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Fundación Medina

In research, Fundación Medina stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,917 of 11,023 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,510 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,164 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 5.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,454
of 22,385 · #15,551 all time
Rank in Spain
#390
of 426
Research works
350
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Fundación Medina

What is Fundación Medina 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 #4,917 of 11,023 10.0%122
Health SciencesDomain #7,510 of 16,688 7.0%165
MedicineField #7,164 of 14,558 6.6%147

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

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Fundación Medina is in Life Sciences, 42% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (32%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 39 fractional works · 42.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 31.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 16.8% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 41.8% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 37.9% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 13.6% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.1% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFundación Medina93fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences6%

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 Biology2931.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences78.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Neuroscience10.6%
    1. Medicine3537.9%
    2. Health Professions22.1%
    3. Dentistry10.8%
    4. Nursing10.8%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Chemistry55.3%
    2. Environmental Science11.6%
    3. Engineering11.2%
    4. Computer Science10.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    6. Energy00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences32.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities22.0%
    3. Psychology00.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fundación Medina specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 29.2 works5.9×
← 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: 1.68× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.91× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.62× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 3.39× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.91×29 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.62×1 works
  3. Chemistry3.39×5 works
  4. Medicine1.97×35 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.68×7 works
  6. Dentistry1.64×1 works
  7. Nursing1.59×1 works
  8. Veterinary1.54×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.93×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.80×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.68×2 works
  12. Energy0.39×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.31×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.23×3 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×0 works
  17. Psychology0.18×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.12×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  21. Engineering0.08×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fundación Medina?

Ranked on the quality score, Mercedes de la Cruz, Olga Genilloud and Miguel Toledano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundación Medina.

  1. 1 Mercedes de la Cruz Spain · #1,198,452 worldwide 2.6k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Olga Genilloud Spain · #1,244,631 worldwide 11k citations · 333 works
  3. 3 Miguel Toledano Spain · #1,454,363 worldwide 1k citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Jesús Martı́n Spain · #1,579,882 worldwide 5.9k citations · 248 works
  5. 5 Ignacio González Spain · #1,728,473 worldwide 3.6k citations · 117 works
  6. 6 Marina Sánchez‐Hidalgo Spain · #1,768,160 worldwide 1.3k citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Francisca Vicente Spain · #1,860,809 worldwide 11k citations · 279 works
  8. 8 José Rubén Tormo Spain · #1,864,552 worldwide 8.6k citations · 194 works
  9. 9 Nuria de Pedro Spain · #2,004,437 worldwide 1.5k citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Ignacio Pérez‐Victoria Spain · #2,028,953 worldwide 2.3k citations · 94 works
All ranked researchers at Fundación Medina

What are the most cited papers from Fundación Medina?

The most cited paper from Fundación Medina is "Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics" (Marcus Miethke et al., 2021), with 1,192 citations. Next come "New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering" (835) and "Antimicrobial activity of phenolic acids against commensal, probiotic and pathogenic bacteria" (581).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics Marcus Miethke et al. · Nature Reviews Chemistry ReviewOpen access 19 Aug 2021 1,192
2 New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering Manuel Montalbán‐López et al. · Natural Product Reports Open access 16 Sep 2020 835
3 Antimicrobial activity of phenolic acids against commensal, probiotic and pathogenic bacteria Carolina Novo Cueva, María Victoria Moreno-Arribas, Pedro J. Martín‐Álvarez et al. · Research in Microbiology Open access 7 May 2010 581
4 Actinomycetes: still a source of novel antibiotics Olga Genilloud · Natural Product Reports 2017 476
5 Metal nanoparticles fabricated by green chemistry using natural extracts: biosynthesis, mechanisms, and applications Hesham R. El‐Seedi, Rehan M. El-Shabasy, Shaden A. M. Khalifa et al. · RSC Advances Open access 2019 475
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fundación Medina?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Marine Natural Products, Endophytic Fungi, Natural Products, Drug Discovery, Secondary Metabolites, Antibiotics, Genome Sequencing and Microbial Metabolites.

▲ 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. Marine Natural Products13▲ 311×2 topics
  2. Endophytic Fungi12▲ 144×2 topics
  3. Drug Discovery10▲ 49×6 topics
  4. Natural Products10▲ 76×5 topics
  5. Antibiotics10▲ 123×2 topics
  6. Secondary Metabolites10▲ 136×3 topics
  7. Genome Sequencing9▲ 64×2 topics
  8. Microbial Metabolites9▲ 277×1 topic
  9. Nonribosomal Peptides9▲ 341×1 topic
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 23×5 topics
  11. Pharmacology6▲ 26×10 topics
  12. Epidemiology5▲ 1.45×30 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity5▲ 9.0×8 topics
  14. Cancer4▲ 3.4×16 topics
  15. Biological Activities4▲ 26×6 topics
  16. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 32×5 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy4▲ 6.9×6 topics
  18. Metagenomics4▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Nutritional Value4▲ 33×2 topics
  20. RNA-Seq4▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Microbial Symbionts3▲ 250×1 topic
  22. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms3▲ 250×1 topic
  23. genome annotation3▲ 56×1 topic
  24. sequence alignment3▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Genomic Characterization3▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Host Specificity3▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Medicinal Mushrooms3▲ 89×1 topic
  28. Polysaccharides3▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Plant Pathogenesis3▲ 49×1 topic
  30. Species Recognition3▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Biomarkers3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  32. Wnt Signaling2▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Anticancer2▲ 13×6 topics
  34. Cardiomyocyte Renewal2▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Heart Regeneration2▲ 94×1 topic
  36. Medicinal Plants2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  37. Genomics2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  38. Bioavailability2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  39. Biogenesis2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Constitutionalism1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Fundación Medina publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Marine Sponges and Natural Products and Fungal Biology and Applications.

Microbial Natural Produc…9Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 9 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…3Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 3 fractional worksMarine Sponges and Natur…3Marine Sponges and Natural Products: 3 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 3 fractional worksCongenital heart defects…2Congenital heart defects research: 2 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 1 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 1 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 1 fractional works
PharmacologyMolecular BiologyBiotechnologyCell Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 9 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Marine Sponges and Natural Products Biotechnology 3 works
  4. 4 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 3 works
  5. 5 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 1 works
  8. 8 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 1 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 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 available52.6%not open47.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fundación Medina's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fundación Medina as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Fundación Medina0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fundación Medina 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.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Fundación Medina4.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.1% in 2020.

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