More than 2100 scientific articles on peer-reviewed international journals have been published at ISOF in the last 20 years, with an average 90 articles/year and a citation h-index =103 (Source: SCOPUS; June 2023).
Another excellence of ISOF is its long-lasting engagement in scientific dissemination activities and communication. ISOF researchers have ideated and successful promoted several National and EU projects targeting the establishing scientific cultural values in younger generations, participated in several editions of the European researchers’ night and published several books and articles in public media to increase the general public’s awareness of key problems of our age. Such publications have collected several awards.
Besides dissemination to the scientific and public communities, ISOF has an excellent track record of technology transfer to industries, with long-lasting research contracts and collaborations with key industries like ENI, FIAT/Stellantis, AIRBUS etc
In the last years, the vocation of ISOF for research on sustainability has been strengthened, while keeping also a strong research activity in the fields of new materials to improve human health, with the final goal of supporting the transition of our country and our society to a healthier and more sustainable way of life.