  10. Veterinary0.27×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.25×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.23×3 works
  13. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  14. Engineering0.16×4 works
  15. Psychology0.12×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  19. Energy0.08×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  21. Medicine0.05×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Archaeological Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Massimo Osanna, Vittoria Schimmenti and Valeria Amoretti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Archaeological Museum.

  1. 1 Massimo Osanna Italy · #999,805 worldwide 901 citations · 136 works
  2. 2 Vittoria Schimmenti Italy · #1,095,262 worldwide 591 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Valeria Amoretti Italy · #1,237,132 worldwide 130 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Elena Pezzini Italy · #1,873,740 worldwide 593 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Gabriel Zuchtriegel Italy · #2,454,386 worldwide 167 citations · 61 works
  6. 6 Adam Jackson Italy · #2,717,564 worldwide 275 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Giuseppe Vicino Italy · #2,830,297 worldwide 313 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Maurizio Forli Italy · #2,871,886 worldwide 18 citations · 25 works
  9. 8 Andrea Guerrini Italy · #2,871,886 worldwide 18 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Lena Papazoglou-Manioudaki Italy · #2,926,041 worldwide 195 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at National Archaeological Museum

What are the most cited papers from National Archaeological Museum?

The most cited paper from National Archaeological Museum is "Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia" (Morten E. Allentoft et al., 2015), with 1,663 citations. Next come "The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe" (787) and "The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy)" (250).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia Morten E. Allentoft et al. · Nature Open access 9 Jun 2015 1,663
2 The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe Íñigo Olalde et al. · Nature Open access144 authors 21 Feb 2018 787
3 The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy) Marie‐Hélène Moncel et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 14 Aug 2020 250
4 The makers of the Protoaurignacian and implications for Neandertal extinction Stefano Benazzi, Viviane Slon, Sahra Talamo et al. · Science Open access 24 Apr 2015 191
5 Characterisation of archaeological mortars from Pompeii (Campania, Italy) and identification of construction phases by compositional data analysis Domenico Miriello, Donatella Barca, Andrea Bloise et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science 3 Apr 2010 177
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Archaeological Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, Mediterranean, Bronze Age, Cultural Exchange, Urbanization, Roman Economy and Conservation.

▲ 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. Cultural Heritage30▲ 37×17 topics
  2. Archaeology22▲ 111×9 topics
  3. Mediterranean19▲ 138×4 topics
  4. Bronze Age17▲ 287×3 topics
  5. Cultural Exchange15▲ 77×5 topics
  6. Conservation14▲ 21×12 topics
  7. Roman Economy14▲ 236×2 topics
  8. Urbanization14▲ 22×2 topics
  9. Cyprus13▲ 470×1 topic
  10. Pottery Production13▲ 470×1 topic
  11. Climate Change11▲ 2.7×24 topics
  12. Remote Sensing9▲ 5.0×7 topics
  13. Holocene7▲ 41×3 topics
  14. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 28×6 topics
  15. Biodiversity6▲ 5.6×11 topics
  16. Late Antiquity6▲ 84×2 topics
  17. Fisheries6▲ 89×2 topics
  18. Raman Spectroscopy6▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Agricultural Origins6▲ 111×1 topic
  20. Radiocarbon Dating6▲ 111×1 topic
  21. Urban Development5▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Hyperspectral Imaging5▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Archaeological Science5▲ 158×1 topic
  24. X-Ray Fluorescence5▲ 158×1 topic
  25. Environmental Effects5▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations5▲ 9.0×3 topics
  27. Satellite Imagery5▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Microbial Diversity5▲ 51×2 topics
  29. Camouflage4▲ 237×1 topic
  30. Cephalopods4▲ 237×1 topic
  31. Aerial Survey4▲ 151×1 topic
  32. LiDAR4▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Ancient Rome4▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Greek Literature4▲ 85×1 topic
  35. Biodeterioration4▲ 95×1 topic
  36. Geoarchaeology4▲ 76×2 topics
  37. Geomycology4▲ 95×1 topic
  38. Industrialization4▲ 46×2 topics
  39. Maritime Archaeology4▲ 136×1 topic
  40. Sea-Level Change4▲ 136×1 topic

Which research topics does National Archaeological Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis and Cephalopods and Marine Biology.

Ancient Mediterranean Ar…13Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 13 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 6 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 5 fractional worksCephalopods and Marine Biology: 4 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 4 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 4 fractional worksBuilding materials and c…4Building materials and conservation: 4 fractional worksAncient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 4 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 4 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultura…43D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 4 fractional works
ArcheologyPaleontologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSpace and Planetary Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 13 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 6 works
  3. 3 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 5 works
  4. 4 Cephalopods and Marine Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  5. 5 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 4 works
  6. 6 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 4 works
  7. 7 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  8. 8 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 4 works
  9. 9 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 4 works
  10. 10 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 4 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Archaeological Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% 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 National Archaeological Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%National Archaeological Museum0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Archaeological Museum 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%National Archaeological Museum11.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2025.

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