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University of Turin

In research, University of Turin stands highest in Business, Management and Accounting (#8 of 2,578 worldwide), Social Sciences (#112 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#165 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Arts and Humanities, Classics and History and Philosophy of Science — General Arts and Humanities is 23.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#322
of 28,054 · #386 all time
Rank in Italy
#8
of 618
Research works
56k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3M
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is University of Turin 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 #8 of 2,578 43.6%317 #41
Social SciencesDomain #112 of 10,521 24.4%3,132 #248
Health SciencesDomain #165 of 11,982 21.8%2,647 #239
MedicineField #195 of 10,443 21.5%2,310 #255
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #17 of 635 45.6%100 #112
Social SciencesField #227 of 6,365 22.0%1,282 #433
Life SciencesDomain #297 of 7,800 27.2%1,644 #288
Arts and HumanitiesField #98 of 1,998 16.1%716 #145
Physical SciencesDomain #687 of 12,888 21.2%2,461 #596
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #239 of 3,579 22.8%660 #311

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Turin 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#41 #8
  2. Social Sciences#248 #112
  3. Health Sciences#239 #165
  4. Medicine#255 #195
  5. Strategy and Management#112 #17
  6. Social Sciences#433 #227
  7. Life Sciences#288 #297
  8. Arts and Humanities#145 #98
  9. Physical Sciences#596 #687
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#311 #239
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 Turin specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Arts and Humanities takes 23.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 47.3 works23×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 38.6 works6.6×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 63.2 works4.2×
← 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: 1.31× its world share, 617 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 660 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 119 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 213 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 35 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 26 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 152 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 560 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 196 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 49 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 422 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 465 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 191 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 131 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.22× its world share, 269 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.69× its world share, 81 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 156 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 2,310 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 49 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.84× its world share, 52 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.51× its world share, 716 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 318 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 76 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 277 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 464 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1,282 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Turin?

Ranked on the composite score, Giorgio V. Scagliotti, Silvia Novello and C. Peroni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Turin.

  1. 1 Giorgio V. Scagliotti · #2,269 worldwide 1.3k citations · 134 works
  2. 2 Silvia Novello · #5,877 worldwide 1k citations · 144 works
  3. 3 C. Peroni · #9,829 worldwide 848 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Paolo M. Comoglio · #11,574 worldwide 874 citations · 101 works
  5. 5 Stefano Bresciani · #16,782 worldwide 752 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Gianni Vattimo · #20,413 worldwide 147 citations · 92 works
  7. 7 Clara Camaschella · #22,092 worldwide 433 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Roberto Passera · #22,277 worldwide 542 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Giampiero Passarino · #24,187 worldwide 896 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Riccardo Soffietti · #25,473 worldwide 525 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at University of Turin

Which keywords describe research at University of Turin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Globalization, Identity, Literature, Religion, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Studies.

▲ 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. Epidemiology444◆ 1.14×134 topics
  2. Climate Change360▲ 1.35×96 topics
  3. Globalization274▲ 1.41×133 topics
  4. Inflammation222◆ 1.08×83 topics
  5. Machine Learning216▼ 0.67×76 topics
  6. Sustainability209◆ 0.87×89 topics
  7. Identity185▲ 2.6×62 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress184◆ 1.14×62 topics
  9. Environmental Impact175◆ 1.04×50 topics
  10. Literature163▲ 3.0×54 topics
  11. Cancer163▲ 1.23×58 topics
  12. Treatment156▲ 1.30×49 topics
  13. Education155◆ 0.91×90 topics
  14. Quality of Life154◆ 1.08×57 topics
  15. Immunotherapy153▲ 2.2×19 topics
  16. Religion153▲ 3.2×38 topics
  17. Innovation152▲ 1.47×54 topics
  18. Mental Health148◆ 1.02×39 topics
  19. Cultural Heritage144▲ 2.7×32 topics
  20. Genetics132▲ 1.91×27 topics
  21. Gender125▲ 2.3×48 topics
  22. Ethics124▲ 2.6×52 topics
  23. Cultural Studies122▲ 3.3×36 topics
  24. Colonialism122▲ 2.6×46 topics
  25. Nationalism120▲ 2.6×31 topics
  26. History116▲ 1.68×56 topics
  27. Biodiversity116▲ 1.57×31 topics
  28. Philosophy93▲ 2.1×40 topics
  29. Memory81▲ 3.4×20 topics
  30. Pragmatics69▲ 4.3×6 topics
  31. Sociology59▲ 4.4×22 topics
  32. Italy59▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Propaganda58▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Urban Planning54▲ 6.8×9 topics
  35. Totalitarianism54▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Fascism52▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Prosody49▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Ethnobotany48▲ 8.1×7 topics
  39. Media and Communication47▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Architectural Competitions46▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Turin publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, Italian Literature and Culture, Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition and Educational and Social Studies.

Italian Fascism and Post…52Italian Fascism and Post-war Society: 52 fractional worksItalian Literature and C…46Italian Literature and Culture: 46 fractional worksLinguistic Studies and L…42Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition: 42 fractional worksEducational and Social S…36Educational and Social Studies: 36 fractional worksHistorical and Environmental Studies: 29 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 29 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…26Environmental Sustainability in Business: 26 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 23 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …23Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 23 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory…22Fermentation and Sensory Analysis: 22 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Arts and HumanitiesArtificial IntelligenceEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySociology and Political Science 52 works
  2. 2 Italian Literature and CultureGeneral Arts and Humanities 46 works
  3. 3 Linguistic Studies and Language AcquisitionArtificial Intelligence 42 works
  4. 4 Educational and Social StudiesEducation 36 works
  5. 5 Historical and Environmental StudiesSociology and Political Science 29 works
  6. 6 Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesCell Biology 29 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in BusinessMarketing 26 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 23 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 23 works
  10. 10 Fermentation and Sensory AnalysisFood Science 22 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 available48.1%not open51.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Turin's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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