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CERCA Institution

In research, CERCA Institution stands highest in Health Sciences (#355 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#321 of 8,541 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#570 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Paleontology and Small Animals (Animal Science and Zoology is 8.8× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#487
of 22,385 · #403 all time
Rank in Spain
#15
of 426
Research works
17k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
546k
32.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.30×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%

What is CERCA Institution known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #355 of 9,902 14.7%1,399 #255
MedicineField #321 of 8,541 14.9%1,274 #246
Physical SciencesDomain #570 of 10,670 11.7%1,331 #577
Life SciencesDomain #356 of 6,403 13.9%902 #271
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #201 of 3,157 16.2%355 #126
EngineeringField #662 of 5,901 10.0%575 #576
Environmental ScienceField #398 of 3,334 17.6%242 #362
Computer ScienceField #717 of 4,417 10.5%277 #692
Plant ScienceSubfield #236 of 1,317 17.6%104 #175
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #395 of 2,176 10.2%300 #261

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where CERCA Institution 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#255 #355
  2. Medicine#246 #321
  3. Physical Sciences#577 #570
  4. Life Sciences#271 #356
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#126 #201
  6. Engineering#576 #662
  7. Environmental Science#362 #398
  8. Computer Science#692 #717
  9. Plant Science#175 #236
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#261 #395
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does CERCA Institution work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at CERCA Institution is in Health Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Engineering (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,585 fractional works · 35.6% of its workMedicine: 1,442 fractional works · 32.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 136 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 118 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 117 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 117 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 110 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 74 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 66 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 65 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 63 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 63 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,491 fractional works · 33.5% of its workEngineering: 632 fractional works · 14.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 323 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 309 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 157 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 65 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 279 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology: 74 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 65 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 79 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 76 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,026 fractional works · 23.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 402 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPlant Science: 118 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 86 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 388 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 187 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 73 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 124 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 103 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 78 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 346 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 123 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 106 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCERCA Institution4,448fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,58535.6%
    1. Medicine1,44232.4%
    2. Health Professions631.4%
    3. Nursing320.7%
    4. Veterinary310.7%
    5. Dentistry160.4%
    1. Engineering63214.2%
    2. Computer Science3096.9%
    3. Environmental Science2796.3%
    4. Materials Science791.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences761.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy320.7%
    7. Energy310.7%
    8. Chemistry240.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering180.4%
    10. Mathematics100.2%
  2. Life Sciences1,02623.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4029.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3888.7%
    3. Neuroscience1242.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1032.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.2%
    1. Social Sciences1232.8%
    2. Psychology1062.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities461.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting360.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance240.5%
    6. Decision Sciences120.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does CERCA Institution specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 86.0 works8.8×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 34.6 works6.5×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 31.0 works5.7×
  4. VeterinaryField · 31.3 works5.2×
  5. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 156.6 works4.0×
  6. HepatologySubfield · 32.3 works3.8×
← 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: 1.90× its world share, 402 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 388 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.29× its world share, 103 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 124 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 309 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 76 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 31 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.95× its world share, 632 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 279 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 79 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.75× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 63 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.69× its world share, 1,442 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 32 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.18× its world share, 31 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 46 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 106 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.18×31 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.29×103 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.90×402 works
  4. Neuroscience1.72×124 works
  5. Medicine1.69×1,442 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.64×388 works
  7. Nursing1.48×32 works
  8. Environmental Science1.26×279 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.17×18 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×76 works
  11. Engineering0.95×632 works
  12. Computer Science0.89×309 works
  13. Psychology0.78×106 works
  14. Energy0.77×31 works
  15. Dentistry0.75×16 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×9 works
  17. Health Professions0.54×63 works
  18. Materials Science0.51×79 works
  19. Chemistry0.35×24 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.35×46 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.32×32 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.28×12 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×36 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×24 works
  25. Social Sciences0.22×122 works
  26. Mathematics0.19×10 works

What are the most cited papers from CERCA Institution?

The most cited paper from CERCA Institution is "Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer" (Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative et al., 2013), with 10,284 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023) and "Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma *" (5,904).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative et al. · Nature Open access 14 Aug 2013 10,284
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
3 Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma * Jordi Bruix, Morris Sherman · Hepatology Open access 26 Oct 2005 5,904
4 Hepatocellular carcinoma Alejandro Forner, María Reig, Jordi Bruix · The Lancet 4 Jan 2018 5,713
5 Deep learning in agriculture: A survey Andreas Kamilaris, Francesc Xavier Prenafeta-Boldú · Computers and Electronics in Agriculture Open access 22 Feb 2018 5,070
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CERCA Institution?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, 5G Networks, Inflammation, Energy Efficiency, Oxidative Stress, Genetics and Gut Microbiota.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology281▲ 1.59×134 topics
  2. Climate Change208▲ 1.72×93 topics
  3. Inflammation176▲ 1.86×81 topics
  4. Deep Learning121▼ 0.79×66 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency118▲ 2.9×28 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress118▲ 1.61×57 topics
  7. 5G Networks90▲ 10×5 topics
  8. Treatment89▲ 1.65×51 topics
  9. Diagnosis86▲ 2.1×41 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease85▲ 1.68×37 topics
  11. Genetics85▲ 2.7×26 topics
  12. Immunotherapy81▲ 2.5×19 topics
  13. Cancer80▲ 1.33×56 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome80▲ 2.2×23 topics
  15. Biomarkers68▲ 2.2×18 topics
  16. Management66▲ 1.86×34 topics
  17. Gut Microbiota65▲ 4.2×7 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders65▲ 2.6×20 topics
  19. Pathogenesis59▲ 2.6×23 topics
  20. Immune Response56▲ 2.2×23 topics
  21. Antioxidants51▲ 2.6×14 topics
  22. Probiotics50▲ 4.7×6 topics
  23. Network Virtualization46▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Software-Defined Networking46▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Consumer Perception42▲ 4.1×7 topics
  26. Security and Privacy38▲ 4.6×3 topics
  27. Elastic Optical Networks37▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Heat Stress37▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Optical Networks37▲ 52×1 topic
  30. Wireless Networks37▲ 5.6×9 topics
  31. Modified Atmosphere Packaging36▲ 9.4×2 topics
  32. Lipid Oxidation34▲ 7.6×2 topics
  33. Massive MIMO34▲ 9.6×3 topics
  34. Meat Quality31▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Animal Welfare31▲ 7.7×5 topics
  36. Intestinal Barrier30▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Hominin Genetics29▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Paleolithic Archaeology29▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Digital Signal Processing29▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Coherent Detection29▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does CERCA Institution publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Software-Defined Networks and 5G, Advanced Optical Network Technologies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Optical Network Technologies.

  1. 1 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 46 works
  2. 2 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  3. 3 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 29 works
  4. 4 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 29 works
  5. 5 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 29 works
  6. 6 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 28 works
  7. 7 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 28 works
  8. 8 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
  9. 9 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 23 works
  10. 10 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 20 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CERCA Institution's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is CERCA Institution as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%CERCA Institution0.019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of CERCA Institution over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%CERCA Institution12.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.5% in 1993.

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