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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

In research, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,034 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,964 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,123 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation — Paleontology is 35.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,793
of 28,054 · #4,773 all time
Rank in Spain
#154
of 658
Research works
3.3k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
106k
31.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,034 of 3,551 24.9%180 #711
Physical SciencesDomain #4,964 of 12,888 24.4%259 #4641
Social SciencesDomain #6,123 of 10,521 22.4%64 #3452
EcologySubfield #342 of 578 22.4%86 #361
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,069 of 3,409 24.6%96 #1680
Life SciencesDomain #4,957 of 7,800 23.0%152 #3960

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#711 #1,034
  2. Physical Sciences#4,641 #4,964
  3. Social Sciences#3,452 #6,123
  4. Ecology#361 #342
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,680 #2,069
  6. Life Sciences#3,960 #4,957
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 35.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 21.0 works35×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 53.5 works23×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 26.4 works22×
  4. EcologySubfield · 85.5 works22×
← 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: 4.05× its world share, 96 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.05× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.26× its world share, 180 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.32× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.02× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 21 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.

Who are the top researchers at Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales?

Ranked on the composite score, Fernando Valladares, J. L. Nieves‐Aldrey and Ignacio De la Riva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales.

  1. 1 Fernando Valladares Spain · #9,683 worldwide 1.4k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 J. L. Nieves‐Aldrey Spain · #55,405 worldwide 269 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Ignacio De la Riva Spain · #57,859 worldwide 346 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Jaime Bosch Spain · #84,868 worldwide 262 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Antonio Rosas Spain · #101,213 worldwide 129 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Jorge M. Lobo Spain · #165,218 worldwide 235 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Carmen Ascaso Spain · #170,231 worldwide 233 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Jacek Wierzchoś Spain · #190,272 worldwide 191 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga Spain · #217,395 worldwide 139 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Carmen Sesé Spain · #227,442 worldwide 90 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Which keywords describe research at Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation, Biogeography and Conservation Biology.

▲ 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 Change121▲ 9.0×63 topics
  2. Biodiversity77▲ 21×27 topics
  3. Invasive Species66▲ 31×20 topics
  4. Population Dynamics53▲ 42×11 topics
  5. Conservation42▲ 20×19 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation42▲ 38×5 topics
  7. Biogeography41▲ 32×16 topics
  8. Conservation Biology37▲ 72×4 topics
  9. Habitat Selection36▲ 96×2 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis32▲ 21×12 topics
  11. Molecular Phylogeny30▲ 39×9 topics
  12. Global Change29▲ 22×6 topics
  13. Adaptive Evolution22▲ 80×2 topics
  14. Trophic Cascades22▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Animal Movement20▲ 77×1 topic
  16. Occupancy Rates20▲ 77×1 topic
  17. Model Evaluation20▲ 32×2 topics
  18. DNA Barcoding20▲ 24×9 topics
  19. Ecological Niche19▲ 65×1 topic
  20. Species Distribution Modeling19▲ 65×1 topic
  21. Ecosystem Services19▲ 9.8×9 topics
  22. Phylogeny18▲ 24×13 topics
  23. Ecosystem Functioning18▲ 19×7 topics
  24. Biodiversity Loss18▲ 70×3 topics
  25. Reproductive Strategies18▲ 94×2 topics
  26. Natural Selection17▲ 62×3 topics
  27. Evolution16▲ 13×14 topics
  28. Ecosystem16▲ 30×4 topics
  29. Evolutionary Dynamics16▲ 88×1 topic
  30. Phenotypic Plasticity16▲ 119×1 topic
  31. Biological Invasions15▲ 35×3 topics
  32. Migration Patterns15▲ 121×2 topics
  33. Community Ecology15▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Avian Ecology15▲ 143×1 topic
  35. Population Declines15▲ 143×1 topic
  36. Taxonomy15▲ 23×10 topics
  37. Genetic Diversity14▲ 6.2×12 topics
  38. Morphology12▲ 14×8 topics
  39. Species Richness12▲ 38×2 topics
  40. Amphibian Declines12▲ 100×1 topic

Which research topics does Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Reproduction and Avian ecology and behavior.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…20Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 20 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…19Species Distribution and Climate Change: 19 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…16Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 16 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior15Avian ecology and behavior: 15 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 12 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 12 fractional worksPlant and animal studies12Plant and animal studies: 12 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…11Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 11 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…10Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 10 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…8Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 8 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 20 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 19 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16 works
  4. 4 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 15 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  6. 6 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  8. 8 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 11 works
  9. 9 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 10 works
  10. 10 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 8 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.6%domestic only60.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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