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IMDEA Food

In research, IMDEA Food stands highest in Medicine (#10,543 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,839 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,119
of 28,054 · #19,150 all time
Rank in Spain
#370
of 658
Research works
285
▲ 132% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
34.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is IMDEA Food 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
MedicineField #10,543 of 17,978 37.6%123
Health SciencesDomain #12,839 of 20,462 37.0%141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IMDEA Food 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).

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: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.23× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.57× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 8.22× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at IMDEA Food?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer Prevention, Obesity, Dietary Patterns, Mediterranean Diet and Public Health.

▲ 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. Inflammation20▲ 13×40 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 26×16 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 16×25 topics
  4. Cancer Prevention8▲ 38×10 topics
  5. Obesity7▲ 12×16 topics
  6. Public Health7▲ 6.2×16 topics
  7. Dietary Patterns6▲ 133×1 topic
  8. Mediterranean Diet6▲ 133×1 topic
  9. Chronic Diseases6▲ 30×7 topics
  10. Aging6▲ 14×12 topics
  11. Insulin Resistance5▲ 15×9 topics
  12. Epidemiology5▲ 1.62×30 topics
  13. Biomarkers4▲ 7.6×9 topics
  14. Weight Loss4▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Cancer4▲ 3.7×21 topics
  16. Cancer Therapy4▲ 8.5×7 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  18. Physical Activity3▲ 9.3×8 topics
  19. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.7×29 topics
  21. Health Effects3▲ 7.0×9 topics
  22. Ketogenic Diet3▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Low-Carbohydrate Diet3▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Metabolism3▲ 8.1×19 topics
  25. Precision Medicine3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  26. Gut Microbiota3▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Metabolic Health3▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Exercise3▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Inflammatory Diseases3▲ 19×4 topics
  30. Behavior Change2▲ 22×4 topics
  31. Genetic Variation2▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Cancer Cachexia2▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Hepatic Steatosis2▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Prognosis2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  35. Sarcopenia2▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Immune Responses2▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Ethical Issues2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Hypertension2▲ 9.0×8 topics
  39. Short-Chain Fatty Acids2▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Nutrigenomics2▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does IMDEA Food publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and metabolism studies, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Gut microbiota and health.

Nutritional Studies and …6Nutritional Studies and Diet: 6 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…3Diet and metabolism studies: 3 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksNutrition, Genetics, and Disease: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 1 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 1 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 1 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhysiologyMolecular BiologyGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 3 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 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 available62.0%not open38.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.3%domestic only57.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IMDEA Food's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 132% 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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