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Toscana Life Sciences

In research, Toscana Life Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,847 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#8,813 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,657 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,629
of 28,054 · #8,284 all time
Rank in Italy
#189
of 618
Research works
388
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
33.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Toscana Life Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #3,847 of 14,347 33.8%186
MedicineField #8,813 of 17,978 33.0%147
Health SciencesDomain #11,657 of 20,462 32.4%153

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toscana Life Sciences 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 Toscana Life Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 24.1 works4.6×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.63× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 13.90× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 13.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toscana Life Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Francesco Berti, Francesca Micoli and Mariagrazia Pizza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toscana Life Sciences.

  1. 1 Francesco Berti Italy · #349,752 worldwide 107 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Francesca Micoli Italy · #851,747 worldwide 95 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Mariagrazia Pizza Italy · #877,780 worldwide 42 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 G. Antoni Italy · #1,327,040 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Francesca Mancini Italy · #1,343,403 worldwide 35 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Toscana Life Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Toscana Life Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Immunity, Vaccine Development, Pathogenicity, Infection and Clinical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 6.8×38 topics
  2. Pathogenesis16▲ 32×11 topics
  3. Vaccine16▲ 39×9 topics
  4. Immunity11▲ 28×6 topics
  5. Vaccine Development8▲ 32×7 topics
  6. Infection7▲ 30×5 topics
  7. Pathogenicity7▲ 111×3 topics
  8. Clinical Management6▲ 38×2 topics
  9. Virulence6▲ 102×2 topics
  10. Bacterial Meningitis6▲ 310×1 topic
  11. Genomic Analysis6▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Neisseria meningitidis6▲ 310×1 topic
  13. Type III Secretion System6▲ 110×3 topics
  14. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 30×5 topics
  15. Escherichia coli6▲ 427×1 topic
  16. Shiga toxin6▲ 427×1 topic
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Norovirus5▲ 112×1 topic
  19. Rotavirus5▲ 112×1 topic
  20. Cancer5▲ 3.6×22 topics
  21. Innate Immunity4▲ 14×8 topics
  22. Pandemic4▲ 3.8×4 topics
  23. Antigen Presentation4▲ 44×2 topics
  24. Glycosylation4▲ 34×2 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-24▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Coronavirus3▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Vaccination3▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Community-Acquired Pneumonia3▲ 98×1 topic
  29. Genomics3▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine3▲ 98×1 topic
  31. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Monoclonal Antibodies3▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Therapeutic Antibodies3▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Mutation3▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Viral Transmission2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Virus2▲ 27×2 topics
  37. antibody2▲ 24×1 topic
  38. spike protein2▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Antibody Engineering2▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Fc Receptors2▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Toscana Life Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Escherichia coli research studies, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Bacterial Infections and Vaccines: 6 fractional worksEscherichia coli research studies: 6 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 5 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…2Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 2 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 2 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 1 fractional works
MicrobiologyEndocrinologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 6 works
  2. 2 Escherichia coli research studies Endocrinology 6 works
  3. 3 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 5 works
  4. 4 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  8. 8 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 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 available59.7%not open40.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.2%domestic only64.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toscana Life Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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