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Fundación Ciencia and Vida

In research, Fundación Ciencia and Vida stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,488 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,335
of 28,054 · #15,604 all time
Rank in Chile
#57
of 107
Research works
269
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.8k
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Fundación Ciencia and Vida 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 #6,488 of 14,347 18.3%133

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fundación Ciencia and Vida 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: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.59× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.91× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.39× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fundación Ciencia and Vida?

Ranked on the composite score, Tomás Pérez‐Acle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundación Ciencia and Vida.

  1. 1 Tomás Pérez‐Acle Chile · #1,501,911 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Fundación Ciencia and Vida

Which keywords describe research at Fundación Ciencia and Vida?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Immunity, Oxidative Stress, Conservation Biology, Vaccine, Apoptosis and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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. Inflammation6▲ 3.9×23 topics
  2. Cancer5▲ 5.6×21 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 1.58×30 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress4▲ 3.3×15 topics
  5. Immunity3▲ 9.9×6 topics
  6. Conservation Biology2▲ 33×3 topics
  7. Immune Response2▲ 6.1×10 topics
  8. Vaccine2▲ 8.1×6 topics
  9. Apoptosis2▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Cell Death2▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Innate Immunity2▲ 9.7×9 topics
  12. Population Dynamics2▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 10×5 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  15. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.8×12 topics
  16. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.5×10 topics
  18. Microbial Communities2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  19. Microbial Ecology2▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Angiogenesis2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  22. Mutation1▲ 11×3 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-21▲ 6.2×3 topics
  24. Autoimmunity1▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Chaperones1▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Cytokines1▲ 6.8×5 topics
  27. Gene Therapy1▲ 9.9×4 topics
  28. Cancer Progression1▲ 9.1×7 topics
  29. Dendritic Cells1▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Ecology1▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Evolution1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  32. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 7.3×4 topics
  33. Amphibian Declines1▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Bioleaching1▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Chytridiomycosis1▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Coronavirus1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  37. Fibrosis1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  38. Lanthanides1▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Metabolic Regulation1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  40. Metal Recovery1▲ 7.8×1 topic

Which research topics does Fundación Ciencia and Vida publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease and History and advancements in chemistry.

Amphibian and Reptile Bi…1Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bio…1Metal Extraction and Bioleaching: 1 fractional worksEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease: 1 fractional worksHistory and advancements in chemistry: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksAutophagy in Disease and Therapy: 1 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 1 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…1Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 1 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 1 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeBiomedical EngineeringCell BiologyPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  2. 2 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease Cell Biology 1 works
  4. 4 History and advancements in chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 1 works
  9. 9 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 1 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 available73.8%not open26.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.0%domestic only61.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fundación Ciencia and Vida's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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.

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