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Politecnico di Milano

In research, Politecnico di Milano stands highest in Physical Sciences (#219 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#123 of 5,901 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#380 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Architecture, Geology and Building and Construction (Architecture is 13.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#399
of 22,385 · #451 all time
Rank in Italy
#9
of 475
Research works
68k
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3M
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Politecnico di Milano

What is Politecnico di Milano 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 #219 of 10,670 10.7%11,065 #261
EngineeringField #123 of 5,901 11.0%6,211 #126
Social SciencesDomain #380 of 9,585 13.8%2,496 #462
Computer ScienceField #242 of 4,417 10.4%1,621 #171
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #66 of 908 10.9%780 #81
Business, Management and AccountingField #193 of 2,581 17.0%597 #185
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #206 of 2,176 10.8%1,161 #195
Social SciencesField #592 of 5,988 11.8%811 #733
Health SciencesDomain #1,057 of 9,902 12.6%815 #1025
Environmental ScienceField #367 of 3,334 9.5%901 #475

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Politecnico di Milano 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#261 #219
  2. Engineering#126 #123
  3. Social Sciences#462 #380
  4. Computer Science#171 #242
  5. Civil and Structural Engineering#81 #66
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#185 #193
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#195 #206
  8. Social Sciences#733 #592
  9. Health Sciences#1,025 #1,057
  10. Environmental Science#475 #367
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Politecnico di Milano work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Politecnico di Milano is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (41%), Computer Science (11%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 12k fractional works · 73.9% of its workEngineering: 6,864 fractional works · 41.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,264 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 867 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 795 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 676 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 607 fractional works · 3.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 483 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 477 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 407 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 327 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 319 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 255 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 127 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 92 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1,835 fractional works · 11.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 621 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 299 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 227 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 148 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 143 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 141 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 81 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,039 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 273 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 188 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 172 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 104 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 820 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 236 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 168 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 127 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 619 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 365 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 334 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeology: 106 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 90 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 304 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 115 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 206 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 151 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 161 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 106 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 145 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCatalysis: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,810 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 941 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 299 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 171 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 96 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 650 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 186 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 148 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 117 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 411 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 100 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 322 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 242 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 271 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 153 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 215 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 116 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 910 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 743 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 122 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 102 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 96 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 318 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 147 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 629 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 264 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 148 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 178 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 167 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 116 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPolitecnico diMilano17kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences17%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6,86441.2%
    2. Computer Science1,83511.0%
    3. Environmental Science1,0396.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy8204.9%
    5. Materials Science6193.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences3342.0%
    7. Mathematics3041.8%
    8. Energy2061.2%
    9. Chemistry1611.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering1450.9%
  2. Social Sciences2,81016.9%
    1. Social Sciences9415.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting6503.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities4112.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3221.9%
    5. Decision Sciences2711.6%
    6. Psychology2151.3%
    1. Medicine7434.5%
    2. Health Professions1470.9%
    3. Dentistry120.1%
    4. Nursing60.0%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2641.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1781.1%
    3. Neuroscience1671.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology80.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Politecnico di Milano specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Architecture takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ArchitectureSubfield · 86.5 works13×
  2. GeologySubfield · 106.4 works4.7×
  3. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 476.6 works4.6×
  4. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 406.7 works4.5×
  5. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 867.2 works4.4×
  6. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 81.5 works4.3×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 178 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 264 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 167 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.49× its world share, 145 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 161 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 1,835 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 334 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.35× its world share, 206 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.74× its world share, 6,864 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 1,039 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.06× its world share, 619 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 304 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.21× its world share, 820 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 147 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 743 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 411 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 650 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 271 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 322 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 215 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 941 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.74×6,864 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.49×145 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.21×820 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.68×271 works
  5. Mathematics1.55×304 works
  6. Computer Science1.42×1,835 works
  7. Energy1.35×206 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.28×334 works
  9. Environmental Science1.25×1,039 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.21×650 works
  11. Materials Science1.06×619 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×322 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.85×411 works
  14. Neuroscience0.62×167 works
  15. Chemistry0.62×161 works
  16. Social Sciences0.45×941 works
  17. Psychology0.42×215 works
  18. Health Professions0.33×147 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×264 works
  20. Medicine0.23×743 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×178 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×12 works
  23. Dentistry0.15×12 works
  24. Veterinary0.10×2 works
  25. Nursing0.07×6 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×8 works

Who are the top researchers at Politecnico di Milano?

Ranked on the quality score, Massimo Tavoni, Maria Cristina Rulli and Josip Kotlar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Politecnico di Milano.

