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Barcelona Institute for Global Health

In research, Barcelona Institute for Global Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,057 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,823 of 10,443 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,088 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 26.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,001
of 28,054 · #7,290 all time
Rank in Spain
#97
of 658
Research works
1.2k
▲ 227% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Barcelona Institute for Global Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,057 of 11,982 27.4%216 #4932
MedicineField #2,823 of 10,443 27.5%181 #4582
Environmental ScienceField #1,088 of 3,551 28.3%91 #1821
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield #105 of 273 26.6%63 #306
Physical SciencesDomain #5,530 of 12,888 29.3%115 #10163

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Barcelona Institute for Global Health 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#4,932 #3,057
  2. Medicine#4,582 #2,823
  3. Environmental Science#1,821 #1,088
  4. Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis#306 #105
  5. Physical Sciences#10,163 #5,530
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Barcelona Institute for Global Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis takes 26.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 63.4 works27×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 24.7 works8.2×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 37.1 works6.3×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.37× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.10× its world share, 91 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.60× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.11× its world share, 181 worksMedicineNursing: 1.61× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Barcelona Institute for Global Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Quique Bassat and Alberto L. García‐Basteiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Barcelona Institute for Global Health.

  1. 1 Jeffrey V. Lazarus Spain · #2,377 worldwide 2.8k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Quique Bassat Spain · #4,201 worldwide 2.1k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Alberto L. García‐Basteiro Spain · #21,264 worldwide 3.5k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Michelle C. Turner Spain · #28,008 worldwide 459 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Cathryn Tonne Spain · #46,544 worldwide 451 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Martine Vrijheid Spain · #70,973 worldwide 648 citations · 117 works
  7. 7 Judith García‐Aymerich Spain · #105,156 worldwide 435 citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Joan Ballester Spain · #120,136 worldwide 333 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Miguel J. Martínez Spain · #164,689 worldwide 121 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Hicham Achebak Spain · #233,087 worldwide 212 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Barcelona Institute for Global Health

Which keywords describe research at Barcelona Institute for Global Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Effects, Mortality, Infectious Diseases, Cardiovascular Disease, Global Burden and Vaccine Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology82▲ 4.6×101 topics
  2. Public Health62▲ 9.5×49 topics
  3. Health Effects40▲ 15×21 topics
  4. Mortality38▲ 15×12 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 5.8×29 topics
  6. Climate Change29▲ 2.4×35 topics
  7. Infectious Diseases27▲ 18×8 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress26▲ 3.6×41 topics
  9. Global Burden24▲ 10×11 topics
  10. Vaccine Development24▲ 21×10 topics
  11. Particulate Matter21▲ 32×2 topics
  12. Global Burden of Disease21▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Global Warming18▲ 10×5 topics
  14. Air Pollution18▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Epidemiological Studies18▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Human Health18▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Exposure Assessment18▲ 43×1 topic
  18. Fine Particulate Air Pollution18▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Vulnerability18▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Temperature18▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Epidemiological Evidence17▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Heat Waves17▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 4.7×18 topics
  24. COVID-1916▲ 2.7×21 topics
  25. Genome Sequence16▲ 42×3 topics
  26. Environmental Exposure15▲ 32×3 topics
  27. Physical Activity15▲ 6.8×8 topics
  28. Genetics14▲ 4.6×13 topics
  29. Biomarkers14▲ 4.7×14 topics
  30. Immune Response14▲ 5.6×14 topics
  31. Insecticide Resistance13▲ 39×4 topics
  32. Vaccine13▲ 7.3×11 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-213▲ 8.8×6 topics
  34. Artemisinin Resistance12▲ 87×1 topic
  35. Plasmodium falciparum12▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Health11▲ 6.2×13 topics
  37. Drug Resistance11▲ 8.4×7 topics
  38. Disease Risk10▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Exposome10▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Omics10▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Barcelona Institute for Global Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Malaria Research and Control and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging.

Air Quality and Health Impacts: 18 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 17 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 12 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 10 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 8 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …6Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 5 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 5 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSpeech and HearingInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 18 works
  2. 2 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 17 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  4. 4 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 10 works
  5. 5 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  7. 7 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 5 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 5 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 available76.7%not open23.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.9%domestic only34.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Barcelona Institute for Global Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 227% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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