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Instituto de Salud Carlos III

In research, Instituto de Salud Carlos III stands highest in Medicine (#277 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#336 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#360 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases — Parasitology is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#910
of 28,054 · #1,445 all time
Rank in Spain
#16
of 658
Research works
9.6k
▲ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
279k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Salud Carlos III 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
MedicineField #277 of 10,443 25.1%1,403 #508
Health SciencesDomain #336 of 11,982 25.3%1,532 #583
Life SciencesDomain #360 of 7,800 24.7%726 #676
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #428 of 3,579 24.8%423 #800
EpidemiologySubfield #140 of 976 24.0%172 #225
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #124 of 828 29.8%126 #183
PhysiologySubfield #110 of 548 28.4%121 #271
Molecular BiologySubfield #509 of 2,175 24.7%226 #952
NeuroscienceField #302 of 1,168 24.0%113 #631
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #92 of 345 22.9%122 #214

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Salud Carlos III 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. Medicine#508 #277
  2. Health Sciences#583 #336
  3. Life Sciences#676 #360
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#800 #428
  5. Epidemiology#225 #140
  6. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#183 #124
  7. Physiology#271 #110
  8. Molecular Biology#952 #509
  9. Neuroscience#631 #302
  10. Infectious Diseases#214 #92
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 Salud Carlos III specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 23.2 works8.2×
  2. Molecular MedicineSubfield · 20.4 works7.0×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 122.3 works6.7×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 54 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.94× its world share, 423 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.54× its world share, 123 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.58× its world share, 113 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 56 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 86 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 78 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.71× its world share, 1,403 worksMedicineNursing: 2.67× its world share, 35 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.37× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 112 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Salud Carlos III?

Ranked on the composite score, Esther Barreiro, Pablo Martínez‐Martín and Helmut Schröder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Salud Carlos III.

  1. 1 Esther Barreiro Spain · #38,071 worldwide 346 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Pablo Martínez‐Martín Spain · #61,971 worldwide 216 citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Helmut Schröder Spain · #67,579 worldwide 348 citations · 91 works
  4. 4 Emilio Ros Spain · #68,465 worldwide 822 citations · 130 works
  5. 5 Oriol Roca Spain · #88,825 worldwide 196 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Carlos Flores Spain · #97,091 worldwide 218 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Miquel Fiol Spain · #99,067 worldwide 392 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Alicia Padrón‐Monedero Spain · #105,873 worldwide 453 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Miguel Calero Spain · #115,794 worldwide 163 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Francisco Pozo Spain · #130,782 worldwide 150 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Salud Carlos III?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Oxidative Stress, Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology392▲ 3.7×132 topics
  2. Inflammation248▲ 4.4×83 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease155▲ 5.2×37 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress151▲ 3.4×60 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome137▲ 6.3×24 topics
  6. Public Health113▲ 2.9×59 topics
  7. Obesity112▲ 5.5×26 topics
  8. Treatment109▲ 3.3×51 topics
  9. Cancer102▲ 2.8×57 topics
  10. Diagnosis96▲ 3.8×41 topics
  11. Immune Response85▲ 5.6×22 topics
  12. Insulin Resistance80▲ 6.5×10 topics
  13. Aging78▲ 5.4×18 topics
  14. Pandemic73▲ 2.5×10 topics
  15. Biomarkers73▲ 4.0×18 topics
  16. Vaccine70▲ 6.4×11 topics
  17. Depression64▲ 2.7×26 topics
  18. Pathogenesis64▲ 4.7×24 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders61▲ 4.0×20 topics
  20. Immunity60▲ 5.5×11 topics
  21. Health Effects58▲ 3.6×21 topics
  22. Genetics58▲ 3.1×23 topics
  23. Vaccine Development55▲ 8.0×11 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-254▲ 6.2×6 topics
  25. Heart Failure52▲ 4.5×13 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance52▲ 5.0×14 topics
  27. Drug Resistance50▲ 6.6×8 topics
  28. Prevalence48▲ 4.4×15 topics
  29. Mitochondrial Dysfunction47▲ 6.0×12 topics
  30. Neurodegeneration47▲ 5.8×11 topics
  31. Metabolism45▲ 3.3×29 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor44▲ 6.8×3 topics
  33. Antiretroviral Therapy42▲ 9.5×6 topics
  34. Cancer Prevention40▲ 5.7×10 topics
  35. Alzheimer's Disease40▲ 5.2×9 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Resistance38▲ 7.2×9 topics
  37. Neuroinflammation37▲ 4.9×6 topics
  38. Type 2 Diabetes34▲ 5.8×6 topics
  39. Weight Loss32▲ 7.3×4 topics
  40. Virulence Factors31▲ 7.8×8 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Salud Carlos III publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nutritional Studies and Diet, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Diet and metabolism studies and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Nutritional Studies and …25Nutritional Studies and Diet: 25 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…22COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 22 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 21 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …21SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 21 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …20Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 20 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 19 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 17 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …16Nutrition and Health in Aging: 16 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 16 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 16 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesPhysiologyEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 25 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 22 works
  3. 3 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 21 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 21 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 20 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 19 works
  7. 7 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 17 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 16 works
  9. 9 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  10. 10 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 16 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 available59.2%not open40.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.1%domestic only68.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Salud Carlos III's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% 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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