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Basque Centre for Climate Change

In research, Basque Centre for Climate Change stands highest in Environmental Science (#975 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,728 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science (Global and Planetary Change is 19.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,663
of 22,385 · #8,561 all time
Rank in Spain
#213
of 426
Research works
470
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Basque Centre for Climate Change

What is Basque Centre for Climate Change 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
Environmental ScienceField #975 of 3,334 19.2%62 #1156
Physical SciencesDomain #6,728 of 10,670 16.3%86 #4736

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Basque Centre for Climate Change 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 Centre for Climate Change work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Basque Centre for Climate Change is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (41%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 97 fractional works · 56.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 71 fractional works · 41.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 6.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 25.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 6.8% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 6.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 14.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 13.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBasque Centre forClimate Change172fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences25%

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. Environmental Science7141.2%
    2. Engineering106.0%
    3. Energy63.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences63.4%
    5. Computer Science10.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2112.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance137.7%
    3. Decision Sciences42.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    6. Psychology10.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2313.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine31.8%
    2. Health Professions21.4%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Basque Centre for Climate Change specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 19.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 26.0 works20×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 70.9 works8.3×
← 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: 2.76× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.09× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.29× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.58× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.29×71 works
  2. Energy4.09×6 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.58×13 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.76×23 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.33×4 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.18×6 works
  7. Veterinary1.14×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.98×22 works
  9. Nursing0.63×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.54×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×3 works
  12. Engineering0.40×10 works
  13. Mathematics0.34×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.22×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×2 works
  17. Neuroscience0.21×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  19. Psychology0.18×1 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  23. Medicine0.09×3 works
  24. Materials Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Basque Centre for Climate Change?

Ranked on the quality score, Unai Pascual, Marta Olazabal and Ignacio Palomo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Basque Centre for Climate Change.

  1. 1 Unai Pascual Spain · #4,049 worldwide 30k citations · 335 works
  2. 2 Marta Olazabal Spain · #19,995 worldwide 4.6k citations · 126 works
  3. 3 Ignacio Palomo Spain · #21,191 worldwide 11k citations · 129 works
  4. 4 Noelia Zafra‐Calvo Spain · #72,012 worldwide 4.5k citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Dirk-Jan Van de Ven Spain · #110,915 worldwide 1.9k citations · 114 works
  6. 6 Ainhoa Magrach Spain · #146,275 worldwide 5.6k citations · 92 works
  7. 7 Teresa E. Gimeno Spain · #155,122 worldwide 5.2k citations · 117 works
  8. 8 Ana Terra Amorim‐Maia Spain · #238,097 worldwide 660 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Iñaki Arto Spain · #253,086 worldwide 4.3k citations · 128 works
  10. 10 Mikel González‐Eguino Spain · #255,795 worldwide 4k citations · 131 works
All ranked researchers at Basque Centre for Climate Change

What are the most cited papers from Basque Centre for Climate Change?

The most cited paper from Basque Centre for Climate Change is "The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals" (Ricardo Vinuesa, Hossein Azizpour, Iolanda Leite et al., 2020), with 3,211 citations. Next come "TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access" (2,168) and "Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment" (1,767).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Ricardo Vinuesa, Hossein Azizpour, Iolanda Leite et al. · Nature Communications Open access 13 Jan 2020 3,211
2 TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access Jens Kattge et al. · Global Change Biology Open access729 authors 31 Dec 2019 2,168
3 Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment Kai M. A. Chan, Patricia Balvanera, Karina Benessaiah et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 9 Feb 2016 1,767
4 Valuing nature’s contributions to people: the IPBES approach Unai Pascual et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ReviewOpen access 23 Feb 2017 1,747
5 Safe and just Earth system boundaries Johan Rockström et al. · Nature Open access 31 May 2023 1,381
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Basque Centre for Climate Change?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Environmental Impact, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Biodiversity Conservation, Global Warming and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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. Climate Change53▲ 11×71 topics
  2. Sustainability26▲ 6.1×44 topics
  3. Environmental Impact20▲ 6.8×21 topics
  4. Renewable Energy20▲ 8.0×20 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions16▲ 34×7 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation16▲ 24×13 topics
  7. Global Warming14▲ 19×12 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services13▲ 19×9 topics
  9. Social-Ecological Systems12▲ 51×3 topics
  10. Environmental Policy12▲ 35×7 topics
  11. Biodiversity12▲ 9.1×18 topics
  12. Land Use Change10▲ 20×5 topics
  13. Climate Change Adaptation9▲ 30×3 topics
  14. Vulnerability9▲ 23×7 topics
  15. Energy Transition9▲ 35×4 topics
  16. Sustainability Assessment8▲ 33×4 topics
  17. Resilience8▲ 9.4×4 topics
  18. Adaptation8▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Adaptive Governance7▲ 131×1 topic
  20. Sustainability Transitions7▲ 119×1 topic
  21. Conservation6▲ 8.8×14 topics
  22. Urbanization6▲ 9.4×4 topics
  23. Food Security6▲ 6.9×8 topics
  24. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Invasive Species6▲ 8.7×12 topics
  26. Global Impact6▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Global Trade6▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Carbon Footprint6▲ 48×3 topics
  29. Economic Impacts6▲ 51×2 topics
  30. Carbon Pricing6▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Embodied Energy6▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Policy Instruments6▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Water Footprint6▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Health Effects5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  35. Human-Nature Interactions5▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Spatial Dynamics5▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Global Change4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Sea-Level Rise4▲ 22×5 topics
  39. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Household Behavior4▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Basque Centre for Climate Change publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Climate Change Policy and Economics and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Sustainability and Clima…7Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 7 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and…6Environmental Impact and Sustainability: 6 fractional worksClimate Change Policy an…6Climate Change Policy and Economics: 6 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…5Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 5 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 4 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 4 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and…4Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Environmental Valuation: 3 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 3 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental EngineeringEconomics and EconometricsEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  5. 5 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  8. 8 Economic and Environmental Valuation Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  9. 9 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 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 available68.9%not open31.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.0%domestic only49.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Basque Centre for Climate Change's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 Centre for Climate Change as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Basque Centre for Climate Change0.00068% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Basque Centre for Climate Change 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 Centre for Climate Change15.6% 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 25.8% in 2018.

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