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Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

In research, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,653 of 12,888 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#203 of 443 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,199 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 104.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,497
of 28,054 · #4,721 all time
Rank in Spain
#177
of 658
Research works
1.8k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,653 of 12,888 20.8%216 #2866
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #203 of 443 21.9%125 #267
Physics and AstronomyField #1,199 of 1,646 23.0%163 #1363

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía 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. Physical Sciences#2,866 #3,653
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics#267 #203
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,363 #1,199
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 de Astrofísica de Andalucía specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 104.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 125.4 works105×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 163.0 works32×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.39× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 31.79× its world share, 163 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 31.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía?

Ranked on the composite score, Francisco Prada, Z. Cano and J. Iglésias-Páramo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía.

  1. 1 Francisco Prada Spain · #43,294 worldwide 1.2k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Z. Cano Spain · #61,509 worldwide 618 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 J. Iglésias-Páramo Spain · #101,368 worldwide 383 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 J. J. López‐Moreno Spain · #128,352 worldwide 278 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 J. C. del Toro Iniesta Spain · #146,456 worldwide 272 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 José L. Gómez Spain · #169,034 worldwide 471 citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Carlos Barceló Spain · #212,734 worldwide 257 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 A. Alberdi Spain · #232,174 worldwide 406 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 R. Rodrigo Spain · #237,924 worldwide 193 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 R. M. González Delgado Spain · #243,523 worldwide 483 citations · 98 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, Magnetic Fields, Accretion Disks, Black Holes, Solar System Abundances and Terrestrial Planets.

▲ 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. Exoplanets28▲ 302×1 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics28▲ 302×1 topic
  3. Star Formation26▲ 219×2 topics
  4. Magnetic Fields23▲ 154×3 topics
  5. Accretion Disks23▲ 212×2 topics
  6. Black Holes22▲ 100×3 topics
  7. Solar System Abundances18▲ 163×1 topic
  8. Terrestrial Planets18▲ 163×1 topic
  9. Astronomical Instrumentation16▲ 274×1 topic
  10. Spectrograph16▲ 274×1 topic
  11. Turbulence15▲ 75×2 topics
  12. Molecular Clouds15▲ 257×1 topic
  13. Protoplanetary Disks15▲ 257×1 topic
  14. Supernovae14▲ 74×2 topics
  15. Dark Matter13▲ 50×3 topics
  16. Cosmology13▲ 86×2 topics
  17. Gravitational Waves12▲ 96×2 topics
  18. Galaxies12▲ 184×1 topic
  19. Stellar Populations12▲ 184×1 topic
  20. Nucleosynthesis11▲ 96×2 topics
  21. Gamma-Ray Bursts10▲ 164×1 topic
  22. Neutron Stars10▲ 164×1 topic
  23. Galactic Center9▲ 91×2 topics
  24. Solar Wind9▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Cosmic Rays9▲ 77×2 topics
  26. Neutrinos9▲ 77×2 topics
  27. Mars9▲ 116×1 topic
  28. Martian Surface9▲ 116×1 topic
  29. Event Horizon Telescope8▲ 159×1 topic
  30. X-Ray Astronomy8▲ 159×1 topic
  31. High-Energy Astrophysics7▲ 120×1 topic
  32. Particle Acceleration7▲ 120×1 topic
  33. Coronal Mass Ejections6▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Solar Dynamics Observatory6▲ 72×1 topic
  35. Ozone Depletion6▲ 84×1 topic
  36. Stratospheric Water Vapor6▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Air Quality5▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Simulation4▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. Radio Astronomy4▲ 83×2 topics
  40. Satellite Observations4▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Stellar, planetary, and …28Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 28 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 18 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…16Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 16 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Fo…15Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 15 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 12 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 10 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…9Planetary Science and Exploration: 9 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 8 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 7 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 6 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy Physics

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 28 works
  2. 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  3. 3 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 16 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 15 works
  5. 5 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  6. 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  7. 7 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  8. 8 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  9. 9 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 works
  10. 10 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 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 available75.0%not open25.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.6%domestic only38.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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