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Abengoa (Spain)

In research, Abengoa (Spain) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,831 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,526
of 34,923
Rank in Spain
#499
of 646
Research works
203
▼ 84% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
57.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Abengoa (Spain)

What is Abengoa (Spain) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #6,831 of 17,446 16.2%180

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Abengoa (Spain) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Abengoa (Spain) work in?

In all years, 89% of research at Abengoa (Spain) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Energy (14%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 180 fractional works · 88.9% of its workEngineering: 107 fractional works · 52.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 50 fractional works · 24.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 7.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 15 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 29 fractional works · 14.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 27 fractional works · 13.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAbengoa (Spain)203fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering10752.6%
    2. Energy2914.5%
    3. Materials Science2110.2%
    4. Environmental Science94.5%
    5. Computer Science62.9%
    6. Chemistry31.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering31.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology126.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    2. Social Sciences10.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    4. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Medicine20.8%
    2. Nursing00.2%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Who are the top researchers at Abengoa (Spain)?

Ranked on the quality score, Laura Calió, Sonia Fereres and Francisco Javier Ramos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abengoa (Spain).

  1. 1 Laura Calió Spain · #948,998 worldwide 2.4k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Sonia Fereres Spain · #1,762,842 worldwide 692 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Francisco Javier Ramos Spain · #1,811,186 worldwide 1.9k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Daniel Remón Spain · #2,234,384 worldwide 1k citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Antoni Mir Cantarellas Spain · #2,302,326 worldwide 1.1k citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Abengoa (Spain)

What are the most cited papers from Abengoa (Spain)?

The most cited paper from Abengoa (Spain) is "Control of Power Converters in AC Microgrids" (Joan Rocabert, Álvaro Luna, Frede Blaabjerg et al., 2012), with 3,717 citations. Next come "Hole‐Transport Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells" (1,009) and "Perovskite as Light Harvester: A Game Changer in Photovoltaics" (962).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Control of Power Converters in AC Microgrids Joan Rocabert, Álvaro Luna, Frede Blaabjerg et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 24 May 2012 3,717
2 Hole‐Transport Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells Laura Calió, Samrana Kazim, Michaël Grätzel et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition Open access 14 Oct 2016 1,009
3 Perovskite as Light Harvester: A Game Changer in Photovoltaics Samrana Kazim, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Michaël Grätzel et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition Open access 12 Feb 2014 962
4 A review on the role, cost and value of hydrogen energy systems for deep decarbonisation David Parra, Luís Valverde, Javier Pino et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 29 Nov 2018 739
5 Review of commercial thermal energy storage in concentrated solar power plants: Steam vs. molten salts Edouard González-Roubaud, David Pérez-Osorio, Cristina Prieto · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 31 May 2017 577
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Abengoa (Spain)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, Phase Change Materials, Renewable Energy Integration, Solar Energy, Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology, Solar Thermal Collectors and Decentralized Control.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Power Electronics26▲ 46×6 topics
  2. Renewable Energy23▲ 11×20 topics
  3. Phase Change Materials22▲ 155×2 topics
  4. Renewable Energy Integration18▲ 35×4 topics
  5. Solar Energy18▲ 48×5 topics
  6. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology16▲ 228×1 topic
  7. Solar Thermal Collectors16▲ 228×1 topic
  8. Decentralized Control14▲ 94×2 topics
  9. Smart Grid Applications13▲ 71×2 topics
  10. Efficiency13▲ 24×5 topics
  11. Distributed Power Generation12▲ 92×1 topic
  12. Microgrid Control12▲ 92×1 topic
  13. Grid-Connected Inverters10▲ 105×2 topics
  14. Heat Transfer10▲ 10×10 topics
  15. Fault Detection8▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Power Systems8▲ 50×2 topics
  17. Semiconductors8▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Control Strategies8▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Energy Efficiency8▲ 5.2×8 topics
  20. Energy Storage8▲ 10×7 topics
  21. HVDC Transmission8▲ 89×2 topics
  22. Nanocrystals8▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Offshore Wind Farms8▲ 81×2 topics
  24. Photovoltaics8▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Voltage Control8▲ 68×2 topics
  26. Light-Emitting Diodes7▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Crystal Growth7▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Modular Multilevel Converters7▲ 134×1 topic
  29. Nanocomposites7▲ 4.5×7 topics
  30. Organometal Halide Perovskites7▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Perovskite Solar Cells7▲ 63×1 topic
  32. Voltage Source Converters7▲ 134×1 topic
  33. Building Applications6▲ 206×1 topic
  34. Thermal Energy Storage6▲ 206×1 topic
  35. Solar Cells6▲ 9.8×6 topics
  36. Distributed Generation6▲ 49×3 topics
  37. Parameter Estimation6▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Maximum Power Point Tracking6▲ 89×1 topic
  39. Photovoltaic Arrays6▲ 89×1 topic
  40. Grid Integration6▲ 33×3 topics

Which research topics does Abengoa (Spain) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Phase Change Materials Research, Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies and Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems.

Solar Thermal and Photov…1Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 1 fractional worksPhase Change Materials Research: 0 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 0 fractional worksThermodynamic and Exerge…0Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems: 0 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related Materials: 0 fractional workssolar cell performance optimization: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…0Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 0 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…0Spacecraft Design and Technology: 0 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMechanical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  2. 2 Phase Change Materials Research Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 solar cell performance optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Materials Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available50.9%not open49.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.8%domestic only67.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Abengoa (Spain)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 84% lower than in 2018-2021.

2005201020152020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Abengoa (Spain) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000053% in 2022.

0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Abengoa (Spain)0.000019% in 202320102020

Fractional works of Abengoa (Spain) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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