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Instituto Butantan

In research, Instituto Butantan stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,584 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#4,616 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,893 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Parasitology and Genetics — Paleontology is 26.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,393
of 28,054 · #4,706 all time
Rank in Brazil
#34
of 714
Research works
4.4k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Instituto Butantan 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 #1,584 of 7,800 13.7%328 #2009
MedicineField #4,616 of 10,443 15.2%148 #4770
Health SciencesDomain #5,893 of 11,982 14.8%165 #6129
Physical SciencesDomain #6,436 of 12,888 11.4%168 #8591
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,321 of 3,579 14.0%176 #2680
Environmental ScienceField #2,957 of 3,551 9.1%69 #2805
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #588 of 682 16.7%63 #981
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,966 of 2,175 14.9%68 #3067
Social SciencesDomain #9,522 of 10,521 11.8%60 #10220
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,090 of 3,409 9.6%75 #4094

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Butantan 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#2,009 #1,584
  2. Medicine#4,770 #4,616
  3. Health Sciences#6,129 #5,893
  4. Physical Sciences#8,591 #6,436
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,680 #2,321
  6. Environmental Science#2,805 #2,957
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#981 #588
  8. Molecular Biology#3,067 #1,966
  9. Social Sciences#10,220 #9,522
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,094 #3,090
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 Instituto Butantan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 26.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 23.0 works26×
  2. ParasitologySubfield · 20.1 works26×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 81.4 works14×
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 36.8 works11×
  5. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 63.2 works8.7×
← 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: 2.17× its world share, 75 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.57× its world share, 176 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.69× its world share, 63 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.60× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.92× its world share, 69 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.06× its world share, 148 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.96× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Butantan?

Ranked on the composite score, Paulo Lee Ho, Angela Silva Barbosa and Inácio L.M. Junqueira-de-Azevedo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Butantan.

  1. 1 Paulo Lee Ho Brazil · #224,932 worldwide 98 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Angela Silva Barbosa Brazil · #225,641 worldwide 76 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Inácio L.M. Junqueira-de-Azevedo Brazil · #304,220 worldwide 104 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Caroline Sayuri Fukushima Brazil · #313,023 worldwide 120 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Selma Maria Almeida‐Santos Brazil · #359,487 worldwide 27 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Enéas Carvalho Brazil · #471,144 worldwide 90 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Otávio Augusto Vuolo Marques Brazil · #498,228 worldwide 94 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Solange M.T. Serrano Brazil · #542,786 worldwide 60 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Antônio Carlos Martins de Camargo Brazil · #594,101 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Irina Kerkis Brazil · #606,222 worldwide 41 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Butantan

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Butantan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Evolution, Epidemiology, Toxins, Biodiversity, Hemostasis, Proteomics, Envenoming and Snake Venom.

▲ 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. Epidemiology98▲ 3.4×90 topics
  2. Evolution69▲ 38×12 topics
  3. Toxins53▲ 76×5 topics
  4. Biodiversity44▲ 8.2×20 topics
  5. Hemostasis44▲ 63×3 topics
  6. Proteomics43▲ 97×3 topics
  7. Climate Change42▲ 2.2×48 topics
  8. Envenoming41▲ 469×1 topic
  9. Snake Venom41▲ 469×1 topic
  10. Biogeography39▲ 21×15 topics
  11. DNA Barcoding36▲ 31×8 topics
  12. Pathogenesis32▲ 8.8×20 topics
  13. Diagnosis32▲ 4.8×19 topics
  14. Population Dynamics32▲ 17×10 topics
  15. Phylogeny31▲ 28×13 topics
  16. Vaccine Development30▲ 17×11 topics
  17. Molecular Phylogeny29▲ 26×9 topics
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis28▲ 13×11 topics
  19. Habitat Fragmentation24▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Taxonomy22▲ 24×9 topics
  21. Conservation Biology20▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Species Delimitation20▲ 63×3 topics
  23. Cryptic Diversity18▲ 171×2 topics
  24. Invasive Species18▲ 5.9×15 topics
  25. Immune Response18▲ 4.4×20 topics
  26. Vaccine18▲ 6.1×9 topics
  27. Biodiversity Loss18▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Taxonomic Revision18▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Amphibian Declines17▲ 102×1 topic
  30. Chytridiomycosis17▲ 102×1 topic
  31. Ecology17▲ 15×6 topics
  32. Vaccination17▲ 32×3 topics
  33. Virus17▲ 25×3 topics
  34. Araneae Diversity17▲ 351×1 topic
  35. Spider Phylogenomics17▲ 351×1 topic
  36. Transmission15▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Bats15▲ 61×2 topics
  38. Host Immune Response14▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Immunomodulation14▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Virulence14▲ 29×4 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Butantan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies and Rabies epidemiology and control.

Venomous Animal Envenoma…41Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies: 41 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…17Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 17 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Beha…17Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 17 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and control: 13 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 11 fractional worksMarine Invertebrate Phys…10Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology: 10 fractional worksLeptospirosis research and findings: 9 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 9 fractional worksHealthcare and Venom Research: 8 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 7 fractional works
GeneticsGlobal and Planetary ChangeVirologyPaleontology3 others

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

  1. 1 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies Genetics 41 works
  2. 2 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 17 works
  3. 3 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 17 works
  4. 4 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 13 works
  5. 5 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 11 works
  6. 6 Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology Paleontology 10 works
  7. 7 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 9 works
  8. 8 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 9 works
  9. 9 Healthcare and Venom Research Pharmacology 8 works
  10. 10 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 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 available53.1%not open46.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Butantan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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