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Instituto de Geociencias

In research, Instituto de Geociencias stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,002 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#701 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,702 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Paleontology is 58.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,951
of 28,054 · #6,144 all time
Rank in Spain
#191
of 658
Research works
4.7k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Geociencias 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 #4,002 of 12,888 11.3%423 #4169
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #701 of 1,209 15.9%190 #931
Environmental ScienceField #2,702 of 3,551 7.1%142 #1987
GeophysicsSubfield #189 of 237 15.9%65 #451
Social SciencesDomain #9,486 of 10,521 9.7%78 #7378

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Geociencias 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#4,169 #4,002
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#931 #701
  3. Environmental Science#1,987 #2,702
  4. Geophysics#451 #189
  5. Social Sciences#7,378 #9,486
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 Geociencias specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 58.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 39.6 works58×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 64.7 works33×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 190.0 works21×
  4. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 33.6 works12×
← 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: 1.34× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.41× its world share, 190 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.07× its world share, 142 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.39× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 21.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Geociencias?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenitiro Suguío, Louis Martin and Jesús Martínez‐Frías lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Geociencias.

  1. 1 Kenitiro Suguío Spain · #32,360 worldwide 316 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Louis Martin Spain · #88,156 worldwide 177 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Jesús Martínez‐Frías Spain · #112,677 worldwide 288 citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Fernando Tornos Spain · #329,526 worldwide 206 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Armando Márcio Coimbra Spain · #504,619 worldwide 44 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Oswaldo Siga Júnior Spain · #536,481 worldwide 114 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 J. C. Gutiérrez-Marco Spain · #688,832 worldwide 197 citations · 108 works
  8. 8 Pedro Cózar Spain · #785,648 worldwide 96 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Antonio G. Camacho Spain · #799,594 worldwide 59 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Darcy P. Svisero Spain · #802,361 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Geociencias

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Geociencias?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Tectonics, Biodiversity, Plate Tectonics, Sustainable Development, Subduction and Thermodynamic Modeling.

▲ 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 Change69▲ 4.5×63 topics
  2. Remote Sensing64▲ 9.2×25 topics
  3. Sustainable Development40▲ 4.5×14 topics
  4. Tectonics38▲ 56×3 topics
  5. Biodiversity34▲ 8.1×22 topics
  6. Plate Tectonics33▲ 38×3 topics
  7. Sustainability33▲ 2.4×32 topics
  8. Subduction28▲ 67×3 topics
  9. Thermodynamic Modeling26▲ 41×3 topics
  10. Environmental Conservation26▲ 47×3 topics
  11. Geochronology26▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Zircon26▲ 67×1 topic
  13. Geospatial Analysis25▲ 150×1 topic
  14. Hydrographic Basins25▲ 197×1 topic
  15. Geological Mapping22▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Biogeography22▲ 15×16 topics
  17. Hyperspectral Imaging21▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Marine Sediments21▲ 60×2 topics
  19. Paleoproductivity20▲ 127×1 topic
  20. Paleoredox20▲ 127×1 topic
  21. Support Vector Machines20▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Compositional Data Analysis19▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Mineral Prospectivity19▲ 50×1 topic
  24. Tectonic Evolution18▲ 149×3 topics
  25. Conservation18▲ 7.2×13 topics
  26. Public Policy17▲ 6.0×13 topics
  27. Holocene16▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Phylogenetic Analysis16▲ 9.4×11 topics
  29. Molecular Phylogeny16▲ 18×10 topics
  30. Evolution16▲ 11×12 topics
  31. Waste Management15▲ 6.4×5 topics
  32. Sea Level14▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Paleoclimatology13▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Mediterranean13▲ 25×4 topics
  35. Glacial Cycles13▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Monsoon Dynamics13▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Sedimentation12▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Geodetic Measurements12▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Ecosystem Functioning12▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Environmental Impacts12▲ 7.6×6 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Geociencias publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geography and Environmental Studies, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 26 fractional worksGeography and Environmental Studies: 25 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratig…20Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 20 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…19Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 19 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 13 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 11 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …10earthquake and tectonic studies: 10 fractional worksFish biology, ecology, and behavior: 9 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide: 9 fractional worksGeological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 9 fractional works
GeophysicsWater Science and TechnologyPaleontologyArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 26 works
  2. 2 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 25 works
  3. 3 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 20 works
  4. 4 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 19 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 13 works
  6. 6 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 11 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 10 works
  8. 8 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide Geophysics 9 works
  10. 10 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 9 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 available72.3%not open27.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors74.2%domestic only25.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Geociencias's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower 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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