Instituto Butantan
In research, Instituto Butantan stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,476 of 6,403 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,086 of 2,964 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#1,535 of 1,880 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Parasitology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Paleontology is 54.3× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #9,747 of 22,385 · #11,615 all time
- Rank in Brazil
- #384 of 684
- Research works
- 4.4k ◆ 0% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 82k 18.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.7% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.97× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 53% world 40%
- International
- 22% world 18%
What is Instituto Butantan known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life SciencesDomain | #4,476 of 6,403 | 7.6% | 328 | #4772 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #2,086 of 2,964 | 7.0% | 176 | #3504 | |
| Molecular BiologySubfield | #1,535 of 1,880 | 5.4% | 68 | #2791 | |
| GeneticsSubfield | #445 of 541 | 8.7% | 81 | #827 | |
| Immunology and MicrobiologyField | #577 of 681 | 10.0% | 63 | #1092 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #2,837 of 3,334 | 6.3% | 69 | #4278 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #8,561 of 9,902 | 7.1% | 165 | #11606 | |
| MedicineField | #7,536 of 8,541 | 6.9% | 148 | #10687 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #10,053 of 10,670 | 7.0% | 168 | #12632 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #2,996 of 3,157 | 6.3% | 75 | #4074 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Life Sciences#4,772 #4,476
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,504 #2,086
- Molecular Biology#2,791 #1,535
- Genetics#827 #445
- Immunology and Microbiology#1,092 #577
- Environmental Science#4,278 #2,837
- Health Sciences#11,606 #8,561
- Medicine#10,687 #7,536
- Physical Sciences#12,632 #10,053
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,074 #2,996
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Instituto Butantan work in?
In 2022-now, 44% of research at Instituto Butantan is in Life Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (23%), Medicine (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Life Sciences42644.2%
- Physical Sciences27528.5%
- Environmental Science11211.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences747.7%
- Engineering353.6%
- Materials Science181.8%
- Chemistry141.5%
- Computer Science101.0%
- Mathematics50.5%
- Energy30.3%
- Physics and Astronomy30.3%
- Chemical Engineering20.2%
- Health Sciences19420.1%
- Medicine17117.7%
- Veterinary90.9%
- Health Professions80.8%
- Nursing30.4%
- Dentistry20.2%
- Social Sciences697.2%
What does Instituto Butantan specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 54.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- PaleontologySubfield · 63.2 works54×
- ParasitologySubfield · 23.7 works23×
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 67.1 works15×
- GeneticsSubfield · 104.9 works13×
- Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 72.4 works7.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology7.46×72 works
- Veterinary6.84×9 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences4.90×74 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.23×217 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.62×120 works
- Environmental Science2.34×112 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.58×5 works
- Chemistry0.95×14 works
- Medicine0.92×171 works
- Nursing0.74×4 works
- Neuroscience0.71×11 works
- Chemical Engineering0.68×2 works
- Materials Science0.53×18 works
- Dentistry0.47×2 works
- Decision Sciences0.44×4 works
- Mathematics0.41×5 works
- Psychology0.38×11 works
- Energy0.33×3 works
- Health Professions0.31×8 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.29×9 works
- Social Sciences0.28×34 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×5 works
- Engineering0.24×35 works
- Arts and Humanities0.22×6 works
- Computer Science0.13×10 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.13×3 works
- Immunology and Microbiology 7.5×
- Veterinary 6.8×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 4.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2.6×
- Environmental Science 2.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.6×
- Chemistry 0.9×
- Medicine 0.9×
- Nursing 0.7×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Chemical Engineering 0.7×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Dentistry 0.5×
- Decision Sciences 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Psychology 0.4×
- Energy 0.3×
- Health Professions 0.3×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
- Social Sciences 0.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.3×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Instituto Butantan?
Ranked on the quality score, Alessandra Soares Schanoski, Solange Massa and Felipe G. Grazziotin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Butantan.
