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Saipem (Italy)

In research, Saipem (Italy) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,494 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,643 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 58.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,748
of 22,385 · #14,597 all time
Rank in Italy
#302
of 475
Research works
747
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Saipem (Italy)

What is Saipem (Italy) 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 #5,494 of 10,670 3.2%92 #6696
EngineeringField #4,643 of 5,901 2.7%65 #5993

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saipem (Italy) 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 Saipem (Italy) work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Saipem (Italy) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Computer Science (5%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 99 fractional works · 76.1% of its workEngineering: 71 fractional works · 54.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 39 fractional works · 30.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMetals and Alloys: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSaipem (Italy)130fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences14%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7154.4%
    2. Computer Science75.5%
    3. Materials Science64.5%
    4. Environmental Science54.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences43.1%
    6. Energy42.9%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences64.6%
    2. Decision Sciences54.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting32.2%
    4. Psychology21.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine53.8%
    2. Health Professions21.8%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Saipem (Italy) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 58.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 39.4 works58×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.21× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.63× its world share, 71 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.22× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.22×5 works
  2. Engineering3.63×71 works
  3. Energy3.21×4 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.99×4 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.61×1 works
  6. Materials Science1.28×6 works
  7. Dentistry0.90×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.83×5 works
  9. Computer Science0.70×7 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×3 works
  11. Health Professions0.69×2 works
  12. Veterinary0.63×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.51×1 works
  14. Psychology0.49×2 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.44×2 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×2 works
  18. Social Sciences0.36×6 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×2 works
  21. Nursing0.26×0 works
  22. Medicine0.20×5 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  25. Neuroscience0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saipem (Italy)?

Ranked on the quality score, Claudia Pizzigalli, Paresh Girdhar and A. Silvestri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saipem (Italy).

  1. 1 Claudia Pizzigalli Italy · #2,233,921 worldwide 717 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Paresh Girdhar Italy · #2,984,948 worldwide 166 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 A. Silvestri Italy · #3,246,529 worldwide 266 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Frédéric Perrin Italy · #3,380,096 worldwide 159 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Jacques Ruer Italy · #3,505,402 worldwide 339 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Bruno Pini Italy · #3,960,689 worldwide 161 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Matteo Mattioli Italy · #4,007,698 worldwide 169 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Lorenzo Marchionni Italy · #4,088,516 worldwide 102 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Toby Terpstra Italy · #4,092,203 worldwide 172 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Alfredo Battistelli Italy · #4,248,977 worldwide 954 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Saipem (Italy)

What are the most cited papers from Saipem (Italy)?

The most cited paper from Saipem (Italy) is "Climate change and Mediterranean agriculture: Impacts on winter wheat and tomato crop evapotranspiration, irrigation requirements and yield" (Sameh Saadi, Mladen Todorović, Lazar Tanasijevic et al., 2014), with 295 citations. Next come "Impacts of climate change on olive crop evapotranspiration and irrigation requirements in the Mediterranean region" (261) and "Hydrogen Safety Challenges: A Comprehensive Review on Production, Storage, Transport, Utilization, and CFD-Based Consequence and Risk Assessment" (215).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Climate change and Mediterranean agriculture: Impacts on winter wheat and tomato crop evapotranspiration, irrigation requirements and yield Sameh Saadi, Mladen Todorović, Lazar Tanasijevic et al. · Agricultural Water Management 2 Jun 2014 295
2 Impacts of climate change on olive crop evapotranspiration and irrigation requirements in the Mediterranean region Lazar Tanasijevic, Mladen Todorović, Luis Santos Pereira et al. · Agricultural Water Management 21 Jun 2014 261
3 Hydrogen Safety Challenges: A Comprehensive Review on Production, Storage, Transport, Utilization, and CFD-Based Consequence and Risk Assessment Marcella Calabrese, Maria Portarapillo, Alessandra Di Nardo et al. · Energies Open access 12 Mar 2024 215
4 Quaternary evolution of the southern sector of the Campanian Plain and early Somma-Vesuvius activity: insights from the Trecase 1 well Debora Brocchini, Claudia Principe, Davide Castradori et al. · Mineralogy and Petrology Nov 2001 189
5 2D modeling of salt precipitation during the injection of dry CO2 in a depleted gas reservoir Thomas Giorgis, Michele Carpita, Alfredo Battistelli · Energy Conversion and Management 3 Mar 2007 163
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saipem (Italy)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Technology, Oil and Gas, Subsea, Artificial Lift Systems, Fault Diagnosis, Pitting Corrosion and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy22▲ 12×12 topics
  2. Technology18▲ 26×2 topics
  3. Oil and Gas17▲ 378×1 topic
  4. Subsea17▲ 1414×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning11▲ 2.5×11 topics
  6. Sustainability9▲ 2.9×13 topics
  7. Environmental Impact9▲ 3.9×11 topics
  8. Artificial Lift Systems8▲ 219×1 topic
  9. Fault Diagnosis8▲ 42×1 topic
  10. Pitting Corrosion6▲ 96×2 topics
  11. Corrosion6▲ 38×4 topics
  12. Pipeline6▲ 44×3 topics
  13. Finite Element Analysis6▲ 19×5 topics
  14. Economic Analysis5▲ 28×3 topics
  15. Reliability Assessment5▲ 87×2 topics
  16. Offshore Decommissioning5▲ 400×1 topic
  17. Ship Recycling5▲ 400×1 topic
  18. Cryogenic Storage4▲ 127×1 topic
  19. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)4▲ 127×1 topic
  20. Natural Gas4▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Risk Analysis4▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Steel Structures4▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Nanoparticles4▲ 2.6×8 topics
  24. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Mechanical Properties4▲ 2.7×6 topics
  26. Bayesian Networks3▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Fault Tree Analysis3▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Optimization3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  29. Hydrogen Embrittlement3▲ 26×3 topics
  30. Vibration Analysis3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  31. Drilling Fluids2▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Well Integrity2▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  34. Passive Films2▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Stainless Steels2▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Geological Mapping2▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Acoustic Communications2▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Data Integration2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  40. Material Characterization2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Saipem (Italy) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Offshore Engineering and Technologies, Oil and Gas Production Techniques, Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies and Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies.

Offshore Engineering and…17Offshore Engineering and Technologies: 17 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 8 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 5 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 4 fractional worksStructural Integrity and…4Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 4 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 3 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 2 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 2 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 2 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 2 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMechanical EngineeringStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty2 others

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

  1. 1 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 17 works
  2. 2 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 3 works
  7. 7 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 2 works
  9. 9 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 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 available15.8%not open84.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saipem (Italy)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower 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 Saipem (Italy) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Saipem (Italy)0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saipem (Italy) 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 2025Saipem (Italy)4.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.3% in 2015.

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