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Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures

In research, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,800 of 10,670 worldwide), Materials Science (#441 of 2,276 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,004 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biomaterials and Materials Science (Biomaterials is 17.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,779
of 22,385 · #5,848 all time
Rank in Spain
#128
of 426
Research works
644
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
65%
world 18%
Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures

What is Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,800 of 10,670 12.2%252 #2244
Materials ScienceField #441 of 2,276 11.7%97 #735
EngineeringField #2,004 of 5,901 10.7%102 #2286

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#2,244 #1,800
  2. Materials Science#735 #441
  3. Engineering#2,286 #2,004
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (37%), Materials Science (34%), Chemistry (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 275 fractional works · 89.1% of its workEngineering: 113 fractional works · 36.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 46 fractional works · 14.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 104 fractional works · 33.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 13.7% of its workBiomaterials: 22 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 19 fractional works · 6.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 18 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 3.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBasque Center forMaterials,…309fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11336.6%
    2. Materials Science10433.7%
    3. Chemistry185.9%
    4. Environmental Science123.9%
    5. Energy103.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy82.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering51.5%
    8. Computer Science41.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology134.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.5%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine92.8%
    2. Health Professions10.2%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    2. Psychology10.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    5. Social Sciences00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biomaterials takes 17.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. BiomaterialsSubfield · 22.3 works17×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 103.9 works9.6×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.42× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.77× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.58× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.44× its world share, 113 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 9.64× its world share, 104 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science9.64×104 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.42×5 works
  3. Chemistry3.77×18 works
  4. Energy3.58×10 works
  5. Engineering2.44×113 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.12×8 works
  7. Environmental Science0.79×12 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×13 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.39×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×5 works
  12. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.18×4 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  16. Medicine0.15×9 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  18. Psychology0.11×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.07×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.06×0 works
  21. Nursing0.06×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures?

Ranked on the quality score, Stefan Wuttke, Shahzada Ahmad and Manuel Salado lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures.

  1. 1 Stefan Wuttke Spain · #28,452 worldwide 18k citations · 269 works
  2. 2 Shahzada Ahmad Spain · #161,839 worldwide 15k citations · 292 works
  3. 3 Manuel Salado Spain · #324,758 worldwide 3k citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Orysia T. Zaremba Spain · #470,393 worldwide 2.7k citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Jacopo Andreo Spain · #543,698 worldwide 1.6k citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Peng Huang Spain · #682,276 worldwide 3.2k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Ralph Freund Spain · #720,933 worldwide 2.6k citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Yassine Raoui Spain · #814,750 worldwide 1k citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Samrana Kazim Spain · #889,320 worldwide 7k citations · 208 works
  10. 10 Ainara Valverde Spain · #1,062,248 worldwide 586 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures

What are the most cited papers from Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures?

The most cited paper from Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures is "The Current Status of MOF and COF Applications" (Ralph Freund, Orysia T. Zaremba, Giel Arnauts et al., 2021), with 1,204 citations. Next come "Advances in Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications" (727) and "Electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride)-based structures for advanced applications" (703).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Current Status of MOF and COF Applications Ralph Freund, Orysia T. Zaremba, Giel Arnauts et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition Open access 14 May 2021 1,204
2 Advances in Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications Vanessa Fernandes Cardoso, António Francesko, Clarisse Ribeiro et al. · Advanced Healthcare Materials 27 Dec 2017 727
3 Electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride)-based structures for advanced applications Clarisse Ribeiro, Carlos M. Costa, Daniela Maria Correia et al. · Nature Protocols 15 Mar 2018 703
4 Review of degradation and failure phenomena in photovoltaic modules Mohammadreza Aghaei, Andrew Fairbrother, Abdülkerim Gök et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 3 Feb 2022 630
5 Recycling and environmental issues of lithium-ion batteries: Advances, challenges and opportunities Carlos M. Costa, João Carlos Barbosa, Renato Gonçalves et al. · Energy storage materials Open access 23 Feb 2021 612
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery, Nanomaterials, Energy Storage, Catalysis and Nanofibers.

▲ 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-now 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. Biomedical Applications49▲ 13×29 topics
  2. Nanocomposites40▲ 16×19 topics
  3. Tissue Engineering34▲ 18×10 topics
  4. Drug Delivery22▲ 13×14 topics
  5. Nanomaterials21▲ 6.5×16 topics
  6. Energy Storage19▲ 9.5×7 topics
  7. Catalysis18▲ 8.8×19 topics
  8. Nanofibers17▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Flexible Electronics17▲ 32×3 topics
  10. Cathode Materials16▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Energy Harvesting16▲ 29×2 topics
  12. Efficiency16▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Nanogenerators15▲ 37×1 topic
  14. Wearable15▲ 37×1 topic
  15. Graphene14▲ 7.0×9 topics
  16. Lithium-ion Batteries14▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Nanoparticles14▲ 3.7×27 topics
  18. Semiconductors14▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Nanocrystals13▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Metal-Organic Frameworks13▲ 9.8×6 topics
  21. Stability12▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Regenerative Medicine12▲ 15×5 topics
  23. Biomaterials12▲ 16×7 topics
  24. Crystal Growth12▲ 14×9 topics
  25. Biodegradable Polymers12▲ 22×4 topics
  26. Organic Electronics12▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Conducting Polymers11▲ 28×2 topics
  28. PEDOT:PSS11▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Polyaniline11▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Photovoltaics11▲ 23×4 topics
  31. Organometal Halide Perovskites11▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Perovskite Solar Cells11▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Chemical Sensors10▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Methane Storage10▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Rechargeable Batteries10▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Solar Cells10▲ 16×7 topics
  37. Heterogeneous Catalysis10▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Semiconductor10▲ 9.5×6 topics
  39. CO2 Capture9▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Semiconductor Nanocrystals8▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Conducting polymers and applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 15 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 11 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…11Perovskite Materials and Applications: 11 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …8Advancements in Battery Materials: 8 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 7 fractional worksQuantum Dots Synthesis A…6Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties: 6 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 6 fractional worksNanocomposite Films for Food Packaging: 5 fractional worksDielectric materials and actuators: 5 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringPolymers and PlasticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInorganic Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 11 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 7 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  7. 7 Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties Materials Chemistry 6 works
  8. 8 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 6 works
  9. 9 Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging Biomaterials 5 works
  10. 10 Dielectric materials and actuators Biomedical Engineering 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 available63.9%not open36.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures0.0011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures12.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.2% in 2023.

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