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IMDEA Nanoscience

In research, IMDEA Nanoscience stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,045 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry and Materials Science — Materials Chemistry is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,920
of 28,054 · #7,052 all time
Rank in Spain
#189
of 658
Research works
408
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is IMDEA Nanoscience known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,045 of 12,888 18.5%90 #4364

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IMDEA Nanoscience 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 IMDEA Nanoscience specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 25.0 works12×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 35.0 works9.4×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.81× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.02× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.95× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.36× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 9.42× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.67× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at IMDEA Nanoscience?

Ranked on the composite score, Johannes Gierschner, Santiago Casado and Juan Cabanillas‐González lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IMDEA Nanoscience.

  1. 1 Johannes Gierschner Spain · #92,973 worldwide 460 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Santiago Casado Spain · #1,281,264 worldwide 61 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Juan Cabanillas‐González Spain · #1,369,817 worldwide 51 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 José I. Urgel Spain · #1,570,226 worldwide 57 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at IMDEA Nanoscience

Which keywords describe research at IMDEA Nanoscience?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Two-Dimensional Materials, Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, Nanocomposites, Self-Assembly, Nanoparticles and Raman Spectroscopy.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications11▲ 8.5×19 topics
  2. Two-Dimensional Materials9▲ 37×4 topics
  3. Graphene9▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Carbon Nanotubes9▲ 24×5 topics
  5. Nanocomposites8▲ 9.7×8 topics
  6. Nanoparticles8▲ 6.0×17 topics
  7. Self-Assembly8▲ 22×10 topics
  8. Raman Spectroscopy7▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Bioimaging7▲ 28×6 topics
  10. Biosensors7▲ 12×12 topics
  11. Catalysis7▲ 9.5×16 topics
  12. Transparent Conductors6▲ 48×2 topics
  13. Electronic Properties6▲ 67×2 topics
  14. Chemical Vapor Deposition6▲ 78×1 topic
  15. Graphene Oxide6▲ 60×1 topic
  16. Nanostructures6▲ 13×13 topics
  17. Chemical Sensors5▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Photodynamic Therapy5▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Nanomaterials4▲ 3.7×12 topics
  20. Electron Transport4▲ 44×3 topics
  21. Drug Delivery4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  22. Electronic Structure4▲ 21×7 topics
  23. Metal-Organic Frameworks4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  24. Supramolecular4▲ 115×2 topics
  25. Aggregation-Induced Emission3▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Fluorescent Materials3▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Organic Electronics3▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Spintronics3▲ 25×4 topics
  29. Quantum Computing3▲ 30×3 topics
  30. Electrochemistry3▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Hydrogen Bonding3▲ 34×3 topics
  32. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 17×5 topics
  33. Electronic Structure Calculations3▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Magnetic Nanoparticles3▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Nanotechnology3▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Nanotubes3▲ 33×3 topics
  37. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy3▲ 198×2 topics
  38. Surface Modification3▲ 19×4 topics
  39. Self-Assembled Monolayers3▲ 53×2 topics
  40. Optoelectronic Devices2▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does IMDEA Nanoscience publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Graphene research and applications, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis.

Graphene research and ap…6Graphene research and applications: 6 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 3 fractional worksMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures: 2 fractional worksSurface Chemistry and Catalysis: 2 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 2 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 2 fractional worksQuantum and electron tra…2Quantum and electron transport phenomena: 2 fractional worksCarbon and Quantum Dots Applications: 2 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 2 fractional worksBacterial biofilms and q…2Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: 2 fractional works
Materials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 6 works
  2. 2 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 3 works
  3. 3 Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  8. 8 Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications Materials Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  10. 10 Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Molecular Biology 2 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 available55.2%not open44.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.6%domestic only49.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IMDEA Nanoscience's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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