Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
In research, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,257 of 6,403 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,084 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,925 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 19.8× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #8,202 of 22,385 · #10,304 all time
- Rank in Ecuador
- #48 of 71
- Research works
- 707 ▲ 102% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 4k 5.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 9.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.95× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 64% world 40%
- International
- 38% world 18%
What is Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life SciencesDomain | #3,257 of 6,403 | 9.3% | 65 | #5065 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #7,084 of 9,585 | 9.7% | 65 | #10498 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #7,925 of 10,670 | 8.6% | 91 | #11897 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Life Sciences#5,065 #3,257
- Social Sciences#10,498 #7,084
- Physical Sciences#11,897 #7,925
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad work in?
In 2022-now, 38% of research at Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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
- Physical Sciences11838.4%
- Environmental Science6119.9%
- Engineering196.0%
- Computer Science175.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences175.4%
- Materials Science10.4%
- Mathematics10.4%
- Energy10.3%
- Physics and Astronomy10.2%
- Chemistry10.2%
- Life Sciences8327.0%
- Social Sciences7323.7%
- Health Sciences3410.9%
- Medicine278.8%
- Health Professions61.9%
- Nursing00.1%
- Dentistry00.1%
- Veterinary00.1%
What does Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 19.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 28.7 works20×
- EcologySubfield · 21.7 works8.9×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Environmental Science4.00×61 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.79×56 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3.43×17 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.44×24 works
- Social Sciences1.25×49 works
- Psychology0.83×8 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.81×2 works
- Health Professions0.73×6 works
- Computer Science0.72×17 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.62×6 works
- Arts and Humanities0.61×6 works
- Decision Sciences0.50×2 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×3 works
- Medicine0.46×27 works
- Veterinary0.42×0 works
- Engineering0.40×18 works
- Mathematics0.31×1 works
- Energy0.30×1 works
- Neuroscience0.28×1 works
- Nursing0.23×0 works
- Dentistry0.19×0 works
- Chemistry0.15×1 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
- Materials Science0.11×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.11×1 works
- Environmental Science 4.0×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3.8×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 3.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.4×
- Social Sciences 1.2×
- Psychology 0.8×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.8×
- Health Professions 0.7×
- Computer Science 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.6×
- Arts and Humanities 0.6×
- Decision Sciences 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Medicine 0.5×
- Veterinary 0.4×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
- Neuroscience 0.3×
- Nursing 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad?
Ranked on the quality score, Walter A. Palacios, Diego J. Inclán and Diana Fernández‐Fernández lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad.
- 1
Walter A. Palacios
Ecuador · #306,959 worldwide 3.4k citations · 57 works
- 2
Diego J. Inclán
Ecuador · #1,491,949 worldwide 1.7k citations · 35 works
- 3
Diana Fernández‐Fernández
Ecuador · #2,092,833 worldwide 510 citations · 31 works
- 4
Santiago Villamarín‐Cortez
Ecuador · #2,190,540 worldwide 989 citations · 31 works
- 5
Pablo Jarrín–V
Ecuador · #2,272,740 worldwide 685 citations · 49 works
- 6
Mauricio Ortega-Andrade
Ecuador · #2,330,160 worldwide 1.4k citations · 56 works
- 7
Julio C. Carrión–Olmedo
Ecuador · #2,601,906 worldwide 70 citations · 31 works
- 8
Jonathan Valdiviezo‐Rivera
Ecuador · #2,711,681 worldwide 450 citations · 46 works
- 9
Marco Altamirano-Benavides
Ecuador · #3,474,182 worldwide 331 citations · 18 works
- 10
Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig
Ecuador · #3,760,208 worldwide 423 citations · 50 works
Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Conservation Biology, Biogeography, Conservation, Phylogenetic Analysis and Invasive Species.
- Metabolic Rate
- Predator-Prey Interactions
- Online Education
- Neotropical Region
- Morphology
- Plant-Animal Interactions
- Pedagogy
- Species Distribution Modeling
- Ecological Niche
- Ecosystem Services
- E-Learning
- Amphibian Declines
- Biodiversity Loss
- DNA Barcoding
- Evolution
- Education
- Invasive Species
- Conservation
- Conservation Biology
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Population Dynamics
- Biogeography
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Molecular Phylogeny
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomy
- Global Change
- Chytridiomycosis
- Educational Technology
- Ecology
- Model Evaluation
- Habitat Selection
- Adaptive Radiation
- Pollinator Decline
- Distance Learning
- Mammal Evolution
- Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis
- Bats
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Climate Change44▲ 5.3×44 topics
- Biodiversity39▲ 17×21 topics
- Population Dynamics32▲ 40×10 topics
- Conservation Biology23▲ 71×4 topics
- Biogeography23▲ 27×18 topics
- Conservation23▲ 17×13 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis23▲ 23×13 topics
- Invasive Species22▲ 17×19 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation20▲ 30×4 topics
- Education19▲ 3.5×28 topics
- Molecular Phylogeny19▲ 37×10 topics
- Evolution15▲ 18×14 topics
- Phylogeny14▲ 27×15 topics
- DNA Barcoding11▲ 21×8 topics
- Taxonomy11▲ 25×12 topics
- Biodiversity Loss11▲ 64×2 topics
- Global Change11▲ 13×5 topics
- Amphibian Declines11▲ 134×1 topic
- Chytridiomycosis11▲ 134×1 topic
- E-Learning10▲ 3.4×8 topics
- Educational Technology10▲ 2.7×17 topics
- Ecosystem Services9▲ 7.6×7 topics
- Ecology8▲ 16×7 topics
- Ecological Niche8▲ 43×1 topic
- Model Evaluation8▲ 20×2 topics
- Species Distribution Modeling8▲ 43×1 topic
- Habitat Selection8▲ 33×2 topics
- Pedagogy7▲ 4.8×7 topics
- Adaptive Radiation7▲ 69×2 topics
- Plant-Animal Interactions7▲ 27×1 topic
- Pollinator Decline7▲ 27×1 topic
- Morphology6▲ 12×6 topics
- Distance Learning6▲ 5.7×5 topics
- Neotropical Region6▲ 110×2 topics
- Mammal Evolution6▲ 88×1 topic
- Online Education6▲ 9.5×3 topics
- Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis6▲ 88×1 topic
- Predator-Prey Interactions5▲ 22×2 topics
- Bats5▲ 52×2 topics
- Metabolic Rate5▲ 27×3 topics
Which research topics does Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and animal studies and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 11 works
- 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 8 works
- 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
- 4 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 6 works
- 5 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
- 6 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 5 works
- 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
- 8 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
- 9 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 5 works
- 10 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 102% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Nacional de Biodiversidad as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00099% in 2024.
Fractional works of Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.1% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Quito
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
- Central University of Ecuador
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- Universidad de Las Américas
- Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Ecuador
- Universidad UTE
- Universidad Internacional del Ecuador
- Hospital Metropolitano
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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