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MicroLIQUID (Spain)

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Research works
23
▲ 280% vs 2018-21
Citations
888
38.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
MicroLIQUID (Spain)

Not ranked overall: MicroLIQUID (Spain) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does MicroLIQUID (Spain) work in?

In all years, 81% of research at MicroLIQUID (Spain) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Materials Science (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 81.3% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 53.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 30.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 15.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 10.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMicroLIQUID(Spain)23fractional works, all years
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1253.1%
    2. Materials Science314.7%
    3. Chemical Engineering27.9%
    4. Environmental Science12.7%
    5. Chemistry01.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy01.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology210.3%
    2. Neuroscience12.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine14.4%
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.

What are the most cited papers from MicroLIQUID (Spain)?

The most cited paper from MicroLIQUID (Spain) is "Smartphone-Based Simultaneous pH and Nitrite Colorimetric Determination for Paper Microfluidic Devices" (Nuria López-Ruiz, Vincenzo Fabio Curto, Miguel M. Erenas et al., 2014), with 425 citations. Next come "Femtosecond laser fabrication of highly hydrophobic stainless steel surface with hierarchical structures fabricated by combining ordered microstructures and LIPSS" (228) and "Self-protonating spiropyran-co-NIPAM-co-acrylic acid hydrogel photoactuators" (106).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Smartphone-Based Simultaneous pH and Nitrite Colorimetric Determination for Paper Microfluidic Devices Nuria López-Ruiz, Vincenzo Fabio Curto, Miguel M. Erenas et al. · Analytical Chemistry Open access 26 Aug 2014 425
2 Femtosecond laser fabrication of highly hydrophobic stainless steel surface with hierarchical structures fabricated by combining ordered microstructures and LIPSS Miguel Martínez-Calderón, Ainara Rodríguez, Antonio Dias-Ponte et al. · Applied Surface Science 14 Oct 2015 228
3 Self-protonating spiropyran-co-NIPAM-co-acrylic acid hydrogel photoactuators Bartosz Ziółkowski, Larisa Florea, Jannick Theobald et al. · Soft Matter 2013 106
4 Fast prototyping of paper-based microfluidic devices by contact stamping using indelible ink Vincenzo Fabio Curto, Nuria López-Ruiz, Luis Fermín Capitán-Vallvey et al. · RSC Advances Open access 2013 106
5 Photo‐Chemopropulsion – Light‐Stimulated Movement of Microdroplets Larisa Florea, Klaudia K. Wagner, Paweł Wagner et al. · Advanced Materials Open access 18 Sep 2014 83
All 73 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at MicroLIQUID (Spain)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Lab-on-a-Chip, Point-of-Care Diagnostics, Biomedical Applications, Field-Effect Transistors, Microfluidics, Tissue Engineering and Microfluidic Devices.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Biosensors5▲ 39×7 topics
  2. Lab-on-a-Chip4▲ 128×4 topics
  3. Point-of-Care Diagnostics3▲ 133×2 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications2▲ 10×9 topics
  5. Field-Effect Transistors2▲ 53×2 topics
  6. Microfluidics2▲ 97×3 topics
  7. Nanoparticles2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  8. Tissue Engineering2▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Ion-Selective Electrodes2▲ 77×1 topic
  10. Microfluidic Devices2▲ 96×2 topics
  11. Optical Sensors2▲ 53×1 topic
  12. Nanocomposites2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  13. Dielectrophoresis1▲ 120×2 topics
  14. Electrochemistry1▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification1▲ 168×1 topic
  16. Nanofibers1▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Paper-Based Microfluidics1▲ 168×1 topic
  18. 3D Printing1▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Biomedical Research1▲ 68×1 topic
  20. Conducting Polymers1▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Poly(dimethylsiloxane)1▲ 106×1 topic
  22. Self-Assembly1▲ 13×2 topics
  23. PEDOT:PSS1▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Polyaniline1▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Biological Applications1▲ 36×2 topics
  26. DNA nanotechnology1▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Nanomaterials1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  28. aptamers1▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does MicroLIQUID (Spain) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies.

Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies: 0 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies: 0 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksPolymer crystallization and properties: 0 fractional worksInjection Molding Process and Properties: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringPolymers and Plastics1 others

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

  1. 1 Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Polymer crystallization and properties Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  6. 6 Injection Molding Process and Properties Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  9. 9 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.0%domestic only58.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has MicroLIQUID (Spain)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 280% higher 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 MicroLIQUID (Spain) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000025% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%MicroLIQUID (Spain)0.0000017% in 202520102020

Fractional works of MicroLIQUID (Spain) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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