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Centro de Astrobiología

In research, Centro de Astrobiología stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,028 of 12,888 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#117 of 443 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#645 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 75.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,577
of 28,054 · #4,779 all time
Rank in Spain
#79
of 658
Research works
1.6k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Centro de Astrobiología 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 #2,028 of 12,888 24.3%218 #3075
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #117 of 443 27.9%106 #331
Physics and AstronomyField #645 of 1,646 28.8%133 #1493

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro de Astrobiología 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. Physical Sciences#3,075 #2,028
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics#331 #117
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,493 #645
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 Centro de Astrobiología specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 75.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 106.5 works76×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 133.0 works22×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.81× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.74× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 22.11× its world share, 133 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 22.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centro de Astrobiología?

Ranked on the composite score, Vı́ctor Parro, J. A. Rodríguez‐Manfredi and Javier Gómez‐Elvira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro de Astrobiología.

  1. 1 Vı́ctor Parro Spain · #18,933 worldwide 547 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 J. A. Rodríguez‐Manfredi Spain · #26,920 worldwide 340 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Javier Gómez‐Elvira Spain · #63,566 worldwide 279 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Felipe Gómez Spain · #145,205 worldwide 283 citations · 85 works
  5. 5 María‐Paz Zorzano Spain · #190,201 worldwide 229 citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Bruno Rodríguez Del Pino Spain · #221,126 worldwide 284 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 G. M. Muñoz Spain · #241,978 worldwide 187 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 E. Solano Spain · #242,120 worldwide 367 citations · 100 works
  9. 9 Santiago Arribas Spain · #245,397 worldwide 614 citations · 113 works
  10. 10 G. Miniutti Spain · #257,658 worldwide 360 citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Centro de Astrobiología

Which keywords describe research at Centro de Astrobiología?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Magnetic Fields, Accretion Disks, Turbulence, Molecular Clouds, Protoplanetary Disks, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.

▲ 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. Star Formation30▲ 210×2 topics
  2. Accretion Disks24▲ 194×2 topics
  3. Magnetic Fields24▲ 141×3 topics
  4. Turbulence21▲ 89×3 topics
  5. Molecular Clouds21▲ 306×1 topic
  6. Protoplanetary Disks21▲ 306×1 topic
  7. Exoplanets19▲ 180×1 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics19▲ 180×1 topic
  9. Solar System Abundances16▲ 126×1 topic
  10. Terrestrial Planets16▲ 126×1 topic
  11. Astronomical Instrumentation15▲ 214×1 topic
  12. Spectrograph15▲ 214×1 topic
  13. Mars14▲ 157×1 topic
  14. Martian Surface14▲ 157×1 topic
  15. Black Holes13▲ 51×3 topics
  16. Astrobiology11▲ 146×2 topics
  17. Cosmology10▲ 55×3 topics
  18. Dark Matter10▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Galaxies9▲ 124×1 topic
  20. Stellar Populations9▲ 124×1 topic
  21. Microbial Ecology7▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Molecular Structure7▲ 25×3 topics
  23. Space Exploration7▲ 56×2 topics
  24. Broadband Microwave Spectroscopy6▲ 354×1 topic
  25. Rotational Spectroscopy6▲ 354×1 topic
  26. Extraterrestrial Life6▲ 112×1 topic
  27. SETI6▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Gravitational Waves6▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Chirality6▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Nucleic Acids6▲ 74×2 topics
  31. Evolution5▲ 7.8×2 topics
  32. Supernovae5▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Nucleosynthesis5▲ 38×3 topics
  34. Prebiotic Chemistry5▲ 241×1 topic
  35. RNA World5▲ 241×1 topic
  36. Density Functional Theory5▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Gamma-Ray Bursts5▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Neutron Stars5▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Ozone Depletion5▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Stratospheric Water Vapor5▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Centro de Astrobiología publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 21 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 19 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…16Astro and Planetary Science: 16 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…15Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 15 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 14 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 9 fractional worksMolecular Spectroscopy and Structure: 6 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 6 fractional worksOrigins and Evolution of Life: 5 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 5 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationSpectroscopy

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

  1. 1 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  2. 2 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  3. 3 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  4. 4 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 15 works
  5. 5 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  6. 6 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  7. 7 Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure Spectroscopy 6 works
  8. 8 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Origins and Evolution of Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  10. 10 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 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 available55.0%not open45.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.3%domestic only46.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centro de Astrobiología's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.