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University of Calabria

In research, University of Calabria stands highest in Physical Sciences (#730 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#534 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#966 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth-Surface Processes, Hardware and Architecture and Computer Networks and Communications — Earth-Surface Processes is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#873
of 28,054 · #941 all time
Rank in Italy
#28
of 618
Research works
21k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
430k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is University of Calabria known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #730 of 12,888 21.3%2,555 #770
EngineeringField #534 of 6,636 20.6%1,036 #518
Social SciencesDomain #966 of 10,521 29.0%705 #1099
Health SciencesDomain #1,213 of 11,982 27.9%363 #2633
Computer ScienceField #493 of 4,667 20.7%659 #521
MedicineField #1,206 of 10,443 28.2%311 #2625
Business, Management and AccountingField #393 of 2,578 43.6%138 #629
Life SciencesDomain #1,588 of 7,800 24.7%365 #1984
Environmental ScienceField #765 of 3,551 24.7%247 #770
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #419 of 1,884 20.9%262 #320

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Calabria 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#770 #730
  2. Engineering#518 #534
  3. Social Sciences#1,099 #966
  4. Health Sciences#2,633 #1,213
  5. Computer Science#521 #493
  6. Medicine#2,625 #1,206
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#629 #393
  8. Life Sciences#1,984 #1,588
  9. Environmental Science#770 #765
  10. Artificial Intelligence#320 #419
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Calabria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth-Surface Processes takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 28.7 works6.1×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 20.5 works4.6×
  3. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 146.4 works4.1×
  4. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 75.4 works3.7×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 135 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 170 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.47× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.46× its world share, 91 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.13× its world share, 659 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 117 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 53 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.73× its world share, 1,036 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 247 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.09× its world share, 152 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.71× its world share, 80 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 99 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 311 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.25× its world share, 144 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 138 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 52 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 89 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 222 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Calabria?

Ranked on the composite score, Giancarlo Fortino, Pasquale Pace and Raffaele Gravina lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Calabria.

  1. 1 Giancarlo Fortino Italy · #13,168 worldwide 1.7k citations · 194 works
  2. 2 Pasquale Pace Italy · #38,996 worldwide 386 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Raffaele Gravina Italy · #43,047 worldwide 393 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Antonella Guzzo Italy · #44,148 worldwide 381 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Luigi Pontieri Italy · #47,152 worldwide 388 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Domenico Umbrello Italy · #47,743 worldwide 695 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Claudio Savaglio Italy · #57,603 worldwide 393 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Enrico Drioli Italy · #60,065 worldwide 2.9k citations · 290 works
  9. 9 Yaroslav D. Sergeyev Italy · #60,071 worldwide 288 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Maurizio Muzzupappa Italy · #63,469 worldwide 172 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at University of Calabria

Which keywords describe research at University of Calabria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Cultural Heritage, Sustainability, IoT Security, Neural Networks, 5G Networks and Security and Privacy.

▲ 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. Deep Learning255▲ 1.87×74 topics
  2. Machine Learning217▲ 1.66×80 topics
  3. Sustainability141▲ 1.45×60 topics
  4. Climate Change131▲ 1.22×74 topics
  5. Neural Networks112▲ 1.82×35 topics
  6. Environmental Impact88▲ 1.30×43 topics
  7. Internet of Things86▲ 2.5×16 topics
  8. Cultural Heritage83▲ 3.8×20 topics
  9. Remote Sensing80▲ 1.62×27 topics
  10. Renewable Energy76▲ 1.32×37 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications74▲ 1.57×32 topics
  12. Healthcare73▲ 1.63×17 topics
  13. Big Data72▲ 2.0×23 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency71▲ 1.90×35 topics
  15. IoT Security68▲ 5.3×3 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence67▲ 1.22×37 topics
  17. Nanoparticles63▲ 1.26×39 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management59▲ 1.59×15 topics
  19. Mechanical Properties57▲ 1.46×30 topics
  20. 5G Networks54▲ 6.7×5 topics
  21. Security and Privacy52▲ 6.9×3 topics
  22. Security51▲ 1.96×19 topics
  23. Data Mining50▲ 1.69×12 topics
  24. Knowledge Representation48▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Description Logics45▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Artificial Neural Networks45▲ 2.4×8 topics
  27. Multi-Agent Systems44▲ 5.8×6 topics
  28. Mobile Edge Computing44▲ 6.9×2 topics
  29. Conservation43▲ 2.5×17 topics
  30. Smart Cities40▲ 3.9×6 topics
  31. Agent-Based Modeling37▲ 6.9×7 topics
  32. Sensor Networks37▲ 3.7×5 topics
  33. Model Checking36▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Model Predictive Control36▲ 3.4×6 topics
  35. Edge Computing36▲ 7.0×2 topics
  36. Cyber-Physical Systems35▲ 3.3×8 topics
  37. Fog Computing35▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. Temporal Logic32▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Answer Set Programming28▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Modal Logic28▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Calabria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, Digital Transformation in Industry and Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation.

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 35 fractional worksLogic, Reasoning, and Knowledge: 28 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 20 fractional worksMulti-Agent Systems and Negotiation: 18 fractional worksBuilding materials and conservation: 17 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 17 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontolog…17Semantic Web and Ontologies: 17 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 16 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…15Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 15 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial IntelligenceIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEarth-Surface Processes3 others

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

  1. 1 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 35 works
  2. 2 Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge Artificial Intelligence 28 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 20 works
  4. 4 Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  5. 5 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 17 works
  6. 6 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 17 works
  7. 7 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  8. 8 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 16 works
  9. 9 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 16 works
  10. 10 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 15 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Calabria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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