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Smartex (Italy)

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Research works
50
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
40.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Smartex (Italy)

Not ranked overall: Smartex (Italy) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Smartex (Italy) work in?

In all years, 60% of research at Smartex (Italy) is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (40%), Medicine (20%), Computer Science (14%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 59.5% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 40.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 27.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 13.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 25.8% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 19.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSmartex (Italy)50fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2040.4%
    2. Computer Science713.8%
    3. Environmental Science12.4%
    4. Materials Science11.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine1019.8%
    2. Health Professions35.6%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Psychology36.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting01.0%
    3. Decision Sciences00.2%
    4. Social Sciences00.2%
    1. Neuroscience23.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.51× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.51×3 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.90×1 works
  3. Environmental Science1.70×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.43×0 works
  5. Computer Science1.33×1 works
  6. Medicine1.02×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×0 works
  8. Chemistry0.88×0 works
  9. Psychology0.82×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×0 works
  11. Energy0.50×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.16×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Smartex (Italy)?

Ranked on the quality score, Nicola Taccini, Rita Paradiso and G. Loriga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Smartex (Italy).

  1. 1 Nicola Taccini Italy · #1,424,598 worldwide 1.9k citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Rita Paradiso Italy · #1,564,213 worldwide 4k citations · 135 works
  3. 3 G. Loriga Italy · #2,519,991 worldwide 1.2k citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Gianluca De Toma Italy · #3,308,721 worldwide 101 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 M. Pacelli Italy · #3,752,330 worldwide 379 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Laura Caldani Italy · #3,997,304 worldwide 181 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Smartex (Italy)

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

The most cited paper from Smartex (Italy) is "A Wearable Health Care System Based on Knitted Integrated Sensors" (Rita Paradiso, G. Loriga, Nicola Taccini, 2005), with 726 citations. Next come "BIOTEX—Biosensing Textiles for Personalised Healthcare Management" (332) and "Performance Evaluation of Sensing Fabrics for Monitoring Physiological and Biomechanical Variables" (247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Wearable Health Care System Based on Knitted Integrated Sensors Rita Paradiso, G. Loriga, Nicola Taccini · IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine Sep 2005 726
2 BIOTEX—Biosensing Textiles for Personalised Healthcare Management Shirley M. Coyle et al. · IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine Open access 12 Jan 2010 332
3 Performance Evaluation of Sensing Fabrics for Monitoring Physiological and Biomechanical Variables Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, Angelo Gemignani, Rita Paradiso et al. · IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine Sep 2005 247
4 Sensing Fabrics for Monitoring Physiological and Biomechanical Variables: E-textile solutions M. Pacelli, G. Loriga, Nicola Taccini et al. Conference paper Sep 2006 174
5 Wearable Monitoring for Mood Recognition in Bipolar Disorder Based on History-Dependent Long-Term Heart Rate Variability Analysis Gaetano Valenza, M. Nardelli, Antonio Lanatà et al. · IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics Open access 19 Nov 2013 167
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Smartex (Italy)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Monitoring, Wearable Sensors, Deep Learning, Heart Rate Variability, Flexible Electronics, Nanogenerators, Wearable and Photoplethysmography.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Health Monitoring10▲ 145×2 topics
  2. Wearable Sensors8▲ 188×2 topics
  3. Deep Learning8▲ 7.2×14 topics
  4. Heart Rate Variability7▲ 119×2 topics
  5. Flexible Electronics7▲ 96×3 topics
  6. Nanogenerators7▲ 158×1 topic
  7. Wearable7▲ 158×1 topic
  8. Photoplethysmography5▲ 263×1 topic
  9. Remote Monitoring5▲ 83×1 topic
  10. Activity Recognition4▲ 237×1 topic
  11. Pervasive Computing4▲ 237×1 topic
  12. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  13. Autonomic Nervous System2▲ 72×1 topic
  14. Physiological Time Series2▲ 72×1 topic
  15. Machine Learning2▲ 1.85×5 topics
  16. Gait Analysis2▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Risk Assessment2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  18. Electromyography2▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Muscle Fatigue2▲ 65×1 topic
  20. Ergonomics2▲ 57×1 topic
  21. Neural Networks2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  22. Occupational Health2▲ 35×1 topic
  23. Epidemiology1▼ 0.71×6 topics
  24. Inflammation1◆ 1.15×7 topics
  25. Physiological Monitoring1▲ 59×2 topics
  26. Classification1▲ 6.7×2 topics
  27. Sustainability1▲ 1.34×5 topics
  28. Wavelet Transform1▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Brain-Computer Interfaces1▲ 30×1 topic
  30. EEG Analysis1▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Genetics1▲ 2.9×3 topics
  32. Prevalence1▲ 5.0×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Smart Grid Security and Resilience and Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs).

Advanced Malware Detecti…0Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 0 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…0Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 0 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 0 fractional worksVehicular Ad Hoc Network…0Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs): 0 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign …0Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 0 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 0 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technol…0Smart Cities and Technologies: 0 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 0 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 0 fractional works
Signal ProcessingBuilding and ConstructionControl and Systems EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 0 works
  2. 2 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 0 works
  3. 3 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 0 works
  9. 9 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 0 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 available23.7%not open76.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.2%domestic only68.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Smartex (Italy) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000100% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Smartex (Italy)0.000024% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Smartex (Italy) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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