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Ikerlan

In research, Ikerlan stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,012 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 5.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,991
of 22,385 · #14,294 all time
Rank in Spain
#353
of 426
Research works
514
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Ikerlan

What is Ikerlan known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,012 of 10,670 6.0%95 #4525

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

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Ikerlan is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Computer Science (32%), Social Sciences (3%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 105 fractional works · 89.1% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 52.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 18.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 38 fractional works · 32.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 10.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIkerlan118fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences9%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6152.0%
    2. Computer Science3832.2%
    3. Materials Science21.8%
    4. Environmental Science21.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences43.4%
    2. Decision Sciences32.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    5. Psychology10.5%
    1. Neuroscience11.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.0%
    1. Medicine10.6%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ikerlan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 21.9 works5.2×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.14× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.47× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.14×38 works
  2. Engineering3.47×61 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.39×3 works
  4. Chemical Engineering0.84×0 works
  5. Neuroscience0.69×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.53×2 works
  7. Materials Science0.52×2 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.32×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.27×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.24×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.22×1 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  14. Energy0.16×0 works
  15. Psychology0.16×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.05×0 works
  17. Medicine0.03×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ikerlan?

Ranked on the quality score, Aitor Urbieta, Egoitz Martinez-Laserna and Igor Villarreal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ikerlan.

  1. 1 Aitor Urbieta Spain · #320,527 worldwide 2.3k citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Egoitz Martinez-Laserna Spain · #363,814 worldwide 2.4k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Igor Villarreal Spain · #485,194 worldwide 3.6k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 I. Gandiaga Spain · #494,396 worldwide 3k citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Roberto Pacios Spain · #496,331 worldwide 3.1k citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Ion Etxeberria‐Otadui Spain · #569,940 worldwide 3k citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Ikerne Etxebarria Spain · #989,823 worldwide 1.2k citations · 15 works
  8. 8 José Luis Flores Spain · #1,266,852 worldwide 989 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Salvador Trujillo Spain · #1,268,432 worldwide 1.4k citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Nerea Nieto Spain · #1,441,836 worldwide 1.6k citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Ikerlan

What are the most cited papers from Ikerlan?

The most cited paper from Ikerlan is "Critical review of state of health estimation methods of Li-ion batteries for real applications" (Maitane Berecibar, I. Gandiaga, Igor Villarreal et al., 2015), with 1,104 citations. Next come "Multi-head CNN–RNN for multi-time series anomaly detection: An industrial case study" (428) and "Battery second life: Hype, hope or reality? A critical review of the state of the art" (427).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Critical review of state of health estimation methods of Li-ion batteries for real applications Maitane Berecibar, I. Gandiaga, Igor Villarreal et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 17 Dec 2015 1,104
2 Multi-head CNN–RNN for multi-time series anomaly detection: An industrial case study Mikel Cañizo, Isaac Triguero, Ángel Conde et al. · Neurocomputing Open access 19 Jul 2019 428
3 Battery second life: Hype, hope or reality? A critical review of the state of the art Egoitz Martinez-Laserna, I. Gandiaga, E. Sarasketa-Zabala et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 21 Jun 2018 427
4 Gaussian Process Regression With Automatic Relevance Determination Kernel for Calendar Aging Prediction of Lithium-Ion Batteries Kailong Liu, Yi Li, Xiaosong Hu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Open access 2 Oct 2019 386
5 Solution-processable polymeric solar cells: A review on materials, strategies and cell architectures to overcome 10% Ikerne Etxebarria, Jon Ajuria, Roberto Pacios · Organic Electronics 28 Jan 2015 236
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ikerlan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Internet of Things, Power Electronics, Machine Learning, Security, IoT Security, Thermal Management and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Deep Learning14▲ 3.3×27 topics
  2. Machine Learning12▲ 3.0×22 topics
  3. Internet of Things9▲ 8.7×6 topics
  4. Power Electronics8▲ 20×7 topics
  5. Security7▲ 9.0×11 topics
  6. Healthcare7▲ 5.2×5 topics
  7. IoT Security7▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency6▲ 5.5×11 topics
  9. Thermal Management6▲ 15×4 topics
  10. 5G Networks5▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Big Data5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  12. Neural Networks5▲ 2.7×13 topics
  13. Privacy5▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management5▲ 4.4×3 topics
  15. Security and Privacy5▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Lithium-ion Batteries4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  17. Renewable Energy Integration4▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Cyber-Physical Systems4▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Electric Vehicles4▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Smart Cities4▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Edge Computing4▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Electric Vehicle Charging4▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Fog Computing4▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Mobile Edge Computing4▲ 21×1 topic
  25. Security Analysis4▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Battery Management Systems3▲ 20×1 topic
  27. Thermal Runaway3▲ 20×1 topic
  28. Resource Allocation3▲ 15×6 topics
  29. Smart Grid3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Anomaly Detection3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  31. Cybersecurity3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  32. Distributed Systems3▲ 14×6 topics
  33. DC-DC Converters3▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Fault Tolerance3▲ 15×6 topics
  35. High-Frequency Power Conversion3▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Efficiency Optimization3▲ 49×2 topics
  37. Blockchain2▲ 9.3×1 topic
  38. Smart Contracts2▲ 13×1 topic
  39. High-Temperature Electronics2▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Side-Channel Attacks2▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does Ikerlan publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Advanced DC-DC Converters and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing4IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…3Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 3 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters3Advanced DC-DC Converters: 3 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…2Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 2 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…2Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 2 fractional worksInduction Heating and Inverter Technology: 2 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsAutomotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Induction Heating and Inverter Technology Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ikerlan's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% 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 Ikerlan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Ikerlan0.00040% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Ikerlan 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 2025Ikerlan3.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2014.

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