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Catalan Institute for Water Research

In research, Catalan Institute for Water Research stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,207 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,700 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,559
of 28,054 · #8,845 all time
Rank in Spain
#351
of 658
Research works
696
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
53.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Catalan Institute for Water Research 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,207 of 3,551 23.2%67 #1012
Physical SciencesDomain #9,700 of 12,888 21.2%94 #6755

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Catalan Institute for Water Research 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).

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: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.35× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.11× its world share, 67 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Catalan Institute for Water Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Mira Petrović, Vicenç Acuña and Rafael Marcé lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Catalan Institute for Water Research.

  1. 1 Mira Petrović Spain · #148,502 worldwide 468 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Vicenç Acuña Spain · #215,647 worldwide 176 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Rafael Marcé Spain · #281,891 worldwide 190 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 José Luís Balcázar Spain · #293,347 worldwide 180 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz Spain · #392,710 worldwide 127 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Jelena Radjenović Spain · #976,242 worldwide 113 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Catalan Institute for Water Research

Which keywords describe research at Catalan Institute for Water Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Microbial Communities, Ecotoxicity, Antibiotics, Resistance Genes, Water Quality and Land Use Change.

▲ 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. Climate Change17▲ 4.2×39 topics
  2. Environmental Impact16▲ 6.2×18 topics
  3. Microbial Communities10▲ 15×6 topics
  4. Ecotoxicity9▲ 104×2 topics
  5. Sustainability8▲ 2.4×20 topics
  6. Antibiotics8▲ 68×1 topic
  7. Resistance Genes8▲ 109×1 topic
  8. Water Quality8▲ 13×12 topics
  9. Health Effects6▲ 7.2×10 topics
  10. Land Use Change6▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Water Treatment6▲ 31×3 topics
  12. Microbial Ecology5▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Waste Management5▲ 8.7×6 topics
  14. Nanomaterials5▲ 3.3×8 topics
  15. Water Resources5▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 8.8×4 topics
  17. Toxicity5▲ 7.6×10 topics
  18. Wastewater Treatment5▲ 14×7 topics
  19. Recycling5▲ 8.2×3 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  21. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Model Evaluation4▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  24. Sediment Transport4▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Marine Environment4▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Urbanization4▲ 6.2×2 topics
  27. Carcinogenicity4▲ 26×3 topics
  28. Drinking Water4▲ 71×2 topics
  29. Genotoxicity4▲ 56×2 topics
  30. Chlorination4▲ 112×1 topic
  31. Disinfection By-Products4▲ 112×1 topic
  32. Eutrophication4▲ 23×4 topics
  33. Genomics4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  34. Human Health4▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Pollution3▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Microplastics3▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Terrestrial Ecosystems3▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Evolution3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  39. Global Hydrology3▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Uncertainty Assessment3▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Catalan Institute for Water Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Pharmaceutical and Antib…8Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 8 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disinfection: 4 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 3 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 3 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 3 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…2Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 2 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 2 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 2 fractional works
PollutionHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisWater Science and TechnologyEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 8 works
  2. 2 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  3. 3 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 3 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  5. 5 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 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 available48.7%not open51.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.7%domestic only57.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Catalan Institute for Water Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower 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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