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CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico

In research, CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,558 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,476 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,406
of 22,385 · #7,061 all time
Rank in Spain
#206
of 426
Research works
540
▲ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
28.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico

What is CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,558 of 10,670 8.4%131 #2466
EngineeringField #3,476 of 5,901 8.4%79 #1988

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico 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 fields of science does CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Environmental Science (11%), Energy (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 141 fractional works · 80.5% of its workEngineering: 85 fractional works · 48.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 32 fractional works · 18.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 15 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 11.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 13 fractional works · 7.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCIRCE - CentroTecnológico175fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences14%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8548.4%
    2. Environmental Science1911.1%
    3. Energy137.7%
    4. Computer Science84.7%
    5. Materials Science52.6%
    6. Chemistry42.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy31.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering31.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    1. Social Sciences95.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting94.9%
    3. Decision Sciences52.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    5. Psychology10.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Health Professions10.5%
    2. Medicine10.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.14× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.33× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 8.35× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.23× its world share, 85 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.24× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.76× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy8.35×13 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.14×2 works
  3. Engineering3.23×85 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.76×5 works
  5. Environmental Science2.24×20 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.51×8 works
  7. Chemistry1.33×4 works
  8. Materials Science0.74×4 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.73×3 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×6 works
  11. Computer Science0.60×8 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×1 works
  14. Veterinary0.47×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.42×9 works
  16. Nursing0.29×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.18×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×1 works
  20. Psychology0.13×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.02×0 works
  23. Medicine0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico?

Ranked on the quality score, Alessandro A. Carmona-Martínez, Renaud de Stephanis and Yolanda Lara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico.

  1. 1 Alessandro A. Carmona-Martínez Spain · #394,307 worldwide 2.5k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Renaud de Stephanis Spain · #687,818 worldwide 3.9k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Yolanda Lara Spain · #727,226 worldwide 1.4k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Víctor J. Ferreira Spain · #759,807 worldwide 1.5k citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Ana M. López-Sabirón Spain · #920,429 worldwide 1.8k citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Irene Bolea Spain · #920,731 worldwide 1.1k citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Ana Martínez Spain · #966,489 worldwide 1k citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Germán Ferreira Spain · #1,048,521 worldwide 1.9k citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Andrei Briones-Hidrovo Spain · #1,246,858 worldwide 373 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Antonia Gil Spain · #1,360,537 worldwide 959 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico

What are the most cited papers from CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico?

The most cited paper from CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico is "Life cycle assessment of building materials: Comparative analysis of energy and environmental impacts and evaluation of the eco-efficiency improvement potential" (Ignacio Zabalza, Antonio Valero Capilla, Alfonso Aranda Usón, 2010), with 1,284 citations. Next come "Life cycle assessment in buildings: State-of-the-art and simplified LCA methodology as a complement for building certification" (695) and "Power to Gas projects review: Lab, pilot and demo plants for storing renewable energy and CO2" (627).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Life cycle assessment of building materials: Comparative analysis of energy and environmental impacts and evaluation of the eco-efficiency improvement potential Ignacio Zabalza, Antonio Valero Capilla, Alfonso Aranda Usón · Building and Environment Open access 10 Dec 2010 1,284
2 Life cycle assessment in buildings: State-of-the-art and simplified LCA methodology as a complement for building certification Ignacio Zabalza, Alfonso Aranda Usón, Sabina Scarpellini · Building and Environment 19 May 2009 695
3 Power to Gas projects review: Lab, pilot and demo plants for storing renewable energy and CO2 Manuel Bailera, Pilar Lisbona, Luis Miguel Romeo et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 19 Nov 2016 627
4 Production and characterization of activated carbon from barley straw by physical activation with carbon dioxide and steam Javier Pallarés, Ana González-Cencerrado, Inmaculada Arauzo · Biomass and Bioenergy Open access 26 Apr 2018 619
5 High-Misalignment Tolerant Compensation Topology For ICPT Systems Juan Luis Villa, Jesús Sallan, J.F. Sanz et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 16 Aug 2011 463
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Environmental Impact, Circular Economy, Energy Management and Waste Management.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy30▲ 12×32 topics
  2. Sustainability23▲ 5.5×33 topics
  3. Environmental Impact16▲ 5.4×25 topics
  4. Energy Efficiency15▲ 9.2×18 topics
  5. Smart Grid14▲ 22×8 topics
  6. Circular Economy10▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Climate Change9▲ 1.91×22 topics
  8. Energy Management8▲ 28×2 topics
  9. Waste Management8▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Metal Recovery8▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Recycling7▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Renewable Energy Integration7▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Power Electronics7▲ 12×7 topics
  14. Smart Home7▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Biomass7▲ 34×5 topics
  16. Demand Response6▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Electricity Markets6▲ 40×1 topic
  18. Policy6▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Smart Grid Applications6▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Life Cycle Assessment5▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Renewable Fuels5▲ 23×3 topics
  22. Environmental Impacts5▲ 10×2 topics
  23. E-Waste5▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Hazardous Substances5▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Wavelet Transform5▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Decentralized Control4▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Pyrolysis4▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Energy Transition4▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Environmental Management4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  30. Cyber-Physical Systems4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  31. Distributed Generation4▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Energy Storage Systems4▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Biochar4▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Fault Detection4▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  36. Communication Networks4▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Distributed Power Generation4▲ 23×1 topic
  38. False Data Injection Attacks4▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Microgrid Control4▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Bioenergy4▲ 40×3 topics

Which research topics does CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Smart Grid Energy Management, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Microgrid Control and Optimization and Smart Grid Security and Resilience.

Smart Grid Energy Manage…6Smart Grid Energy Management: 6 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…5Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 5 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…4Microgrid Control and Optimization: 4 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and …4Smart Grid Security and Resilience: 4 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 3 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 3 fractional worksEnergy Efficiency and Ma…3Energy Efficiency and Management: 3 fractional worksBioeconomy and Sustainability Development: 3 fractional worksPower Systems Fault Detection: 2 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…2Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  7. 7 Energy Efficiency and Management Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  8. 8 Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  9. 9 Power Systems Fault Detection Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 2 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 available52.9%not open47.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% 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 CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico0.00091% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico6.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2019.

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