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University of Padua

In research, University of Padua stands highest in Business, Management and Accounting (#12 of 2,578 worldwide), Health Sciences (#70 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#64 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Arts and Humanities, Classics and Hepatology — General Arts and Humanities is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#157
of 28,054 · #215 all time
Rank in Italy
#3
of 618
Research works
91k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3M
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is University of Padua 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 #12 of 2,578 35.6%252 #44
Health SciencesDomain #70 of 11,982 21.2%4,623 #119
MedicineField #64 of 10,443 20.8%4,219 #114
Social SciencesDomain #95 of 10,521 26.8%2,953 #228
Physical SciencesDomain #245 of 12,888 20.7%6,273 #253
Life SciencesDomain #156 of 7,800 24.4%2,366 #192
SurgerySubfield #46 of 1,816 20.0%557 #81
PsychologyField #62 of 2,181 32.0%665 #218
Social SciencesField #182 of 6,365 26.4%1,087 #354
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #124 of 3,579 23.0%1,040 #160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Padua 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#44 #12
  2. Health Sciences#119 #70
  3. Medicine#114 #64
  4. Social Sciences#228 #95
  5. Physical Sciences#253 #245
  6. Life Sciences#192 #156
  7. Surgery#81 #46
  8. Psychology#218 #62
  9. Social Sciences#354 #182
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#160 #124
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 Padua specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Arts and Humanities takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 33.8 works10×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 32.1 works3.3×
  3. HepatologySubfield · 90.6 works2.9×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 147.2 works2.9×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 91.9 works2.6×
← 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: 0.87× its world share, 668 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 1,040 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 147 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.79× its world share, 470 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 35 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 194 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 1,023 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 306 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 121 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 2,522 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 789 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 344 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.66× its world share, 317 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.72× its world share, 621 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 67 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 222 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 4,219 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 60 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.50× its world share, 55 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.23× its world share, 575 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 252 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 135 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 240 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 665 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1,087 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Padua?

Ranked on the composite score, Luigi P. Badano, Domenico Corrado and A. De Angelis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Padua.

  1. 1 Luigi P. Badano Italy · #889 worldwide 2.5k citations · 132 works
  2. 2 Domenico Corrado Italy · #1,341 worldwide 2k citations · 104 works
  3. 3 A. De Angelis Italy · #1,837 worldwide 2.6k citations · 173 works
  4. 4 Cristina Basso Italy · #1,974 worldwide 2k citations · 158 works
  5. 5 Denisa Muraru Italy · #2,033 worldwide 2.3k citations · 80 works
  6. 6 D. Bastieri Italy · #2,654 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
  7. 7 R. Rando Italy · #3,223 worldwide 2k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Maurizio Corbetta Italy · #3,678 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
  9. 9 Rosario Rizzuto Italy · #4,223 worldwide 1.7k citations · 65 works
  10. 10 V. Vitale Italy · #4,292 worldwide 1.7k citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at University of Padua

Which keywords describe research at University of Padua?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Treatment, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Genetic Mutations and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology751▲ 1.17×136 topics
  2. Climate Change491◆ 1.12×104 topics
  3. Deep Learning425▼ 0.77×76 topics
  4. Machine Learning411▼ 0.77×79 topics
  5. Inflammation387◆ 1.15×83 topics
  6. Sustainability323▼ 0.82×93 topics
  7. Treatment311▲ 1.58×50 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress283◆ 1.07×63 topics
  9. Quality of Life249◆ 1.07×58 topics
  10. Environmental Impact238▼ 0.86×59 topics
  11. Globalization227▼ 0.71×116 topics
  12. Risk Factors218▲ 1.22×36 topics
  13. Diagnosis217▲ 1.44×40 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease213▲ 1.18×38 topics
  15. Mental Health207◆ 0.87×44 topics
  16. Remote Sensing204◆ 1.02×36 topics
  17. Neural Networks194▼ 0.78×35 topics
  18. Cancer193◆ 0.89×56 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome185▲ 1.40×23 topics
  20. Genetics184▲ 1.62×27 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations174▲ 2.5×23 topics
  22. Obesity173▲ 1.41×26 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders168▲ 1.83×20 topics
  24. Management162▲ 1.27×34 topics
  25. Cultural Heritage161▲ 1.81×31 topics
  26. Heart Failure156▲ 2.2×14 topics
  27. Identity154▲ 1.31×62 topics
  28. Immunotherapy153▲ 1.33×19 topics
  29. Chemotherapy152▲ 1.34×25 topics
  30. Biomarkers143▲ 1.29×18 topics
  31. Aging132▲ 1.52×19 topics
  32. Complications127▲ 1.57×17 topics
  33. Religion126▲ 1.64×36 topics
  34. Power Electronics119▲ 2.2×8 topics
  35. Echocardiography118▲ 2.7×8 topics
  36. Prognostic Factors115▲ 1.63×14 topics
  37. Autoantibodies106▲ 2.8×8 topics
  38. Immunosuppressive Therapy106▲ 3.5×8 topics
  39. Mitochondrial Dysfunction102▲ 2.1×12 topics
  40. Model Predictive Control95▲ 2.2×6 topics

Which research topics does University of Padua publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Italian Fascism and Post-war Society and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …47Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 47 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…44Liver Disease and Transplantation: 44 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 44 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 40 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 39 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 38 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 38 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…36Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 36 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 35 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 32 fractional works
EpidemiologyHepatologySociology and Political ScienceCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 47 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 44 works
  3. 3 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 44 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 40 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 39 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 38 works
  7. 7 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 38 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 36 works
  9. 9 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 35 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 32 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Padua'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.

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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.