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Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria

In research, Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,695 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life Sciences — Life Sciences is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#17,828
of 42,892
Rank in Spain
#433
of 927
Research works
189
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
40.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria 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 #7,695 of 14,347 26.1%129

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria 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 Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Life Sciences takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Life SciencesDomain · 22.1 works5.1×
← 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: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.45× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.61× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria?

Ranked on the composite score, Ignacio Varela lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria.

  1. 1 Ignacio Varela Spain · #176,550 worldwide 357 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Regulation, Signal Transduction, Cancer, Antibiotic Resistance, Cancer Therapy, Stem Cells, Epigenetics and Transcription Factors.

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

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Gene Regulation3▲ 92×4 topics
  2. Signal Transduction2▲ 47×4 topics
  3. Cancer2▲ 5.0×20 topics
  4. Epidemiology2▲ 1.56×15 topics
  5. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy2▲ 9.0×10 topics
  7. Stem Cells2▲ 20×10 topics
  8. Epigenetics2▲ 114×2 topics
  9. Chromatin2▲ 95×2 topics
  10. Gene Expression2▲ 7.2×8 topics
  11. Transcription Factors2▲ 38×3 topics
  12. Histone Modifications1▲ 161×1 topic
  13. Transcription1▲ 161×1 topic
  14. Genomics1▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Inflammation1▲ 1.76×14 topics
  16. Membrane Proteins1▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Metabolism1▲ 6.3×7 topics
  18. Nanoparticles1▲ 2.7×5 topics
  19. Development1▲ 8.8×5 topics
  20. RNA Regulation1▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation and RNA Research and Splicing.

Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 1 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 1 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 1 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 1 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…0Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 0 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research studies: 0 fractional worksFungal and yeast genetics research: 0 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…0Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyGeneticsEcologyMolecular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 1 works
  2. 2 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 0 works
  9. 9 Fungal and yeast genetics research Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 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 available72.6%not open27.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.5%domestic only54.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

199520002005201020152020
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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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