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Instituto Sinchi

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World rank, all time
#27,394
of 34,923
Rank in Colombia
#192
of 212
Research works
196
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Instituto Sinchi

Which fields of science does Instituto Sinchi work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Instituto Sinchi is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (36%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (31%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 43.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 36.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 40.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 31.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto Sinchi63fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences9%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2336.3%
    2. Materials Science22.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.1%
    4. Engineering11.1%
    5. Chemistry00.6%
    6. Energy00.6%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Computer Science00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2031.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology57.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences46.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    3. Psychology11.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine22.8%
    2. Health Professions12.0%
    3. Nursing11.8%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
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: 6.62× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.59× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.32× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 3.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.32×23 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.62×20 works
  3. Nursing3.60×1 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.59×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.40×5 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.36×1 works
  7. Veterinary0.97×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.77×1 works
  9. Materials Science0.73×2 works
  10. Energy0.67×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.48×4 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.43×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.39×0 works
  14. Psychology0.33×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  17. Medicine0.15×2 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  20. Engineering0.07×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Sinchi?

Ranked on the quality score, Nicolás Castaño Arboleda, Dairon Cárdenas López and Dairón Cárdenas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Sinchi.

  1. 1 Nicolás Castaño Arboleda Colombia · #159,366 worldwide 1k citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Dairon Cárdenas López Colombia · #238,924 worldwide 3.2k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Dairón Cárdenas Colombia · #303,847 worldwide 4.8k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Nicolás Castaño Colombia · #1,075,419 worldwide 2.2k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Clara P. Peña‐Venegas Colombia · #1,664,464 worldwide 642 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Juliana Cardona Colombia · #2,362,130 worldwide 310 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Juan David Bogotá‐Gregory Colombia · #2,387,854 worldwide 448 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Edwin Agudelo Córdoba Colombia · #2,472,694 worldwide 792 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Gladys Inés Cardona Colombia · #2,732,271 worldwide 120 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Carlos H. Rodríguez‐León Colombia · #3,014,722 worldwide 76 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Sinchi

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Sinchi?

The most cited paper from Instituto Sinchi is "Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora" (Hans ter Steege et al., 2013), with 1,457 citations. Next come "Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants" (1,123) and "CTFS ‐Forest GEO : a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change" (598).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora Hans ter Steege et al. · Science Open access120 authors 17 Oct 2013 1,457
2 Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants Mark van Kleunen et al. · Nature Open access 18 Aug 2015 1,123
3 CTFS ‐Forest GEO : a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira et al. · Global Change Biology Open access108 authors 25 Sep 2014 598
4 Global importance of large‐diameter trees James A. Lutz et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography 8 May 2018 590
5 Scale‐dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests Ryan A. Chisholm et al. · Journal of Ecology Open access 28 Aug 2013 369
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Sinchi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Conservation, Biogeography, Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation, Phylogenetic Analysis and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change12▲ 6.8×25 topics
  2. Biodiversity9▲ 20×16 topics
  3. Conservation7▲ 24×11 topics
  4. Biogeography6▲ 35×12 topics
  5. Invasive Species6▲ 21×10 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 40×5 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 21×10 topics
  8. Sustainability4▲ 2.6×12 topics
  9. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 17×7 topics
  10. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 38×7 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services4▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Global Change4▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Population Dynamics4▲ 22×7 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity3▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Antioxidant3▲ 7.3×8 topics
  16. Globalization3▲ 2.6×9 topics
  17. Fish Biodiversity3▲ 240×1 topic
  18. Freshwater Ecoregions3▲ 240×1 topic
  19. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Agroecology2▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Bioactive Compounds2▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Climate Change Resilience2▲ 60×2 topics
  23. Conservation Biology2▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Allometric Models2▲ 70×2 topics
  25. Phylogeny2▲ 19×8 topics
  26. Habitat Selection2▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Health Benefits2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  28. Latin America2▲ 16×5 topics
  29. Taxonomy2▲ 20×6 topics
  30. Amazonia2▲ 142×2 topics
  31. Ecosystem2▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Land Use Change2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  33. Morphology2▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Phylogenetics2▲ 56×2 topics
  35. Biomass Estimation2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Fish2▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Pollinator Decline2▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Soil Fertility2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Sinchi publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Plant and animal studies, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Fish biology, ecology, a…3Fish biology, ecology, and behavior: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…1Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 1 fractional worksBotanical Research and Applications: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceEcological Modeling2 others

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

  1. 1 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 2 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  5. 5 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  6. 6 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  9. 9 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 1 works
  10. 10 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 1 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 available80.6%not open19.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Sinchi's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Instituto Sinchi as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Instituto Sinchi0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

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