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Misión Biológica de Galicia

In research, Misión Biológica de Galicia stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,111 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 16.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,706
of 28,054 · #19,338 all time
Rank in Spain
#335
of 658
Research works
518
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
26.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Misión Biológica de Galicia 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,111 of 7,800 30.9%76 #10676

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Misión Biológica de Galicia 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).

What does Misión Biológica de Galicia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 32.0 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9.93× its world share, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.72× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 3.04× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.58× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Misión Biológica de Galicia?

Ranked on the composite score, Luís Sampedro, María de la Fuente and María-Carmen Martínez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Misión Biológica de Galicia.

  1. 1 Luís Sampedro Spain · #368,303 worldwide 135 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 María de la Fuente Spain · #438,099 worldwide 40 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 María-Carmen Martínez Spain · #692,638 worldwide 72 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Rafael Zas Spain · #755,242 worldwide 84 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Rosa Ana Malvar Pintos Spain · #792,737 worldwide 63 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Ana Butrón Spain · #837,829 worldwide 27 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Xoaquín Moreira Spain · #950,330 worldwide 92 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Pedro Revilla Spain · #1,081,593 worldwide 59 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Mar Vilanova Spain · #1,105,417 worldwide 45 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Pablo Velasco Spain · #1,139,290 worldwide 48 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Misión Biológica de Galicia

Which keywords describe research at Misión Biológica de Galicia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Gene Expression, Biological Control and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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. Climate Change19▲ 6.3×31 topics
  2. Invasive Species11▲ 24×9 topics
  3. Biodiversity10▲ 12×12 topics
  4. Global Change8▲ 26×4 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation7▲ 29×2 topics
  6. Gene Expression7▲ 10×6 topics
  7. Biological Control7▲ 40×6 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services6▲ 14×6 topics
  9. Biological Invasions5▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Mycorrhizal Fungi5▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Plant-Animal Interactions5▲ 48×1 topic
  12. Pollinator Decline5▲ 48×1 topic
  13. Quantitative Trait Loci4▲ 71×3 topics
  14. Drought Tolerance4▲ 27×6 topics
  15. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Genetic Improvement4▲ 42×3 topics
  17. Host Specificity4▲ 34×3 topics
  18. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Root Exudates4▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 22×4 topics
  22. Plant Immunity4▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Host Recognition4▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Global Warming4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  25. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation3▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Biotechnology3▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Conservation3▲ 7.0×7 topics
  28. Endophytic Fungi3▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Genomic Characterization3▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Microbial Pathogens3▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Pattern Recognition Receptors3▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Plant Secondary Metabolites3▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Ecosystem3▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Genetic Mapping3▲ 35×3 topics
  36. Plant Hormones3▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Strigolactones3▲ 79×1 topic
  38. Drought Resistance3▲ 26×4 topics
  39. Plant Breeding3▲ 25×2 topics
  40. QTL Mapping3▲ 21×4 topics

Which research topics does Misión Biológica de Galicia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Plant tissue culture and regeneration.

Plant and animal studies5Plant and animal studies: 5 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…3Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 3 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 3 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and…3Plant tissue culture and regeneration: 3 fractional worksPlant Parasitism and Res…3Plant Parasitism and Resistance: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breed…2Genetics and Plant Breeding: 2 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 2 fractional worksGenomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress: 2 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCell BiologyPlant ScienceMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Plant Parasitism and Resistance Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  7. 7 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 2 works
  10. 10 Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress Molecular Biology 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 available59.8%not open40.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.5%domestic only68.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Misión Biológica de Galicia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher 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.

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