[1] The remaining 31.8% consists of technical staff or personnel employed in research support departments.
[2] From an identity document provided at the time of hiring
[3] January 2022 survey. These surveys are conducted on a five-year basis.
Our Institutes & Centers
Institute for Alpine EnvironmentInstitute for Applied LinguisticsInstitute for BiomedicineInstitute for Comparative FederalismInstitute for Earth ObservationInstitute for Minority RightsInstitute of Mountain Emergency MedicineInstitute for Mummy StudiesInstitute for Public ManagementInstitute for Regional DevelopmentInstitute for Renewable EnergyCenter for Advanced StudiesCenter for Autonomy ExperienceCenter for Climate Change and TransformationCenter for Global Mountain Safeguard ResearchCenter for Migration and Societal ChangeCenter for Sensing SolutionsterraXcubeResearch Across Institutes
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Facts & Figures
689
Personnel
689
Personnel
259
with a PhD
470
researchers[1]
40
average age
52,2%
women[2]
23,1%
from abroad
30+
spoken languages[3]
500+
scientific publications
500+
scientific publications
276
articles in peer reviewed journals[1]
21,000+
citations[2]
64.6%
in Open Access[3]
79.7%
in journals with Impact Factor[4]
37.3%
with first authorship
[1] Other scientific publications include articles in non peer reviewed journals, books, contributions in books, contributions in conference proceedings, scientific reports, PhD theses.
[2] Source: Scopus. Discover the trend.
[3] Source: Scopus. The articles published in Open Access (OA) are freely accessible.
[4] Articles published in journals listed annually in Journal Citation Reports (JCR journals). There are currently no JCR-indexed journals with an Impact Factor for humanities or social sciences.
108
ongoing EU projects
108
ongoing EU projects
14
funding programs
20
new projects initiated in the reference year
> 50%
as lead partner
300 k€
average funding received
13
projects completed in the reference year
1,500+
partners
1,500+
partners
62.2%
international
24.1%
national
13.7%
local
26
labs & facilities
26
labs & facilities
15
indoor labs
4
outdoor labs
1
Extreme Environmental Simulator
6
facilities
1
biobank
17,000+
m² of research space in total
17,000+
m² of research space in total
12
institutes and centers at our headquarters
15
administrative departments at our headquarters
6
institutes and centers at NOI Techpark
~30%
of our total research space is made up of laboratories[1]
10
meeting spaces
2
representative offices in Rome and Vienna
[1] Our research laboratories are located at NOI Techpark.
Source: internal databases. Data refers to the previous calendar year and is updated in June.
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