  1. 1 Massimo Tavoni Italy · #27,549 worldwide 26k citations · 449 works
  2. 2 Maria Cristina Rulli Italy · #46,971 worldwide 12k citations · 359 works
  3. 3 Josip Kotlar Italy · #50,228 worldwide 6.9k citations · 149 works
  4. 4 Gianvito Vilé Italy · #50,946 worldwide 7.5k citations · 141 works
  5. 5 Giorgio Locatelli Italy · #58,664 worldwide 7.2k citations · 282 works
  6. 6 Andrea Caragliu Italy · #59,792 worldwide 7.5k citations · 122 works
  7. 7 Elena Lucchi Italy · #60,666 worldwide 4.8k citations · 176 works
  8. 8 Claudio Sassanelli Italy · #62,901 worldwide 5.5k citations · 150 works
  9. 9 Paolo Rosa Italy · #69,387 worldwide 6.4k citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Daniele Ielmini Italy · #71,488 worldwide 28k citations · 531 works
All ranked researchers at Politecnico di Milano

What are the most cited papers from Politecnico di Milano?

The most cited paper from Politecnico di Milano is "Planck 2018 results" (N. Aghanim et al., 2020), with 14,737 citations. Next come "Ant system: optimization by a colony of cooperating agents" (12,083) and "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Planck 2018 results N. Aghanim et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access181 authors 3 Apr 2020 14,737
2 Ant system: optimization by a colony of cooperating agents Marco Dorigo, Vittorio Maniezzo, A. Colorni · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) Feb 1996 12,083
3 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
4 The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview Keywan Riahi et al. · Global Environmental Change Open access 13 Sep 2016 6,791
5 Permanent scatterers in SAR interferometry A. Ferretti, C. Prati, F. Rocca · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2001 5,555
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Politecnico di Milano?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Cultural Heritage, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency and Mechanical Properties.

▲ 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. Sustainability998▲ 2.5×96 topics
  2. Deep Learning857▲ 1.49×80 topics
  3. Machine Learning731▲ 1.32×88 topics
  4. Renewable Energy509▲ 2.1×54 topics
  5. Climate Change475◆ 1.05×100 topics
  6. Cultural Heritage470▲ 5.3×29 topics
  7. Neural Networks416▲ 1.62×38 topics
  8. Environmental Impact377▲ 1.33×57 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency377▲ 2.4×43 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties375▲ 2.3×36 topics
  11. Remote Sensing364▲ 1.79×36 topics
  12. Sustainable Development341▲ 1.31×68 topics
  13. Innovation290▲ 1.69×50 topics
  14. Big Data285▲ 1.79×28 topics
  15. Electric Vehicles261▲ 5.4×4 topics
  16. Additive Manufacturing248▲ 4.8×8 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management240▲ 1.60×21 topics
  18. Artificial Neural Networks230▲ 3.0×9 topics
  19. Heat Transfer228▲ 2.8×20 topics
  20. Model Predictive Control226▲ 5.3×6 topics
  21. Urban Development213▲ 3.6×18 topics
  22. Nonlinear Dynamics211▲ 5.7×9 topics
  23. Smart Grid210▲ 3.5×10 topics
  24. Finite Element Analysis182▲ 4.8×9 topics
  25. Sensor Networks175▲ 4.3×6 topics
  26. Life Cycle Assessment174▲ 3.8×8 topics
  27. Construction167▲ 7.6×3 topics
  28. Large-Eddy Simulation141▲ 4.5×5 topics
  29. Participatory Design136▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Environmental Effects132▲ 7.7×3 topics
  31. Terrestrial Laser Scanning132▲ 6.6×2 topics
  32. Vibration-based Damage Identification131▲ 12×1 topic
  33. Wireless Sensors131▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Thermal Comfort128▲ 5.9×2 topics
  35. Co-Creation114▲ 16×2 topics
  36. 3D Reconstruction113▲ 7.5×2 topics
  37. Point Clouds113▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. Reinforced Concrete111▲ 8.6×2 topics
  39. Photogrammetry105▲ 10×1 topic
  40. UAV105▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Politecnico di Milano publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis.

Structural Health Monito…131Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 131 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultura…1053D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 105 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 100 fractional worksMasonry and Concrete Structural Analysis: 92 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 91 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 90 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 89 fractional worksStructural Behavior of R…82Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 82 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 81 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 81 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringGeologyAutomotive EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 131 works
  2. 2 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 105 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 100 works
  4. 4 Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 92 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 91 works
  6. 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 90 works
  7. 7 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 89 works
  8. 8 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 82 works
  9. 9 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 81 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 81 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Politecnico di Milano's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% 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 Politecnico di Milano as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.070% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Politecnico di Milano0.065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Politecnico di Milano 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 counting10%20%Politecnico di Milano11.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2011.

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Which institutions have research most like Politecnico di Milano's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Aalto University has the research profile closest to Politecnico di Milano's, with both strong in Physics and Astronomy.

  1. 1 Aalto UniversityFinland · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, Chemical Engineering 0.93 Compare
  2. 2 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Both strong in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy 0.93 Compare
  3. 3 Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaSpain · Both strong in Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Chemical Engineering 0.91 Compare
  4. 4 North China Electric Power UniversityChina · Both strong in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Energy 0.90 Compare
  5. 5 Beihang UniversityChina · Both strong in Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Chemical Engineering 0.89 Compare

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