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Institut Català de Ciències del Clima

In research, Institut Català de Ciències del Clima stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,583 of 10,670 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#811 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Ecology and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Oceanography is 37.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,564
of 22,385 · #3,035 all time
Rank in Spain
#157
of 426
Research works
1.3k
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
57k
43.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Institut Català de Ciències del Clima

What is Institut Català de Ciències del Clima 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 #2,583 of 10,670 13.7%160 #1995
Environmental ScienceField #811 of 3,334 12.3%79 #686

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Català de Ciències del Clima 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 fields of science does Institut Català de Ciències del Clima work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Institut Català de Ciències del Clima is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (35%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (19%), Physics and Astronomy (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 203 fractional works · 76.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 94 fractional works · 35.5% of its workEcology: 38 fractional works · 14.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 9.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 50 fractional works · 18.9% of its workOceanography: 28 fractional works · 10.6% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 32 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut Catalàde Ciències del…265fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences7%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science9435.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5018.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy3212.0%
    4. Computer Science114.1%
    5. Engineering103.8%
    6. Mathematics20.9%
    7. Chemistry10.5%
    8. Materials Science10.5%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology217.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences93.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.0%
    4. Neuroscience20.6%
    1. Social Sciences103.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities31.1%
    3. Psychology31.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Medicine93.5%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut Català de Ciències del Clima specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 37.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 28.2 works38×
  2. EcologySubfield · 38.4 works18×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 50.0 works12×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 24.1 works12×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.02× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.14× its world share, 94 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.40× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.02×50 works
  2. Environmental Science7.14×94 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy5.40×32 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.47×21 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.99×3 works
  6. Mathematics0.75×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×9 works
  8. Computer Science0.53×11 works
  9. Neuroscience0.40×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.37×3 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.36×1 works
  12. Psychology0.33×3 works
  13. Chemistry0.31×1 works
  14. Energy0.31×1 works
  15. Nursing0.30×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.29×10 works
  17. Engineering0.25×10 works
  18. Veterinary0.25×0 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.20×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  21. Medicine0.18×9 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  25. Health Professions0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut Català de Ciències del Clima?

Ranked on the quality score, Carlos Pedrós‐Alió, Vanessa Balagué and Massimo C. Pernice lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Català de Ciències del Clima.

  1. 1 Carlos Pedrós‐Alió Spain · #109,617 worldwide 16k citations · 219 works
  2. 2 Vanessa Balagué Spain · #385,948 worldwide 3k citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Massimo C. Pernice Spain · #465,929 worldwide 2.4k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Renate Scharek Spain · #749,714 worldwide 3.6k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Itziar Lekunberri Spain · #778,916 worldwide 1.9k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Raquel Rodríguez‐Martínez Spain · #893,303 worldwide 958 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 A. Valdivieso Spain · #1,248,913 worldwide 506 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Ben De Mol Spain · #1,264,514 worldwide 1.4k citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Elena Lara Spain · #1,386,225 worldwide 2.8k citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Enric Saiz Spain · #1,450,070 worldwide 6.8k citations · 184 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Català de Ciències del Clima

What are the most cited papers from Institut Català de Ciències del Clima?

The most cited paper from Institut Català de Ciències del Clima is "Gaia Data Release 3" (Antonella Vallenari et al., 2022), with 4,157 citations. Next come "CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY" (2,197) and "The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats" (2,157).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gaia Data Release 3 Antonella Vallenari et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access455 authors 10 Jun 2022 4,157
2 CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY Norman A. Grogin et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access107 authors Dec 2011 2,197
3 The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats Marta Coll et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 2 Aug 2010 2,157
4 CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY—THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS, IMAGING DATA PRODUCTS, AND MOSAICS Anton M. Koekemoer et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access124 authors Dec 2011 2,094
5 Gaia Data Release 2 L. Lindegren et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 24 Apr 2018 1,998
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut Català de Ciències del Clima?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries Sustainability, Biodiversity, Harmful Algal Blooms, Trophic Cascades and Global Warming.

▲ 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. Climate Change59▲ 8.2×52 topics
  2. Ocean Acidification16▲ 82×3 topics
  3. Biodiversity12▲ 6.2×17 topics
  4. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.7×19 topics
  5. Marine Ecosystems12▲ 80×2 topics
  6. Fisheries Sustainability12▲ 51×2 topics
  7. Harmful Algal Blooms11▲ 48×3 topics
  8. Trophic Cascades10▲ 43×2 topics
  9. Ecosystem Functioning10▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Global Warming10▲ 9.0×8 topics
  11. Ecosystem Management10▲ 65×1 topic
  12. Marine Fisheries10▲ 94×1 topic
  13. Marine Environment10▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Conservation10▲ 8.6×12 topics
  15. Benthic Communities9▲ 58×2 topics
  16. Marine Biodiversity9▲ 58×2 topics
  17. Bleaching9▲ 107×1 topic
  18. Coral Reefs9▲ 107×1 topic
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Population Dynamics9▲ 13×8 topics
  21. Eutrophication9▲ 30×3 topics
  22. Invasive Species9▲ 7.8×12 topics
  23. Microbial Ecology9▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Aquaculture8▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Bacterial Diversity8▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Marine Microbes8▲ 53×1 topic
  27. Microbial Biogeography8▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Dissolved Organic Matter8▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Ecosystem Services8▲ 7.8×4 topics
  30. Oceanic Carbon Cycle8▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Biogeography8▲ 10×7 topics
  32. Ocean Circulation6▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Coastal Protection6▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Climate Change Impacts6▲ 18×5 topics
  35. Phylogenetic Relationships6▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Hydrothermal Vents6▲ 53×2 topics
  37. Deep-Sea Ecology6▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Estuarine Quality6▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Bivalve Molluscs6▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Black Holes6▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Institut Català de Ciències del Clima publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Marine and fisheries res…10Marine and fisheries research: 10 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…9Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 9 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…8Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 8 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…8Marine and coastal ecosystems: 8 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 6 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine Ecology and Invas…4Marine Ecology and Invasive Species: 4 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 4 fractional worksProtist diversity and phylogeny: 4 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyOceanographyMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 9 works
  3. 3 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 8 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 8 works
  5. 5 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 6 works
  6. 6 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  7. 7 Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  8. 8 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 4 works
  9. 9 Protist diversity and phylogeny Molecular Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 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 available62.9%not open37.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.9%domestic only50.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut Català de Ciències del Clima's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institut Català de Ciències del Clima as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00084% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Institut Català de Ciències del Clima0.0013% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut Català de Ciències del Clima 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%Institut Català de Ciències del Clima12.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.2% in 2001.

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