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University of Salento

In research, University of Salento stands highest in Business, Management and Accounting (#204 of 2,578 worldwide), Social Sciences (#874 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,193 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,179
of 28,054 · #1,400 all time
Rank in Italy
#44
of 618
Research works
10k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
194k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is University of Salento 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 #204 of 2,578 43.5%126 #327
Social SciencesDomain #874 of 10,521 25.9%648 #1019
Physical SciencesDomain #1,193 of 12,888 23.1%1,311 #1232
Health SciencesDomain #1,229 of 11,982 32.3%257 #2913
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #497 of 3,409 37.5%116 #636
EngineeringField #1,006 of 6,636 22.7%499 #780
MathematicsField #174 of 1,053 19.9%96 #559
Life SciencesDomain #1,609 of 7,800 31.7%273 #2262
MedicineField #2,320 of 10,443 30.8%198 #4328
PsychologyField #499 of 2,181 37.8%67 #777

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Salento 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#327 #204
  2. Social Sciences#1,019 #874
  3. Physical Sciences#1,232 #1,193
  4. Health Sciences#2,913 #1,229
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#636 #497
  6. Engineering#780 #1,006
  7. Mathematics#559 #174
  8. Life Sciences#2,262 #1,609
  9. Medicine#4,328 #2,320
  10. Psychology#777 #499
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.

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: 0.98× its world share, 116 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 102 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.12× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.86× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 172 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 72 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.34× its world share, 499 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 198 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 101 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.28× its world share, 96 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.76× its world share, 97 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 198 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.89× its world share, 136 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.57× its world share, 126 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 80 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 67 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 206 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Salento?

Ranked on the composite score, Piero Lionello, Luciana Dini and Lorenzo Perrone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Salento.

  1. 1 Piero Lionello Italy · #25,273 worldwide 648 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Luciana Dini Italy · #39,243 worldwide 549 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Lorenzo Perrone Italy · #41,004 worldwide 496 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Giuseppe Ricci Italy · #78,045 worldwide 349 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Alessandro Sannino Italy · #97,875 worldwide 231 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 P. Davide Cozzoli Italy · #127,117 worldwide 354 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Cosimo Perrotta Italy · #128,108 worldwide 161 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Riccardo Buccolieri Italy · #135,195 worldwide 273 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Paolo Maria Congedo Italy · #135,720 worldwide 251 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Antonio Licciulli Italy · #137,138 worldwide 231 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at University of Salento

Which keywords describe research at University of Salento?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, Environmental Impact, Machine Learning, Mechanical Properties, Biomedical Applications and Ecosystem Functioning.

▲ 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. Climate Change116▲ 1.73×81 topics
  2. Sustainability113▲ 1.86×67 topics
  3. Machine Learning80◆ 0.98×72 topics
  4. Environmental Impact71▲ 1.67×42 topics
  5. Deep Learning69▼ 0.81×69 topics
  6. Cultural Heritage52▲ 3.8×23 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications50▲ 1.70×34 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties48▲ 1.98×31 topics
  9. Remote Sensing47▲ 1.53×27 topics
  10. Globalization44◆ 0.90×53 topics
  11. Internet of Things37▲ 1.73×17 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management37▲ 1.61×15 topics
  13. Big Data36▲ 1.61×22 topics
  14. Nanomaterials35▲ 1.33×17 topics
  15. Biodiversity31▲ 1.69×24 topics
  16. Tissue Engineering28▲ 1.87×13 topics
  17. Literature27▲ 2.0×22 topics
  18. Consumer Behavior27▲ 1.73×14 topics
  19. Invasive Species26▲ 2.5×17 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning25▲ 5.3×7 topics
  21. Conservation24▲ 2.2×19 topics
  22. Biogeography20▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Stability19▲ 3.3×8 topics
  24. Nonlinear Dynamics19▲ 3.4×8 topics
  25. Institutional Theory18▲ 7.5×3 topics
  26. Marine Environment18▲ 5.1×3 topics
  27. Business Ethics17▲ 8.4×2 topics
  28. Shareholder Value16▲ 6.0×2 topics
  29. Mediterranean16▲ 6.9×6 topics
  30. Archaeology16▲ 4.7×9 topics
  31. Stakeholder Theory15▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Sustainability Reporting15▲ 5.7×1 topic
  33. Ocean Acidification15▲ 8.4×3 topics
  34. Cloud Manufacturing14▲ 6.5×1 topic
  35. Smart Manufacturing14▲ 6.5×1 topic
  36. Biological Invasions14▲ 6.3×3 topics
  37. Benthic Communities13▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Marine Biodiversity13▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Buckling Behavior13▲ 7.3×2 topics
  40. Hydrothermal Vents12▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Salento publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Digital Transformation in Industry, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Corporate Social Respons…15Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 15 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…14Digital Transformation in Industry: 14 fractional worksMarine Ecology and Invasive Species: 11 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 11 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 10 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 10 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 10 fractional worksComposite Structure Anal…10Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization: 10 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 10 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 9 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeMarketing6 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 15 works
  2. 2 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 11 works
  5. 5 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 10 works
  8. 8 Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization Mechanics of Materials 10 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 10 works
  10. 10 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 9 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Salento's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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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.