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Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable

In research, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,468 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,847
of 28,054 · #10,134 all time
Rank in Uruguay
#9
of 17
Research works
1.3k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,468 of 7,800 15.8%88 #4398

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable 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).

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: 4.14× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.62× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.86× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.56× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.06× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 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, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable?

Ranked on the composite score, Omar Defeo, Susana González and Pablo Zunino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable.

  1. 1 Omar Defeo Uruguay · #109,790 worldwide 649 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Susana González Uruguay · #129,869 worldwide 239 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Pablo Zunino Uruguay · #388,912 worldwide 102 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Claudia Etchebehere Uruguay · #780,381 worldwide 109 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Ángel A. Caputi Uruguay · #859,397 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Cecilia Scorza Uruguay · #1,052,764 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Rosario Durán Uruguay · #1,279,580 worldwide 44 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Anita Aisenberg Uruguay · #1,388,909 worldwide 48 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Phylogenetic Analysis, Habitat Fragmentation, Invasive Species, Genomics and Biogeography.

▲ 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 Change16▲ 3.5×37 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▲ 1.40×36 topics
  3. Biodiversity8▲ 6.5×13 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress7▲ 2.6×25 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Population Dynamics6▲ 16×8 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 16×4 topics
  8. Invasive Species6▲ 8.1×8 topics
  9. Genomics6▲ 11×9 topics
  10. Biogeography6▲ 13×14 topics
  11. Symbiosis5▲ 34×2 topics
  12. DNA Barcoding5▲ 18×6 topics
  13. Microbiota5▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services5▲ 7.5×6 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity4▲ 6.1×10 topics
  17. Microbiome4▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Adaptive Evolution4▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Genetic Variation4▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Taxonomic Revision4▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Neurodegeneration4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  22. Fish Biodiversity4▲ 128×1 topic
  23. Freshwater Ecoregions4▲ 128×1 topic
  24. Gut Microbiota4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  25. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 15×8 topics
  26. Pattern Recognition Receptors4▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Ecology4▲ 15×8 topics
  28. Plant Immunity4▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Species Delimitation4▲ 50×2 topics
  31. Ants4▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Social Insects4▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Microbial Pathogens3▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Phylogeny3▲ 14×10 topics
  35. Root Exudates3▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Systemic Acquired Resistance3▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Ecological Interactions3▲ 48×2 topics
  38. Natural Selection3▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Reproductive Strategies3▲ 53×2 topics
  40. Evolutionary Dynamics3▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Fish biology, ecology, a…4Fish biology, ecology, and behavior: 4 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…4Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 4 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…3Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 3 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…3Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…2Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 2 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 2 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGeneticsPlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  2. 2 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  6. 6 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 2 works
  9. 9 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 2 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 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 available44.3%not open55.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.8%domestic only62.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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