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Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre

In research, Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,800 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,633
of 34,923
Rank in Spain
#435
of 646
Research works
202
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
58.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.22×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
58%
world 18%
Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre

What is Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,800 of 16,688 23.3%146

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre 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 Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Health Professions (12%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 36 fractional works · 69.0% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 54.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 12.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 18.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIberoamericanCochrane Centre52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences19%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2854.5%
    2. Health Professions612.0%
    3. Dentistry11.2%
    4. Nursing11.0%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Social Sciences35.9%
    2. Decision Sciences24.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.3%
    4. Psychology12.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    1. Neuroscience12.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Environmental Science12.5%
    2. Engineering00.8%
    3. Mathematics00.6%
    4. Computer Science00.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.53× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.54× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.83× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.75× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.75×2 works
  2. Health Professions4.54×6 works
  3. Medicine2.83×28 works
  4. Dentistry2.53×1 works
  5. Veterinary2.36×0 works
  6. Nursing1.99×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.55×2 works
  8. Neuroscience1.46×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.11×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×0 works
  11. Psychology0.76×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.63×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.50×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.50×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.46×3 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×0 works
  20. Engineering0.05×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Pablo Alonso‐Coello, David Rigau and Marta Roqué i Figuls lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre.

  1. 1 Pablo Alonso‐Coello Spain · #28,991 worldwide 71k citations · 517 works
  2. 2 David Rigau Spain · #160,813 worldwide 12k citations · 117 works
  3. 3 Marta Roqué i Figuls Spain · #200,047 worldwide 9.9k citations · 180 works
  4. 4 María José Martínez‐Zapata Spain · #237,120 worldwide 4.9k citations · 119 works
  5. 5 Iván Solà Spain · #309,302 worldwide 11k citations · 309 works
  6. 6 Carlos Canelo‐Aybar Spain · #339,281 worldwide 3.4k citations · 85 works
  7. 7 Hector Pardo Hernandez Spain · #394,559 worldwide 3.6k citations · 87 works
  8. 8 Laura Martínez García Spain · #531,834 worldwide 3.6k citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Gerard Urrútia Spain · #561,504 worldwide 12k citations · 219 works
  10. 10 Josefina Salazar Spain · #592,382 worldwide 486 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre

What are the most cited papers from Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre?

The most cited paper from Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre is "GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations" (Gordon Henry Guyatt, Andrew David Oxman, Gunn Elisabeth Vist et al., 2008), with 23,388 citations. Next come "GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence—study limitations (risk of bias)" (2,894) and "GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence—imprecision" (2,755).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations Gordon Henry Guyatt, Andrew David Oxman, Gunn Elisabeth Vist et al. · BMJ Open access 24 Apr 2008 23,388
2 GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence—study limitations (risk of bias) Gordon Henry Guyatt, Andrew David Oxman, Gunn Elisabeth Vist et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 24 Jan 2011 2,894
3 GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence—imprecision Gordon Henry Guyatt, Andrew David Oxman, Regina Kunz et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 15 Aug 2011 2,755
4 GRADE guidelines: 7. Rating the quality of evidence—inconsistency Gordon Henry Guyatt, Andrew David Oxman, Regina Kunz et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 6 Aug 2011 2,417
5 GRADE guidelines: 8. Rating the quality of evidence—indirectness Gordon Henry Guyatt, Andrew David Oxman, Regina Kunz et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Open access 26 Oct 2011 1,895
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality Assessment, Epidemiology, Meta-Analysis, Clinical Guidelines, Mortality, Quality of Life, Evidence-Based Practice and Publication Bias.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.7×47 topics
  2. Quality Assessment4▲ 41×2 topics
  3. Quality of Life3▲ 4.1×19 topics
  4. Inflammation3▲ 2.3×27 topics
  5. Meta-Analysis3▲ 8.6×7 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.2×21 topics
  7. Public Health2▲ 3.3×23 topics
  8. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 16×8 topics
  9. Mortality2▲ 8.0×10 topics
  10. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 32×4 topics
  11. Diagnostic Accuracy2▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Publication Bias2▲ 86×2 topics
  13. Evidence Synthesis2▲ 150×1 topic
  14. PRISMA Statement2▲ 150×1 topic
  15. Patient Outcomes2▲ 61×3 topics
  16. Guideline Development2▲ 183×1 topic
  17. Practice Recommendations2▲ 183×1 topic
  18. Risk Factors2▲ 3.2×16 topics
  19. Behavior Change2▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.0×13 topics
  21. Qualitative Research2▲ 3.7×3 topics
  22. Healthcare Interventions2▲ 82×1 topic
  23. Implementation Science2▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Global Burden1▲ 5.1×9 topics
  25. Guidelines1▲ 5.6×8 topics
  26. Treatment1▲ 2.2×14 topics
  27. Cost-effectiveness Analysis1▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Depression1▲ 2.8×9 topics
  29. Diagnosis1▲ 2.7×9 topics
  30. Elderly Patients1▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Health Utility Measures1▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Quality Improvement1▲ 13×7 topics
  33. Chemotherapy1▲ 3.1×10 topics
  34. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 4.4×9 topics
  35. Management1▲ 3.0×8 topics
  36. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 2.9×11 topics
  37. Nursing Education1▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Primary Care1▲ 5.7×6 topics
  39. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.5×5 topics
  40. Complications1▲ 3.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Clinical practice guidelines implementation, Health Policy Implementation Science and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Meta-analysis and systematic reviews: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…1Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksHealth Education and Validation: 0 fractional works
Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  2. 2 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  8. 8 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Health Education and Validation Education 0 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 available60.4%not open39.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.5%domestic only41.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre's research output changed?

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

still counting200020102020
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 Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre0.00023% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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