Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
In research, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna stands highest in Health Sciences (#970 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#987 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,158 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture (Hardware and Architecture is 14.2× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,016 of 22,385 · #1,213 all time
- Rank in Italy
- #39 of 475
- Research works
- 8.3k ▲ 15% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 201k 24.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 13.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.23× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 47% world 40%
- International
- 26% world 18%
What is Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #970 of 9,902 | 15.4% | 348 | #1165 | |
| MedicineField | #987 of 8,541 | 15.6% | 287 | #1179 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,158 of 9,585 | 17.6% | 561 | #1116 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,676 of 10,670 | 10.6% | 795 | #1803 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,062 of 6,403 | 15.0% | 263 | #1371 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #789 of 4,417 | 10.1% | 228 | #717 | |
| EngineeringField | #1,251 of 5,901 | 10.9% | 409 | #832 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #555 of 2,581 | 20.5% | 132 | #706 | |
| Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField | #414 of 1,798 | 17.7% | 116 | #552 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #768 of 3,157 | 16.7% | 110 | #846 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna 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.
- Health Sciences#1,165 #970
- Medicine#1,179 #987
- Social Sciences#1,116 #1,158
- Physical Sciences#1,803 #1,676
- Life Sciences#1,371 #1,062
- Computer Science#717 #789
- Engineering#832 #1,251
- Business, Management and Accounting#706 #555
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance#552 #414
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#846 #768
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 Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna work in?
In 2022-now, 40% of research at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (13%).
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
- Physical Sciences90340.2%
- Engineering46320.6%
- Computer Science25211.2%
- Environmental Science873.9%
- Physics and Astronomy442.0%
- Materials Science190.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences120.6%
- Mathematics110.5%
- Chemistry70.3%
- Energy50.2%
- Chemical Engineering30.1%
- Social Sciences65028.9%
- Social Sciences28812.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting1446.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1275.7%
- Psychology401.8%
- Decision Sciences261.2%
- Arts and Humanities231.0%
- Health Sciences40017.8%
- Medicine33214.8%
- Health Professions602.7%
- Nursing30.1%
- Veterinary30.1%
- Dentistry10.0%
- Life Sciences29513.1%
What does Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hardware and Architecture takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 36.0 works14×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.64×127 works
- Neuroscience2.43×88 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.99×144 works
- Computer Science1.44×252 works
- Engineering1.37×462 works
- Decision Sciences1.22×26 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.13×120 works
- Veterinary1.05×3 works
- Health Professions1.01×60 works
- Social Sciences1.01×288 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.88×44 works
- Environmental Science0.78×87 works
- Medicine0.77×332 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×79 works
- Psychology0.59×40 works
- Mathematics0.41×11 works
- Chemical Engineering0.39×3 works
- Arts and Humanities0.36×23 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×12 works
- Nursing0.30×3 works
- Energy0.27×6 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.24×5 works
- Materials Science0.24×19 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×2 works
- Chemistry0.19×7 works
- Dentistry0.07×1 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.6×
- Neuroscience 2.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.0×
- Computer Science 1.4×
- Engineering 1.4×
- Decision Sciences 1.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.1×
- Veterinary 1.1×
- Health Professions 1.0×
- Social Sciences 1.0×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Medicine 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Psychology 0.6×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Chemical Engineering 0.4×
- Arts and Humanities 0.4×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.3×
- Nursing 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna?
Ranked on the quality score, Francesco Testa, Giovanni Dosi and Tiberio Daddi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.
- 1
Francesco Testa
Italy · #7,958 worldwide 11k citations · 163 works
- 2
Giovanni Dosi
Italy · #11,123 worldwide 43k citations · 589 works
- 3
Tiberio Daddi
Italy · #29,810 worldwide 5.7k citations · 133 works
- 4
Fabio Iraldo
Italy · #30,345 worldwide 12k citations · 249 works
- 5
Pierdomenico Perata
Italy · #32,296 worldwide 20k citations · 230 works
- 6
Maria Enrica Virgillito
Italy · #35,615 worldwide 3.4k citations · 142 works
- 7
Francesco Licausi
Italy · #43,359 worldwide 8.9k citations · 92 works
- 8
Andrea Roventini
Italy · #43,704 worldwide 8k citations · 239 works
- 9
Giorgio Fagiolo
Italy · #93,768 worldwide 11k citations · 257 works
- 10
Natalia Marzia Gusmerotti
Italy · #105,545 worldwide 1.8k citations · 50 works
Which keywords describe research at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Robotic Manipulators, Soft Robotics, Deep Learning, Biomedical Applications, Human Rights, Actuators, Microwave Photonics and Minimally Invasive Surgery.
