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Instituto de Biotecnología de León

In research, Instituto de Biotecnología de León stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,464 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,863
of 34,923
Rank in Spain
#482
of 646
Research works
299
▼ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
33.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Instituto de Biotecnología de León

What is Instituto de Biotecnología de León 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 #5,464 of 11,023 9.2%180

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Biotecnología de León 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 fields of science does Instituto de Biotecnología de León work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Instituto de Biotecnología de León is in Life Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%), Medicine (23%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 12 fractional works · 51.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 24.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 21.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 13.1% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 25.1% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 22.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 21.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deBiotecnología de…24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences3%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences624.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology521.9%
    3. Neuroscience12.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    1. Medicine622.7%
    2. Health Professions01.5%
    3. Nursing00.9%
    1. Environmental Science26.8%
    2. Engineering15.7%
    3. Materials Science15.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.4%
    5. Chemistry00.9%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences01.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 5.24× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.10× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.87× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.24×6 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.10×5 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.95×0 works
  4. Nursing1.87×0 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.51×1 works
  6. Materials Science1.42×1 works
  7. Neuroscience1.40×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.38×0 works
  9. Environmental Science1.38×2 works
  10. Medicine1.18×6 works
  11. Chemistry0.58×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.57×0 works
  13. Engineering0.38×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.29×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.14×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Biotecnología de León?

Ranked on the quality score, Alberto Sola‐Landa, Antonio Rodríguez‐García and Ricardo V. Ullán lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Biotecnología de León.

  1. 1 Alberto Sola‐Landa Spain · #546,782 worldwide 2.9k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Antonio Rodríguez‐García Spain · #1,584,189 worldwide 3.1k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Ricardo V. Ullán Spain · #4,039,328 worldwide 1.5k citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Biotecnología de León

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Biotecnología de León?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Biotecnología de León is "Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome" (John L. Bowman et al., 2017), with 1,314 citations. Next come "Virulence factors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex" (621) and "Genome sequencing and analysis of the filamentous fungus Penicillium chrysogenum" (478).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome John L. Bowman et al. · Cell Open access113 authors Oct 2017 1,314
2 Virulence factors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Marina Andrea Forrellad, Laura Inés Klepp, Andrea Gioffré et al. · Virulence Open access 2013 621
3 Genome sequencing and analysis of the filamentous fungus Penicillium chrysogenum Marco A. van den Berg et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 28 Sep 2008 478
4 Nomenclature for HKT transporters, key determinants of plant salinity tolerance John Damien Platten et al. · Trends in Plant Science 5 Jul 2006 386
5 Melatonin‐induced increased activity of the respiratory chain complexes I and IV can prevent mitochondrial damage induced by ruthenium red in vivo Miguel Martı́n, M. Macías, Germaine Escames et al. · Journal of Pineal Research May 2000 299
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Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Biotecnología de León?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Phylogeny, Climate Change, Conservation, Bats, Hibernation, Fertility Preservation, Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation and Gene Expression.

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

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change2▲ 3.5×10 topics
  2. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 44×3 topics
  3. Conservation2▲ 15×4 topics
  4. Bats1▲ 172×1 topic
  5. Hibernation1▲ 362×1 topic
  6. Sustainability1▲ 2.1×7 topics
  7. Fertility Preservation1▲ 87×1 topic
  8. Gene Expression1▲ 7.7×6 topics
  9. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation1▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Biotecnología de León publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Insect Utilization and Effects and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity.

Bat Biology and Ecology …1Bat Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and…1Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 1 fractional worksInsect Utilization and Effects: 0 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 0 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 0 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 0 fractional worksLegionella and Acanthamoeba research: 0 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksCoffee research and impacts: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInsect SciencePlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Insect Utilization and Effects Insect Science 0 works
  4. 4 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 0 works
  5. 5 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 0 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 0 works
  8. 8 Legionella and Acanthamoeba research Endocrinology 0 works
  9. 9 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  10. 10 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 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 available46.7%not open53.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.1%domestic only64.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Biotecnología de León's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Instituto de Biotecnología de León as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000080% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Instituto de Biotecnología de León0.000084% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto de Biotecnología de León over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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