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Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica

In research, Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica stands highest in Life Sciences (#8,934 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Life Sciences — Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#21,599
of 42,892
Rank in Spain
#529
of 927
Research works
193
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
32.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #8,934 of 14,347 21.3%150

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica 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).

What does Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 23.0 works12×
  2. Life SciencesDomain · 27.5 works5.7×
← 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: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11.64× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.47× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 11.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chromatin, Cancer, Metabolic Regulation, Cancer Therapy, Oxidative Stress, Gene Expression, DNA Damage and Genomic Instability.

▲ 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Chromatin5▲ 274×2 topics
  2. Cancer5▲ 9.4×11 topics
  3. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 67×3 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress4▲ 6.0×17 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy3▲ 16×10 topics
  6. Gene Expression3▲ 14×7 topics
  7. DNA Damage3▲ 102×2 topics
  8. Genomic Instability3▲ 69×1 topic
  9. Repair3▲ 339×1 topic
  10. Signal Transduction3▲ 52×3 topics
  11. Genomics3▲ 24×4 topics
  12. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 50×3 topics
  13. Gene Regulation2▲ 77×4 topics
  14. Yeast2▲ 321×2 topics
  15. Cell Wall2▲ 525×1 topic
  16. Stress Response2▲ 109×1 topic
  17. Transcription Factors2▲ 49×3 topics
  18. Aging2▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Cell Death2▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Histone Modifications2▲ 212×1 topic
  22. Inflammation2▲ 2.4×13 topics
  23. Transcription2▲ 212×1 topic
  24. Apoptosis2▲ 16×6 topics
  25. Cell Division2▲ 221×1 topic
  26. Microtubules2▲ 221×1 topic
  27. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Mitochondria2▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Mitochondrial Fusion2▲ 76×1 topic
  30. Neurodegenerative Diseases2▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Brain Development1▲ 19×4 topics
  32. Neurodegeneration1▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Neuroinflammation1▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Neurological Disorders1▲ 5.1×6 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: DNA Repair Mechanisms, Fungal and yeast genetics research, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics.

DNA Repair Mechanisms3DNA Repair Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksFungal and yeast genetics research: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 2 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis dynamics: 2 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 2 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…1Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 1 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 1 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 1 fractional worksAutophagy in Disease and Therapy: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCell BiologyNeurologyPharmacology1 others

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

  1. 1 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Fungal and yeast genetics research Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 1 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Epidemiology 1 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 available77.3%not open22.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.7%domestic only68.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.