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Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

In research, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University stands highest in Medicine (#219 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#268 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#372 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Urology and Reproductive Medicine — Ophthalmology is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#924
of 28,054 · #1,261 all time
Rank in Italy
#31
of 618
Research works
11k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
333k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Vita-Salute San Raffaele University 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
MedicineField #219 of 10,443 24.2%1,695 #382
Health SciencesDomain #268 of 11,982 24.2%1,805 #445
Life SciencesDomain #372 of 7,800 23.5%466 #494
SurgerySubfield #114 of 1,816 25.8%240 #258
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #170 of 1,144 22.8%170 #200
OncologySubfield #172 of 772 22.6%130 #269
NeuroscienceField #268 of 1,168 25.1%132 #464
EpidemiologySubfield #225 of 976 25.9%112 #393
NeurologySubfield #85 of 336 27.5%68 #166
Social SciencesDomain #2,706 of 10,521 22.8%243 #3599

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vita-Salute San Raffaele University 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. Medicine#382 #219
  2. Health Sciences#445 #268
  3. Life Sciences#494 #372
  4. Surgery#258 #114
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#200 #170
  6. Oncology#269 #172
  7. Neuroscience#464 #268
  8. Epidemiology#393 #225
  9. Neurology#166 #85
  10. Social Sciences#3,599 #2,706
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 Vita-Salute San Raffaele University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 59.4 works8.5×
  2. UrologySubfield · 20.8 works6.6×
  3. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 34.2 works5.8×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 77.8 works5.7×
  5. GeneticsSubfield · 38.1 works5.3×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 237 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.20× its world share, 84 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.11× its world share, 132 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.17× its world share, 40 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 57 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.36× its world share, 1,695 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 99 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 79 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University?

Ranked on the composite score, Stefano F. Cappa, Armando D’Angelo and Maurízio Battaglia Parodi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

  1. 1 Stefano F. Cappa Italy · #9,205 worldwide 1.2k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Armando D’Angelo Italy · #19,456 worldwide 380 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Maurízio Battaglia Parodi Italy · #20,385 worldwide 510 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Marco Braga Italy · #25,342 worldwide 474 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Alessandro Arrigo Italy · #31,406 worldwide 425 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Francesco Blasi Italy · #42,867 worldwide 614 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Letizia Leocani Italy · #46,096 worldwide 405 citations · 81 works
  8. 8 Maurizio Ferrari Italy · #47,293 worldwide 374 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Patrizia Rovere‐Querini Italy · #47,403 worldwide 401 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Paolo G. Camici Italy · #48,347 worldwide 356 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Which keywords describe research at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Genetic Mutations, Diagnosis and Neoadjuvant Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology308▲ 3.0×125 topics
  2. Inflammation148▲ 2.7×77 topics
  3. Immunotherapy138▲ 7.4×19 topics
  4. Treatment136▲ 4.3×50 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress110▲ 2.6×53 topics
  6. Chemotherapy108▲ 5.9×24 topics
  7. Diagnosis100▲ 4.1×40 topics
  8. Quality of Life93▲ 2.5×52 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations84▲ 7.4×23 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors76▲ 6.7×14 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease76▲ 2.6×35 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy72▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Cancer71▲ 2.0×46 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders67▲ 4.5×20 topics
  15. Guidelines63▲ 5.2×12 topics
  16. Management63▲ 3.1×30 topics
  17. Genetics62▲ 3.4×23 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment62▲ 5.3×8 topics
  19. Risk Factors62▲ 2.1×34 topics
  20. Diagnostic Criteria61▲ 11×10 topics
  21. Biomarkers56▲ 3.1×18 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines53▲ 3.7×14 topics
  23. Molecular Characterization50▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Clinical Trials50▲ 2.8×18 topics
  25. Cognitive Impairment48▲ 7.3×9 topics
  26. Heart Failure48▲ 4.2×13 topics
  27. Surgical Management46▲ 4.3×20 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines46▲ 6.0×9 topics
  29. Autoantibodies44▲ 7.1×8 topics
  30. Echocardiography42▲ 5.9×8 topics
  31. Prostate Cancer41▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk40▲ 4.9×9 topics
  33. Macular Degeneration40▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Therapy39▲ 8.0×8 topics
  35. Pancreatic Cancer37▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Gemcitabine35▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Surgical Complications35▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Rituximab34▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Diabetic Retinopathy33▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Inflammatory Bowel Disease31▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Vita-Salute San Raffaele University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…35Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 35 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Resea…28Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 28 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…25Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 25 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…24Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 24 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 21 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 21 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease19Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 19 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 17 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 16 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…15Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 15 fractional works
OncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOphthalmology3 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 35 works
  2. 2 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 28 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 25 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 24 works
  5. 5 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 21 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 21 works
  7. 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 19 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 16 works
  10. 10 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vita-Salute San Raffaele University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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