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Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa

In research, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,870 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,964 of 3,579 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,792 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,506
of 28,054 · #2,669 all time
Rank in Spain
#119
of 658
Research works
3k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
132k
43.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,870 of 7,800 19.9%166 #907
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,964 of 3,579 18.2%115 #1053
Physical SciencesDomain #7,792 of 12,888 10.7%81 #9904
MedicineField #7,044 of 10,443 19.1%73 #3586
Health SciencesDomain #8,178 of 11,982 18.8%78 #4856
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,675 of 2,175 18.0%77 #872

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa 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. Life Sciences#907 #1,870
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,053 #1,964
  3. Physical Sciences#9,904 #7,792
  4. Medicine#3,586 #7,044
  5. Health Sciences#4,856 #8,178
  6. Molecular Biology#872 #1,675
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 Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 77.2 works7.6×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 115.2 works6.4×
← 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: 1.01× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.41× its world share, 115 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.79× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.14× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.85× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.89× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.13× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa?

Ranked on the composite score, Santiago Lamas, José J. Lucas and José A. Esteban lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa.

  1. 1 Santiago Lamas Spain · #31,988 worldwide 366 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 José J. Lucas Spain · #135,592 worldwide 203 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 José A. Esteban Spain · #165,368 worldwide 198 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Margarita Salas Spain · #193,108 worldwide 215 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Francisco Wandosell Spain · #207,235 worldwide 336 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Ugo Bastolla Spain · #303,543 worldwide 224 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Luis Carrasco Spain · #313,070 worldwide 184 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Esteban Domingo Spain · #331,019 worldwide 265 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Fernando Valdivieso Spain · #355,086 worldwide 123 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Miguel A. de Pedro Spain · #385,379 worldwide 57 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa

Which keywords describe research at Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Innate Immunity, Brain Development, Stem Cells, Neurodegeneration and Gene Regulation.

▲ 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. Cancer22▲ 4.8×38 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 2.7×60 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress19▲ 3.5×48 topics
  4. Epidemiology18▲ 1.35×56 topics
  5. Innate Immunity9▲ 8.3×9 topics
  6. Brain Development9▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Immune Response8▲ 4.5×19 topics
  8. Aging8▲ 4.4×13 topics
  9. Neurodegeneration8▲ 7.8×9 topics
  10. Stem Cells8▲ 9.3×13 topics
  11. Gene Regulation8▲ 25×4 topics
  12. Cancer Therapy7▲ 3.8×15 topics
  13. Vaccine7▲ 5.3×9 topics
  14. Immunity7▲ 5.1×9 topics
  15. Neuroinflammation7▲ 7.3×4 topics
  16. Genomics7▲ 6.7×9 topics
  17. Mitochondrial Dysfunction7▲ 6.8×10 topics
  18. Reactive Oxygen Species6▲ 4.6×11 topics
  19. Evolution6▲ 7.0×8 topics
  20. Cancer Progression6▲ 9.2×6 topics
  21. Mitochondrial Function6▲ 18×6 topics
  22. Chromatin6▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Metabolic Disorders6▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Metagenomics6▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Cytokines5▲ 5.7×7 topics
  26. Metabolic Regulation5▲ 9.7×5 topics
  27. Cell Death5▲ 6.8×6 topics
  28. Microbial Ecology5▲ 8.9×5 topics
  29. Neurodegenerative Diseases5▲ 9.2×7 topics
  30. Transcription Factors5▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Mitochondria5▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Alternative Splicing5▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Newborn Screening5▲ 27×2 topics
  34. RNA-Binding Proteins5▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Virus5▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Viral Infection5▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Dendritic Spines4▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Ecology4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Microbiome4▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Tandem Mass Spectrometry4▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA Research and Splicing, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

RNA Research and Splicing5RNA Research and Splicing: 5 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…4Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 4 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 4 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…4RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 4 fractional worksMitochondrial Function a…4Mitochondrial Function and Pathology: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 3 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…3Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 3 fractional works
Molecular BiologyClinical BiochemistryEcologyNeurology1 others

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

  1. 1 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 5 works
  2. 2 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 4 works
  3. 3 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 3 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 3 works
  9. 9 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 3 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 3 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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