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Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia

In research, Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,748 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,347 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science — Global and Planetary Change is 21.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,545
of 28,054 · #12,569 all time
Rank in Spain
#207
of 658
Research works
583
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
34.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,748 of 3,551 29.5%70 #1608
Physical SciencesDomain #8,347 of 12,888 25.0%107 #10266

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia 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).

What does Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 21.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 25.3 works22×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 69.9 works9.1×
← 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: 3.17× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.10× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.13× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia?

Ranked on the composite score, Lluís Coll, Jordi García-Gonzalo and Miquel De Cáceres lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia.

  1. 1 Lluís Coll Spain · #72,391 worldwide 585 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Jordi García-Gonzalo Spain · #183,284 worldwide 384 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Miquel De Cáceres Spain · #254,333 worldwide 158 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Virgilio Hermoso Spain · #301,396 worldwide 192 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Maria‐Teresa Sebastià Spain · #330,509 worldwide 171 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Marta Pardos Spain · #345,379 worldwide 108 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 David Guixé Spain · #1,021,194 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Elena Górriz‐Mifsud Spain · #1,070,348 worldwide 44 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Gérard Bota Spain · #1,412,560 worldwide 24 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Pere Rovira Spain · #1,553,577 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia

Which keywords describe research at Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Resilience, Soil Properties and Forest Fires.

▲ 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 Change41▲ 9.9×55 topics
  2. Remote Sensing16▲ 8.3×15 topics
  3. Biodiversity15▲ 13×17 topics
  4. Biodiversity Conservation15▲ 27×9 topics
  5. Invasive Species14▲ 21×15 topics
  6. Ecosystem Resilience13▲ 59×5 topics
  7. Soil Properties11▲ 40×3 topics
  8. Forest Fires10▲ 152×1 topic
  9. Wildfire Activity10▲ 152×1 topic
  10. Sustainability10▲ 2.7×24 topics
  11. Conservation10▲ 15×12 topics
  12. Global Change9▲ 23×5 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation9▲ 26×5 topics
  14. Biological Invasions8▲ 59×3 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services8▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Biomass Estimation8▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Ecosystem8▲ 45×4 topics
  18. Land Use Change7▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Ecosystem Functioning7▲ 23×6 topics
  20. Aboveground Biomass7▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Species Richness6▲ 65×2 topics
  22. Community Ecology6▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Functional Diversity6▲ 71×1 topic
  24. Climate Change Impacts6▲ 33×5 topics
  25. Forest Carbon Sequestration6▲ 175×1 topic
  26. Population Dynamics6▲ 15×8 topics
  27. Sustainable Forest Management6▲ 175×1 topic
  28. Habitat Selection5▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Conservation Biology5▲ 29×4 topics
  30. Global Warming4▲ 7.1×9 topics
  31. Model Evaluation4▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  33. Citizen Science4▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Climate Change Impact4▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Ecological Niche4▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 44×1 topic
  37. DNA Barcoding4▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Trophic Cascades4▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Allometric Models4▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Carbon Stocks4▲ 88×1 topic

Which research topics does Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fire effects on ecosystems, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Management and Policy and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Fire effects on ecosystems10Fire effects on ecosystems: 10 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 6 fractional worksForest Management and Po…6Forest Management and Policy: 6 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…4Species Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 4 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…3Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 3 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcological ModelingEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  3. 3 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 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 available64.5%not open35.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.0%domestic only50.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.