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Tumori Foundation

In research, Tumori Foundation stands highest in Medicine (#7,696 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#9,159 of 16,688 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#3,927 of 5,801 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,043
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,364
of 7,310
Research works
736
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
63%
world 18%
Tumori Foundation

What is Tumori Foundation 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
MedicineField #7,696 of 14,558 9.6%484
Health SciencesDomain #9,159 of 16,688 9.6%497
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,927 of 5,801 8.3%127
Life SciencesDomain #7,918 of 11,023 9.0%171

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tumori Foundation 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 Tumori Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Tumori Foundation is in Social Sciences, 41% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Social Sciences (29%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 28 fractional works · 42.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 29.0% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 11.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 12.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 40.8% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 39.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 8.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 13.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTumori Foundation66fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences42%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1929.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance812.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine2639.8%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology69.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering11.2%
    2. Computer Science11.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    4. Environmental Science00.5%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
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: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.07× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.93× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.93×8 works
  2. Social Sciences2.29×19 works
  3. Medicine2.07×26 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.74×6 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.35×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.33×0 works
  10. Nursing0.21×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.14×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.10×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  16. Engineering0.08×1 works
  17. Psychology0.08×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tumori Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, A Bigotti, Pierluigi Fracasso and Raffaele Tecce lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tumori Foundation.

  1. 1 A Bigotti United States · #1,278,776 worldwide 4k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Pierluigi Fracasso United States · #3,127,086 worldwide 965 citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Raffaele Tecce United States · #3,294,398 worldwide 1.6k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Gabriella Zupi United States · #3,891,973 worldwide 6.8k citations · 202 works
  5. 5 Massimo Lopez United States · #4,177,311 worldwide 3k citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Irene Venturo United States · #4,628,087 worldwide 1.2k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Francesca Conti United States · #4,732,728 worldwide 501 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Edmondo Terzoli United States · #4,831,045 worldwide 3.8k citations · 157 works
  9. 9 Rossella Galati United States · #4,872,717 worldwide 1.4k citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Alberto Pietrangeli United States · #4,941,093 worldwide 711 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Tumori Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Tumori Foundation?

The most cited paper from Tumori Foundation is "Isolation and In vitro Propagation of Tumorigenic Breast Cancer Cells with Stem/Progenitor Cell Properties" (Dario Ponti, Aurora Costa, Nadia Zaffaroni et al., 2005), with 1,732 citations. Next come "Systematic Pelvic Lymphadenectomy vs No Lymphadenectomy in Early-Stage Endometrial Carcinoma: Randomized Clinical Trial" (1,570) and "ESTIMATING THE POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE RISK FOR MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS USING CASE-CONTROL DATA" (1,256).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Isolation and In vitro Propagation of Tumorigenic Breast Cancer Cells with Stem/Progenitor Cell Properties Dario Ponti, Aurora Costa, Nadia Zaffaroni et al. · Cancer Research Open access Jul 2005 1,732
2 Systematic Pelvic Lymphadenectomy vs No Lymphadenectomy in Early-Stage Endometrial Carcinoma: Randomized Clinical Trial Pierluigi Benedetti Panici et al. · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 25 Nov 2008 1,570
3 ESTIMATING THE POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE RISK FOR MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS USING CASE-CONTROL DATA Paolo Bruzzi, Sylvan B. Green, David P. Byar et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology Nov 1985 1,256
4 Food-Based Validation of a Dietary Questionnaire: The Effects of Week-to-Week Variation in Food Consumption Simonetta Salvini, David J. Hunter, Laura Sampson et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology 1989 1,050
5 Induction of Lymphocyte Apoptosis by Tumor Cell Secretion of FasL-bearing Microvesicles Giovanna Andreola, Licia Rivoltini, Chiara Castelli et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine Open access 20 May 2002 770
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tumori Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Teaching Methods, Globalization, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Industrial Enterprises and Innovation Economics.

▲ 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. Globalization9▲ 7.3×3 topics
  2. Pedagogy9▲ 28×1 topic
  3. Teaching Methods9▲ 88×1 topic
  4. Economic Development8▲ 16×3 topics
  5. Entrepreneurship8▲ 31×2 topics
  6. Investment8▲ 109×2 topics
  7. Sustainability8▲ 5.1×3 topics
  8. Industrial Enterprises8▲ 357×1 topic
  9. Innovation Economics8▲ 357×1 topic
  10. Biopolitics7▲ 145×1 topic
  11. Global Governance7▲ 46×1 topic
  12. Chemotherapy5▲ 10×18 topics
  13. Immunotherapy4▲ 8.1×15 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors4▲ 12×11 topics
  15. Radiotherapy3▲ 12×11 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 8.3×9 topics
  17. Clinical Trials3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  18. Biomarkers2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  19. Cancer2▲ 2.8×17 topics
  20. Targeted Therapy2▲ 17×5 topics
  21. Breast Cancer2▲ 13×9 topics
  22. Survival Analysis2▲ 12×6 topics
  23. Metastasis2▲ 9.0×6 topics
  24. Tumor Staging2▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Gene Expression2▲ 4.7×10 topics
  26. Management2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  29. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. CT Screening2▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Lung Cancer2▲ 14×2 topics
  32. PET Imaging2▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Positron Emission Tomography2▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Genetic Mutations1▲ 4.9×8 topics
  35. Cervical Cancer1▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Digital Labour Theory1▲ 224×1 topic
  37. Innovative Pedagogies1▲ 224×1 topic
  38. Irrigation1▲ 105×1 topic
  39. Molecular Characterization1▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Water Efficiency1▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does Tumori Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Economic and Industrial Development, Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Education, Innovation an…9Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 9 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …8Economic and Industrial Development: 8 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, …7Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 7 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 1 fractional worksContemporary art, education, critique: 1 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 1 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 9 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  3. 3 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 1 works
  6. 6 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 1 works
  10. 10 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 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 available24.5%not open75.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.1%domestic only36.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tumori Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Tumori Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000095% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Tumori Foundation0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tumori Foundation 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Tumori Foundation9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.3% in 1998.

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