Pontifical Lateran University

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pontifical Lateran University 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).

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 52.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

1. PhilosophySubfield · 23.4 works52×
2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 45.8 works15×

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

• Arts and Humanities 15.2×
• Psychology 3.0×
• Social Sciences 2.4×
• Decision Sciences 2.3×
• Neuroscience 1.3×
• Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
• Medicine 0.3×
• Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
• Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
• Health Professions 0.3×
• Immunology and Microbiology 0.3×
• Chemical Engineering 0.1×
• Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
• Environmental Science 0.1×
• Computer Science 0.1×
• Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
• Chemistry 0.1×
• Materials Science 0.0×

Ranked on the composite score, Patrick Valdrini, Bernard Joassart and Philippe Chenaux lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pontifical Lateran University.

1. 1 🇮🇹 Patrick Valdrini Italy · #241,245 worldwide 2 citations · 39 works
2. 2 🇮🇹 Bernard Joassart Italy · #481,047 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
3. 3 🇮🇹 Philippe Chenaux Italy · #535,132 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
4. 4 🇮🇹 Denilson Geraldo Italy · #643,120 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
5. 5 🇮🇹 Angela Ales Bello Italy · #693,086 worldwide 9 citations · 58 works

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Religion, Philosophy, Divine Providence, Theology, Education, Psychology and Catholicism.

By volume in 2022–2025: Theology and Philosophy of Evil, Theology and Canon Law Studies, Medieval Philosophy and Theology and Religious and Theological Studies.

1. 1 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 6 works
2. 2 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 4 works
3. 3 Medieval Philosophy and Theology Philosophy 4 works
4. 4 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
5. 5 Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
7. 7 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 2 works
8. 8 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 2 works
9. 9 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 2 works
10. 10 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works

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.

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% higher than in 2013–2017.

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