- Security Council
- Digital Signal Processing
- Resource Allocation
- Nanogenerators
- Flexible Electronics
- Optical Access Networks
- Embedded Systems
- Health Monitoring
- European Union
- Muscle Fatigue
- Gait Analysis
- Optical Fiber
- Bioinspired Robotics
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Microwave Photonics
- Soft Robotics
- Economic Growth
- Big Data
- Human Rights
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Biomedical Applications
- Sustainability
- Innovation
- Robotic Manipulators
- Actuators
- Environmental Management
- Global Governance
- Continuum Robots
- International Law
- Electromyography
- Feedback Control
- Surveillance
- Robotics
- Haptic Interfaces
- Photonic Signal Processing
- Energy Harvesting
- Wearable
- Coherent Detection
- Hydrodynamics
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
- Deep Learning107▲ 1.38×69 topics
- Machine Learning85◆ 1.13×67 topics
- Biomedical Applications69▲ 2.6×25 topics
- Human Rights64▲ 2.8×40 topics
- Sustainability62◆ 1.14×62 topics
- Big Data47▲ 2.2×20 topics
- Innovation45▲ 1.95×27 topics
- Economic Growth44▲ 2.4×21 topics
- Robotic Manipulators44▲ 19×3 topics
- Soft Robotics44▲ 25×2 topics
- Actuators37▲ 10×5 topics
- Microwave Photonics34▲ 18×2 topics
- Environmental Management33▲ 3.6×8 topics
- Minimally Invasive Surgery32▲ 24×2 topics
- Global Governance32▲ 5.9×15 topics
- Bioinspired Robotics31▲ 38×1 topic
- Continuum Robots31▲ 38×1 topic
- Optical Fiber30▲ 13×3 topics
- International Law30▲ 4.2×20 topics
- Gait Analysis29▲ 13×3 topics
- Electromyography28▲ 26×1 topic
- Muscle Fatigue28▲ 26×1 topic
- Feedback Control27▲ 7.3×5 topics
- European Union27▲ 5.4×18 topics
- Surveillance26▲ 4.2×5 topics
- Health Monitoring26▲ 5.7×3 topics
- Robotics26▲ 4.7×5 topics
- Embedded Systems26▲ 25×3 topics
- Haptic Interfaces26▲ 20×2 topics
- Optical Access Networks25▲ 35×1 topic
- Photonic Signal Processing25▲ 35×1 topic
- Flexible Electronics23▲ 6.0×2 topics
- Energy Harvesting23▲ 5.7×2 topics
- Nanogenerators23▲ 7.7×1 topic
- Wearable23▲ 7.7×1 topic
- Resource Allocation23▲ 5.7×9 topics
- Coherent Detection22▲ 24×1 topic
- Digital Signal Processing22▲ 21×1 topic
- Hydrodynamics20▲ 14×2 topics
- Security Council19▲ 17×2 topics
Which research topics does Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Soft Robotics and Applications, Muscle activation and electromyography studies, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 31 works
- 2 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 28 works
- 3 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
- 4 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 23 works
- 5 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
- 6 Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics Biomedical Engineering 18 works
- 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 17 works
- 8 Micro and Nano Robotics Condensed Matter Physics 17 works
- 9 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 17 works
- 10 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 17 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0094% in 2024.
Fractional works of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.8% in 2000.
Other research institutions in Pisa
- University of Pisa
- Scuola Normale Superiore
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana
- Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio
- Ingegneria dei Sistemi (Italy)
- Consorzio Pisa Ricerche
- Fondazione Pisa
- Nextworks (Italy)
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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