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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

In research, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas stands highest in Physical Sciences (#645 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#210 of 3,409 worldwide) and Plant Science (#89 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Environmental Chemistry — Oceanography is 19.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#772
of 28,054 · #428 all time
Rank in Spain
#12
of 658
Research works
31k
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
35.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 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 #645 of 12,888 16.4%1,798 #429
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #210 of 3,409 40.8%414 #99
Plant ScienceSubfield #89 of 1,395 46.7%227 #76
Life SciencesDomain #582 of 7,800 33.2%894 #329
Environmental ScienceField #401 of 3,551 24.2%369 #260
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #492 of 3,579 27.4%375 #315
Social SciencesDomain #1,893 of 10,521 22.4%395 #953
MedicineField #2,246 of 10,443 24.6%265 #1592
Health SciencesDomain #2,693 of 11,982 25.4%310 #1773
Molecular BiologySubfield #506 of 2,175 26.3%231 #308

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 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#429 #645
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#99 #210
  3. Plant Science#76 #89
  4. Life Sciences#329 #582
  5. Environmental Science#260 #401
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#315 #492
  7. Social Sciences#953 #1,893
  8. Medicine#1,592 #2,246
  9. Health Sciences#1,773 #2,693
  10. Molecular Biology#308 #506
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 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 19.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 186.6 works20×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 315.6 works18×
  3. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 69.2 works9.3×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 433.6 works5.7×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 302.9 works5.7×
  6. ArcheologySubfield · 48.1 works4.7×
← 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: 2.57× its world share, 414 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.07× its world share, 375 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 48 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 52 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.81× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.97× its world share, 105 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 69 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.69× its world share, 303 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 278 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.19× its world share, 369 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.30× its world share, 154 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.74× its world share, 434 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 265 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.31× its world share, 129 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 188 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas?

Ranked on the composite score, Gerardo Benito, Abraham Madroñal Durán and Francisco Escobar del Rey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  1. 1 Gerardo Benito Spain · #29,515 worldwide 729 citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Abraham Madroñal Durán Spain · #46,814 worldwide 132 citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Francisco Escobar del Rey Spain · #51,985 worldwide 344 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Leonor Peña‐Chocarro Spain · #52,276 worldwide 138 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Gabriella Morreale de Escobar Spain · #57,841 worldwide 421 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 José M. Pardo Spain · #61,277 worldwide 444 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Fulgêncio Saura-Calixto Spain · #63,027 worldwide 911 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Teresa Castro Martín Spain · #69,477 worldwide 113 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Germán Sierra Spain · #101,201 worldwide 337 citations · 58 works
  10. 10 César Parcero‐Oubiña Spain · #106,387 worldwide 73 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Which keywords describe research at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Solar Wind, Hydrological Modeling, Sea Level Rise, Geodetic Measurements, GRACE, groundwater depletion and Electron Acceleration.

▲ 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. Climate Change389▲ 4.2×94 topics
  2. Solar Wind269▲ 85×2 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling169▲ 21×5 topics
  4. Sea Level Rise167▲ 39×3 topics
  5. Geodetic Measurements167▲ 45×2 topics
  6. GRACE162▲ 92×1 topic
  7. groundwater depletion162▲ 92×1 topic
  8. Electron Acceleration159▲ 70×2 topics
  9. Ionosphere159▲ 84×1 topic
  10. Magnetosphere159▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Coronal Mass Ejections110▲ 88×1 topic
  12. Solar Dynamics Observatory110▲ 88×1 topic
  13. Microbial Communities90▲ 6.2×10 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress82▲ 1.47×56 topics
  15. Catalysis64▲ 2.8×25 topics
  16. Environmental Impact64◆ 1.11×51 topics
  17. Methane Oxidation57▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Anaerobic57▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Gas Hydrates57▲ 24×1 topic
  20. Biomedical Applications56▲ 1.40×34 topics
  21. Biodiversity56▲ 2.2×34 topics
  22. Remote Sensing51▲ 1.22×32 topics
  23. Gene Expression48▲ 2.3×20 topics
  24. Invasive Species47▲ 3.3×20 topics
  25. Conservation43▲ 2.9×21 topics
  26. Antioxidants37▲ 2.4×14 topics
  27. Global Warming37▲ 2.6×14 topics
  28. Global Change36▲ 4.0×7 topics
  29. Phylogenetic Analysis33▲ 3.2×15 topics
  30. Reactive Oxygen Species33▲ 2.4×14 topics
  31. Signal Transduction32▲ 6.4×7 topics
  32. Ecosystem Functioning31▲ 4.8×7 topics
  33. Ecosystem Resilience30▲ 5.9×5 topics
  34. Plant Immunity28▲ 8.8×2 topics
  35. Archaeology26▲ 5.7×11 topics
  36. Microbiome24▲ 5.3×2 topics
  37. Biological Control24▲ 4.8×9 topics
  38. Iberian Peninsula24▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Host Recognition19▲ 8.5×2 topics
  40. Settlement Patterns18▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Geophysics and Gravity M…162Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 162 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…159Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 159 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…110Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 110 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…57Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 57 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 16 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 15 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 13 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 13 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 13 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 12 fractional works
OceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsEnvironmental ChemistryPlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 162 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 159 works
  3. 3 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 110 works
  4. 4 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 57 works
  5. 5 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 16 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  7. 7 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  8. 8 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 13 works
  9. 9 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 13 works
  10. 10 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 12 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.7%domestic only67.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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