2016 tables: Institutions - academic

The 2016 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.

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# Institution Share 2015 Count 2015
1 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 49.45 368
2 University of Padova (UNIPD), Italy 44.71 282
3 University of Turin (UNITO), Italy 37.50 230
4 University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy 36.15 198
5 University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), Italy 33.98 264
6 University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Italy 29.47 185
7 University of Bologna (UNIBO), Italy 28.79 287
8 University of Milan (UNIMI), Italy 26.30 248
9 Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Italy 25.16 97
10 University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy 18.91 195
11 Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy 16.63 84
12 University of Pisa (UNIPI), Italy 16.57 234
13 University of Trieste (UNITS), Italy 14.49 160
14 University of Pavia (UNIPV), Italy 14.38 181
15 University of Genova, Italy 14.07 218
16 University of Salerno (UNISA), Italy 13.68 58
17 University of Trento (UNITN), Italy 12.98 93
18 Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Italy 10.55 139
19 University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBA), Italy 9.88 144
20 University of Perugia, Italy 9.70 121
21 University of Parma (UNIPR), Italy 9.10 49
22 University of Calabria (UNICAL), Italy 8.93 103
23 University of Ferrara (UNIFE), Italy 8.21 88
24 Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy 8.14 47
25 University of Cagliari (UNICA), Italy 7.71 66
26 University of Roma Tre, Italy 7.19 111
27 University of Verona (UNIVR), Italy 6.79 41
28 University of Salento, Italy 6.25 109
29 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy 6.12 68
30 University of Siena (UNISI), Italy 6.03 64
31 University of Insubria, Italy 5.65 30
32 University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Italy 5.49 34
33 University of Catania, Italy 5.46 105
34 University of Messina (UNIME), Italy 5.22 41
35 University of Chieti (Ud'A), Italy 5.10 16
36 University of Brescia (UNIBS), Italy 4.66 26
37 University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro" (UNIPMN), Italy 4.51 89
38 National Interuniversity Consortium for the Physical Sciences of Matter (CNISM), Italy 4.35 33
39 Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy 4.20 95
40 University of Palermo (UNIPA), Italy 3.98 49
41 University of Camerino (UNICAM), Italy 3.45 19
42 Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (UCSC), Italy 3.37 18
43 Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Italy 3.32 23
44 Ca' Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE), Italy 3.31 14
45 University of Udine (UNIUD), Italy 3.20 107
46 Marche Polytechnic University (UNIVPM), Italy 3.07 21
47 University of Urbino, Italy 3.00 40
48 University of Sassari (UniSS), Italy 2.51 27
49 University of Magna Graecia (UMG), Italy 2.40 13
50 University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy 2.30 20
51 Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (UniSR), Italy 2.10 21
52 University of Basilicata, Italy 1.99 75
53 University of Tuscia (UNITUS), Italy 1.46 14
54 IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy 1.25 4
55 University of Teramo (UniTE), Italy 0.78 3
56 University of Molise (UNIMOL), Italy 0.56 10
57 LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy 0.50 1
58 Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS Pavia), Italy 0.47 6
59 Parthenope University of Naples, Italy 0.45 27
60 Foro Italico University of Rome, Italy 0.33 4
61 University of Foggia (UNIFG), Italy 0.33 4
62 Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy 0.32 3
63 Milan Center for Neuroscience, Italy 0.26 3
64 University of Bergamo, Italy 0.25 2
65 Bocconi University, Italy 0.19 2
66 San Luigi University Hospital, Italy 0.19 1
67 Humanitas University, Italy 0.19 4
68 Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (SSSA), Italy 0.17 4
69 University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (UNICAS), Italy 0.16 3
70 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (UniBz), Italy 0.14 3
71 Universita' degli Studi Niccolo' Cusano, Italy 0.10 2
72 Guglielmo Marconi University (GMU), Italy 0.07 40
73 University of Sannio, Italy 0.05 2
74 European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), Italy 0.04 1
75 Pegaso University (Unipegaso), Italy 0.01 4
76 eCampus University, Italy 0.00 1
77 University for Foreigners Perugia (UNISTRAPG), Italy 0.00 1
77 Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV), Italy 0.00 1
77 University of Macerata (UNIMC), Italy 0.00 1
77 Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (UNIRC), Italy 0.00 1
77 Orientale University of Naples, Italy 0.00 1

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