- 1
Alessandra Soares Schanoski
Brazil · #265,027 worldwide 4.6k citations · 94 works
- 2
Solange Massa
Brazil · #492,463 worldwide 3.8k citations · 34 works
- 3
Felipe G. Grazziotin
Brazil · #932,671 worldwide 3.5k citations · 133 works
- 4
Matheus Henrique Dias
Brazil · #1,056,930 worldwide 1.1k citations · 87 works
- 5
Paulo Lee Ho
Brazil · #1,080,282 worldwide 9.5k citations · 223 works
- 6
Inácio L.M. Junqueira-de-Azevedo
Brazil · #1,332,810 worldwide 4.9k citations · 121 works
- 7
Mônica L. Vieira
Brazil · #1,737,626 worldwide 1.7k citations · 48 works
- 8
Alexander Roberto Precioso
Brazil · #1,880,048 worldwide 1.6k citations · 80 works
- 9
Flávia Virginio
Brazil · #2,055,844 worldwide 710 citations · 25 works
- 10
Milton Yutaka Nishiyama
Brazil · #2,126,230 worldwide 3.6k citations · 106 works
Which keywords describe research at Instituto Butantan?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Evolution, Biodiversity, Toxins, Biogeography, Epidemiology, DNA Barcoding, Hemostasis and Proteomics.
- Wnt Signaling
- Stem Cells
- Araneae Diversity
- Cryptic Diversity
- Chytridiomycosis
- Species Delimitation
- Biodiversity Loss
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Diagnosis
- Groundwater
- Genetic Analysis
- Adaptation
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Population Dynamics
- Phylogeny
- Envenoming
- Hemostasis
- Climate Change
- Toxins
- Epidemiology
- Evolution
- Biodiversity
- Biogeography
- DNA Barcoding
- Proteomics
- Snake Venom
- Ecology
- Molecular Phylogeny
- Taxonomy
- Invasive Species
- Cavefish
- Subterranean
- Pathogenesis
- Vaccine Development
- Conservation Biology
- Amphibian Declines
- Conservation
- Taxonomic Revision
- Spider Phylogenomics
- Vaccination
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
- Evolution128▲ 50×15 topics
- Epidemiology112▲ 2.9×95 topics
- Biodiversity101▲ 14×25 topics
- Toxins77▲ 77×5 topics
- Biogeography71▲ 26×18 topics
- Climate Change66▲ 2.5×56 topics
- DNA Barcoding60▲ 36×9 topics
- Hemostasis57▲ 59×3 topics
- Proteomics56▲ 94×3 topics
- Envenoming54▲ 425×1 topic
- Snake Venom54▲ 425×1 topic
- Phylogeny54▲ 33×15 topics
- Ecology51▲ 31×8 topics
- Population Dynamics49▲ 20×11 topics
- Molecular Phylogeny49▲ 31×9 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis47▲ 16×12 topics
- Taxonomy40▲ 29×11 topics
- Adaptation40▲ 14×8 topics
- Invasive Species40▲ 9.7×17 topics
- Genetic Analysis38▲ 77×2 topics
- Cavefish38▲ 199×1 topic
- Groundwater38▲ 41×2 topics
- Subterranean38▲ 199×1 topic
- Diagnosis36▲ 4.1×20 topics
- Pathogenesis35▲ 7.2×20 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation34▲ 17×5 topics
- Vaccine Development34▲ 14×11 topics
- Biodiversity Loss31▲ 57×2 topics
- Conservation Biology31▲ 30×3 topics
- Species Delimitation29▲ 63×3 topics
- Amphibian Declines28▲ 110×1 topic
- Chytridiomycosis28▲ 110×1 topic
- Conservation27▲ 6.6×16 topics
- Cryptic Diversity27▲ 159×2 topics
- Taxonomic Revision25▲ 38×2 topics
- Araneae Diversity25▲ 325×1 topic
- Spider Phylogenomics25▲ 325×1 topic
- Stem Cells22▲ 8.6×12 topics
- Vaccination18▲ 25×3 topics
- Wnt Signaling18▲ 17×4 topics
Which research topics does Instituto Butantan publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Amphibian and Reptile Biology and Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies Genetics 54 works
- 2 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 38 works
- 3 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 28 works
- 4 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 25 works
- 5 Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology Paleontology 18 works
- 6 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 14 works
- 7 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 12 works
- 8 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 11 works
- 9 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 10 works
- 10 Healthcare and Venom Research Pharmacology 9 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Instituto Butantan's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Butantan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0031% in 2024.
Fractional works of Instituto Butantan 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.3% in 2009.
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