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Instituto de Neurociencias

In research, Instituto de Neurociencias stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,085 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 16.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,320
of 28,054 · #4,560 all time
Rank in Spain
#143
of 658
Research works
833
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
49.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Neurociencias 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 #2,085 of 7,800 22.1%92 #1654

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Neurociencias 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).

What does Instituto de Neurociencias specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 48.3 works17×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.93× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 16.76× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.03× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.92× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 16.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Neurociencias?

Ranked on the composite score, M. Ángela Nieto, Juan Lerma and Carlos Belmonte lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Neurociencias.

  1. 1 M. Ángela Nieto Spain · #56,177 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Juan Lerma Spain · #110,258 worldwide 388 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Carlos Belmonte Spain · #184,667 worldwide 234 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 M. Carmen Acosta Spain · #444,565 worldwide 113 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Santiago Canals Spain · #662,893 worldwide 96 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Félix Viana Spain · #765,407 worldwide 75 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Àlex Gómez-Marín Spain · #1,296,143 worldwide 37 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Javier Sáez‐Valero Spain · #1,415,349 worldwide 35 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Manuel Criado Spain · #1,611,400 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Neurociencias

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Neurociencias?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Brain Development, Neurological Disorders, Synaptic Plasticity, Neuroscience, Neuronal Circuits, Depression, Neurobiology and Dendritic Spines.

▲ 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. Brain Development11▲ 36×6 topics
  2. Neurological Disorders10▲ 10×13 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress9▲ 3.2×22 topics
  4. Synaptic Plasticity8▲ 22×6 topics
  5. Depression8▲ 5.3×13 topics
  6. Neuroscience8▲ 15×7 topics
  7. Neuronal Circuits8▲ 56×2 topics
  8. Inflammation7▲ 1.97×28 topics
  9. Neurobiology7▲ 15×8 topics
  10. Dendritic Spines7▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Genetics7▲ 5.3×11 topics
  12. Neuroinflammation6▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Cancer Therapy6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  14. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Neurodegeneration6▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Neuroimaging5▲ 11×8 topics
  17. Neuroprotection5▲ 8.5×7 topics
  18. Astrocyte Function5▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Adult Stem Cells5▲ 127×1 topic
  20. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Neurogenesis5▲ 127×1 topic
  22. Aging5▲ 4.9×10 topics
  23. GABAergic5▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Gene Expression5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  25. Metabolic Regulation5▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Neurotransmission5▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Biomarkers5▲ 3.8×6 topics
  28. Stress4▲ 6.9×6 topics
  29. Cytokines4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  30. Prefrontal Cortex4▲ 29×3 topics
  31. Stem Cells4▲ 9.1×10 topics
  32. Microglia4▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Neuronal Oscillations4▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Olfactory System4▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Hippocampus4▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Innate Immunity4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  37. Drosophila3▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Insulin Signaling3▲ 23×4 topics
  39. Cell Signaling3▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Ischemic Stroke3▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Neurociencias publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms: 5 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 5 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 3 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 3 fractional worksPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research: 2 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…2Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksAxon Guidance and Neuron…2Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling: 2 fractional works
Developmental NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCognitive NeuroscienceMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms Developmental Neuroscience 5 works
  2. 2 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  3. 3 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  4. 4 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  5. 5 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  10. 10 Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 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 available61.6%not open38.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Neurociencias'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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.