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University of Milano-Bicocca

In research, University of Milano-Bicocca stands highest in Social Sciences (#353 of 10,521 worldwide), Medicine (#402 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#500 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 4.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#556
of 28,054 · #654 all time
Rank in Italy
#19
of 618
Research works
25k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
581k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is University of Milano-Bicocca 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
Social SciencesDomain #353 of 10,521 25.5%1,567 #481
MedicineField #402 of 10,443 22.0%1,331 #534
Health SciencesDomain #500 of 11,982 22.5%1,493 #591
Business, Management and AccountingField #120 of 2,578 32.3%167 #209
Physical SciencesDomain #641 of 12,888 21.2%2,065 #688
Life SciencesDomain #686 of 7,800 22.4%684 #846
PsychologyField #199 of 2,181 30.8%354 #417
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #74 of 738 24.4%159 #168
Social SciencesField #745 of 6,365 23.1%625 #799
Computer ScienceField #747 of 4,667 21.0%478 #596

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Milano-Bicocca 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. Social Sciences#481 #353
  2. Medicine#534 #402
  3. Health Sciences#591 #500
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#209 #120
  5. Physical Sciences#688 #641
  6. Life Sciences#846 #686
  7. Psychology#417 #199
  8. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#168 #74
  9. Social Sciences#799 #745
  10. Computer Science#596 #747
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 Milano-Bicocca specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 87.1 works4.8×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 31.8 works4.0×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 92 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 330 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 43 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.22× its world share, 210 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 65 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 478 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 138 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 60 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 416 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 226 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 183 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.71× its world share, 185 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.33× its world share, 300 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 124 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.19× its world share, 1,331 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 133 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 167 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 73 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.73× its world share, 215 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 354 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 625 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Milano-Bicocca?

Ranked on the composite score, LG Mantovani, Paolo Angelo Cortesi and Giuseppe Mancia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Milano-Bicocca.

  1. 1 LG Mantovani Italy · #392 worldwide 2.3k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Paolo Angelo Cortesi Italy · #8,858 worldwide 2.7k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Giuseppe Mancia Italy · #12,862 worldwide 1.9k citations · 296 works
  4. 4 Pietro Invernizzi Italy · #14,051 worldwide 761 citations · 113 works
  5. 5 Fabrizia Mantovani Italy · #17,179 worldwide 656 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Mauro Pezzè Italy · #19,290 worldwide 677 citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Giuseppe Citerio Italy · #23,299 worldwide 464 citations · 84 works
  8. 8 Isabella Castiglioni Italy · #24,346 worldwide 540 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Fabiana Madotto Italy · #25,439 worldwide 2.6k citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Carla Fornari Italy · #29,180 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at University of Milano-Bicocca

Which keywords describe research at University of Milano-Bicocca?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Machine Learning, Cardiovascular Disease, Globalization, Hypertension, Neural Mechanisms and Social Cognition.

▲ 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. Epidemiology226◆ 0.98×121 topics
  2. Machine Learning183◆ 0.96×79 topics
  3. Deep Learning147▼ 0.74×70 topics
  4. Globalization138▲ 1.21×83 topics
  5. Climate Change138◆ 0.88×84 topics
  6. Mental Health137▲ 1.61×42 topics
  7. Inflammation120◆ 0.99×81 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease118▲ 1.83×36 topics
  9. Neural Networks99◆ 1.11×35 topics
  10. Quality of Life89◆ 1.06×56 topics
  11. Risk Factors87▲ 1.36×35 topics
  12. Depression83▲ 1.62×24 topics
  13. Treatment82▲ 1.16×45 topics
  14. Diagnosis72▲ 1.34×37 topics
  15. Economic Growth70▲ 1.41×23 topics
  16. Hypertension67▲ 4.0×14 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage65▲ 2.0×26 topics
  18. Biomarkers61▲ 1.53×17 topics
  19. Emotion Regulation60▲ 3.3×9 topics
  20. Global Burden60▲ 1.92×12 topics
  21. Heart Failure56▲ 2.2×14 topics
  22. Anxiety54▲ 1.96×12 topics
  23. Social Cognition51▲ 5.3×9 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines50▲ 3.0×9 topics
  25. Neural Mechanisms45▲ 8.4×4 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Events45▲ 6.4×4 topics
  27. Labor Market44▲ 2.5×11 topics
  28. Diabetes Mellitus41▲ 3.5×7 topics
  29. Emotion40▲ 3.4×10 topics
  30. Embodiment37▲ 3.4×6 topics
  31. Blood Pressure36▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Dark Matter35▲ 5.2×4 topics
  33. Language Development33▲ 4.7×5 topics
  34. Social Policy33▲ 5.9×6 topics
  35. Antihypertensive Drugs31▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Renal Denervation31▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Family28▲ 6.5×2 topics
  38. Cura26▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Qualitative26▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Cognitive Control25▲ 7.4×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Milano-Bicocca publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Educational and Social Studies, Topic Modeling and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Blood Pressure and Hyper…31Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 31 fractional worksEducational and Social S…26Educational and Social Studies: 26 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 25 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 19 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 18 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 18 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 17 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…16Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 16 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 16 fractional worksItalian Social Issues and Migration: 16 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEducationArtificial IntelligenceClinical Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 31 works
  2. 2 Educational and Social Studies Education 26 works
  3. 3 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 25 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 19 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 18 works
  6. 6 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  7. 7 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 17 works
  8. 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 16 works
  9. 9 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 16 works
  10. 10 Italian Social Issues and Migration Sociology and Political Science 16 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 available51.7%not open48.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.7%domestic only73.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Milano-Bicocca's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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