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Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació

In research, Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,847 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,979
of 28,054 · #13,265 all time
Rank in Spain
#263
of 658
Research works
502
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
40.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,847 of 12,888 35.9%73 #9634

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació 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).

What does Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 56.9 works8.9×
← 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: 6.22× its world share, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.68× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.88× its world share, 57 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació?

Ranked on the composite score, Juli G. Pausas, Miguel Verdú and José Luis Rubio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació.

  1. 1 Juli G. Pausas Spain · #6,761 worldwide 1.5k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Miguel Verdú Spain · #368,447 worldwide 207 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 José Luis Rubio Spain · #495,880 worldwide 38 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Eugenia Gimeno-García Spain · #683,877 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 P. García‐Fayos Spain · #700,800 worldwide 91 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 V. Andreu Spain · #784,409 worldwide 114 citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Julián Campo Spain · #1,060,734 worldwide 55 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 S. Asins Spain · #1,247,174 worldwide 24 citations · 70 works
  9. 9 Marta Goberna Spain · #1,281,906 worldwide 59 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació

Which keywords describe research at Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Global Change, Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation, Ecosystem Resilience and Ecosystem.

▲ 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 Change41▲ 12×54 topics
  2. Biodiversity20▲ 21×13 topics
  3. Global Change19▲ 57×5 topics
  4. Invasive Species18▲ 33×11 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation16▲ 55×3 topics
  6. Conservation11▲ 20×6 topics
  7. Ecosystem Resilience11▲ 57×4 topics
  8. Remote Sensing10▲ 6.3×21 topics
  9. Ecosystem10▲ 71×3 topics
  10. Biological Invasions9▲ 80×3 topics
  11. Species Richness9▲ 108×2 topics
  12. Community Ecology9▲ 81×1 topic
  13. Functional Diversity9▲ 124×1 topic
  14. Ecosystem Services8▲ 17×5 topics
  15. Environmental Impact7▲ 3.0×13 topics
  16. Plant-Animal Interactions7▲ 60×1 topic
  17. Pollinator Decline7▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Drought6▲ 51×2 topics
  19. Evapotranspiration6▲ 62×2 topics
  20. Global Warming6▲ 11×11 topics
  21. Carbon Balance6▲ 98×1 topic
  22. Tree Mortality6▲ 98×1 topic
  23. Genetics5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  24. Biomass Estimation5▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Grapevine4▲ 86×1 topic
  26. Wine Quality4▲ 98×1 topic
  27. Pollution4▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Soil Properties4▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Toxicity4▲ 6.9×9 topics
  30. Recycling4▲ 7.6×2 topics
  31. Waste Management4▲ 7.1×2 topics
  32. Conservation Biology4▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Forest Fires4▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Wildfire Activity4▲ 66×1 topic
  35. Extreme Events4▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Mycorrhizal Fungi4▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Model Evaluation3▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Bioaccumulation3▲ 26×3 topics
  40. Climate3▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Horticultural and Viticultural Research.

Ecology and Vegetation D…9Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 9 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 7 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…6Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 6 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…4Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 4 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 4 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 3 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…3Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 3 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional worksPlant Parasitism and Resistance: 3 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 2 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGlobal and Planetary ChangePlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  3. 3 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  4. 4 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 4 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 3 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 3 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 works
  9. 9 Plant Parasitism and Resistance Plant Science 3 works
  10. 10 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 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 available63.4%not open36.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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