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University of Trento

In research, University of Trento stands highest in Social Sciences (#325 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#535 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#399 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geometry and Topology — Geometry and Topology is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#562
of 28,054 · #465 all time
Rank in Italy
#20
of 618
Research works
25k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
580k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is University of Trento 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 #325 of 10,521 25.7%1,468 #398
Physical SciencesDomain #535 of 12,888 19.9%2,898 #357
Social SciencesField #399 of 6,365 28.1%640 #437
Business, Management and AccountingField #175 of 2,578 33.3%183 #242
Computer ScienceField #401 of 4,667 21.6%786 #268
EngineeringField #579 of 6,636 16.9%1,074 #320
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #287 of 2,578 30.9%241 #279
Life SciencesDomain #1,082 of 7,800 24.6%536 #1418
Physics and AstronomyField #260 of 1,646 23.8%278 #275
Environmental ScienceField #563 of 3,551 32.0%218 #702

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Trento 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#398 #325
  2. Physical Sciences#357 #535
  3. Social Sciences#437 #399
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#242 #175
  5. Computer Science#268 #401
  6. Engineering#320 #579
  7. Sociology and Political Science#279 #287
  8. Life Sciences#1,418 #1,082
  9. Physics and Astronomy#275 #260
  10. Environmental Science#702 #563
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 Trento specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geometry and Topology takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 50.1 works5.8×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 124 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 180 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.54× its world share, 218 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 37 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.91× its world share, 786 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 95 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.35× its world share, 1,074 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 218 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 157 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.55× its world share, 221 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.36× its world share, 278 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 52 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 321 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.59× its world share, 243 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 183 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 54 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 127 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 222 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 640 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Trento?

Ranked on the composite score, Nicola Segata, Gian Pietro Picco and Shubhanshu Tiwari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Trento.

  1. 1 Nicola Segata · #5,960 worldwide 2k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Gian Pietro Picco · #10,461 worldwide 808 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Shubhanshu Tiwari · #14,567 worldwide 1.1k citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Marco Ronchetti · #17,292 worldwide 699 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Paolo Bouquet · #19,874 worldwide 2k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 G. A. Prodi · #21,749 worldwide 1.3k citations · 103 works
  7. 7 Paolo Avesani · #25,498 worldwide 651 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Marco Baroni · #26,949 worldwide 814 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Michael Dumbser · #28,823 worldwide 874 citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Iacopo Carusotto · #32,876 worldwide 957 citations · 106 works
All ranked researchers at University of Trento

Which keywords describe research at University of Trento?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Mechanical Properties, Globalization, Neural Mechanisms, Remote Sensing and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Deep Learning310▲ 1.71×76 topics
  2. Machine Learning226▲ 1.31×80 topics
  3. Neural Networks146▲ 1.79×35 topics
  4. Climate Change137◆ 0.96×86 topics
  5. Globalization127▲ 1.22×87 topics
  6. Sustainability126◆ 0.98×66 topics
  7. Remote Sensing103▲ 1.58×32 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties97▲ 1.88×33 topics
  9. Environmental Impact79◆ 0.88×51 topics
  10. Innovation70▲ 1.26×38 topics
  11. Identity66▲ 1.73×47 topics
  12. Cultural Heritage66▲ 2.3×23 topics
  13. Convolutional Neural Networks64▲ 1.65×14 topics
  14. Security60▲ 1.74×25 topics
  15. Literature58▲ 2.0×36 topics
  16. Social Capital50▲ 1.78×13 topics
  17. Gender49▲ 1.71×39 topics
  18. Microstructure47▲ 1.70×14 topics
  19. Feature Extraction46▲ 1.88×10 topics
  20. Neural Mechanisms45▲ 9.1×4 topics
  21. Social Cognition44▲ 5.0×9 topics
  22. Nonlinear Dynamics39▲ 3.4×7 topics
  23. Additive Manufacturing38▲ 2.4×7 topics
  24. European Union37▲ 3.0×21 topics
  25. Tropical Geometry34▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Quantum Information34▲ 5.5×3 topics
  27. Entanglement32▲ 4.1×4 topics
  28. Unsupervised Learning30▲ 4.0×3 topics
  29. Symplectic Geometry29▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Working Memory29▲ 6.0×3 topics
  31. Quantum Simulation28▲ 6.5×2 topics
  32. Social Policy27▲ 5.4×7 topics
  33. Neuronal Oscillations26▲ 6.6×2 topics
  34. Adaptive Mesh Refinement26▲ 7.8×2 topics
  35. High-Order Schemes26▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Gromov-Witten Theory23▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Moduli Theory23▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Cognitive Control23▲ 7.3×2 topics
  39. Late Antiquity22▲ 7.8×3 topics
  40. Cortical Connectivity21▲ 9.5×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Trento publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory, Topic Modeling, Neural dynamics and brain function and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Algebraic Geometry and N…23Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory: 23 fractional worksTopic Modeling20Topic Modeling: 20 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 17 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 17 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 17 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 16 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 16 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sou…16Music Technology and Sound Studies: 16 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 16 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 16 fractional works
Geometry and TopologyArtificial IntelligenceCognitive NeuroscienceAutomotive Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Algebraic Geometry and Number TheoryGeometry and Topology 23 works
  2. 2 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 20 works
  3. 3 Neural dynamics and brain functionCognitive Neuroscience 17 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing TechniquesArtificial Intelligence 17 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 17 works
  6. 6 Multimodal Machine Learning ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 16 works
  7. 7 Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureArtificial Intelligence 16 works
  8. 8 Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 16 works
  9. 9 EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesCognitive Neuroscience 16 works
  10. 10 Remote-Sensing Image ClassificationMedia Technology 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 available49.3%not open50.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.7%domestic only70.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Trento's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.