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IMDEA Materials

In research, IMDEA Materials stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,346 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,306 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Science (#747 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (Polymers and Plastics is 28.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,486
of 22,385 · #4,602 all time
Rank in Spain
#122
of 426
Research works
754
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
32.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
IMDEA Materials

What is IMDEA Materials 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 #1,346 of 10,670 19.3%233 #1550
EngineeringField #1,306 of 5,901 18.5%120 #1248
Materials ScienceField #747 of 2,276 19.4%85 #733

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where IMDEA Materials 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,550 #1,346
  2. Engineering#1,248 #1,306
  3. Materials Science#733 #747
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does IMDEA Materials work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at IMDEA Materials is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (47%), Materials Science (33%), Physics and Astronomy (2%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 262 fractional works · 91.6% of its workEngineering: 134 fractional works · 46.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 18.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 95 fractional works · 33.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 33 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiomaterials: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIMDEA Materials287fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences4%

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. Engineering13446.9%
    2. Materials Science9533.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy72.4%
    4. Environmental Science72.3%
    5. Chemistry62.2%
    6. Computer Science51.7%
    7. Energy41.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering20.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences62.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities31.1%
    3. Decision Sciences20.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Psychology10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine62.1%
    2. Dentistry10.2%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does IMDEA Materials specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Polymers and Plastics takes 28.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 32.9 works28×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 53.1 works10×
  3. Materials ScienceField · 95.3 works9.5×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.43× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.13× its world share, 134 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 9.52× its world share, 95 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science9.52×95 works
  2. Engineering3.13×134 works
  3. Chemical Engineering1.83×2 works
  4. Energy1.59×4 works
  5. Chemistry1.43×6 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.07×7 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.59×2 works
  8. Environmental Science0.46×6 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.40×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.36×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.22×5 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.17×6 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  16. Medicine0.11×6 works
  17. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  18. Psychology0.09×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  22. Nursing0.06×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  24. Health Professions0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at IMDEA Materials?

Ranked on the quality score, Claudio S. Lopes, De‐Yi Wang and María Teresa Pérez-Prado lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IMDEA Materials.

  1. 1 Claudio S. Lopes Spain · #78,308 worldwide 4.9k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 De‐Yi Wang Spain · #124,174 worldwide 25k citations · 591 works
  3. 3 María Teresa Pérez-Prado Spain · #169,268 worldwide 8.9k citations · 196 works
  4. 4 Jon Mikel Molina-Aldareguia Spain · #220,041 worldwide 9.5k citations · 251 works
  5. 5 Juan Jose Vilatela Spain · #222,325 worldwide 6.1k citations · 136 works
  6. 6 Vinodkumar Etacheri Spain · #244,776 worldwide 13k citations · 72 works
  7. 7 Ehsan Naderi Kalali Spain · #252,446 worldwide 3.3k citations · 45 works
  8. 8 I. Sabirov Spain · #371,564 worldwide 6k citations · 176 works
  9. 9 Valentín Vassilev-Galindo Spain · #378,734 worldwide 1.6k citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Damien Tourret Spain · #444,663 worldwide 2.8k citations · 107 works
All ranked researchers at IMDEA Materials

What are the most cited papers from IMDEA Materials?

The most cited paper from IMDEA Materials is "Advances, Updates, and Analytics for the Computation-Ready, Experimental Metal–Organic Framework Database: CoRE MOF 2019" (Yongchul G. Chung, Emmanuel Haldoupis, Benjamin J. Bucior et al., 2019), with 904 citations. Next come "Nanostructured aluminium alloys produced by severe plastic deformation: New horizons in development" (575) and "Carbon-family materials for flame retardant polymeric materials" (573).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Advances, Updates, and Analytics for the Computation-Ready, Experimental Metal–Organic Framework Database: CoRE MOF 2019 Yongchul G. Chung, Emmanuel Haldoupis, Benjamin J. Bucior et al. · Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data Open access 4 Nov 2019 904
2 Nanostructured aluminium alloys produced by severe plastic deformation: New horizons in development I. Sabirov, Maxim Yu. Murashkin, Ruslan Zufarovich Valiev · Materials Science and Engineering A 10 Oct 2012 575
3 Carbon-family materials for flame retardant polymeric materials Xin Wang, Ehsan Naderi Kalali, Jintao Wan et al. · Progress in Polymer Science 7 Feb 2017 573
4 Metal–organic framework with optimally selective xenon adsorption and separation Debasis Banerjee, Cory M. Simon, Anna M. Płonka et al. · Nature Communications Open access 13 Jun 2016 480
5 Metal Matrix Composites Andreas Mortensen, Javier LLorca · Annual Review of Materials Research ReviewOpen access Jun 2010 477
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at IMDEA Materials?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Nanocomposites, Microstructure, Additive Manufacturing, Polymer Composites, Epoxy Resins, Graphene and Fire-Retardant Materials.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties53▲ 19×28 topics
  2. Nanocomposites38▲ 17×19 topics
  3. Microstructure36▲ 24×14 topics
  4. Additive Manufacturing20▲ 23×8 topics
  5. Polymer Composites19▲ 25×6 topics
  6. Epoxy Resins18▲ 173×2 topics
  7. Nanoparticles17▲ 4.8×25 topics
  8. Graphene17▲ 8.8×11 topics
  9. Fire-Retardant Materials17▲ 289×1 topic
  10. Flame Retardant Polymers17▲ 289×1 topic
  11. Biomedical Applications17▲ 4.9×27 topics
  12. Carbon Nanotubes14▲ 14×7 topics
  13. Grain Refinement13▲ 39×4 topics
  14. Tissue Engineering12▲ 7.2×10 topics
  15. Nanomaterials12▲ 3.9×16 topics
  16. Applications11▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Microstructural Evolution10▲ 25×4 topics
  18. Process Parameters10▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Microstructure Evolution10▲ 47×4 topics
  20. Energy Storage9▲ 5.1×6 topics
  21. Metal Powders9▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Material Characterization9▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Processing Techniques9▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Catalysis9▲ 4.5×16 topics
  25. Metallic Components8▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Selective Laser Melting8▲ 43×1 topic
  27. 3D Printing8▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Aerospace Applications8▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Materials8▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Biodegradable Polymers8▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Drug Delivery8▲ 5.1×12 topics
  32. Cathode Materials8▲ 7.0×3 topics
  33. Corrosion Resistance8▲ 37×4 topics
  34. Phase Stability8▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Challenges7▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Composite Materials7▲ 12×7 topics
  37. Fused Deposition Modeling7▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries7▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Graphene Oxide7▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Metal Matrix Composites6▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does IMDEA Materials publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Flame retardant materials and properties, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties.

Flame retardant material…17Flame retardant materials and properties: 17 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 8 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 7 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 6 fractional worksMagnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications: 6 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 5 fractional worksFire dynamics and safety…5Fire dynamics and safety research: 5 fractional worksMicrostructure and mechanical properties: 5 fractional worksHigh Entropy Alloys Studies: 5 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 4 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsMechanical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringBiomaterials4 others

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

  1. 1 Flame retardant materials and properties Polymers and Plastics 17 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications Biomaterials 6 works
  6. 6 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Fire dynamics and safety research Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 5 works
  8. 8 Microstructure and mechanical properties Materials Chemistry 5 works
  9. 9 High Entropy Alloys Studies Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 4 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.3%domestic only45.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has IMDEA Materials's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 IMDEA Materials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%IMDEA Materials0.0013% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of IMDEA Materials 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%30%IMDEA Materials16.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.0% in 2012.

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