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Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya

In research, Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,670 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#10,146 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,154 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 73.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,673
of 28,054 · #9,014 all time
Rank in Spain
#255
of 658
Research works
575
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.4k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,670 of 10,521 31.2%65 #1063
Health SciencesDomain #10,146 of 11,982 20.3%74 #16664
MedicineField #9,154 of 10,443 17.7%61 #15265

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya 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. Social Sciences#1,063 #1,670
  2. Health Sciences#16,664 #10,146
  3. Medicine#15,265 #9,154
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 Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 73.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 30.4 works73×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.07× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.46× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya?

Ranked on the composite score, Marta Castañer Balcells, Núria Puig and Susanna Soler Prat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya.

  1. 1 Marta Castañer Balcells Spain · #287,881 worldwide 70 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Núria Puig Spain · #325,117 worldwide 37 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Susanna Soler Prat Spain · #567,509 worldwide 18 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Mercè Mateu Serra Spain · #622,263 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Carles González Arévalo Spain · #706,530 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Eduard Inglés Yuba Spain · #841,229 worldwide 12 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Natàlia Balagué Spain · #847,798 worldwide 20 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Ferrán A. Rodríguez Spain · #958,341 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Anna Vilanova Spain · #995,204 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Josep M. Riu Spain · #1,141,606 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya

Which keywords describe research at Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Intensity Interval Training, Resistance Training, Performance Analysis, Training Load, Physical Activity, Injury Prevention, Risk Factors and Athletic Training.

▲ 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. High-Intensity Interval Training22▲ 129×2 topics
  2. Resistance Training20▲ 135×2 topics
  3. Performance Analysis18▲ 53×1 topic
  4. Training Load18▲ 178×1 topic
  5. Physical Activity17▲ 21×12 topics
  6. Injury Prevention15▲ 77×4 topics
  7. Epidemiology14▲ 2.2×16 topics
  8. Risk Factors14▲ 7.8×8 topics
  9. Athletic Training12▲ 80×3 topics
  10. Education11▲ 4.1×14 topics
  11. Quality of Life11▲ 4.7×10 topics
  12. Muscle Injuries11▲ 102×1 topic
  13. Prevention11▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Sports Injury11▲ 102×1 topic
  15. Physical Education10▲ 52×6 topics
  16. Gender10▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Health10▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Sports10▲ 561×2 topics
  19. Health Promotion9▲ 18×8 topics
  20. Adolescents8▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Gender Dynamics8▲ 45×3 topics
  22. Well-being8▲ 12×7 topics
  23. Professional Management7▲ 526×1 topic
  24. Social Factors7▲ 526×1 topic
  25. Mental Health7▲ 3.0×16 topics
  26. Sport Psychology7▲ 44×2 topics
  27. Youth Engagement7▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Teacher Development6▲ 64×2 topics
  29. Intrinsic Motivation6▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Sport Education6▲ 194×1 topic
  31. Teaching Games for Understanding6▲ 194×1 topic
  32. Qualitative Research6▲ 4.0×6 topics
  33. Motor Imagery5▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Athlete Development4▲ 113×1 topic
  35. Expert Performance4▲ 113×1 topic
  36. Social Development4▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Autonomy Support4▲ 77×1 topic
  38. Self-Determination Theory4▲ 77×1 topic
  39. Cardiorespiratory Fitness4▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Exercise Capacity4▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Sports and Physical Education Studies and Physical Education and Pedagogy.

Sports Performance and T…18Sports Performance and Training: 18 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…11Sports injuries and prevention: 11 fractional worksSports and Physical Educ…7Sports and Physical Education Studies: 7 fractional worksPhysical Education and Pedagogy: 6 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 4 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Conc…4Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 4 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 3 fractional worksSports Analytics and Performance: 3 fractional worksSports Dynamics and Biomechanics: 3 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineLife-span and Life-course StudiesPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationDevelopmental and Educational Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 18 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 11 works
  3. 3 Sports and Physical Education Studies Life-span and Life-course Studies 7 works
  4. 4 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 6 works
  5. 5 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering 3 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 available68.7%not open31.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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