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Sapienza University of Rome

In research, Sapienza University of Rome stands highest in Business, Management and Accounting (#11 of 2,578 worldwide), Social Sciences (#52 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#71 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Arts and Humanities, Space and Planetary Science and Theoretical Computer Science — General Arts and Humanities is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#121
of 28,054 · #171 all time
Rank in Italy
#1
of 618
Research works
112k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2M
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Sapienza University of Rome 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
Business, Management and AccountingField #11 of 2,578 27.5%535 #77
Social SciencesDomain #52 of 10,521 16.4%7,194 #178
Health SciencesDomain #71 of 11,982 20.3%5,269 #148
MedicineField #83 of 10,443 21.1%4,367 #165
Health ProfessionsField #19 of 1,928 13.4%695 #61
Arts and HumanitiesField #21 of 1,998 15.1%1,198 #77
Physical SciencesDomain #204 of 12,888 19.5%7,999 #169
Life SciencesDomain #125 of 7,800 23.6%2,115 #244
Social SciencesField #121 of 6,365 13.6%2,956 #259
ArcheologySubfield #3 of 139 19.7%270 #7

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sapienza University of Rome 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Business, Management and Accounting#77 #11
  2. Social Sciences#178 #52
  3. Health Sciences#148 #71
  4. Medicine#165 #83
  5. Health Professions#61 #19
  6. Arts and Humanities#77 #21
  7. Physical Sciences#169 #204
  8. Life Sciences#244 #125
  9. Social Sciences#259 #121
  10. Archeology#7 #3
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Sapienza University of Rome specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Arts and Humanities takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 56.2 works12×
  2. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 32.2 works7.1×
  3. Theoretical Computer ScienceSubfield · 20.8 works5.4×
  4. ArchitectureSubfield · 39.8 works4.5×
  5. ArcheologySubfield · 270.1 works4.0×
  6. Public AdministrationSubfield · 47.4 works3.9×
  7. ClassicsSubfield · 47.4 works3.5×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 439 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 966 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 164 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 501 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 44 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 70 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 216 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 1,437 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 456 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 132 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.90× its world share, 3,037 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 1,001 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 397 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.95× its world share, 519 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.46× its world share, 734 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.17× its world share, 128 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 695 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 4,367 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 71 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.84× its world share, 1,198 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 534 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 308 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.56× its world share, 756 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.10× its world share, 1,441 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 2,956 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sapienza University of Rome?

Ranked on the composite score, Domenico Alvaro, Guido Carpino and Alessandro De Luca lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sapienza University of Rome.

  1. 1 Domenico Alvaro Italy · #2,319 worldwide 1.7k citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Guido Carpino Italy · #2,734 worldwide 1.7k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Alessandro De Luca Italy · #5,223 worldwide 1.1k citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Gian Vittorio Caprara Italy · #5,246 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Luciano Maiani Italy · #6,204 worldwide 1.5k citations · 106 works
  6. 6 F. Piacentini Italy · #6,211 worldwide 1.9k citations · 112 works
  7. 7 L. Pagano Italy · #6,316 worldwide 1.5k citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Vincenzo Cardinale Italy · #6,611 worldwide 1.7k citations · 56 works
  9. 9 A. Melchiorri Italy · #6,781 worldwide 2.8k citations · 146 works
  10. 10 G. Cruccu Italy · #7,718 worldwide 880 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Sapienza University of Rome

Which keywords describe research at Sapienza University of Rome?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Well-being, Cultural Heritage, Positive Emotions, Globalization, Epidemiology, Positive Psychology and Life Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology847◆ 0.95×136 topics
  2. Mental Health792▲ 2.4×44 topics
  3. Globalization640▲ 1.44×142 topics
  4. Sustainability619◆ 1.13×108 topics
  5. Climate Change572◆ 0.94×112 topics
  6. Deep Learning556▼ 0.72×78 topics
  7. Machine Learning543▼ 0.73×85 topics
  8. Quality of Life540▲ 1.66×58 topics
  9. Well-being480▲ 5.5×14 topics
  10. Cultural Heritage468▲ 3.8×35 topics
  11. Inflammation458◆ 0.97×83 topics
  12. Public Health437▲ 1.33×69 topics
  13. Resilience356▲ 3.3×17 topics
  14. Remote Sensing327▲ 1.18×39 topics
  15. Treatment319▲ 1.17×51 topics
  16. Positive Emotions314▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease298▲ 1.19×39 topics
  18. Economic Growth297▲ 1.55×28 topics
  19. Identity290▲ 1.76×69 topics
  20. Social Support267▲ 2.1×20 topics
  21. Positive Psychology256▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Life Satisfaction253▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Subjective Well-Being252▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Gratitude237▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Happiness237▲ 22×1 topic
  26. Gender234▲ 1.91×54 topics
  27. Religion234▲ 2.2×39 topics
  28. Literature216▲ 1.77×54 topics
  29. Emotion Regulation202▲ 2.9×9 topics
  30. Psychological Resilience199▲ 9.7×2 topics
  31. Stress196▲ 2.3×11 topics
  32. Neoliberalism185▲ 2.3×25 topics
  33. Income Inequality164▲ 5.1×7 topics
  34. Stress Management147▲ 6.2×6 topics
  35. Gender Inequality143▲ 4.6×6 topics
  36. Economic Evaluation142▲ 5.2×4 topics
  37. Adolescent Health135▲ 7.0×3 topics
  38. Salutogenesis123▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Sense of Coherence123▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Urban Planning112▲ 6.1×14 topics

Which research topics does Sapienza University of Rome publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Health, psychology, and well-being, 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage and Resilience and Mental Health.

Psychological Well-being…237Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 237 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and …123Health, psychology, and well-being: 123 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultura…793D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 79 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 76 fractional worksUrban Planning and Valuation: 71 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 65 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Inequality: 58 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 57 fractional worksItalian Literature and Culture: 55 fractional worksIntergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 53 fractional works
Social PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsGeologyClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 237 works
  2. 2 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 123 works
  3. 3 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 79 works
  4. 4 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 76 works
  5. 5 Urban Planning and Valuation Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 71 works
  6. 6 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 65 works
  7. 7 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 58 works
  8. 8 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 57 works
  9. 9 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 55 works
  10. 10 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 53 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 available38.4%not open61.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sapienza University of Rome's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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