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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
13,459
Country Rank
563
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Christian Fuchsberger](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/60/4976766.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,660
24,638
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
34,717
Country Rank
1,354
Institution Rank : 2
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Cristian Pattaro](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6f/4976767.jpg)
Biostatistics. Genetics. Epidemiology.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,887
10,308
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
41,355
Country Rank
1,617
Institution Rank : 3
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Irene Pichler](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
neurogenetics
neurodegeneration
molecular biology
stem cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,337
5,898
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
57,848
Country Rank
2,239
Institution Rank : 4
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Mattia Volta](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,063
7,296
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
80,661
Country Rank
3,161
Institution Rank : 5
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Fabiola Del Greco M.](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,591
9,867
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
107,788
Country Rank
4,383
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Albert Zink](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Anthropology
Paleopathology
ancient DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,038
3,653
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
120,281
Country Rank
4,983
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Erich Tasser](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/cd/4976772.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,202
5,039
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
160,440
Country Rank
6,867
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Francisco S. Domingues](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Bioinformatics
Molecular Medicine
Precision Medicine
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,262
1,651
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
165,923
Country Rank
7,147
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Frank Maixner](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dd/4976774.jpg)
Microbiology
ancient DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,056
3,186
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
182,999
Country Rank
7,987
Institution Rank : 10
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Martin Gögele](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
genetic epidemiology
biostatistics
biodemography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,488
3,644
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
204,231
Country Rank
8,988
Institution Rank : 11
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Deborah Mascalzoni](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c8/4976776.jpg)
Etica
bioetica
legal philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,899
4,085
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
205,307
Country Rank
9,038
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![David Moser](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f5/4976778.jpg)
Photovoltaics
Performance and reliability
IPV
solar resources
grid integration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,872
4,059
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
220,908
Country Rank
9,777
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Johannes Rainer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5c/4976777.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Mass Spectrometry
Computational Metabolomics
Proteomics
Transcriptional gene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,511
2,714
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
225,551
Country Rank
9,989
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Georg Niedrist](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2e/4976780.jpg)
biodiversity and hydrology in mountain grasslands
alpine ecology s.l.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,410
3,503
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
238,370
Country Rank
10,624
Institution Rank : 15
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Marc Zebisch](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/aa/4976779.jpg)
Remote Sensing
Climate Change
Mountains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,154
2,666
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
244,633
Country Rank
10,911
Institution Rank : 16
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Uta Schirpke](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ed/4976782.jpg)
ecosystem services
landscape ecology
spatial modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,040
3,450
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
250,105
Country Rank
11,160
Institution Rank : 17
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Stefan Schneiderbauer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3e/4976781.jpg)
risk assessment
social vulnerability
climate change impact
disaster risk reduction
natural risks in mountain regions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,944
2,682
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
300,581
Country Rank
13,579
Institution Rank : 18
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Melotti Roberto](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/28/4976783.jpg)
Medical Statistics
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genetic Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,186
1,902
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
308,563
Country Rank
13,941
Institution Rank : 19
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Luisa Foco](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,088
2,138
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
337,230
Country Rank
15,212
Institution Rank : 20
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Francesco Palermo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/65/4976786.jpg)
Comparative Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law
Multiculturalism
Minorities
Participatory and Direct Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,771
1,274
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
345,234
Country Rank
15,564
Institution Rank : 21
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Veronika Fontana](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,691
2,393
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
355,965
Country Rank
16,086
Institution Rank : 22
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Giacomo Bertoldi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/99/4976787.jpg)
Hydrology
Eco-hydrology
Modelling
Land-surface processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,590
1,422
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
367,204
Country Rank
16,574
Institution Rank : 23
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Alexandros Lavdas](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/92/4976785.jpg)
Neuroscience
Neuroaesthetics
Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,489
710
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
368,317
Country Rank
16,627
Institution Rank : 24
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Massimiliano Pittore](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1e/4433915.jpg)
Climate and Disaster Risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,479
1,614
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
411,920
Country Rank
18,543
Institution Rank : 25
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26294.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Valentina Coia](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Molecular Antropology
ancient DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,136
580
0.272
Christian Fuchsberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,660
24,638
0.606
Cristian Pattaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,887
10,308
0.471
Irene Pichler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,337
5,898
0.305
neurogenetics
neurodegeneration
molecular biology
stem cells
Mattia Volta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,063
7,296
0.484
Fabiola Del Greco M.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,591
9,867
0.851
Albert Zink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,038
3,653
0.404
Anthropology
Paleopathology
ancient DNA
Erich Tasser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,202
5,039
0.614
Francisco S. Domingues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,262
1,651
0.264
Bioinformatics
Molecular Medicine
Precision Medicine
Virology
Frank Maixner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,056
3,186
0.526
Martin Gögele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,488
3,644
0.664
genetic epidemiology
biostatistics
biodemography
Deborah Mascalzoni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,899
4,085
0.834
David Moser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,872
4,059
0.833
Photovoltaics
Performance and reliability
IPV
solar resources
grid integration
Johannes Rainer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,511
2,714
0.602
Bioinformatics
Mass Spectrometry
Computational Metabolomics
Proteomics
Transcriptional gene
Georg Niedrist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,410
3,503
0.794
biodiversity and hydrology in mountain grasslands
alpine ecology s.l.
Marc Zebisch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,154
2,666
0.642
Remote Sensing
Climate Change
Mountains
Uta Schirpke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,040
3,450
0.854
ecosystem services
landscape ecology
spatial modelling
Stefan Schneiderbauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,944
2,682
0.680
risk assessment
social vulnerability
climate change impact
disaster risk reduction
natural risks in mountain regions
Melotti Roberto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,186
1,902
0.597
Medical Statistics
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genetic Epidemiology
Luisa Foco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,088
2,138
0.692
Francesco Palermo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,771
1,274
0.460
Comparative Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law
Multiculturalism
Minorities
Participatory and Direct Democracy
Veronika Fontana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,691
2,393
0.889
Giacomo Bertoldi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,590
1,422
0.549
Hydrology
Eco-hydrology
Modelling
Land-surface processes
Alexandros Lavdas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,489
710
0.285
Massimiliano Pittore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,479
1,614
0.651
Valentina Coia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,136
580
0.272