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Institut Català d'Investigació Química

In research, Institut Català d'Investigació Química stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,168 of 12,888 worldwide), Chemistry (#239 of 1,330 worldwide) and Organic Chemistry (#129 of 615 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 36.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,075
of 28,054 · #839 all time
Rank in Spain
#47
of 658
Research works
1.5k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
106k
71.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Institut Català d'Investigació Química 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 #1,168 of 12,888 26.0%237 #565
ChemistryField #239 of 1,330 34.0%99 #70
Organic ChemistrySubfield #129 of 615 39.4%71 #46

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Català d'Investigació Química 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#565 #1,168
  2. Chemistry#70 #239
  3. Organic Chemistry#46 #129
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 Institut Català d'Investigació Química specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 36.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 71.1 works37×
  2. ChemistryField · 99.4 works25×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.57× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 21.86× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 24.58× its world share, 99 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 12.51× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.73× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.26× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 24.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Català d'Investigació Química?

Ranked on the composite score, Núria López, Emilio Palomares and Kilian Muñiz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Català d'Investigació Química.

  1. 1 Núria López Spain · #133,845 worldwide 872 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Emilio Palomares Spain · #148,657 worldwide 503 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Kilian Muñiz Spain · #192,930 worldwide 291 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Rubén Martı́n Spain · #346,623 worldwide 200 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Pablo Ballester Spain · #483,948 worldwide 219 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Atsushi Urakawa Spain · #529,925 worldwide 159 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Anton Vidal‐Ferran Spain · #566,338 worldwide 79 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Arjan W. Kleij Spain · #751,044 worldwide 186 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Eduardo C. Escudero‐Adán Spain · #799,617 worldwide 100 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Feliu Maseras Spain · #821,228 worldwide 150 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Català d'Investigació Química

Which keywords describe research at Institut Català d'Investigació Química?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Electrocatalysis, Transition Metal Catalysis, Catalysts, Hydrogenation, Nanomaterials, Carbon Dioxide and Heterocycles.

▲ 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. Catalysis37▲ 22×20 topics
  2. Electrocatalysis33▲ 45×5 topics
  3. Transition Metal Catalysis27▲ 125×4 topics
  4. Catalysts22▲ 44×3 topics
  5. Hydrogenation22▲ 49×5 topics
  6. Nanomaterials22▲ 7.9×10 topics
  7. Carbon Dioxide21▲ 53×3 topics
  8. Heterocycles20▲ 84×4 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications20▲ 6.5×19 topics
  10. Organic Synthesis20▲ 66×5 topics
  11. Transition Metal Complexes19▲ 82×4 topics
  12. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions19▲ 122×3 topics
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks18▲ 16×6 topics
  14. Water Splitting17▲ 18×3 topics
  15. CO2 Reduction16▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Oxidative Coupling16▲ 125×2 topics
  17. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation15▲ 135×1 topic
  18. C–H Activation15▲ 135×1 topic
  19. Medicinal Chemistry14▲ 19×9 topics
  20. Renewable Fuels13▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Nanocomposites12▲ 5.9×10 topics
  22. Enantioselective Synthesis12▲ 75×6 topics
  23. Dehydrogenation12▲ 70×2 topics
  24. Molecular Catalysis12▲ 102×2 topics
  25. C-C Bond Formation12▲ 114×3 topics
  26. Fuel Cells12▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Energy Conversion11▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Hydrogen Evolution11▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Oxygen Reduction11▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Electrochemical Conversion11▲ 110×1 topic
  31. Metallic Surfaces11▲ 110×1 topic
  32. Enantioselective Reactions11▲ 108×2 topics
  33. Chemical Synthesis11▲ 53×2 topics
  34. Homogeneous Catalysts11▲ 83×2 topics
  35. Self-Assembly11▲ 13×10 topics
  36. Aryl Halides10▲ 97×2 topics
  37. Catalytic10▲ 35×5 topics
  38. Green Chemistry10▲ 22×6 topics
  39. Selective Oxidation10▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Oxidation9▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Institut Català d'Investigació Química publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts and Radical Photochemical Reactions.

Catalytic C–H Functional…15Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 15 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…11Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 11 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques…11CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 11 fractional worksRadical Photochemical Re…8Radical Photochemical Reactions: 8 fractional worksAsymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis: 8 fractional worksCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis: 8 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…7Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 7 fractional worksSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques: 6 fractional worksElectrochemical Analysis and Applications: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 5 fractional works
Organic ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentInorganic ChemistryProcess Chemistry and Technology2 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 15 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 11 works
  3. 3 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 11 works
  4. 4 Radical Photochemical Reactions Organic Chemistry 8 works
  5. 5 Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis Inorganic Chemistry 8 works
  6. 6 Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis Process Chemistry and Technology 8 works
  7. 7 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 7 works
  8. 8 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques Organic Chemistry 6 works
  9. 9 Electrochemical Analysis and Applications Electrochemistry 5 works
  10. 10 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Català d'Investigació Química's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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