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Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación

In research, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,854 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,489 of 7,800 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,271 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science and Nursing — Nutrition and Dietetics is 21.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,968
of 28,054 · #8,451 all time
Rank in Spain
#192
of 658
Research works
852
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,854 of 11,982 33.0%76 #8121
Life SciencesDomain #4,489 of 7,800 30.9%115 #5620
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,271 of 3,409 36.7%68 #2988

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación 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. Health Sciences#8,121 #6,854
  2. Life Sciences#5,620 #4,489
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,988 #2,271
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 Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nutrition and Dietetics takes 21.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 21.8 works21×
  2. Food ScienceSubfield · 37.3 works20×
  3. NursingField · 21.8 works18×
← 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: 5.94× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.98× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.94× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.04× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.25× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.14× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 18.49× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 18.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación?

Ranked on the composite score, Elena Ibáñez, Miguel Herrero and M. Pilar Cano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación.

  1. 1 Elena Ibáñez Spain · #24,827 worldwide 1.1k citations · 110 works
  2. 2 Miguel Herrero Spain · #89,749 worldwide 387 citations · 80 works
  3. 3 M. Pilar Cano Spain · #145,284 worldwide 251 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Beatriz Miralles Spain · #174,207 worldwide 231 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Alejandro Cifuentes Spain · #250,725 worldwide 374 citations · 106 works
  6. 6 Isidra Recio Spain · #281,669 worldwide 331 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Carolina Simó Spain · #353,267 worldwide 85 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Begoña Bartolomé Spain · #372,304 worldwide 241 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Andrea del Pilar Sánchez‐Camargo Spain · #399,964 worldwide 147 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Teresa Requena Spain · #407,071 worldwide 161 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant Activity, Health Benefits, Polyphenols, Antioxidant, Nutritional Significance, Gut Microbiota, Oxidative Stress and Cancer Prevention.

▲ 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. Antioxidant Activity31▲ 20×25 topics
  2. Health Benefits26▲ 32×10 topics
  3. Polyphenols21▲ 50×6 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress21▲ 5.2×34 topics
  5. Antioxidant20▲ 12×38 topics
  6. Nutritional Significance19▲ 49×4 topics
  7. Inflammation18▲ 3.6×42 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota18▲ 21×7 topics
  9. Cancer Prevention17▲ 26×9 topics
  10. Antioxidants16▲ 15×10 topics
  11. Flavonoids14▲ 23×7 topics
  12. Phenolic Compounds14▲ 30×6 topics
  13. Nanoparticles11▲ 3.7×9 topics
  14. Hydrocolloids10▲ 57×2 topics
  15. Bioavailability10▲ 22×5 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.8×17 topics
  17. Lipid Oxidation10▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Metabolism10▲ 8.0×20 topics
  19. Bioactive Compounds10▲ 16×10 topics
  20. Metabolic Health10▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Functional Food10▲ 28×3 topics
  22. Medicinal Plants10▲ 10×14 topics
  23. Free Radicals10▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Dietary Fiber9▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Fermentation9▲ 28×4 topics
  26. Dietary Supplements9▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Probiotics9▲ 15×5 topics
  28. Prebiotics8▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Enzymatic Hydrolysis8▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Proteins8▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Emulsions8▲ 47×2 topics
  32. Stabilization8▲ 62×2 topics
  33. Digestion7▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Nanoemulsions7▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Rheological Properties7▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Functional Properties7▲ 51×2 topics
  37. Protein Hydrolysates7▲ 45×2 topics
  38. ACE Inhibitory Peptides7▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Bioactive Peptides7▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Nutritional Value7▲ 26×4 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Proteins in Food Systems, Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides and Gut microbiota and health.

Phytochemicals and Antio…9Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 9 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems7Proteins in Food Systems: 7 fractional worksProtein Hydrolysis and B…7Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides: 7 fractional worksGut microbiota and health5Gut microbiota and health: 5 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology: 5 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofuel production: 4 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antim…4Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 4 fractional worksSeaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds: 4 fractional worksBiochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques: 4 fractional worksFood composition and pro…4Food composition and properties: 4 fractional works
BiochemistryFood ScienceMolecular BiologyNutrition and Dietetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 9 works
  2. 2 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 7 works
  3. 3 Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 5 works
  5. 5 Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  6. 6 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  7. 7 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 4 works
  8. 8 Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds Aquatic Science 4 works
  9. 9 Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  10. 10 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 4 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 available60.8%not open39.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.0%domestic only63.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher 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.

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