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Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications

In research, Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications stands highest in Environmental Science (#468 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,201 of 12,888 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#594 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 35.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,923
of 28,054 · #3,881 all time
Rank in Spain
#61
of 658
Research works
1.3k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
62k
48.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications 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 #468 of 3,551 43.4%130 #641
Physical SciencesDomain #2,201 of 12,888 40.3%176 #3013
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #594 of 3,409 45.9%68 #649
Life SciencesDomain #3,301 of 7,800 43.6%83 #4086

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#641 #468
  2. Physical Sciences#3,013 #2,201
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#649 #594
  4. Life Sciences#4,086 #3,301
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 35.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 23.7 works35×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 43.1 works20×
  3. EcologySubfield · 30.0 works13×
← 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: 5.03× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.01× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.21× its world share, 130 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.86× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications?

Ranked on the composite score, Josep Peñuelas, Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta and Iolanda Filella lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications.

  1. 1 Josep Peñuelas Spain · #30,345 worldwide 4.1k citations · 311 works
  2. 2 Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta Spain · #31,344 worldwide 700 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Iolanda Filella Spain · #58,534 worldwide 524 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Joan Llusià Spain · #75,264 worldwide 426 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Jordi Sardans Spain · #83,963 worldwide 1k citations · 154 works
  6. 6 Marc Estiarte Spain · #107,256 worldwide 455 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Daniel Sol Spain · #115,988 worldwide 301 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Daijun Liu Spain · #125,350 worldwide 322 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Jordi Vayreda Spain · #259,535 worldwide 114 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Romà Ogaya Spain · #297,353 worldwide 221 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications?

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

▲ 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 Change106▲ 14×74 topics
  2. Biodiversity40▲ 19×22 topics
  3. Invasive Species30▲ 24×17 topics
  4. Global Change28▲ 38×7 topics
  5. Ecosystem Resilience27▲ 64×5 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation24▲ 39×5 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services21▲ 19×9 topics
  8. Ecosystem Functioning20▲ 37×7 topics
  9. Conservation20▲ 16×14 topics
  10. Biodiversity Conservation19▲ 18×9 topics
  11. Remote Sensing18▲ 5.1×30 topics
  12. Drought17▲ 64×3 topics
  13. Evapotranspiration17▲ 77×2 topics
  14. Carbon Balance16▲ 122×1 topic
  15. Tree Mortality16▲ 122×1 topic
  16. Ecosystem16▲ 52×4 topics
  17. Global Warming16▲ 13×11 topics
  18. Biological Invasions16▲ 61×3 topics
  19. Community Ecology14▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Microbial Communities14▲ 12×8 topics
  21. Species Richness14▲ 77×2 topics
  22. Functional Diversity14▲ 89×1 topic
  23. Nutrient Limitation13▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Soil Carbon Sequestration13▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Biomass Estimation12▲ 29×3 topics
  26. Soil Fertility12▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Biochar Application12▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Nitrogen Cycle12▲ 67×1 topic
  29. Conservation Biology11▲ 38×3 topics
  30. Model Evaluation10▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Land Use Change10▲ 12×7 topics
  32. Extreme Events10▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Paleoclimatology10▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Citizen Science10▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Ecological Niche9▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Species Distribution Modeling9▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Water Quality9▲ 7.5×12 topics
  38. Aboveground Biomass8▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Plant-Animal Interactions8▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Population Dynamics8▲ 11×11 topics

Which research topics does Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 16 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 14 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…12Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 12 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…9Species Distribution and Climate Change: 9 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 8 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 8 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…7Forest ecology and management: 7 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 6 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 6 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationSoil ScienceEcological Modeling2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 14 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 12 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 9 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  6. 6 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 8 works
  7. 7 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 7 works
  8. 8 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  9. 9 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 4 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 available65.0%not open35.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.7%domestic only48.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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