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Villa Melitta

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World rank, all time
#24,888
of 34,923
Rank in Italy
#584
of 743
Research works
173
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Villa Melitta

Which fields of science does Villa Melitta work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Villa Melitta is in Health Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Engineering (8%), Dentistry (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 36 fractional works · 70.6% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 65.2% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 19.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 14.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVilla Melitta51fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3365.2%
    2. Dentistry24.9%
    3. Health Professions00.5%
    1. Engineering47.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy11.9%
    3. Environmental Science11.9%
    4. Chemistry11.5%
    5. Materials Science00.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Computer Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.6%
    2. Neuroscience23.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Psychology23.6%
    2. Social Sciences12.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 10.10× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 33 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry10.10×2 works
  2. Medicine3.39×33 works
  3. Neuroscience1.83×2 works
  4. Psychology1.19×2 works
  5. Chemistry0.97×1 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.86×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×2 works
  8. Engineering0.52×4 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.38×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.21×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.19×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.19×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Villa Melitta?

Ranked on the quality score, Andreas Waldner, Davide Lazzeri and Chiara Botti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Villa Melitta.

  1. 1 Andreas Waldner Italy · #597,682 worldwide 3.4k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Davide Lazzeri Italy · #1,704,876 worldwide 3.5k citations · 193 works
  3. 3 Chiara Botti Italy · #3,240,462 worldwide 548 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 U Gallo Italy · #4,673,457 worldwide 164 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 L Novacic Italy · #4,767,959 worldwide 35 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Enrico Mecarelli Italy · #6,293,079 worldwide 54 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Villa Melitta

What are the most cited papers from Villa Melitta?

The most cited paper from Villa Melitta is "Long‐lasting effect of sublingual immunotherapy in children with asthma due to house dust mite: a 10‐year prospective study" (Valerio Di Rienzo, Fabrizio Marcucci, Paola Puccinelli et al., 2003), with 350 citations. Next come "Virtual Reality Telerehabilitation for Postural Instability in Parkinson’s Disease: A Multicenter, Single-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial" (329) and "Combined Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Robot-Assisted Arm Training in Subacute Stroke Patients" (272).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Long‐lasting effect of sublingual immunotherapy in children with asthma due to house dust mite: a 10‐year prospective study Valerio Di Rienzo, Fabrizio Marcucci, Paola Puccinelli et al. · Clinical & Experimental Allergy Feb 2003 350
2 Virtual Reality Telerehabilitation for Postural Instability in Parkinson’s Disease: A Multicenter, Single-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial Marialuisa Gandolfi et al. · BioMed Research International Open access 2017 329
3 Combined Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Robot-Assisted Arm Training in Subacute Stroke Patients Stefan Hesse, Andreas Waldner, Jan Mehrholz et al. · Neurorehabilitation and neural repair Open access 8 Aug 2011 272
4 Innovative gait robot for the repetitive practice of floor walking and stair climbing up and down in stroke patients Stefan Hesse, Andreas Waldner, Christopher Tomelleri · Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation Open access 28 Jun 2010 229
5 Improved Gait After Repetitive Locomotor Training in Children with Cerebral Palsy Nicola Smania, Paola Bonetti, Marialuisa Gandolfi et al. · American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 7 Jan 2011 202
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Which keywords describe research at Villa Melitta?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Pain Management, Chronic Pain, Quality of Life, Postoperative Pain, Analgesia and Regional Anesthesia.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.8×32 topics
  2. Complications5▲ 18×11 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 4.7×18 topics
  4. Pain Management3▲ 26×4 topics
  5. Chronic Pain3▲ 25×3 topics
  6. Postoperative Pain3▲ 56×2 topics
  7. Analgesia2▲ 75×1 topic
  8. Regional Anesthesia2▲ 90×1 topic
  9. Anatomy2▲ 63×2 topics
  10. Inflammation2▲ 2.0×20 topics
  11. Cosmetic Surgery2▲ 96×2 topics
  12. Guidelines2▲ 7.8×7 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Dermal Fillers2▲ 154×1 topic
  15. Hyaluronic Acid2▲ 154×1 topic
  16. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  17. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Dental Implants2▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Peri-implant Diseases2▲ 69×1 topic
  20. Electric Discharge2▲ 297×1 topic
  21. Laser Oscillation2▲ 297×1 topic
  22. Breast Reconstruction2▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Low Back Pain2▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Antipsychotic Drugs1▲ 71×1 topic
  25. Depression1▲ 3.1×10 topics
  26. Neurocognitive Deficits1▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Intervertebral Disc1▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Lumbar Disc Degeneration1▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Surgical Treatment1▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Acupuncture1▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 4.4×3 topics
  32. Genetics1▲ 3.2×7 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  34. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.5×9 topics
  35. Fertility Preservation1▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation1▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Postoperative Nausea1▲ 105×1 topic
  38. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy1▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Rectal Cancer1▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Vomiting Prevention1▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does Villa Melitta publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes and Laser Design and Applications.

Anesthesia and Pain Mana…2Anesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksFacial Rejuvenation and …2Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…2Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksLaser Design and Applica…2Laser Design and Applications: 2 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksNausea and vomiting mana…1Nausea and vomiting management: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 1 fractional works
SurgeryDermatologyOral SurgeryElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques Dermatology 2 works
  3. 3 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Nausea and vomiting management Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 1 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 available39.3%not open60.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Villa Melitta's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Villa Melitta as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Villa Melitta0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Villa Melitta over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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