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Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

In research, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats stands highest in Physical Sciences (#407 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#692 of 7,800 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#585 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physics and Astronomy and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#457
of 28,054 · #434 all time
Rank in Spain
#6
of 658
Research works
6.9k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
369k
53.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats 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 #407 of 12,888 32.1%840 #380
Life SciencesDomain #692 of 7,800 39.4%275 #690
Social SciencesField #585 of 6,365 46.0%71 #508
Social SciencesDomain #972 of 10,521 40.2%181 #604
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #393 of 3,579 38.1%166 #451
Physics and AstronomyField #228 of 1,646 41.3%187 #269
EngineeringField #1,124 of 6,636 27.4%183 #1349
MedicineField #2,506 of 10,443 38.5%136 #2275
Molecular BiologySubfield #527 of 2,175 35.7%110 #398
Health SciencesDomain #3,352 of 11,982 38.7%153 #2756

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#380 #407
  2. Life Sciences#690 #692
  3. Social Sciences#508 #585
  4. Social Sciences#604 #972
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#451 #393
  6. Physics and Astronomy#269 #228
  7. Engineering#1,349 #1,124
  8. Medicine#2,275 #2,506
  9. Molecular Biology#398 #527
  10. Health Sciences#2,756 #3,352
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 85.8 works8.2×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 186.6 works5.8×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 43.2 works5.7×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 37 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.15× its world share, 166 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.33× its world share, 55 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.02× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.70× its world share, 84 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 75 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.56× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 183 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.45× its world share, 124 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.32× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.79× its world share, 187 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 45 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats?

Ranked on the composite score, D. F. Torres, Sergei D. Odintsov and Jordi Miralda‐Escudé lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats.

  1. 1 D. F. Torres Spain · #8,568 worldwide 2.9k citations · 185 works
  2. 2 Sergei D. Odintsov Spain · #29,071 worldwide 3.3k citations · 202 works
  3. 3 Jordi Miralda‐Escudé Spain · #30,602 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Marco Madella Spain · #60,043 worldwide 329 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 David Block Spain · #62,002 worldwide 203 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Gustau Catalán Spain · #62,575 worldwide 536 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Toni Gabaldón Spain · #72,287 worldwide 405 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 A. W. Borgland Spain · #75,831 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Miguel Pérez‐Enciso Spain · #77,415 worldwide 256 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Carles Pelejero Spain · #95,862 worldwide 358 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

Which keywords describe research at Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Entanglement, Catalysis, Biomedical Applications, Electrocatalysis, Molecular Dynamics, Climate Change and Metal-Organic Frameworks.

▲ 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. Climate Change52▲ 1.33×75 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications45▲ 2.6×33 topics
  3. Biosensors39▲ 5.2×12 topics
  4. Catalysis38▲ 4.0×24 topics
  5. Nanomaterials35▲ 2.3×13 topics
  6. Nanoparticles34▲ 1.85×33 topics
  7. Entanglement30▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Electrocatalysis27▲ 6.6×5 topics
  9. Graphene27▲ 2.7×10 topics
  10. Metal-Organic Frameworks26▲ 4.3×6 topics
  11. Molecular Dynamics23▲ 9.8×6 topics
  12. Self-Assembly21▲ 4.5×12 topics
  13. Water Splitting21▲ 3.9×4 topics
  14. Catalysts20▲ 6.9×3 topics
  15. Global Warming19▲ 3.2×12 topics
  16. Black Holes18▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Energy Conversion18▲ 6.0×3 topics
  18. Nanocrystals18▲ 4.4×5 topics
  19. Quantum Entanglement17▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Supernovae17▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Quantum Information17▲ 9.9×3 topics
  22. Nonlinear Optics16▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Optical Modulators16▲ 7.4×3 topics
  24. Carbon Dioxide16▲ 7.0×4 topics
  25. Superconducting Circuits16▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Hydrogenation15▲ 6.2×5 topics
  27. Solar Cells15▲ 5.0×7 topics
  28. General Relativity15▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Photovoltaics14▲ 6.1×4 topics
  30. Transition Metal Catalysis14▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Computation14▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Measurement14▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Quantum14▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Cryptography14▲ 8.0×1 topic
  35. Metrology14▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Cosmic Microwave Background14▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Cosmological Parameters14▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Dark Energy14▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Quantum Gravity13▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Transition Metal Complexes13▲ 9.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Quantum Information and Cryptography, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics.

Quantum Information and …14Quantum Information and Cryptography: 14 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…14Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 14 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…12Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 12 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…10Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 10 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 9 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 8 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…8Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 8 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 8 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 7 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …7Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 7 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAstronomy and AstrophysicsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentNuclear and High Energy Physics4 others

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

  1. 1 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  3. 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  4. 4 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  5. 5 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 9 works
  6. 6 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  8. 8 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 7 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 available61.7%not open38.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.0%domestic only47.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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