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Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience

In research, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,420 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 21.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,811
of 28,054 · #8,928 all time
Rank in Spain
#155
of 658
Research works
218
▲ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
6k
27.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,420 of 14,347 30.1%133

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 21.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 33.2 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.27× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 21.87× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.50× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 21.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience?

Ranked on the composite score, Abraham Martín lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience.

  1. 1 Abraham Martín Spain · #1,173,377 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience

Which keywords describe research at Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Brain Development, Neurological Disorders, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cytokines, Synaptic Plasticity and Microglia.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Neurodegeneration12▲ 44×9 topics
  2. Brain Development12▲ 72×6 topics
  3. Neurological Disorders11▲ 21×13 topics
  4. Neuroinflammation11▲ 41×6 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress11▲ 6.9×23 topics
  6. Cytokines7▲ 28×3 topics
  7. Inflammation7▲ 3.8×31 topics
  8. Microglia7▲ 70×2 topics
  9. Synaptic Plasticity7▲ 35×6 topics
  10. Innate Immunity7▲ 24×5 topics
  11. Ischemic Stroke7▲ 48×3 topics
  12. Astrocytes6▲ 118×1 topic
  13. Synaptic Pruning6▲ 118×1 topic
  14. Dendritic Spines6▲ 80×2 topics
  15. Astrocyte Function6▲ 103×2 topics
  16. Neuronal Circuits6▲ 82×2 topics
  17. GABAergic6▲ 120×1 topic
  18. Neurotransmission6▲ 120×1 topic
  19. Cancer5▲ 4.2×20 topics
  20. Adult Stem Cells5▲ 236×1 topic
  21. Neurogenesis5▲ 236×1 topic
  22. Neuroprotection5▲ 14×8 topics
  23. Aging4▲ 7.9×9 topics
  24. Metabolism4▲ 7.9×14 topics
  25. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 13×9 topics
  26. Parkinson's Disease4▲ 16×6 topics
  27. Amyloid Hypothesis3▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Tau Pathology3▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Apoptosis3▲ 10×9 topics
  30. Depression3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  31. Neurobiology3▲ 12×7 topics
  32. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 10×7 topics
  33. Mitochondria2▲ 20×6 topics
  34. Cell Death2▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Epilepsy2▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Neurodegenerative Diseases2▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Differentiation2▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Neural Circuits2▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Neuroimaging2▲ 7.7×8 topics
  40. Memory2▲ 8.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Neuroinflammation and Ne…6Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…6Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 6 fractional worksNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms: 5 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…3Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 3 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 2 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 1 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 1 fractional worksBiochemical effects in animals: 1 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 1 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 1 fractional works
NeurologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceDevelopmental NeurosciencePhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 6 works
  2. 2 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  3. 3 Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms Developmental Neuroscience 5 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 3 works
  5. 5 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 2 works
  6. 6 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  8. 8 Biochemical effects in animals Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  10. 10 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 1 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 available76.2%not open23.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.8%domestic only51.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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