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Fundación Instituto Leloir

In research, Fundación Instituto Leloir stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,338 of 11,023 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,535 of 5,801 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,742 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 9.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,425
of 22,385 · #6,159 all time
Rank in Argentina
#107
of 136
Research works
681
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
43.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Fundación Instituto Leloir

What is Fundación Instituto Leloir 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 #1,338 of 11,023 12.7%440
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,535 of 5,801 10.0%250
Health SciencesDomain #5,742 of 16,688 10.7%171
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,307 of 3,729 9.5%172
MedicineField #5,649 of 14,558 11.0%151

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fundación Instituto Leloir 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 Fundación Instituto Leloir work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Fundación Instituto Leloir is in Life Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (38%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Medicine (17%). It does 4.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 55 fractional works · 70.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 37.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 27.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 17.8% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 14.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 11.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 16.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFundaciónInstituto Leloir77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences70%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences2%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2937.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1417.8%
    3. Neuroscience911.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology23.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine1316.7%
    2. Health Professions11.1%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    4. Dentistry10.8%
    5. Veterinary00.6%
    1. Environmental Science22.5%
    2. Materials Science11.2%
    3. Engineering11.2%
    4. Chemistry10.7%
    5. Computer Science10.7%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Psychology00.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    3. Social Sciences00.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fundación Instituto Leloir specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 21.0 works9.0×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 29.2 works7.1×
← 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: 3.75× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.08× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.10× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 7.18× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.87× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience7.18×9 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.08×29 works
  3. Veterinary4.68×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.75×14 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology3.10×2 works
  6. Nursing2.26×1 works
  7. Dentistry1.63×1 works
  8. Medicine0.87×13 works
  9. Environmental Science0.50×2 works
  10. Chemistry0.47×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.43×1 works
  13. Materials Science0.35×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.32×0 works
  15. Energy0.25×0 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.21×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×0 works
  18. Psychology0.18×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  22. Engineering0.08×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fundación Instituto Leloir?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Vanesa Gamarnik, Marcelo Javier Yanovsky and Alejandro Fabián Schinder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundación Instituto Leloir.

  1. 1 Andrea Vanesa Gamarnik Argentina · #68,379 worldwide 8.7k citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Marcelo Javier Yanovsky Argentina · #121,587 worldwide 11k citations · 127 works
  3. 3 Alejandro Fabián Schinder Argentina · #121,590 worldwide 12k citations · 102 works
  4. 4 Sergio M. Villordo Argentina · #286,885 worldwide 1.4k citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Martina Legris Argentina · #379,122 worldwide 2.7k citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Fernando Juan Pitossi Argentina · #432,686 worldwide 7.4k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Armando J. Parodi Argentina · #452,488 worldwide 8.8k citations · 154 works
  8. 8 Eduardo Miguel Castaño Argentina · #466,884 worldwide 6.4k citations · 93 works
  9. 9 Julieta Lisa Mateos Argentina · #520,117 worldwide 1.8k citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Horacio M. Pallarés Argentina · #542,686 worldwide 558 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Fundación Instituto Leloir

What are the most cited papers from Fundación Instituto Leloir?

The most cited paper from Fundación Instituto Leloir is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1" (2,743) and "Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States" (938).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
3 Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States Valentina A. Zavala et al. · British Journal of Cancer Open access 9 Sep 2020 938
4 Phytochrome B integrates light and temperature signals in Arabidopsis Martina Legris, Cornelia Klose, E. Sethe Burgie et al. · Science Open access 27 Oct 2016 904
5 Photoreceptor Signaling Networks in Plant Responses to Shade Jorge José Casal · Annual Review of Plant Biology ReviewOpen access Feb 2013 890
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fundación Instituto Leloir?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Oxidative Stress, Signal Transduction, Epigenetic Regulation, Transcription Factors, Plant Development, Epidemiology and Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.2×33 topics
  2. Gene Expression6▲ 13×14 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress6▲ 4.6×21 topics
  4. Signal Transduction4▲ 32×5 topics
  5. Epigenetic Regulation4▲ 23×4 topics
  6. Plant Development4▲ 70×3 topics
  7. Transcription Factors4▲ 36×3 topics
  8. Development3▲ 12×2 topics
  9. MicroRNA3▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Auxin3▲ 86×1 topic
  11. Cancer3▲ 3.0×20 topics
  12. Plant3▲ 86×1 topic
  13. Pathogenesis3▲ 7.1×11 topics
  14. Metabolism3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  15. Translation3▲ 20×2 topics
  16. Vaccine3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  17. Regulation2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  18. Brain Development2▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  21. Neuronal Circuits2▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.8×11 topics
  23. Immunity2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  24. Optogenetics2▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  26. Genetic Regulation2▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Innate Immunity2▲ 7.4×8 topics
  28. Insulin Signaling2▲ 28×4 topics
  29. Cellular Functions2▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Light Harvesting2▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Photoreceptors2▲ 116×1 topic
  32. Photosystem II2▲ 59×1 topic
  33. Phytochromes2▲ 116×1 topic
  34. Biogenesis2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Cell Death2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  36. Mutation2▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Adult Stem Cells2▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Coronavirus2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Drosophila2▲ 46×2 topics
  40. Neurogenesis2▲ 89×1 topic

Which research topics does Fundación Instituto Leloir publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Light effects on plants, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms.

Plant Molecular Biology …3Plant Molecular Biology Research: 3 fractional worksLight effects on plants2Light effects on plants: 2 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…2Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksNeurogenesis and neuropl…2Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms: 2 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 1 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…1Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 1 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…1RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 1 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyDevelopmental NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular Neuroscience1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 3 works
  2. 2 Light effects on plants Plant Science 2 works
  3. 3 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms Developmental Neuroscience 2 works
  5. 5 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 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 available68.8%not open31.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.4%domestic only67.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fundación Instituto Leloir's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fundación Instituto Leloir as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Fundación Instituto Leloir0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fundación Instituto Leloir 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.

20%40%Fundación Instituto Leloir15.5% in 2021all institutions10.0% in 202120102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.5% in 2008.

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