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University of Catania

In research, University of Catania stands highest in Health Sciences (#223 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#299 of 10,443 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#82 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth-Surface Processes, Archeology and Nuclear and High Energy Physics — Earth-Surface Processes is 3.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#638
of 28,054 · #751 all time
Rank in Italy
#21
of 618
Research works
35k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
686k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is University of Catania 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
Health SciencesDomain #223 of 11,982 26.9%1,485 #518
MedicineField #299 of 10,443 25.8%1,279 #545
Business, Management and AccountingField #82 of 2,578 37.3%136 #299
Health ProfessionsField #83 of 1,928 29.5%87 #380
Social SciencesDomain #551 of 10,521 24.7%1,067 #786
Life SciencesDomain #472 of 7,800 29.2%1,022 #730
DentistryField #30 of 367 39.6%80 #155
Physical SciencesDomain #1,226 of 12,888 18.1%2,648 #867
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #368 of 3,409 37.0%379 #560
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #396 of 3,579 24.5%430 #691

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Catania 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. Health Sciences#518 #223
  2. Medicine#545 #299
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#299 #82
  4. Health Professions#380 #83
  5. Social Sciences#786 #551
  6. Life Sciences#730 #472
  7. Dentistry#155 #30
  8. Physical Sciences#867 #1,226
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#560 #368
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#691 #396
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 Catania specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth-Surface Processes takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 28.5 works3.9×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 65.8 works3.5×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 61.9 works3.2×
← 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: 1.28× its world share, 379 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 430 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 51 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 132 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 73 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 518 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 154 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 1,009 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 328 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 157 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 116 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.62× its world share, 225 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.63× its world share, 80 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 87 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 1,279 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.04× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 229 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 136 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 42 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 104 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 154 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 402 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Catania?

Ranked on the composite score, Giuseppe Grosso, Davide Capodanno and Antonella Agodi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Catania.

  1. 1 Giuseppe Grosso Italy · #746 worldwide 4.2k citations · 97 works
  2. 2 Davide Capodanno Italy · #1,266 worldwide 2.1k citations · 125 works
  3. 3 Antonella Agodi Italy · #8,803 worldwide 736 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Gaetano Isola Italy · #11,361 worldwide 985 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Martina Barchitta Italy · #16,419 worldwide 693 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Alfredo Pulvirenti Italy · #16,654 worldwide 732 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Ferdinando Nicoletti Italy · #18,626 worldwide 877 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Giacomo Morabito Italy · #19,423 worldwide 682 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Massimiliano Veroux Italy · #21,341 worldwide 687 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Massimo Libra Italy · #23,029 worldwide 637 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at University of Catania

Which keywords describe research at University of Catania?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Climate Change, Sustainability, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Epidemiology255◆ 1.04×131 topics
  2. Deep Learning223◆ 1.05×77 topics
  3. Climate Change193◆ 1.15×81 topics
  4. Sustainability180▲ 1.19×74 topics
  5. Machine Learning163▼ 0.80×75 topics
  6. Inflammation156▲ 1.21×83 topics
  7. Cultural Heritage143▲ 4.2×24 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress142▲ 1.40×61 topics
  9. Environmental Impact137▲ 1.29×52 topics
  10. Neural Networks98◆ 1.02×35 topics
  11. Remote Sensing94▲ 1.23×30 topics
  12. Cancer93◆ 1.11×58 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease89▲ 1.29×38 topics
  14. Quality of Life88◆ 0.98×53 topics
  15. Treatment87▲ 1.16×50 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome78▲ 1.54×23 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency75▲ 1.28×29 topics
  18. Nanoparticles74◆ 0.95×39 topics
  19. Obesity63▲ 1.33×26 topics
  20. Health Effects62▲ 1.66×24 topics
  21. Conservation58▲ 2.2×22 topics
  22. Genetics58▲ 1.34×26 topics
  23. Invasive Species50▲ 1.88×20 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services46▲ 1.91×12 topics
  25. Consumer Perception45▲ 3.3×7 topics
  26. Diagnostic Criteria43▲ 3.1×10 topics
  27. Phenolic Compounds36▲ 3.1×8 topics
  28. Economic Evaluation34▲ 4.4×4 topics
  29. Land Use32▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Mediterranean31▲ 5.4×6 topics
  31. Real Estate Market30▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Multi-Criteria Analysis30▲ 8.9×4 topics
  33. Public-Private Partnerships30▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Urban Regeneration29▲ 9.1×3 topics
  35. Urban Planning27▲ 5.3×6 topics
  36. Family26▲ 5.7×3 topics
  37. Spatial Decision Support System26▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Transferable Development Rights26▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Cura25▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Qualitative25▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Catania publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban Planning and Valuation, Educational and Social Studies, 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Urban Planning and Valua…26Urban Planning and Valuation: 26 fractional worksEducational and Social S…25Educational and Social Studies: 25 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 22 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 21 fractional worksBuilding materials and conservation: 18 fractional worksItalian Literature and Culture: 18 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 18 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post…17Italian Fascism and Post-war Society: 17 fractional worksHistorical and Environmental Studies: 17 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 17 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEducationGeologyCell Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Planning and Valuation Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 26 works
  2. 2 Educational and Social Studies Education 25 works
  3. 3 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 22 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 21 works
  5. 5 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 18 works
  6. 6 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 18 works
  7. 7 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 18 works
  8. 8 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  9. 9 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  10. 10 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 17 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Catania's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.

Other research institutions in Catania

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.