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Institute for Research in Biomedicine

In research, Institute for Research in Biomedicine stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,887 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,419 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#1,306 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,735
of 28,054 · #4,572 all time
Rank in Spain
#128
of 658
Research works
1.1k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
55k
49.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Institute for Research in Biomedicine 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 #1,887 of 7,800 36.6%112 #1932
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,419 of 3,579 37.2%90 #1518
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,306 of 2,175 34.6%60 #1152
Health SciencesDomain #7,757 of 11,982 32.2%62 #9413

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Research in Biomedicine 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. Life Sciences#1,932 #1,887
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,518 #1,419
  3. Molecular Biology#1,152 #1,306
  4. Health Sciences#9,413 #7,757
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 Institute for Research in Biomedicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 60.4 works9.9×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 89.9 works8.3×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.35× its world share, 90 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.40× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.53× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.33× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.52× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.65× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Research in Biomedicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Núria López-Bigas, Abel González-Pérez and Ferran Muiños lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Research in Biomedicine.

  1. 1 Núria López-Bigas Spain · #20,465 worldwide 847 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Abel González-Pérez Spain · #51,316 worldwide 403 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Ferran Muiños Spain · #216,196 worldwide 177 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Camille Stephan‐Otto Attolini Spain · #292,020 worldwide 177 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Eduard Batlle Spain · #735,757 worldwide 75 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Marta Vilaseca Spain · #847,783 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 María J. Macias Spain · #1,266,348 worldwide 42 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Carles Pons Spain · #1,529,284 worldwide 32 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Xavier Salvatella Spain · #1,577,296 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Research in Biomedicine

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Research in Biomedicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Cancer Therapy, Oxidative Stress, Gene Expression, Genomic Instability, Metabolic Regulation and Metabolism.

▲ 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. Inflammation16▲ 3.9×61 topics
  2. Cancer13▲ 4.9×40 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress13▲ 3.8×38 topics
  4. Cancer Therapy11▲ 9.3×16 topics
  5. Gene Expression9▲ 7.1×15 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 4.2×16 topics
  7. Genomic Instability7▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Aging6▲ 5.9×12 topics
  9. Metabolism6▲ 6.2×19 topics
  10. Metabolic Regulation6▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  12. Insulin Resistance6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  13. Stem Cells5▲ 11×13 topics
  14. Targeted Therapy5▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Transcriptional Regulation5▲ 16×9 topics
  16. Cell-Free DNA5▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Cancer Genomics5▲ 34×1 topic
  18. Cell Death5▲ 10×6 topics
  19. Mutational Signatures5▲ 34×1 topic
  20. Immunity5▲ 5.8×7 topics
  21. Apoptosis5▲ 7.5×13 topics
  22. Translation4▲ 13×2 topics
  23. RNA Structure4▲ 40×1 topic
  24. Ribosome4▲ 40×1 topic
  25. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  26. Drug Discovery4▲ 8.8×9 topics
  27. Immune Response4▲ 3.4×15 topics
  28. Cancer Progression4▲ 10×6 topics
  29. Genomics4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  30. Chromatin4▲ 38×2 topics
  31. Gene Regulation4▲ 20×4 topics
  32. Mitochondria3▲ 13×5 topics
  33. RNA-Seq3▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Therapeutic Targets3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  35. Transcription Factors3▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Alternative Splicing3▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  38. RNA-Binding Proteins3▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Signal Transduction3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  40. Drug Design3▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Research in Biomedicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA Research and Splicing and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 4 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 3 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome pathways: 2 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 2 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis …2Microtubule and mitosis dynamics: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksDNA and Nucleic Acid Che…2DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyCell Biology

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 5 works
  2. 2 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Molecular Biology 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.6%domestic only59.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Research in Biomedicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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