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Institute of Neurobiology

In research, Institute of Neurobiology stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,691 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 16.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,346
of 28,054 · #2,730 all time
Rank in Bulgaria
#14
of 92
Research works
1.9k
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
101k
53.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Institute of Neurobiology 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 #3,691 of 7,800 17.9%76 #951

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Neurobiology 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 Institute of Neurobiology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 16.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 43.9 works17×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.83× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 16.65× its world share, 44 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.56× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.48× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 2.39× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Neurobiology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Neurological Disorders, Depression, Neuroinflammation, Metabolism, Inflammation, Neurodegeneration and Neurobiology.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress19▲ 7.2×39 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 3.1×45 topics
  3. Neurological Disorders10▲ 10×16 topics
  4. Depression9▲ 6.2×13 topics
  5. Epidemiology8▲ 1.26×39 topics
  6. Neuroinflammation8▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Metabolism8▲ 9.0×20 topics
  8. Neurodegeneration7▲ 14×10 topics
  9. Neurobiology7▲ 16×8 topics
  10. Aging6▲ 6.9×14 topics
  11. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Synaptic Plasticity6▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Stress5▲ 8.5×5 topics
  14. Gene Expression5▲ 5.1×7 topics
  15. Antioxidant5▲ 4.2×20 topics
  16. Genetics5▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Neural Circuits5▲ 32×4 topics
  18. Biomarkers5▲ 4.2×11 topics
  19. Anxiety4▲ 5.9×9 topics
  20. Brain Development4▲ 16×6 topics
  21. Health Effects4▲ 4.3×6 topics
  22. Working Memory4▲ 29×3 topics
  23. Immune System4▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Neuronal Oscillations4▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Retinal Ganglion Cells4▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Neuronal Circuits4▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Hippocampus4▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Neural Processing4▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Cytokines3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  30. Neuropeptides3▲ 52×2 topics
  31. Toxicology3▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Microglia3▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Neuronal Plasticity3▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Synchronization3▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Adaptation3▲ 7.0×2 topics
  36. Circadian Clock3▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Cortical Networks3▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Gamma Rhythms3▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Melatonin3▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Neuroimaging3▲ 7.0×6 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Neurobiology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Neural dynamics and brai…3Neural dynamics and brain function: 3 fractional worksCircadian rhythm and mel…3Circadian rhythm and melatonin: 3 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 3 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience of respiration and sleep: 2 fractional worksVisual perception and processing mechanisms: 2 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…2EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 2 fractional worksNerve injury and regeneration: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceEndocrine and Autonomic SystemsCellular and Molecular NeurosciencePhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  2. 2 Circadian rhythm and melatonin Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Nerve injury and regeneration Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available45.2%not open54.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.2%domestic only33.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Neurobiology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower 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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