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Instituto de Ecología

In research, Instituto de Ecología stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,016 of 3,551 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,081 of 3,409 worldwide) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#108 of 255 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecological Modeling, Paleontology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Ecological Modeling is 42.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,443
of 28,054 · #6,577 all time
Rank in Mexico
#42
of 252
Research works
5.5k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
108k
19.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Ecología 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,016 of 3,551 16.4%274 #798
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,081 of 3,409 15.3%431 #659
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #108 of 255 14.0%191 #168
Life SciencesDomain #3,939 of 7,800 14.8%557 #3287
Physical SciencesDomain #7,211 of 12,888 15.7%376 #7852
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,004 of 1,395 16.7%113 #1075
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,725 of 3,579 13.2%106 #2491
Insect ScienceSubfield #80 of 102 18.7%63 #284
EcologySubfield #454 of 578 11.0%104 #403
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,158 of 1,209 14.5%63 #2074

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Ecología 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. Environmental Science#798 #1,016
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#659 #1,081
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#168 #108
  4. Life Sciences#3,287 #3,939
  5. Physical Sciences#7,852 #7,211
  6. Plant Science#1,075 #1,004
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,491 #2,725
  8. Insect Science#284 #80
  9. Ecology#403 #454
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences#2,074 #1,158
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 Ecología specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecological Modeling takes 42.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 32.8 works42×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 49.5 works40×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 190.5 works40×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 63.3 works22×
  5. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 51.7 works21×
  6. EcologySubfield · 104.5 works13×
  7. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 430.7 works8.9×
← 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: 8.90× its world share, 431 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.96× its world share, 106 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.34× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.93× its world share, 63 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.42× its world share, 274 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Ecología?

Ranked on the composite score, M. Luisa Martínez, Gonzalo Halffter and Gabriela Vázquez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Ecología.

  1. 1 M. Luisa Martínez Mexico · #43,929 worldwide 512 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Gonzalo Halffter Mexico · #59,560 worldwide 186 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Gabriela Vázquez Mexico · #163,782 worldwide 221 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Martı́n Aluja Mexico · #191,577 worldwide 171 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Víctor Rico‐Gray Mexico · #211,253 worldwide 185 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Juan Rull Mexico · #227,065 worldwide 134 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Héctor Gadsden Mexico · #252,226 worldwide 258 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Andrés Lira‐Noriega Mexico · #283,394 worldwide 150 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Gabriela Heredia Mexico · #308,566 worldwide 104 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Ian MacGregor‐Fors Mexico · #345,240 worldwide 162 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Ecología

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Ecología?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Biogeography, Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation, Phylogeny, Global Change and Conservation.

▲ 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. Climate Change195▲ 7.1×71 topics
  2. Biodiversity190▲ 25×27 topics
  3. Biogeography155▲ 58×20 topics
  4. Invasive Species152▲ 35×20 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation106▲ 47×5 topics
  6. Phylogeny93▲ 60×17 topics
  7. Global Change91▲ 34×6 topics
  8. Conservation91▲ 21×20 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis82▲ 27×14 topics
  10. Population Dynamics80▲ 31×11 topics
  11. Taxonomy78▲ 59×13 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services70▲ 18×10 topics
  13. Molecular Phylogeny63▲ 40×12 topics
  14. Conservation Biology56▲ 53×4 topics
  15. Antioxidant51▲ 7.4×23 topics
  16. Plant-Animal Interactions50▲ 57×1 topic
  17. Pollinator Decline50▲ 57×1 topic
  18. Evolution49▲ 20×14 topics
  19. Neotropical Region49▲ 332×2 topics
  20. Endemism44▲ 256×2 topics
  21. Biological Invasions44▲ 49×3 topics
  22. Ecosystem42▲ 38×3 topics
  23. Community Ecology39▲ 45×2 topics
  24. DNA Barcoding39▲ 23×9 topics
  25. Diversification38▲ 97×2 topics
  26. Medicinal Plants38▲ 9.2×15 topics
  27. Biological Control37▲ 24×9 topics
  28. Cladistic Analysis37▲ 478×1 topic
  29. Regionalization37▲ 478×1 topic
  30. Biodiversity Conservation36▲ 9.6×16 topics
  31. Species Richness36▲ 55×2 topics
  32. Functional Diversity34▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Model Evaluation33▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Citizen Science33▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Ecological Niche33▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Species Distribution Modeling33▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Habitat Selection30▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Polyploidy29▲ 60×3 topics
  39. Adaptive Radiation28▲ 94×2 topics
  40. Microbiota28▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Ecología publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Plant and animal studies: 50 fractional worksScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 37 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…34Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 34 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…33Species Distribution and Climate Change: 33 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 26 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 24 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology22Fern and Epiphyte Biology: 22 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 19 fractional worksPlant Parasitism and Resistance: 16 fractional worksBotanical Research and Applications: 14 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPaleontologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcological Modeling3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 50 works
  2. 2 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 37 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 34 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 33 works
  5. 5 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 26 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 24 works
  7. 7 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 22 works
  8. 8 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 19 works
  9. 9 Plant Parasitism and Resistance Plant Science 16 works
  10. 10 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 14 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 available53.8%not open46.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Ecología's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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