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Italian Literature and Culture

Italian Literature and Culture is a research topic within General Arts and Humanities. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 6.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics including cultural studies, innovation in humanities and social sciences, architectural competitions, climate change, media and communication, identity, urban planning, literature, ethnobotany, and emotional intelligence.

  • Cultural Studies
  • Innovation
  • Architectural Competitions
  • Climate Change
  • Media and Communication
  • Identity
  • Urban Planning
  • Literature
  • Ethnobotany
  • Emotional Intelligence
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
677
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+34%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Italian Literature and Culture research?

By volume, Italy and France publish the most (1.1k and 218 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Italy 1.1k works
  2. 2 France 218 works
  3. 3 United States 174 works
  4. 4 Spain 112 works
  5. 5 Brazil 77 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 63 works
  7. 7 Poland 47 works
  8. 8 Germany 41 works
  9. 9 Canada 36 works
  10. 10 Switzerland 31 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Italy: 58.5%France: 11.3%United States: 9.0%Spain: 5.8%6 others listed: 15.3%58%largest
Italy1,125 · 58.5%France218 · 11.3%United States174 · 9.0%Spain112 · 5.8%6 others listed295 · 15.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Italian Literature and Culture research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Milan publishes the most Italian Literature and Culture research, followed by Ca' Foscari University of Venice and University of Florence.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of MilanItaly 77 works
  2. 2 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 71 works
  3. 3 University of FlorenceItaly 66 works
  4. 4 University of BolognaItaly 65 works
  5. 5 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 55 works
  6. 6 University of TurinItaly 46 works
  7. 7 University of PaduaItaly 32 works
  8. 8 University of PisaItaly 29 works
  9. 9 Roma Tre UniversityItaly 25 works
  10. 10 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 23 works

Where is Italian Literature and Culture research done?

The largest centres of Italian Literature and Culture research in 2022–2025 are Rome (Italy), Milan (Italy), Florence (Italy) and Venice (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Venice, Siena and Florence.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Rome Italy 163 works
  2. 2 Milan Italy 137 works
  3. 3 Florence Italy 84 works
  4. 4 Venice Italy 82 works
  5. 5 Bologna Italy 70 works
  6. 6 Paris France 69 works
  7. 7 Turin Italy 55 works
  8. 8 Naples Italy 43 works
  9. 9 Pisa Italy 40 works
  10. 10 Padova Italy 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VeniceIT · 82.0 works115×
  2. SienaIT · 30.2 works61×
  3. FlorenceIT · 84.5 works47×
  4. NanterreFR · 28.0 works43×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Italian Literature and Culture than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Italian Literature and Culture?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Macerata, University of Verona and University of Cagliari score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 13.88%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Macerata: 10, 24.6%University of Verona: 12, 19.9%University of Cagliari: 9, 19.4%University of Bologna: 66, 8.4%University of Salerno: 18, 12.9%University of Turin: 46, 7.3%Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 71, 4.2%University of Siena: 21, 12.2%Sapienza University of Rome: 55, 9.7%Politecnico di Milano: 13, 20.2%University of MacerataUniversity of VeronaUniversity of CagliariUniversity of Bologna
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of MacerataItaly 74.024.6%99.9×10 +500.0%
2 University of VeronaItaly 73.519.9%23.4×12 +313.6%
3 University of CagliariItaly 71.219.4%22.2×9 +202.3%
4 University of BolognaItaly 69.68.4%38.2×66 +123.1%
5 University of SalernoItaly 67.712.9%28.6×18 +210.4%
6 University of TurinItaly 67.37.3%44.2×46 +147.6%
7 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 67.24.2%136.4×71 +345.5%
8 University of SienaItaly 66.612.2%52.1×21 +172.2%
9 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 65.39.7%23.2×55 +90.7%
10 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 64.220.2%8.7×13 +145.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Italian Literature and Culture research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Italian Literature and Culture.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.