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Instituto Biológico

In research, Instituto Biológico stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,274 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,312 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science (Insect Science is 38.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,868
of 22,385 · #13,155 all time
Rank in Brazil
#454
of 684
Research works
2.5k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Instituto Biológico

What is Instituto Biológico 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,274 of 6,403 3.9%137 #3959
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,312 of 3,157 2.9%97 #1351

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Biológico 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 Instituto Biológico work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Instituto Biológico is in Life Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (43%), Medicine (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 4.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 152 fractional works · 60.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 108 fractional works · 42.9% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 16.6% of its workInsect Science: 27 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 9.6% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 14.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 13.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoBiológico252fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences60%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences9%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10842.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3313.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology83.1%
    4. Neuroscience31.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Medicine3614.4%
    2. Health Professions52.1%
    3. Veterinary20.6%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Environmental Science249.6%
    2. Engineering41.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.2%
    4. Computer Science10.5%
    5. Materials Science10.3%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences124.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities41.7%
    3. Psychology31.2%
    4. Decision Sciences10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Biológico specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 38.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 27.2 works38×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 24.1 works20×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 41.8 works9.5×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 107.9 works9.0×
← 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: 9.03× its world share, 108 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.44× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.04× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.93× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.76× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.03×108 works
  2. Veterinary4.76×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.04×8 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.44×33 works
  5. Environmental Science1.93×24 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.04×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.79×5 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.77×3 works
  9. Medicine0.75×36 works
  10. Neuroscience0.62×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.59×4 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.46×1 works
  13. Nursing0.41×0 works
  14. Psychology0.41×3 works
  15. Social Sciences0.38×12 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  18. Engineering0.11×4 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  23. Energy0.07×0 works
  24. Computer Science0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Biológico?

Ranked on the quality score, Pedro Luis Ramos‐González, Gabriella D. Arena and Larissa de Brito Caixeta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Biológico.

  1. 1 Pedro Luis Ramos‐González Brazil · #2,072,944 worldwide 2.2k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 Gabriella D. Arena Brazil · #2,681,654 worldwide 497 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Larissa de Brito Caixeta Brazil · #3,542,263 worldwide 1.5k citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Otto G. Bier Brazil · #3,579,547 worldwide 1.2k citations · 91 works
  5. 5 Júlio Rodrigues Neto Brazil · #3,627,329 worldwide 505 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Edlayne Gonçalez Brazil · #3,629,181 worldwide 1k citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Joana D’arc Felicio Brazil · #4,034,965 worldwide 484 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Camila Chabi‐Jesus Brazil · #4,154,743 worldwide 867 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Sérgio Henrique Monteiro Brazil · #4,221,493 worldwide 822 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Mayra Fernanda Alves Brazil · #4,280,258 worldwide 266 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Biológico

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Biológico?

The most cited paper from Instituto Biológico is "Poly-lactic acid synthesis for application in biomedical devices — A review" (Astrid J.R. Lasprilla, Guillermo Alcaín Martínez, Betânia Hoss Lunelli et al., 2011), with 1,169 citations. Next come "The genome sequence of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa" (938) and "Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation" (714).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Poly-lactic acid synthesis for application in biomedical devices — A review Astrid J.R. Lasprilla, Guillermo Alcaín Martínez, Betânia Hoss Lunelli et al. · Biotechnology Advances 7 Jul 2011 1,169
2 The genome sequence of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa Andrew J.G. Simpson et al. · Nature Open access116 authors 13 Jul 2000 938
3 Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation Lucy M. Rowland, Antônio C. L. da Costa, David Roberto Galbraith et al. · Nature Open access 23 Nov 2015 714
4 MEG3 long noncoding RNA regulates the TGF-β pathway genes through formation of RNA–DNA triplex structures Tanmoy Mondal, Santhilal Subhash, Roshan Vaid et al. · Nature Communications Open access 24 Jul 2015 698
5 Cyclohexane oxidation continues to be a challenge Ulf Friedrich Schuchardt, Dilson Cardoso, Ricardo Sercheli et al. · Applied Catalysis A General Open access Mar 2001 682
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Biológico?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biological Control, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Host Specificity, Phylogeny and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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. Biological Control28▲ 74×9 topics
  2. Invasive Species25▲ 24×16 topics
  3. Biodiversity21▲ 11×19 topics
  4. Epidemiology20▲ 2.0×56 topics
  5. Climate Change20▲ 3.0×35 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation12▲ 21×4 topics
  7. Host Specificity11▲ 40×5 topics
  8. Phylogeny11▲ 26×14 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis10▲ 13×9 topics
  10. Environmental Impact10▲ 2.4×19 topics
  11. Global Change10▲ 15×4 topics
  12. Biopesticides10▲ 59×2 topics
  13. Ecosystem Services10▲ 9.9×5 topics
  14. Plant Immunity10▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Population Dynamics9▲ 14×11 topics
  16. Microbiota8▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Pest Management8▲ 39×5 topics
  18. Plant-Animal Interactions8▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Pollinator Decline8▲ 42×1 topic
  20. DNA Barcoding8▲ 19×8 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity8▲ 7.4×15 topics
  22. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles8▲ 72×1 topic
  23. Jasmonate Signaling8▲ 72×1 topic
  24. Genomic Sequencing7▲ 25×4 topics
  25. Morphology7▲ 16×6 topics
  26. Biogeography7▲ 9.4×15 topics
  27. Taxonomy6▲ 18×10 topics
  28. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 15×10 topics
  29. Small RNAs6▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Entomopathogenic Fungi6▲ 148×1 topic
  31. Gene Silencing6▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Genomics6▲ 8.0×9 topics
  33. Gut Microbiota6▲ 6.7×5 topics
  34. Insect Pathogens6▲ 148×1 topic
  35. Viral RNA Silencing6▲ 64×1 topic
  36. Virus-Host Interactions6▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Immune System6▲ 9.5×3 topics
  38. Fungal Pathogens6▲ 17×5 topics
  39. Nematodes5▲ 43×3 topics
  40. Pathogenicity5▲ 29×5 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Biológico publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant and animal studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Plant and animal studies8Plant and animal studies: 8 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…8Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 8 fractional worksEntomopathogenic Microor…6Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control: 6 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Stu…6Plant Virus Research Studies: 6 fractional worksHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny: 5 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 5 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…4Insect Pest Control Strategies: 4 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 4 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 4 fractional worksNematode management and …4Nematode management and characterization studies: 4 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInsect SciencePlant ScienceCell Biology

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  2. 2 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 8 works
  3. 3 Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control Insect Science 6 works
  4. 4 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 6 works
  5. 5 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  6. 6 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 5 works
  7. 7 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 4 works
  10. 10 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 4 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 available66.0%not open34.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Biológico's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower 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 Instituto Biológico as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Instituto Biológico0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Biológico 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Instituto Biológico6.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.2% in 2016.

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