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University for Foreigners Perugia

In research, University for Foreigners Perugia stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,320 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,447 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,266
of 22,385 · #10,486 all time
Rank in Italy
#194
of 475
Research works
574
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
University for Foreigners Perugia

What is University for Foreigners Perugia known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,320 of 9,585 10.6%109 #5817
Physical SciencesDomain #8,447 of 10,670 12.5%60 #9182

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where University for Foreigners Perugia 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 University for Foreigners Perugia work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at University for Foreigners Perugia is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Arts and Humanities (21%), Computer Science (17%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 123 fractional works · 54.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 51 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 48 fractional works · 21.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 32.6% of its workComputer Science: 39 fractional works · 17.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 32 fractional works · 13.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversity forForeigners…226fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences54%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5122.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities4821.1%
    3. Psychology135.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting52.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Computer Science3917.1%
    2. Engineering167.0%
    3. Environmental Science135.9%
    4. Energy20.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Chemistry10.3%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Materials Science10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine188.0%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.4%
    2. Neuroscience31.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.20× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 18 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.98× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 7.29× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.95× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.29×48 works
  2. Veterinary2.98×1 works
  3. Computer Science2.20×39 works
  4. Psychology1.95×13 works
  5. Social Sciences1.77×51 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.23×6 works
  7. Environmental Science1.19×13 works
  8. Neuroscience0.82×3 works
  9. Energy0.77×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×5 works
  11. Engineering0.46×16 works
  12. Medicine0.42×18 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×3 works
  16. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×2 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×0 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.21×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.18×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.17×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at University for Foreigners Perugia?

Ranked on the quality score, Fernando Nardi, Piera Margutti and Antonio Annis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University for Foreigners Perugia.

  1. 1 Fernando Nardi Italy · #389,787 worldwide 4.2k citations · 160 works
  2. 2 Piera Margutti Italy · #1,007,203 worldwide 701 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Antonio Annis Italy · #1,564,242 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Donatella Padua Italy · #1,836,544 worldwide 77 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Irene Fioravanti Italy · #2,366,485 worldwide 61 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Luca Rosati Italy · #2,404,215 worldwide 510 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Emidio Diodato Italy · #2,479,692 worldwide 101 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Olga S. Akhmanova Italy · #2,785,404 worldwide 175 citations · 90 works
  9. 9 Stefania Spina Italy · #3,085,745 worldwide 440 citations · 79 works
  10. 10 Chiara Biscarini Italy · #3,217,239 worldwide 1.1k citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at University for Foreigners Perugia

What are the most cited papers from University for Foreigners Perugia?

The most cited paper from University for Foreigners Perugia is "Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2018), with 1,175 citations. Next come "Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective" (1,148) and "ENETS Consensus Guidelines Update for Gastroduodenal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms" (495).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA B. P. Abbott et al. · Living Reviews in Relativity Open access1,100 authors 26 Apr 2018 1,175
2 Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective Günter Blöschl et al. · Hydrological Sciences Journal Open access205 authors 10 Jun 2019 1,148
3 ENETS Consensus Guidelines Update for Gastroduodenal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms Gianfranco Delle Fave, Dermot O’Toole, Anders Sundín et al. · Neuroendocrinology Open access 2016 495
4 Anti‐platelet therapy: phosphodiesterase inhibitors Paolo Gresele, Stefania Momi, Emanuela Falcinelli · British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Open access 8 Jun 2011 308
5 The Pathophysiological Role of Microglia in Dynamic Surveillance, Phagocytosis and Structural Remodeling of the Developing CNS Cataldo Arcuri, Carmen Mecca, Roberta Martins da Costa Bianchi et al. · Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience Open access 19 Jun 2017 283
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at University for Foreigners Perugia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Language Teaching, Pragmatics, Prosody, Corpora, Spoken Language, Identity, Literature and Globalization.

▲ 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. Language Teaching26▲ 43×5 topics
  2. Pragmatics21▲ 59×5 topics
  3. Prosody18▲ 214×2 topics
  4. Globalization18▲ 4.1×23 topics
  5. Corpora17▲ 635×1 topic
  6. Spoken Language17▲ 635×1 topic
  7. Identity17▲ 10×15 topics
  8. Literature16▲ 13×15 topics
  9. Climate Change15▲ 2.5×27 topics
  10. Gender12▲ 9.6×13 topics
  11. Corpus Linguistics11▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Multilingualism11▲ 30×5 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage10▲ 8.5×13 topics
  14. Innovation10▲ 4.1×11 topics
  15. Religion10▲ 9.1×12 topics
  16. Cultural Studies9▲ 11×8 topics
  17. Nationalism8▲ 8.1×8 topics
  18. History8▲ 4.9×14 topics
  19. Colonialism8▲ 7.0×8 topics
  20. Bilingual Education8▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Language Policy8▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Higher Education7▲ 5.9×3 topics
  23. Teacher Training7▲ 5.1×4 topics
  24. Culture6▲ 5.5×11 topics
  25. Pedagogy6▲ 5.7×4 topics
  26. CLIL6▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Content and Language Integrated Learning6▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Reading Comprehension6▲ 44×2 topics
  29. Second Language Learning6▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Inclusion6▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Narrative6▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Urban Planning6▲ 30×3 topics
  33. Media and Communication6▲ 111×2 topics
  34. Teaching6▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Family6▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Learning6▲ 8.3×2 topics
  37. Research6▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Architectural Competitions5▲ 239×1 topic
  39. Ethnobotany5▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Society5▲ 12×8 topics

Which research topics does University for Foreigners Perugia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning and Teaching, Educational and Social Studies and Italian Literature and Culture.

Linguistic Studies and L…17Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition: 17 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 6 fractional worksEducational and Social Studies: 6 fractional worksItalian Literature and Culture: 5 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 5 fractional worksSecond Language Acquisit…5Second Language Acquisition and Learning: 5 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 4 fractional worksText Readability and Simplification: 4 fractional worksRenaissance and Early Modern Studies: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Environmental Studies: 3 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceLiterature and Literary TheoryEducationGeneral Arts and Humanities3 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  2. 2 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  3. 3 Educational and Social Studies Education 6 works
  4. 4 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 5 works
  5. 5 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  6. 6 Second Language Acquisition and Learning Developmental and Educational Psychology 5 works
  7. 7 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Text Readability and Simplification Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  9. 9 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies History 3 works
  10. 10 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has University for Foreigners Perugia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is University for Foreigners Perugia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00087% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%University for Foreigners Perugia0.00080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of University for Foreigners Perugia 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%University for Foreigners Perugia17.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.4% in 2025.

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