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Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

In research, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,360 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,273
of 28,054 · #13,323 all time
Rank in Uruguay
#2
of 17
Research works
577
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Institut Pasteur de Montevideo 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,360 of 7,800 17.0%81 #5723

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Pasteur de Montevideo 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).

What does Institut Pasteur de Montevideo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 36.0 works7.5×
← 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: 1.75× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.05× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.23× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.20× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.70× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Pasteur de Montevideo?

Ranked on the composite score, Luis Barbeito, Hugo Naya and Mariela Bollati‐Fogolín lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Pasteur de Montevideo.

  1. 1 Luis Barbeito Uruguay · #283,820 worldwide 304 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Hugo Naya Uruguay · #792,733 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Mariela Bollati‐Fogolín Uruguay · #1,210,681 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Sergio Pantano Uruguay · #1,236,541 worldwide 60 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Marcelo A. Comini Uruguay · #1,378,478 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Gonzalo Greif Uruguay · #1,572,014 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

Which keywords describe research at Institut Pasteur de Montevideo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Drug Resistance, Diagnosis, Oxidative Stress, Immunity, Vector Control, Immune Response and Genome Sequence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 4.3×57 topics
  2. Drug Resistance12▲ 28×6 topics
  3. Diagnosis11▲ 7.7×16 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress11▲ 4.1×34 topics
  5. Treatment8▲ 4.3×18 topics
  6. Immunity8▲ 12×9 topics
  7. Vector Control7▲ 40×3 topics
  8. Immune Response7▲ 8.0×19 topics
  9. Cancer7▲ 3.3×23 topics
  10. Genome Sequence7▲ 52×4 topics
  11. Inflammation7▲ 2.0×31 topics
  12. Chemotherapy7▲ 6.0×5 topics
  13. Vaccine Development6▲ 16×8 topics
  14. Cardiomyopathy6▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Chagas Disease6▲ 241×1 topic
  16. Trypanosoma cruzi6▲ 241×1 topic
  17. Vaccine5▲ 8.4×9 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  19. Leishmaniasis4▲ 140×1 topic
  20. Parasite4▲ 122×1 topic
  21. Zoonotic Transmission4▲ 37×4 topics
  22. Biosensors4▲ 4.7×5 topics
  23. Gene Expression4▲ 4.0×13 topics
  24. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.5×13 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-24▲ 7.2×5 topics
  26. Genome Engineering4▲ 36×1 topic
  27. RNA-Guided4▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Reactive Oxygen Species4▲ 5.7×8 topics
  29. Aging4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  30. Host-Pathogen Interactions3▲ 26×4 topics
  31. Virulence Factors3▲ 14×6 topics
  32. Glycosylation3▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Immune Regulation3▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Prediction3▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Protein3▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Genomics3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  37. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Cell Signaling3▲ 10×8 topics
  39. Neosporosis2▲ 117×1 topic
  40. Toxoplasma gondii2▲ 117×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut Pasteur de Montevideo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trypanosoma species research and implications, Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies.

Trypanosoma species rese…6Trypanosoma species research and implications: 6 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasis Studies: 4 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional worksToxoplasma gondii Research Studies: 2 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 2 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…2RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 2 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMolecular BiologyParasitology3 others

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

  1. 1 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies Parasitology 2 works
  5. 5 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 2 works
  9. 9 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 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 available64.7%not open35.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.3%domestic only49.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Pasteur de Montevideo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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