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Unitelma Sapienza University

Research output, impact, five-year growth, topic strengths and transparent benchmarking from open scholarly metadata.

ITS Research Score59.0
Global research rank#3,953
Country rank#66
Momentum rank#4,038

Research performance overview

Unitelma Sapienza University is an education institution in Italy represented in the ITS Research Intelligence database through OpenAlex and ROR-linked identity data. Over the most recent five-year window available locally, the institution is associated with 766 research works and 5,084 citations. Its current h-index is 87, while the five-year trend shows strong expansion in publication activity. It currently places #3,953 in the ITS global research-performance ranking. Within Italy, its current research-performance position is #66.

Five-year research output and impact

Research works, 5 years766
Citations, 5 years5,084
H-index87
i10-index597
Publication growth36.7%
Citation growth-78.6%

Recent citation volume is approximately 6.6 citations per five-year work when the two aggregate windows are divided. This is a descriptive ratio rather than a field-normalized citation indicator, because disciplines have very different citation practices. The h-index and i10-index add longer-run visibility context, while the growth metrics show direction of travel rather than historical accumulation alone.

Research trend by year

YearWorksCitations recordedOpen-access works
201051062
2011121677
2012234767
20133448317
2014273767
2015273589
20165164114
2017441,13919
2018591,57528
2019992,91257
20201333,38877
20211052,51262
20221122,03169
20231471,11481
20241531,267115
2025204603157
202615069104

The yearly series runs from 2010 to 2026 in the current local snapshot. Annual research counts should be read as a pattern rather than as an audited financial-style total: scholarly metadata is continually corrected, affiliations can be re-resolved, and citations continue to accumulate after publication.

Research strengths and leading topics

Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBioeconomy and Sustainability DevelopmentMigraine and Headache StudiesEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePopulism, Right-Wing MovementsTopic ModelingSoftware Engineering ResearchEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessNatural Language Processing TechniquesBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis

The strongest topic signals currently associated with Unitelma Sapienza University include Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development and Migraine and Headache Studies. Topic lists are useful for understanding where an institution is visibly active, but they are not equivalent to a complete departmental census because OpenAlex topics are inferred from the institution’s works rather than from its administrative structure.

National benchmark

Among the 113 index-ready universities currently available for Italy, the average five-year output is about 5,593 works and the average five-year citation count is about 39,413. Unitelma Sapienza University is currently below that research-output average and below the citation average. Its own growth signal is 36.7%, compared with a country-set average of 31.4%.

How to interpret this university profile

ITS Research Solution treats this page as research intelligence rather than a prestige label. The score is designed to summarize measurable research activity using recent output, recent citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth. Size still matters, so the score should be interpreted together with the trend table and topic profile. A smaller institution with strong momentum can therefore look different from a large institution with a much longer publication history.

Rankings are recalculated from the local analytical database after OpenAlex synchronization. The public page is indexable only when the institution has enough recent research activity, at least five active years in the available trend window, and multiple topic signals. This quality gate prevents empty or minimally populated institution records from becoming search-engine pages.

Data sources and verification

The institution identity is linked to the Research Organization Registry (ROR) through the ROR identifier supplied by OpenAlex. Research counts, citation totals, yearly activity, h-index, i10-index and topic signals come from OpenAlex. OpenAlex institution records are themselves grounded in ROR for canonical institution identity. Data can change as scholarly records, affiliations and citation links are corrected, so the page records the latest local synchronization time rather than presenting the figures as permanent.

  • OpenAlex institution ID: I4210130905
  • ROR ID: 04dfrdm61
  • Last synchronized: 2026-09-10 00:53:47

Frequently asked questions

What is the research score for Unitelma Sapienza University?

The current ITS Research Performance Score is 59.0 out of 100. It combines recent publication output, citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth.

How many research works are associated with Unitelma Sapienza University?

The current local five-year window contains 766 works associated with the institution in OpenAlex.

Is this an official university ranking?

No. This is an independent ITS Research Solution research-performance analysis built from open scholarly metadata. It does not represent an official government or accreditation ranking.