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Instituto Nacional de la Salud

In research, Instituto Nacional de la Salud stands highest in Medicine (#5,783 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,647 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,683
of 34,923
Rank in Spain
#355
of 646
Research works
760
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Instituto Nacional de la Salud

What is Instituto Nacional de la Salud 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
MedicineField #5,783 of 14,558 4.5%461
Health SciencesDomain #6,647 of 16,688 4.7%545

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

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Instituto Nacional de la Salud is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 28 fractional works · 62.8% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 50.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 24.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 12.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoNacional de la…45fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences24%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2250.2%
    2. Health Professions512.2%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences512.3%
    2. Psychology24.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting24.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology13.2%
    3. Neuroscience11.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Environmental Science12.8%
    2. Computer Science00.3%
    3. Chemistry00.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    5. Engineering00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.61× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.61× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.61×5 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.14×1 works
  3. Medicine2.61×22 works
  4. Psychology1.62×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.25×2 works
  6. Neuroscience0.97×1 works
  7. Social Sciences0.97×6 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.77×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.56×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.33×0 works
  15. Nursing0.17×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  21. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Nacional de la Salud?

Ranked on the quality score, Juan Carlos Duró Pujol, B. López Serrano and Ricardo Espuela Orgaz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de la Salud.

  1. 1 Juan Carlos Duró Pujol Spain · #3,057,999 worldwide 22 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 B. López Serrano Spain · #4,472,842 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Ricardo Espuela Orgaz Spain · #4,666,843 worldwide 132 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 A. García de Francisco Spain · #4,668,605 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Antonio Sáenz Spain · #4,824,286 worldwide 605 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 F. Alonso López Spain · #5,078,639 worldwide 39 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Alberto Martín Rodríguez Spain · #5,080,314 worldwide 59 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Esteban Martínez Pérez Spain · #5,098,636 worldwide 66 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 G. González Sanz Spain · #5,138,443 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Laurie Martin Spain · #5,150,786 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Nacional de la Salud

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Nacional de la Salud?

The most cited paper from Instituto Nacional de la Salud is "Interleukin‐6 is the major regulator of acute phase protein synthesis in adult human hepatocytes" (José Vicente Castell, Marı́a José Gómez-Lechón, Martina David et al., 1989), with 911 citations. Next come "Sorting it out: Regulation of exosome loading" (762) and "Emergence of Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus and Spread of a Single Resistance Mechanism" (734).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interleukin‐6 is the major regulator of acute phase protein synthesis in adult human hepatocytes José Vicente Castell, Marı́a José Gómez-Lechón, Martina David et al. · FEBS Letters 2 Jan 1989 911
2 Sorting it out: Regulation of exosome loading Carolina Villarroya‐Beltri, Francesc Baixauli, Cristina Gutiérrez‐Vázquez et al. · Seminars in Cancer Biology Open access 23 Apr 2014 762
3 Emergence of Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus and Spread of a Single Resistance Mechanism Eveline Snelders, Henrich A. L. van der Lee, Judith Kuijpers et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 7 Nov 2008 734
4 Recombinant human interleukin‐6 (IL‐6/BSF‐2/HSF) regulates the synthesis of acute phase proteins in human hepatocytes José Vicente Castell, Marı́a José Gómez-Lechón, Martina David et al. · FEBS Letters Open access 23 May 1988 458
5 Viruses causing gastroenteritis Isabel Wilhelmi, Enriqueta Román, Alicia Sánchez-Fauquier · Clinical Microbiology and Infection Open access Apr 2003 400
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de la Salud?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Primary Care, Treatment, Healthcare Access, Quality of Life and Community Participation.

▲ 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-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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology7▲ 3.8×38 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 5.4×13 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 3.8×14 topics
  4. Treatment2▲ 4.4×12 topics
  5. Education2▲ 2.8×11 topics
  6. Mental Health2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  7. Health Promotion2▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Primary Care2▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Healthcare Access2▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.0×8 topics
  11. Community Participation2▲ 10×4 topics
  12. Risk Factors2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  13. Global Health2▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Social Support2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.9×9 topics
  16. Quality Improvement1▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Diagnosis1▲ 3.2×6 topics
  18. Social Determinants1▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Climate Change1◆ 0.98×7 topics
  20. Depression1▲ 3.2×9 topics
  21. Healthcare Quality1▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Rehabilitation1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  23. Aging Population1▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Cultural Variation1▲ 170×1 topic
  25. Globalization1▲ 1.20×3 topics
  26. Health Inequality1▲ 101×1 topic
  27. Human Rights1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  28. Ethics1▲ 4.4×2 topics
  29. Social Justice1▲ 3.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Nacional de la Salud publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Public Health and Social Inequalities, Social Issues and Policies in Latin America, Aging, Health, and Disability and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Public Health and Social…1Public Health and Social Inequalities: 1 fractional worksSocial Issues and Polici…1Social Issues and Policies in Latin America: 1 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disab…1Aging, Health, and Disability: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…1Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 1 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in ICU: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…1Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 0 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…0Noise Effects and Management: 0 fractional works
HealthLawPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Social Inequalities Health 1 works
  2. 2 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 1 works
  3. 3 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  6. 6 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 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 available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Nacional de la Salud's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower 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 Nacional de la Salud as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Instituto Nacional de la Salud0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Nacional de la Salud 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.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2010Instituto Nacional de la Salud0.2% in 201020002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 1997.

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