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Water Research Institute

In research, Water Research Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,258 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,883 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,370 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pollution and Ecology — Pollution is 21.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,344
of 28,054 · #9,845 all time
Rank in Italy
#208
of 618
Research works
1.5k
▲ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Water Research Institute 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,258 of 3,551 19.5%144 #1244
Physical SciencesDomain #4,883 of 12,888 19.4%213 #6590
Life SciencesDomain #6,370 of 7,800 19.9%78 #9884

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Water Research Institute 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. Environmental Science#1,244 #1,258
  2. Physical Sciences#6,590 #4,883
  3. Life Sciences#9,884 #6,370
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 Water Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pollution takes 21.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PollutionSubfield · 25.8 works21×
  2. EcologySubfield · 26.6 works11×
← 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: 4.03× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.37× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.45× its world share, 144 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Water Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Anna Maria De Girolamo, Simona Rossetti and G. Máscolo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Water Research Institute.

  1. 1 Anna Maria De Girolamo Italy · #143,768 worldwide 153 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Simona Rossetti Italy · #200,225 worldwide 185 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 G. Máscolo Italy · #273,312 worldwide 242 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Anna Barra Caracciolo Italy · #282,929 worldwide 120 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Paola Grenni Italy · #319,942 worldwide 85 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Stefano Fazi Italy · #377,966 worldwide 136 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Stefano Polesello Italy · #400,637 worldwide 100 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Antonio López Italy · #448,553 worldwide 79 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Maurizio Pettine Italy · #449,859 worldwide 140 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 M. Concetta Tomei Italy · #516,230 worldwide 61 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Water Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Water Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Microbial Communities, Water Quality, Invasive Species, Pollution, Toxicity and Biodiversity.

▲ 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. Climate Change55▲ 6.7×65 topics
  2. Environmental Impact30▲ 5.8×35 topics
  3. Sustainability18▲ 2.4×28 topics
  4. Remote Sensing16▲ 4.3×20 topics
  5. Microbial Communities16▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Water Quality15▲ 12×13 topics
  7. Biodiversity14▲ 6.2×21 topics
  8. Invasive Species14▲ 11×17 topics
  9. Pollution13▲ 22×3 topics
  10. Toxicity13▲ 9.7×12 topics
  11. Ecosystem Functioning12▲ 21×7 topics
  12. Wastewater Treatment11▲ 16×9 topics
  13. Waste Management11▲ 8.7×7 topics
  14. Land Use Change11▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Marine Environment10▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Heavy Metals10▲ 14×8 topics
  17. Water Resources10▲ 14×8 topics
  18. Hydrological Modeling10▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Sediment Transport10▲ 21×5 topics
  20. Recycling10▲ 8.3×3 topics
  21. Model Evaluation9▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Environmental Impacts8▲ 9.5×5 topics
  23. Eutrophication8▲ 25×4 topics
  24. Aquaculture8▲ 9.4×7 topics
  25. Aquatic Environment8▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Global Warming8▲ 6.0×8 topics
  27. Groundwater7▲ 28×6 topics
  28. Plant Growth7▲ 21×6 topics
  29. Biogeography7▲ 8.8×11 topics
  30. Crop Management7▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Soil Fertility7▲ 10×7 topics
  32. Ecotoxicity6▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Global Hydrology6▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Horizontal Gene Transfer6▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Microplastics6▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Terrestrial Ecosystems6▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Uncertainty Assessment6▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Antibiotics6▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Conservation Genetics6▲ 56×2 topics
  40. Contamination6▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Water Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts and Heavy metals in environment.

Hydrology and Watershed …6Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 6 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…6Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 6 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antib…6Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 6 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…5Heavy metals in environment: 5 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 4 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 4 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…4Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 4 fractional worksSoil and Land Suitability Analysis: 4 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Bio…3Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 3 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyPollutionEcologyAgronomy and Crop Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 6 works
  2. 2 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 6 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 6 works
  4. 4 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 5 works
  5. 5 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  7. 7 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  8. 8 Soil and Land Suitability Analysis Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 4 works
  10. 10 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 3 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.7%domestic only61.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Water Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% 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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