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University of Milan

In research, University of Milan stands highest in Business, Management and Accounting (#5 of 2,578 worldwide), Health Sciences (#75 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#77 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial relations, General Arts and Humanities and Classics — Industrial relations is 78.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#193
of 28,054 · #227 all time
Rank in Italy
#4
of 618
Research works
85k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1M
24.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is University of Milan 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
Business, Management and AccountingField #5 of 2,578 24.4%243 #35
Health SciencesDomain #75 of 11,982 23.9%4,309 #116
MedicineField #77 of 10,443 23.3%3,789 #107
Social SciencesDomain #100 of 10,521 18.7%3,408 #239
Life SciencesDomain #142 of 7,800 24.8%2,312 #167
Arts and HumanitiesField #47 of 1,998 13.5%929 #122
SurgerySubfield #60 of 1,816 23.7%471 #85
Physical SciencesDomain #464 of 12,888 17.7%3,113 #301
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #153 of 3,579 21.6%1,071 #181
ArcheologySubfield #6 of 139 25.8%135 #20

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Milan 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. Business, Management and Accounting#35 #5
  2. Health Sciences#116 #75
  3. Medicine#107 #77
  4. Social Sciences#239 #100
  5. Life Sciences#167 #142
  6. Arts and Humanities#122 #47
  7. Surgery#85 #60
  8. Physical Sciences#301 #464
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#181 #153
  10. Archeology#20 #6
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 Milan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial relations takes 78.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial relationsSubfield · 31.6 works78×
  2. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 78.2 works29×
  3. ClassicsSubfield · 45.1 works5.8×
  4. VeterinaryField · 80.6 works4.5×
  5. Small AnimalsSubfield · 68.7 works4.2×
  6. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 21.5 works4.2×
← 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: 1.13× its world share, 704 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 1,071 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 168 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 323 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 46 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.09× its world share, 225 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 854 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 200 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 47 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 523 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 462 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 199 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 209 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.24× its world share, 364 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.76× its world share, 112 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 224 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.50× its world share, 3,789 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 102 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.51× its world share, 81 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.45× its world share, 930 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 243 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 85 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 297 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 342 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1,511 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Milan?

Ranked on the composite score, F. Broggi, Matteo Cesari and Alberto Malliani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Milan.

  1. 1 F. Broggi Italy · #749 worldwide 4.1k citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Matteo Cesari Italy · #1,686 worldwide 2.1k citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Alberto Malliani Italy · #2,173 worldwide 2.3k citations · 74 works
  4. 4 G. Baccaglioni Italy · #2,301 worldwide 3.5k citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Carlo La Vecchia Italy · #3,888 worldwide 2.8k citations · 324 works
  6. 6 Mario Raviǵlione Italy · #4,791 worldwide 795 citations · 66 works
  7. 7 M. Bersanelli Italy · #7,491 worldwide 1.9k citations · 86 works
  8. 8 F. Wicek Italy · #8,503 worldwide 3.1k citations · 51 works
  9. 9 M. Tomasi Italy · #8,797 worldwide 1.6k citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Giovanni Damiani Italy · #9,187 worldwide 829 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at University of Milan

Which keywords describe research at University of Milan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Identity, Globalization, Literature, Climate Change, Cultural Heritage and Religion.

▲ 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. Epidemiology665▲ 1.28×135 topics
  2. Inflammation450▲ 1.65×83 topics
  3. Climate Change414▲ 1.17×97 topics
  4. Globalization412▲ 1.60×133 topics
  5. Machine Learning306▼ 0.71×74 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress302▲ 1.41×63 topics
  7. Identity286▲ 3.0×68 topics
  8. Quality of Life253▲ 1.33×55 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease252▲ 1.73×39 topics
  10. Cancer233▲ 1.32×59 topics
  11. Literature226▲ 3.2×52 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome225▲ 2.1×23 topics
  13. Environmental Impact220◆ 0.99×50 topics
  14. Treatment216▲ 1.35×51 topics
  15. Cultural Heritage210▲ 2.9×29 topics
  16. Gender201▲ 2.8×46 topics
  17. Innovation197▲ 1.43×44 topics
  18. Religion196▲ 3.1×36 topics
  19. Diagnosis194▲ 1.59×41 topics
  20. Nationalism186▲ 3.1×28 topics
  21. Colonialism172▲ 2.8×40 topics
  22. Obesity171▲ 1.72×26 topics
  23. Clinical Trials155▲ 1.76×19 topics
  24. Cultural Studies142▲ 2.9×34 topics
  25. Memory129▲ 4.0×18 topics
  26. European Union106▲ 3.5×25 topics
  27. Pragmatics105▲ 4.9×6 topics
  28. Italy98▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Propaganda95▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Urban Planning95▲ 8.8×10 topics
  31. Social Policy91▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Fascism90▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Totalitarianism90▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Ethnobotany82▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Media and Communication78▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Portuguese78▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Prosody78▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Architectural Competitions77▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Corpora76▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Spoken Language76▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Milan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, Italian Literature and Culture, Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition and Educational and Social Studies.

Italian Fascism and Post…90Italian Fascism and Post-war Society: 90 fractional worksItalian Literature and C…77Italian Literature and Culture: 77 fractional worksLinguistic Studies and L…76Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition: 76 fractional worksEducational and Social S…59Educational and Social Studies: 59 fractional worksHistorical and Environmental Studies: 54 fractional worksDiverse academic and cultural studies: 48 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …37Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 37 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 34 fractional worksLegal and Labor Studies: 32 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 31 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Arts and HumanitiesArtificial IntelligenceEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 90 works
  2. 2 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 77 works
  3. 3 Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition Artificial Intelligence 76 works
  4. 4 Educational and Social Studies Education 59 works
  5. 5 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 54 works
  6. 6 Diverse academic and cultural studies Economics and Econometrics 48 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 37 works
  8. 8 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 34 works
  9. 9 Legal and Labor Studies Industrial relations 32 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 31 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Milan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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 Milan

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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.