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Centro Nacional de Biotecnología

In research, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,513 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#897 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,294 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Genetics — Molecular Biology is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,741
of 28,054 · #1,715 all time
Rank in Spain
#83
of 658
Research works
2.7k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
163k
59.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Centro Nacional de Biotecnología 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 #1,513 of 7,800 24.0%195 #565
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #897 of 3,579 22.3%133 #513
MedicineField #5,294 of 10,443 24.0%71 #3217
Health SciencesDomain #6,799 of 11,982 23.6%75 #4322
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,359 of 2,175 20.2%79 #731

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro Nacional de Biotecnología 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#565 #1,513
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#513 #897
  3. Medicine#3,217 #5,294
  4. Health Sciences#4,322 #6,799
  5. Molecular Biology#731 #1,359
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 Nacional de Biotecnología specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 78.7 works7.7×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 21.2 works7.5×
← 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: 2.01× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.38× its world share, 133 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.97× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centro Nacional de Biotecnología?

Ranked on the composite score, José Luis Martínez, Vı́ctor de Lorenzo and Luis Enjuanes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro Nacional de Biotecnología.

  1. 1 José Luis Martínez Spain · #9,144 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Vı́ctor de Lorenzo Spain · #31,741 worldwide 572 citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Luis Enjuanes Spain · #38,259 worldwide 280 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Esteban Martínez‐García Spain · #55,647 worldwide 190 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Mariano Estéban Spain · #118,807 worldwide 264 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Carlos Martínez‐A Spain · #157,492 worldwide 208 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Salomé Prat Spain · #158,173 worldwide 178 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Roberto Solano Spain · #169,922 worldwide 615 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Carlos Óscar S. Sorzano Spain · #172,172 worldwide 189 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Juan Ortı́n Spain · #172,365 worldwide 220 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Centro Nacional de Biotecnología

Which keywords describe research at Centro Nacional de Biotecnología?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antibiotic Resistance, Epidemiology, Vaccine, Cancer, Evolution, Genomics, Signal Transduction and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.3×48 topics
  2. Antibiotic Resistance20▲ 15×9 topics
  3. Cancer19▲ 4.1×31 topics
  4. Inflammation17▲ 2.4×48 topics
  5. Vaccine14▲ 10×9 topics
  6. Evolution14▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Genomics14▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Immune Response13▲ 6.7×18 topics
  9. Nanoparticles12▲ 2.9×12 topics
  10. Signal Transduction12▲ 25×7 topics
  11. Pathogenesis12▲ 7.0×12 topics
  12. Immunity12▲ 8.4×8 topics
  13. Gene Regulation11▲ 35×4 topics
  14. Mutation11▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Membrane Proteins11▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Metagenomics11▲ 34×3 topics
  17. RNA Regulation11▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Gene Expression10▲ 4.9×15 topics
  19. Virus10▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Bacterial Physiology10▲ 138×1 topic
  21. Cellular Homeostasis10▲ 78×1 topic
  22. Microbiome9▲ 20×3 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-29▲ 8.3×6 topics
  24. Synthetic Biology9▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Microbial Communities8▲ 5.8×7 topics
  26. Ecology8▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Innate Immunity8▲ 7.4×9 topics
  28. Therapy8▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Bacteriophage8▲ 49×1 topic
  30. Image Processing8▲ 5.2×4 topics
  31. Marine8▲ 49×1 topic
  32. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 9.2×2 topics
  33. Coronavirus8▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Vaccine Development7▲ 8.1×5 topics
  35. Genome Engineering7▲ 32×1 topic
  36. RNA-Guided7▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Extracellular Matrix7▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Adaptation7▲ 6.9×4 topics
  39. Cryo-Electron Microscopy6▲ 114×1 topic
  40. Translation6▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Centro Nacional de Biotecnología publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications.

Bacterial Genetics and B…10Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 10 fractional worksBacteriophages and micro…8Bacteriophages and microbial interactions: 8 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 6 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 6 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 5 fractional worksEvolution and Genetic Dynamics: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …5SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 5 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 4 fractional works
GeneticsEcologyMolecular BiologyStructural Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 10 works
  2. 2 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 8 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 6 works
  5. 5 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 6 works
  6. 6 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 5 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.8%domestic only68.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centro Nacional de Biotecnología's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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