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Institut d'Estudis Catalans

In research, Institut d'Estudis Catalans stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#793 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,185 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics (Language and Linguistics is 42.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,467
of 22,385 · #12,629 all time
Rank in Spain
#297
of 426
Research works
583
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Institut d'Estudis Catalans

What is Institut d'Estudis Catalans 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
Arts and HumanitiesField #793 of 1,896 5.2%60 #1457
Social SciencesDomain #6,185 of 9,585 5.5%98 #5698

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut d'Estudis Catalans 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 d'Estudis Catalans work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Institut d'Estudis Catalans is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (48%), Social Sciences (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 104 fractional works · 76.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 65 fractional works · 47.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 25 fractional works · 18.5% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 9.2% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 22.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutd'Estudis…135fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences77%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities6547.9%
    2. Social Sciences3022.6%
    3. Psychology64.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science42.9%
    2. Engineering42.8%
    3. Computer Science42.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    6. Materials Science10.8%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Health Professions43.2%
    2. Medicine32.3%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences64.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut d'Estudis Catalans specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 42.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 25.0 works42×
← 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: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 16.58× its world share, 64 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 16.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities16.58×64 works
  2. Social Sciences1.78×30 works
  3. Psychology1.38×6 works
  4. Health Professions1.20×4 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.95×6 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.94×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×2 works
  8. Nursing0.68×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.58×4 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.51×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.48×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.36×4 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  16. Engineering0.19×4 works
  17. Medicine0.12×3 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut d'Estudis Catalans?

Ranked on the quality score, Lara Navarro-Varas, Sergio Porcel and Edda Farnetani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut d'Estudis Catalans.

  1. 1 Lara Navarro-Varas Spain · #2,543,667 worldwide 92 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Sergio Porcel Spain · #2,910,483 worldwide 134 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Edda Farnetani Spain · #3,230,750 worldwide 759 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Fernando Antón Alonso Spain · #3,461,572 worldwide 63 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Mar Tapia Spain · #3,651,824 worldwide 635 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Joan Corominas Spain · #3,750,083 worldwide 672 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Pere Bohigas Spain · #4,298,705 worldwide 37 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Joan Anton Rabella Spain · #4,370,518 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Mireia Grau Creus Spain · #4,449,836 worldwide 68 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 M. Àngels Sanllehy i Sabi Spain · #4,498,589 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Institut d'Estudis Catalans

What are the most cited papers from Institut d'Estudis Catalans?

The most cited paper from Institut d'Estudis Catalans is "Joint inversion of receiver function and surface wave dispersion observations" (Jordi Julià, Charles J. Ammon, R. B. Herrmann et al., 2000), with 587 citations. Next come "Temperature in non-equilibrium states: a review of open problems and current proposals" (457) and "Global quieting of high-frequency seismic noise due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures" (388).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Joint inversion of receiver function and surface wave dispersion observations Jordi Julià, Charles J. Ammon, R. B. Herrmann et al. · Geophysical Journal International Open access Oct 2000 587
2 Temperature in non-equilibrium states: a review of open problems and current proposals José Casas-Vázquez, David Jou · Reports on Progress in Physics Open access 14 Oct 2003 457
3 Global quieting of high-frequency seismic noise due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures Thomas Lecocq et al. · Science Open access 23 Jul 2020 388
4 The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock Harris A. Lewin et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 18 Jan 2022 373
5 Addition of a Macrolide to a β‐Lactam–Based Empirical Antibiotic Regimen Is Associated with Lower In‐Hospital Mortality for Patients with Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia José Antonio Martínez, Juan Pablo Horcajada, Manuel Porcar Almela et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 15 Feb 2003 358
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut d'Estudis Catalans?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Cultural History, Historiography, Lexicography, Literature, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics and Cultural Heritage.

▲ 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. History20▲ 21×21 topics
  2. Cultural History11▲ 69×6 topics
  3. Historiography10▲ 64×7 topics
  4. Globalization10▲ 3.8×23 topics
  5. Lexicography10▲ 86×4 topics
  6. Literature10▲ 13×9 topics
  7. Linguistics10▲ 44×4 topics
  8. Sociolinguistics9▲ 37×4 topics
  9. Cultural Heritage9▲ 12×13 topics
  10. Bilingualism9▲ 47×3 topics
  11. Education9▲ 3.7×20 topics
  12. Language Contact9▲ 69×3 topics
  13. Medieval Literature8▲ 334×2 topics
  14. Culture8▲ 12×11 topics
  15. Medieval Europe8▲ 301×2 topics
  16. Language Studies8▲ 379×1 topic
  17. Occitan8▲ 722×1 topic
  18. Society8▲ 30×9 topics
  19. Pragmatics8▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Cultural Exchange7▲ 42×7 topics
  21. Hispanic Linguistics7▲ 291×1 topic
  22. Language Variation7▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Gender7▲ 9.2×9 topics
  24. Identity7▲ 6.8×11 topics
  25. Spain6▲ 131×5 topics
  26. Corpus Linguistics6▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Iberian Peninsula5▲ 136×3 topics
  28. Rural Development4▲ 9.3×2 topics
  29. Cultural Studies4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  30. Executive Functions4▲ 46×2 topics
  31. Neuropsychological Assessment4▲ 104×2 topics
  32. Environmental Conservation4▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Manuscripts4▲ 120×2 topics
  34. Medieval4▲ 73×2 topics
  35. Portugal4▲ 230×2 topics
  36. Inquisition3▲ 277×2 topics
  37. National Identity3▲ 22×4 topics
  38. Religious Practices3▲ 60×3 topics
  39. Censorship3▲ 83×2 topics
  40. Intellectual History3▲ 87×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut d'Estudis Catalans publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medieval European Literature and History, Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies, Medieval Iberian Studies and Galician and Iberian cultural studies.

Medieval European Litera…8Medieval European Literature and History: 8 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 7 fractional worksMedieval Iberian Studies: 3 fractional worksGalician and Iberian cultural studies: 3 fractional workslinguistics and terminology studies: 3 fractional worksMedieval Architecture and Archaeology: 3 fractional worksMedia, Journalism, and C…3Media, Journalism, and Communication History: 3 fractional worksLibraries, Manuscripts, and Books: 3 fractional worksNationalism and Cultural Identity: 2 fractional worksDevelopmental and Educational Neuropsychology: 2 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsClassicsGeography, Planning and DevelopmentArcheology2 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval European Literature and History Language and Linguistics 8 works
  2. 2 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 7 works
  3. 3 Medieval Iberian Studies Classics 3 works
  4. 4 Galician and Iberian cultural studies Geography, Planning and Development 3 works
  5. 5 linguistics and terminology studies Language and Linguistics 3 works
  6. 6 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 3 works
  7. 7 Media, Journalism, and Communication History History 3 works
  8. 8 Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books History 3 works
  9. 9 Nationalism and Cultural Identity Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  10. 10 Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 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 available62.4%not open37.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut d'Estudis Catalans's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institut d'Estudis Catalans as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Institut d'Estudis Catalans0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut d'Estudis Catalans 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Institut d'Estudis Catalans7.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.5% in 2020.

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