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Regione Siciliana

In research, Regione Siciliana stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,963 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,947
of 28,054 · #21,329 all time
Rank in Italy
#568
of 618
Research works
653
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.3k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Regione Siciliana 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 #9,963 of 10,521 7.8%62 #10285

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

What does Regione Siciliana specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 23.7 works6.2×
← 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: 2.14× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.68× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.15× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× 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, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Regione Siciliana?

Ranked on the composite score, Luca Gianaroli, Achille Cernigliaro and Luigi Bernabò Brea lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Regione Siciliana.

  1. 1 Luca Gianaroli Italy · #21,237 worldwide 374 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Achille Cernigliaro Italy · #80,959 worldwide 339 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Luigi Bernabò Brea Italy · #720,190 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Salvatore Scondotto Italy · #1,517,508 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Regione Siciliana

Which keywords describe research at Regione Siciliana?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Literature, Identity, History, Colonialism, Climate Change, Narrative and Education.

▲ 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. Climate Change8▲ 2.3×31 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage8▲ 11×15 topics
  3. Epidemiology7▲ 1.28×51 topics
  4. Identity6▲ 6.6×11 topics
  5. Literature6▲ 8.5×11 topics
  6. Education6▲ 2.6×20 topics
  7. History5▲ 5.8×14 topics
  8. Mental Health5▲ 2.8×19 topics
  9. Colonialism5▲ 7.6×10 topics
  10. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.0×13 topics
  11. Gender4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  12. Narrative4▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Cultural Studies3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  14. Language Teaching3▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Religion3▲ 5.0×8 topics
  16. Pedagogy3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  17. Nationalism3▲ 4.6×6 topics
  18. Inclusion3▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Research3▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Philosophy2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  21. Portuguese2▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Pragmatics2▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Urban Development2▲ 4.8×9 topics
  25. Learning2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  26. Memory2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  27. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  28. Corpora2▲ 127×1 topic
  29. Historiography2▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Spoken Language2▲ 127×1 topic
  31. Cura2▲ 176×1 topic
  32. Family2▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Qualitative2▲ 100×1 topic
  34. Teaching2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Trauma2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  36. Small and Medium Enterprises2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  37. Social Responsibility2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  38. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 9.0×6 topics
  39. Archaeology2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  40. Spain2▲ 36×3 topics

Which research topics does Regione Siciliana publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition, Educational and Social Studies, Brazilian Legal Issues and Historical and Environmental Studies.

Linguistic Studies and L…2Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition: 2 fractional worksEducational and Social S…2Educational and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues1Brazilian Legal Issues: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Environmental Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 1 fractional worksItalian Literature and Culture: 1 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics a…1Historical Linguistics and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional worksMycotoxins in Agriculture and Food: 1 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…1Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceEducationLawSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  2. 2 Educational and Social Studies Education 2 works
  3. 3 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 1 works
  4. 4 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 1 works
  7. 7 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 1 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 1 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 available58.4%not open41.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.1%domestic only71.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Regione Siciliana's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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