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Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas

In research, Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,645 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#2,939 of 9,532 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#1,645 of 2,525 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,320
of 34,923
Rank in Mexico
#85
of 278
Research works
1.6k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas

What is Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,645 of 17,446 4.0%1,387
EngineeringField #2,939 of 9,532 4.8%761
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,645 of 2,525 3.8%121
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #1,299 of 1,960 5.0%131
Computer ScienceField #4,536 of 6,336 2.3%183
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #2,673 of 3,725 5.3%213
Social SciencesDomain #10,708 of 14,833 1.8%177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas 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 Investigaciones Eléctricas work in?

In all years, 85% of research at Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (47%), Computer Science (11%), Energy (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,387 fractional works · 85.1% of its workEngineering: 761 fractional works · 46.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 213 fractional works · 13.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 131 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 121 fractional works · 7.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 60 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 54 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 45 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 183 fractional works · 11.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 70 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSoftware: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 111 fractional works · 6.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 105 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 98 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 69 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 87 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeophysics: 63 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 74 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 40 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 177 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Professions: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deInvestigaciones…1,630fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering76146.7%
    2. Computer Science18311.2%
    3. Energy1116.8%
    4. Materials Science986.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences875.3%
    6. Environmental Science744.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy402.4%
    8. Chemistry171.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering120.7%
    10. Mathematics40.2%
    1. Social Sciences654.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting382.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance231.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities201.2%
    5. Decision Sciences181.1%
    6. Psychology130.8%
    1. Health Professions281.7%
    2. Medicine120.8%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences171.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology50.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.88× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.95× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.95×2 works
  2. Social Sciences1.89×3 works
  3. Engineering1.88×4 works
  4. Neuroscience1.51×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.34×1 works
  6. Computer Science1.30×1 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.17×0 works
  8. Energy1.00×0 works
  9. Nursing1.00×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.70×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.47×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.43×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.29×0 works
  15. Medicine0.13×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas?

Ranked on the quality score, Alfonso Campos‐Amezcua, Luis Eduardo Pérez-Rocha and Gerardo Montoya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas.

  1. 1 Alfonso Campos‐Amezcua Mexico · #1,767,946 worldwide 475 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Luis Eduardo Pérez-Rocha Mexico · #2,399,703 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Gerardo Montoya Mexico · #2,607,618 worldwide 273 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 R. Nieva Mexico · #2,673,505 worldwide 326 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Rafael García-Illescas Mexico · #3,098,713 worldwide 261 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Uriel A. García Mexico · #3,179,383 worldwide 124 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Carlos Felipe García-Hernández Mexico · #3,520,635 worldwide 451 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Zdzislaw Mazur Mexico · #3,585,535 worldwide 240 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 David Nieva Mexico · #3,783,869 worldwide 1.3k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 A. García Mexico · #3,811,807 worldwide 541 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas is "A chlorite solid solution geothermometer the Los Azufres (Mexico) geothermal system" (‪Michel Cathelineau, David Nieva, 1985), with 681 citations. Next come "Wind speed forecasting for wind farms: A method based on support vector regression" (383) and "Wind speed analysis in La Ventosa, Mexico: a bimodal probability distribution case" (305).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A chlorite solid solution geothermometer the Los Azufres (Mexico) geothermal system ‪Michel Cathelineau, David Nieva · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Nov 1985 681
2 Wind speed forecasting for wind farms: A method based on support vector regression Guillermo Santamaría-Bonfil, Alberto Reyes, Carlos Gershenson · Renewable Energy 23 Jul 2015 383
3 Wind speed analysis in La Ventosa, Mexico: a bimodal probability distribution case Oscar Alfredo Jaramillo-Salgado, M.A. Borja · Renewable Energy 20 Mar 2004 305
4 Rapprochement between continuous and discrete model reference adaptive control Graham C. Goodwin, Rogelio Lozano Leal, D.Q. Mayne et al. · Automatica Mar 1986 280
5 Parabolic trough solar collector for low enthalpy processes: An analysis of the efficiency enhancement by using twisted tape inserts Oscar Alfredo Jaramillo-Salgado, Mónica Borunda, K.M. Velazquez-Lucho et al. · Renewable Energy Mar 2016 232
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Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Heat Transfer, Optimization, Machine Learning, Simulation, Climate Change, Thermal Conductivity and Smart Grid.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Renewable Energy166▲ 10×31 topics
  2. Machine Learning115▲ 3.3×38 topics
  3. Climate Change104▲ 2.4×33 topics
  4. Heat Transfer86▲ 10×18 topics
  5. Sustainability83▲ 2.9×33 topics
  6. Optimization77▲ 8.7×16 topics
  7. Sustainable Development66▲ 3.5×18 topics
  8. Simulation60▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Thermal Conductivity54▲ 24×6 topics
  10. Smart Grid53▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Nanocomposites45▲ 3.6×13 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency45▲ 3.5×22 topics
  13. Subduction45▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Tectonic Evolution44▲ 86×3 topics
  15. Modeling44▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Automation41▲ 43×3 topics
  17. Ecosystem Approach40▲ 215×1 topic
  18. Environmental Impact Assessment40▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Geothermal Energy40▲ 201×1 topic
  20. Ground Source Heat Pump40▲ 201×1 topic
  21. Crustal Deformation39▲ 135×2 topics
  22. Andean Geodynamics38▲ 246×1 topic
  23. Caribbean Plate Boundary38▲ 246×1 topic
  24. Polymer35▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Dielectrics33▲ 59×1 topic
  26. Fault Detection33▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Partial Discharge33▲ 59×1 topic
  28. Control Systems31▲ 7.3×7 topics
  29. Stability Analysis31▲ 8.9×5 topics
  30. Model Predictive Control31▲ 8.3×5 topics
  31. Quality Assurance30▲ 9.5×4 topics
  32. Renewable Energy Integration27▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Energy Systems27▲ 57×2 topics
  34. Distributed Generation27▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Nonlinear Systems26▲ 7.3×6 topics
  36. Software Development26▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Information Systems25▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Database Systems25▲ 323×1 topic
  39. Web-Based Applications25▲ 323×1 topic
  40. Constraint Handling24▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Archaeological and Geological Studies, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Advanced DC-DC Converters and Latin American history and culture.

Archaeological and Geolo…0Archaeological and Geological Studies: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and Cultural…0Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters0Advanced DC-DC Converters: 0 fractional worksLatin American history a…0Latin American history and culture: 0 fractional worksCultural and Social Dynamics: 0 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 0 fractional worksCybernetics and Technolo…0Cybernetics and Technology in Society: 0 fractional worksGender and Feminist Studies: 0 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 0 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-…0Communication and COVID-19 Impact: 0 fractional works
ArcheologyCultural StudiesElectrical and Electronic EngineeringVisual Arts and Performing Arts6 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeological and Geological Studies Archeology 0 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 0 works
  3. 3 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Latin American history and culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  5. 5 Cultural and Social Dynamics Plant Science 0 works
  6. 6 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Cybernetics and Technology in Society History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  8. 8 Gender and Feminist Studies Gender Studies 0 works
  9. 9 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 0 works
  10. 10 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 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 available12.6%not open87.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000072% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas0.000050% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2016Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas6.5% in 201620002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.1% in 2004.

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