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IMDEA Water

In research, IMDEA Water stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,203 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 10.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,068
of 28,054 · #25,447 all time
Rank in Spain
#530
of 658
Research works
238
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.5k
31.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is IMDEA Water 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
Physical SciencesDomain #14,203 of 21,541 30.7%205

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 32.2 works11×
← 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: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 1.66× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.09× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.54× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.67× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at IMDEA Water?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Wastewater Treatment, Recycling, Waste Management, Pollution, Membrane Technology, Human Health and Marine Environment.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact8▲ 8.1×15 topics
  2. Wastewater Treatment7▲ 48×6 topics
  3. Recycling6▲ 24×3 topics
  4. Waste Management6▲ 22×3 topics
  5. Pollution5▲ 40×3 topics
  6. Climate Change4▲ 2.5×25 topics
  7. Membrane Technology4▲ 79×2 topics
  8. Human Health4▲ 38×2 topics
  9. Marine Environment4▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Microplastics4▲ 62×1 topic
  11. Nanomaterials4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  12. Terrestrial Ecosystems4▲ 62×1 topic
  13. Desalination4▲ 94×1 topic
  14. Hydrogen Production4▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Nanofiltration4▲ 94×1 topic
  16. Extracellular Electron Transfer3▲ 199×1 topic
  17. Microbial Fuel Cells3▲ 199×1 topic
  18. Microbial Communities3▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Toxicity3▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Ecotoxicity3▲ 78×2 topics
  21. Graphene3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  22. Antibiotics3▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Resistance Genes3▲ 81×1 topic
  24. Renewable Energy2▲ 2.8×10 topics
  25. Water Scarcity2▲ 49×2 topics
  26. Capacitive Deionization2▲ 125×1 topic
  27. Energy Storage2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  28. Water Desalination2▲ 125×1 topic
  29. Constructed Wetlands2▲ 149×1 topic
  30. Environmental Impacts2▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Nutrient Removal2▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Water Quality2▲ 8.8×7 topics
  33. Health Effects2▲ 5.4×11 topics
  34. Metal Recovery2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Pesticides2▲ 44×3 topics
  36. E-Waste2▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Hazardous Substances2▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Bioaccumulation2▲ 29×3 topics
  39. Microbial Ecology2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Carbon Nanotubes2▲ 7.4×4 topics

Which research topics does IMDEA Water publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Membrane Separation Technologies, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts.

Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 4 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Fuel Cells and…3Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antib…3Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 3 fractional worksMembrane-based Ion Separation Techniques: 2 fractional worksConstructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: 2 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…2Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksSolar-Powered Water Purification Methods: 1 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 1 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 1 fractional works
PollutionWater Science and TechnologyEnvironmental EngineeringBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 4 works
  2. 2 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  3. 3 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation Environmental Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 3 works
  5. 5 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  9. 9 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 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 available45.9%not open54.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.6%domestic only58.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IMDEA Water's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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