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Fundación Medina

In research, Fundación Medina stands highest in Life Sciences (#11,437 of 14,347 worldwide), Health Sciences (#17,521 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#15,982 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,305
of 28,054 · #26,505 all time
Rank in Spain
#515
of 658
Research works
350
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

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 #11,437 of 14,347 21.2%122
Health SciencesDomain #17,521 of 20,462 14.8%165
MedicineField #15,982 of 17,978 15.0%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Fundación Medina specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 25.0 works5.6×
← 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: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.62× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.03× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 3.47× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.01× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× 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, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fundación Medina?

Ranked on the composite score, Francisca Vicente, José R. Tormo and Olga Genilloud lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundación Medina.

  1. 1 Francisca Vicente Spain · #64,323 worldwide 218 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 José R. Tormo Spain · #88,927 worldwide 311 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Olga Genilloud Spain · #96,016 worldwide 381 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Jesús Martı́n Spain · #640,751 worldwide 77 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Fernando Reyes Spain · #1,162,026 worldwide 53 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Bastien Cautain Spain · #1,407,505 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Thomas A. Mackenzie Spain · #1,504,736 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Víctor González-Menéndez Spain · #1,574,755 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Fundación Medina

Which keywords describe research at Fundación Medina?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Marine Natural Products11▲ 325×2 topics
  2. Endophytic Fungi10▲ 128×2 topics
  3. Drug Discovery9▲ 48×5 topics
  4. Natural Products9▲ 73×4 topics
  5. Antibiotics8▲ 123×2 topics
  6. Secondary Metabolites8▲ 135×3 topics
  7. Genome Sequencing8▲ 64×2 topics
  8. Microbial Metabolites8▲ 281×1 topic
  9. Nonribosomal Peptides8▲ 348×1 topic
  10. Pharmacology5▲ 23×8 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity5▲ 8.8×8 topics
  12. Epidemiology5▲ 1.39×28 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Cancer4▲ 3.2×15 topics
  15. Biological Activities3▲ 26×6 topics
  16. Metagenomics3▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  18. Microbial Symbionts3▲ 275×1 topic
  19. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms3▲ 275×1 topic
  20. Nutritional Value3▲ 33×2 topics
  21. RNA-Seq3▲ 31×2 topics
  22. genome annotation3▲ 51×1 topic
  23. sequence alignment3▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Medicinal Mushrooms2▲ 84×1 topic
  25. Polysaccharides2▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Biomarkers2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  27. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Wnt Signaling2▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Cardiomyocyte Renewal2▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Heart Regeneration2▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Anticancer2▲ 14×5 topics
  32. Complications2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  33. Genomic Characterization2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Host Specificity2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Plant Pathogenesis2▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Species Recognition2▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Bioavailability2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  38. Biogenesis2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Constitutionalism1▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Translation1▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Fundación Medina publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies and Fungal Biology and Applications.

Microbial Natural Produc…8Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 8 fractional worksMarine Sponges and Natur…3Marine Sponges and Natural Products: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…3Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 3 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 2 fractional worksCongenital heart defects research: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…2Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 1 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 1 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 1 fractional works
PharmacologyBiotechnologyMolecular BiologyCell Biology3 others

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

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

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fundación Medina'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.

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