There is also the Neapolitan Annamaria Colao among the best scientists in the world

There is also the Neapolitan one Annamaria Colao among the top female scientists in the world according to the 2023 ranking drawn up by the academic platform Research.com based on the number of publications and citations received.

In 20th place is the expert in oncological epidemiology Silvia Franceschi, scientific director of the Cro of Aviano; in 62nd place Speranza Falciano, research director of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics; in 70th place the epidemiologist Eva Negri, professor at the University of Bologna; in 85th place Silvia Priori, professor of cardiology at the University of Pavia.

Broadening the view to the entire ranking, which lists the top 1.000 in the world, there are another 22 female scholars who work in Italy, engaged in various sectors, from medicine to astrophysics.

Tra queste spiccano: Patrizia Caraveo dell’Istituto nazionale di Astrofisica (alla posizione 116); Annamaria Colao of the Federico II University of Napoli e prima donna presidente della Società Italiana di Endocrinologia (alla posizione 225); Silvia Bordiga, ordinaria di Chimica Fisica all’Università di Torino (265); l’epidemiologa Carlotta Sacerdote dell’Università di Torino (345); Lucia Pozzetti dell’Osservatorio astronomico di Bologna Inaf (355); Marcella Brusa, astrofisica dell’Università di Bologna (376).

Topping the world rankings is American JoAnn E. Manson of Harvard Medical School, known for her pioneering research in epidemiology and women's health. Overall, the United States dominates the rankings with 623 female scientists in the top 1.000; followed by the United Kingdom, with 96 scientists, and Germany with 37 ranked.

Harvard University is the first institution with 40 female scientists included in the ranking, followed by the National Institutes of Health (33) and Stanford University (27). The best female scientists in the world are mainly in medicine (46,8%), physics (10,8%), immunology, biology and biochemistry (4,4%), medical genetics (4,2%) and psychology (4,1%). The report published by Research.com also highlights the difficulties that women encounter in a scientific world still dominated by men.

Compared to their male peers, women are less likely to be named on a patent or paper, and their contributions often go unrecognized: female researchers are 15 percent more likely to receive an award than men are 21 percent. In terms of funding, women receive about $342.000 on average, compared to $659.000 for men.

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