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Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas

In research, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas stands highest in Life Sciences (#10,830 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#14,563 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#17,245 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,148
of 42,892
Rank in Colombia
#86
of 216
Research works
468
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #10,830 of 14,347 10.5%182
MedicineField #14,563 of 17,978 11.5%213
Health SciencesDomain #17,245 of 20,462 11.6%233

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas 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).

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: 2.41× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.82× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.26× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.03× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas?

Ranked on the composite score, Ángela Restrepo, Ángela Restrepo and Ángela María Tobón lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas.

  1. 1 Ángela Restrepo Colombia · #78,448 worldwide 685 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Ángela Restrepo Colombia · #105,705 worldwide 145 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Ángela María Tobón Colombia · #320,922 worldwide 64 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Sergio Ordúz Colombia · #355,498 worldwide 70 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Beatriz L. Gómez Colombia · #373,889 worldwide 49 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Juan G. McEwen Colombia · #380,512 worldwide 59 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Luz Elena Cano Colombia · #643,879 worldwide 57 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 William Rojas Colombia · #922,064 worldwide 16 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Jaime Robledo Colombia · #1,029,590 worldwide 13 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas

Which keywords describe research at Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antifungal Therapy, Fungal Pathogens, Diagnosis, Biofilm Formation, Immunocompromised Patients, Virulence Factors and Candidiasis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 5.0×31 topics
  2. Antifungal Therapy5▲ 114×3 topics
  3. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 62×4 topics
  4. Diagnosis3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  5. Climate Change3▲ 2.4×21 topics
  6. Treatment3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  7. Public Health3▲ 3.8×15 topics
  8. Biofilm Formation2▲ 79×3 topics
  9. Immunocompromised Patients2▲ 90×2 topics
  10. Virulence Factors2▲ 34×4 topics
  11. Aspergillosis2▲ 134×1 topic
  12. Candidiasis2▲ 110×2 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity2▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Invasive Fungal Infections2▲ 134×1 topic
  15. Drug Resistance2▲ 16×7 topics
  16. Education2▲ 2.6×9 topics
  17. Cryptococcal Disease2▲ 162×1 topic
  18. Histoplasmosis2▲ 162×1 topic
  19. Immune Response2▲ 7.8×6 topics
  20. Vaccine2▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Antioxidant2▲ 5.3×8 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.6×7 topics
  25. Endophytic Fungi1▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Host Specificity1▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Biodiversity1▲ 3.7×9 topics
  28. Genomic Characterization1▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Mycobacterium tuberculosis1▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Tuberculosis1▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Inflammation1▲ 1.28×8 topics
  32. Plant Pathogenesis1▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Species Recognition1▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Antimicrobial1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  35. COVID-191▲ 1.79×7 topics
  36. Cancer1▲ 1.78×7 topics
  37. Risk Factors1▲ 2.2×6 topics
  38. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.31×6 topics
  39. Mycobacterium avium1▲ 68×1 topic
  40. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria1▲ 68×1 topic

Which research topics does Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Fungal Infections and Studies, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Antifungal resistance an…2Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 2 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 1 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 1 fractional worksPsidium guajava Extracts…1Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 0 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 0 fractional worksEducational Research and Science Teaching: 0 fractional worksGeological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyCell BiologyPharmacology4 others

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

  1. 1 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications Pharmacology 1 works
  7. 7 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 Educational Research and Science Teaching General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  10. 10 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 0 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 available65.6%not open34.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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