Question 1

What is Instituto Biológico known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Instituto Biológico rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Instituto Biológico ranks #11,868 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#13,155 all time), and #454 of 684 in Brazil.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Biológico?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Biológico?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Instituto Biológico publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Biológico?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Instituto Biológico work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Instituto Biológico's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.