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University of Siena

In research, University of Siena stands highest in Health Professions (#30 of 1,928 worldwide), Health Sciences (#341 of 11,982 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#80 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Arts and Humanities and Orthodontics — General Arts and Humanities is 27.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#963
of 28,054 · #933 all time
Rank in Italy
#36
of 618
Research works
27k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
612k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is University of Siena 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 ProfessionsField #30 of 1,928 24.1%74 #226
Health SciencesDomain #341 of 11,982 21.8%1,336 #622
Business, Management and AccountingField #80 of 2,578 27.3%88 #430
MedicineField #668 of 10,443 20.5%1,176 #826
Life SciencesDomain #541 of 7,800 23.3%577 #776
Social SciencesDomain #752 of 10,521 20.8%974 #671
Physical SciencesDomain #1,912 of 12,888 18.8%1,040 #1172
Arts and HumanitiesField #304 of 1,998 14.2%229 #338
DentistryField #57 of 367 42.5%64 #58
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #631 of 3,579 20.9%256 #661

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Siena 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 Professions#226 #30
  2. Health Sciences#622 #341
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#430 #80
  4. Medicine#826 #668
  5. Life Sciences#776 #541
  6. Social Sciences#671 #752
  7. Physical Sciences#1,172 #1,912
  8. Arts and Humanities#338 #304
  9. Dentistry#58 #57
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#661 #631
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 Siena specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Arts and Humanities takes 27.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 22.4 works28×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 21.9 works5.0×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 143 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 256 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 69 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 98 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 44 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 259 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 83 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 312 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 181 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 54 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 37 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 53 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.35× its world share, 64 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.56× its world share, 1,176 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.33× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.02× its world share, 229 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 88 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 31 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.47× its world share, 123 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 118 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 385 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Siena?

Ranked on the composite score, Michele Maio, Furio Pacini and Símone Rossi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Siena.

  1. 1 Michele Maio Italy · #1,793 worldwide 1.8k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Furio Pacini Italy · #2,730 worldwide 3.1k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Símone Rossi Italy · #7,241 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Daniele Manfredini Italy · #23,350 worldwide 427 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Domenico Prattichizzo Italy · #25,950 worldwide 1.1k citations · 161 works
  6. 6 Mauro Barni Italy · #32,161 worldwide 844 citations · 126 works
  7. 7 Natale Figura Italy · #47,183 worldwide 361 citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Nicola De Stefano Italy · #55,440 worldwide 423 citations · 90 works
  9. 9 Cosima T. Baldari Italy · #61,618 worldwide 394 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Richard M. Goodwin Italy · #69,454 worldwide 319 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at University of Siena

Which keywords describe research at University of Siena?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Identity, Treatment, Inflammation, Climate Change, Deep Learning, Diagnosis and Italy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology234▲ 1.50×130 topics
  2. Deep Learning128◆ 0.95×64 topics
  3. Climate Change119◆ 1.12×82 topics
  4. Inflammation115▲ 1.41×78 topics
  5. Globalization98▲ 1.27×78 topics
  6. Treatment96▲ 2.0×50 topics
  7. Quality of Life85▲ 1.50×51 topics
  8. Identity84▲ 3.0×46 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress78▲ 1.22×60 topics
  10. Environmental Impact76◆ 1.14×43 topics
  11. Diagnosis76▲ 2.1×40 topics
  12. Innovation62▲ 1.50×34 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage58▲ 2.7×22 topics
  14. Gender58▲ 2.7×33 topics
  15. Religion58▲ 3.1×28 topics
  16. Literature57▲ 2.7×40 topics
  17. Nationalism54▲ 3.0×22 topics
  18. Management52▲ 1.68×31 topics
  19. Biodiversity52▲ 1.77×28 topics
  20. Genetics50▲ 1.84×26 topics
  21. Heart Failure48▲ 2.8×14 topics
  22. Colonialism47▲ 2.5×28 topics
  23. Memory42▲ 4.4×13 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-241▲ 3.2×6 topics
  25. Immunity40▲ 2.5×10 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations40▲ 2.4×23 topics
  27. Vaccine39▲ 2.5×11 topics
  28. Autoantibodies39▲ 4.2×8 topics
  29. Italy37▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Propaganda36▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Echocardiography35▲ 3.3×8 topics
  32. Immunosuppressive Therapy34▲ 4.6×8 topics
  33. Fascism34▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Totalitarianism34▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Urban Planning26▲ 8.2×7 topics
  36. Social Policy25▲ 6.7×7 topics
  37. Industrialization23▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Late Antiquity23▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Interstitial Lung Disease23▲ 9.1×2 topics
  40. Ethnobotany22▲ 9.7×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Siena publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, Italian Literature and Culture, Educational and Social Studies and Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies.

Italian Fascism and Post…34Italian Fascism and Post-war Society: 34 fractional worksItalian Literature and C…21Italian Literature and Culture: 21 fractional worksEducational and Social Studies: 19 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 18 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…17Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 17 fractional worksLinguistic Studies and Language Acquisition: 17 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 16 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…16Classical Antiquity Studies: 16 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 15 fractional worksHistorical and Environmental Studies: 15 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Arts and HumanitiesEducationAerospace Engineering5 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 34 works
  2. 2 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 21 works
  3. 3 Educational and Social Studies Education 19 works
  4. 4 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 18 works
  5. 5 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 works
  6. 6 Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 16 works
  8. 8 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 16 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 15 works
  10. 10 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 15 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Siena's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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