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Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

In research, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language stands highest in Cognitive Neuroscience (#246 of 1,124 worldwide), Neuroscience (#564 of 2,157 worldwide) and Psychology (#981 of 3,404 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Neuroscience (Cognitive Neuroscience is 45.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,524
of 22,385 · #8,210 all time
Rank in Spain
#279
of 426
Research works
410
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
29.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
61%
world 18%
Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

What is Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language 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
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #246 of 1,124 12.8%144
NeuroscienceField #564 of 2,157 12.6%149
PsychologyField #981 of 3,404 19.2%156
Life SciencesDomain #3,356 of 11,023 12.5%153
Social SciencesDomain #6,845 of 14,833 19.3%186

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language 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 Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language is in Social Sciences, 35% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (35%), Neuroscience (34%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 57 fractional works · 43.9% of its workPsychology: 45 fractional works · 34.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 22 fractional works · 17.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 46 fractional works · 35.1% of its workNeuroscience: 45 fractional works · 34.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 43 fractional works · 33.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 13.9% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 10.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBasque Center onCognition, Brain…130fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences35%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences44%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology4534.9%
    2. Social Sciences64.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities64.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Neuroscience4534.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Computer Science1410.7%
    2. Mathematics21.6%
    3. Engineering11.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Environmental Science00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine96.6%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 45.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 43.1 works46×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 22.2 works37×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 44.5 works21×
  4. PsychologyField · 45.4 works11×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 21.12× its world share, 44 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 11.47× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 21.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience21.12×44 works
  2. Psychology11.47×45 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.47×6 works
  4. Mathematics1.39×2 works
  5. Computer Science1.38×14 works
  6. Social Sciences0.35×6 works
  7. Medicine0.34×9 works
  8. Health Professions0.20×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  12. Nursing0.09×0 works
  13. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  14. Engineering0.07×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  17. Energy0.03×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language?

Ranked on the quality score, Manuel Carreiras, Marina Vladimirovna Kalashnikova and César Caballero‐Gaudes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language.

  1. 1 Manuel Carreiras Spain · #200,746 worldwide 21k citations · 475 works
  2. 2 Marina Vladimirovna Kalashnikova Spain · #317,257 worldwide 2.1k citations · 111 works
  3. 3 César Caballero‐Gaudes Spain · #412,021 worldwide 2.8k citations · 111 works
  4. 4 Nicola Molinaro Spain · #481,242 worldwide 4.2k citations · 190 works
  5. 5 Marie Lallier Spain · #488,233 worldwide 2.2k citations · 100 works
  6. 6 Sendy Caffarra Spain · #542,778 worldwide 1.8k citations · 96 works
  7. 7 Mikel Lizarazu Spain · #551,974 worldwide 1.1k citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Garikoitz Lerma‐Usabiaga Spain · #670,207 worldwide 1.7k citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Craig Geoffrey Richter Spain · #671,804 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Efthymia C. Kapnoula Spain · #674,924 worldwide 790 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

What are the most cited papers from Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language?

The most cited paper from Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language is "A computational atlas of the hippocampal formation using ex vivo, ultra-high resolution MRI: Application to adaptive segmentation of in vivo MRI" (Juan Eugenio Iglesias, Jean C. Augustinack, Khoa Huynh Nguyen et al., 2015), with 1,381 citations. Next come "Working memory and neural oscillations: alpha–gamma versus theta–gamma codes for distinct WM information?" (918) and "Multi-atlas segmentation of biomedical images: A survey" (704).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A computational atlas of the hippocampal formation using ex vivo, ultra-high resolution MRI: Application to adaptive segmentation of in vivo MRI Juan Eugenio Iglesias, Jean C. Augustinack, Khoa Huynh Nguyen et al. · NeuroImage Open access 2 May 2015 1,381
2 Working memory and neural oscillations: alpha–gamma versus theta–gamma codes for distinct WM information? Frédéric Roux, Peter J. Uhlhaas · Trends in Cognitive Sciences Review 21 Nov 2013 918
3 Multi-atlas segmentation of biomedical images: A survey Juan Eugenio Iglesias, Mert Rory Sabuncu · Medical Image Analysis Open access 6 Jul 2015 704
4 Is bilingualism associated with enhanced executive functioning in adults? A meta-analytic review. Minna Lehtonen, Anna Soveri, Aini Laine et al. · Psychological Bulletin Open access Mar 2018 648
5 A probabilistic atlas of the human thalamic nuclei combining ex vivo MRI and histology Juan Eugenio Iglesias, Ricardo Insausti, Garikoitz Lerma‐Usabiaga et al. · Hispana Open access 2018 621
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Bilingualism, Language Development, Neural Basis, Cognitive Control, Syntax, Functional Neuroimaging, Language Processing and Semantic Memory.

▲ 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. Bilingualism23▲ 127×4 topics
  2. Language Development19▲ 117×5 topics
  3. Neural Basis17▲ 143×3 topics
  4. Cognitive Control16▲ 191×2 topics
  5. Syntax14▲ 148×2 topics
  6. Functional Neuroimaging13▲ 213×2 topics
  7. Language Processing13▲ 387×1 topic
  8. Semantic Memory13▲ 387×1 topic
  9. Speech Perception12▲ 113×3 topics
  10. Language Acquisition11▲ 73×3 topics
  11. Reading Comprehension10▲ 135×2 topics
  12. Perceptual Learning10▲ 156×2 topics
  13. Neural Mechanisms10▲ 75×4 topics
  14. Second Language Learning10▲ 83×3 topics
  15. Social Interaction9▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Speech Production9▲ 210×2 topics
  17. Dyslexia9▲ 254×1 topic
  18. Reading Acquisition9▲ 254×1 topic
  19. Prosody8▲ 173×2 topics
  20. Acoustic Phonetics8▲ 249×1 topic
  21. Phonetics8▲ 249×1 topic
  22. Neuronal Oscillations8▲ 80×2 topics
  23. Neural Plasticity7▲ 31×4 topics
  24. Speech and Language Disorder7▲ 260×1 topic
  25. Statistical Learning7▲ 260×1 topic
  26. Language7▲ 20×5 topics
  27. Working Memory7▲ 57×3 topics
  28. Neural Correlates6▲ 50×5 topics
  29. Embodiment6▲ 24×4 topics
  30. Neurological Disorders6▲ 7.9×6 topics
  31. Functional Connectivity6▲ 33×3 topics
  32. Social Cognition6▲ 23×6 topics
  33. Default Mode Network5▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Resting-State fMRI5▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Cognition5▲ 28×4 topics
  36. Cortical Networks5▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Synchronization5▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Cortical Connectivity4▲ 81×2 topics
  39. Cognitive Science4▲ 49×2 topics
  40. Cognitive Development4▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Reading and Literacy Development, Phonetics and Phonology Research and Language Development and Disorders.

Neurobiology of Language…13Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 13 fractional worksReading and Literacy Development: 9 fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology Research: 8 fractional worksLanguage Development and Disorders: 7 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 5 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…5Neural dynamics and brain function: 5 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 4 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 3 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music Perception: 3 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 3 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyExperimental and Cognitive Psychology

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

  1. 1 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 13 works
  2. 2 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 9 works
  3. 3 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8 works
  4. 4 Language Development and Disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology 7 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  6. 6 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  7. 7 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  8. 8 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  10. 10 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 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 available78.0%not open22.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.4%domestic only38.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language 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%30%Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language11.5% 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 23.8% in 2016.

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