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Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas

In research, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,474 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,043 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,903
of 28,054 · #2,996 all time
Rank in Venezuela
#6
of 30
Research works
6.3k
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
135k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas 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
Physical SciencesDomain #10,474 of 12,888 7.6%81 #2659
Health SciencesDomain #11,043 of 11,982 10.5%61 #6038

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

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: 2.71× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.74× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.59× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 2.93× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.14× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.32× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas?

Ranked on the composite score, Ernesto Medina, Miguel Layrisse and Hebe Vessuri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas.

  1. 1 Ernesto Medina Venezuela · #60,996 worldwide 315 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Miguel Layrisse Venezuela · #76,451 worldwide 242 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Hebe Vessuri Venezuela · #133,742 worldwide 50 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Jon Paul Rodrı́guez Venezuela · #137,209 worldwide 185 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Howard Takiff Venezuela · #179,662 worldwide 111 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Carlos Schubert Venezuela · #225,912 worldwide 89 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Horacio Vanegas Venezuela · #244,771 worldwide 213 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 C. Mendoza Venezuela · #245,752 worldwide 232 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Marcel Roche Venezuela · #251,010 worldwide 122 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Julio A. Urbina Venezuela · #268,886 worldwide 105 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Epidemiology, Vaccine, Evolution, SARS-CoV-2 and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.0×39 topics
  2. Climate Change18▲ 2.9×48 topics
  3. Biodiversity14▲ 8.3×18 topics
  4. Sustainability10▲ 1.86×26 topics
  5. Globalization10▲ 2.1×17 topics
  6. Conservation10▲ 9.7×14 topics
  7. Public Health9▲ 2.7×16 topics
  8. Vaccine9▲ 9.3×7 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.3×23 topics
  10. Evolution8▲ 14×11 topics
  11. SARS-CoV-28▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Pandemic7▲ 2.9×7 topics
  13. Population Dynamics7▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Education7▲ 1.73×17 topics
  15. Immune Response7▲ 5.1×8 topics
  16. COVID-196▲ 2.1×11 topics
  17. Taxonomy6▲ 21×6 topics
  18. Treatment6▲ 2.1×9 topics
  19. Nutrition6▲ 5.6×9 topics
  20. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  22. Diagnosis6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  23. Antioxidant6▲ 3.4×14 topics
  24. Immunity5▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Biogeography5▲ 8.4×12 topics
  26. Conservation Biology5▲ 21×4 topics
  27. Drug Resistance5▲ 7.3×5 topics
  28. DNA Barcoding5▲ 13×8 topics
  29. Phylogeny5▲ 13×7 topics
  30. Latin America5▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Viral Transmission5▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Coronavirus4▲ 9.3×2 topics
  33. Mutation4▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Health4▲ 4.4×5 topics
  35. Invasive Species4▲ 4.1×11 topics
  36. antibody4▲ 16×1 topic
  37. spike protein4▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  39. Vaccine Development4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  40. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Agricultural and Food Production Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …4SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Pr…2Agricultural and Food Production Studies: 2 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…2Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesFood ScienceGeneticsEcological Modeling3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 2 works
  3. 3 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  6. 6 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  7. 7 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 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 available23.4%not open76.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower 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.