Institute for Research in Biomedicine

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Institute for Research in Biomedicine
Short name
IRB Barcelona (CERCA)
Country, city
Spain, Barcelona
Publications
3 116
Citations
158 613
h-index
171
Top-3 journals
Nature Communications
Nature Communications (137 publications)
Nucleic Acids Research
Nucleic Acids Research (65 publications)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (61 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 2006

Total publications
3116
Total citations
158613
Citations per publication
50.9
Average publications per year
148.38
Average authors per publication
11.85
h-index
171
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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Molecular Biology, 576, 18.49%
Molecular Biology
576 publications, 18.49%
Biochemistry, 530, 17.01%
Biochemistry
530 publications, 17.01%
General Chemistry, 348, 11.17%
General Chemistry
348 publications, 11.17%
Organic Chemistry, 336, 10.78%
Organic Chemistry
336 publications, 10.78%
Cell Biology, 319, 10.24%
Cell Biology
319 publications, 10.24%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 305, 9.79%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
305 publications, 9.79%
General Medicine, 293, 9.4%
General Medicine
293 publications, 9.4%
Genetics, 286, 9.18%
Genetics
286 publications, 9.18%
Multidisciplinary, 254, 8.15%
Multidisciplinary
254 publications, 8.15%
Molecular Medicine, 212, 6.8%
Molecular Medicine
212 publications, 6.8%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 208, 6.68%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
208 publications, 6.68%
Drug Discovery, 166, 5.33%
Drug Discovery
166 publications, 5.33%
Catalysis, 161, 5.17%
Catalysis
161 publications, 5.17%
Cancer Research, 153, 4.91%
Cancer Research
153 publications, 4.91%
General Physics and Astronomy, 140, 4.49%
General Physics and Astronomy
140 publications, 4.49%
Oncology, 130, 4.17%
Oncology
130 publications, 4.17%
Pharmacology, 116, 3.72%
Pharmacology
116 publications, 3.72%
Structural Biology, 114, 3.66%
Structural Biology
114 publications, 3.66%
Immunology, 113, 3.63%
Immunology
113 publications, 3.63%
Computer Science Applications, 106, 3.4%
Computer Science Applications
106 publications, 3.4%
Biotechnology, 95, 3.05%
Biotechnology
95 publications, 3.05%
Pharmaceutical Science, 91, 2.92%
Pharmaceutical Science
91 publications, 2.92%
Developmental Biology, 78, 2.5%
Developmental Biology
78 publications, 2.5%
Biophysics, 77, 2.47%
Biophysics
77 publications, 2.47%
Bioengineering, 73, 2.34%
Bioengineering
73 publications, 2.34%
General Neuroscience, 68, 2.18%
General Neuroscience
68 publications, 2.18%
Analytical Chemistry, 65, 2.09%
Analytical Chemistry
65 publications, 2.09%
General Immunology and Microbiology, 65, 2.09%
General Immunology and Microbiology
65 publications, 2.09%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 65, 2.09%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
65 publications, 2.09%
Immunology and Allergy, 62, 1.99%
Immunology and Allergy
62 publications, 1.99%
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Journals

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Nature Communications
137 publications, 4.4%
Nucleic Acids Research
65 publications, 2.09%
PLoS ONE
61 publications, 1.96%
Scientific Reports
52 publications, 1.67%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
48 publications, 1.54%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
46 publications, 1.48%
Cancer Research
40 publications, 1.28%
Organic Letters
38 publications, 1.22%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
35 publications, 1.12%
Nature
32 publications, 1.03%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
31 publications, 0.99%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
30 publications, 0.96%
Methods in Molecular Biology
29 publications, 0.93%
Molecules
27 publications, 0.87%
Nature Cell Biology
27 publications, 0.87%
Biophysical Journal
25 publications, 0.8%
Journal of Molecular Biology
25 publications, 0.8%
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
25 publications, 0.8%
Angewandte Chemie
25 publications, 0.8%
Nature Genetics
24 publications, 0.77%
ChemBioChem
22 publications, 0.71%
Bioinformatics
22 publications, 0.71%
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
21 publications, 0.67%
Genome Biology
21 publications, 0.67%
Current Biology
20 publications, 0.64%
EMBO Journal
20 publications, 0.64%
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
19 publications, 0.61%
Chemical Communications
19 publications, 0.61%
Cell Reports
19 publications, 0.61%
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
19 publications, 0.61%
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Publishers

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Springer Nature
686 publications, 22.02%
Elsevier
584 publications, 18.74%
Wiley
407 publications, 13.06%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
263 publications, 8.44%
Oxford University Press
169 publications, 5.42%
MDPI
142 publications, 4.56%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
106 publications, 3.4%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
86 publications, 2.76%
Taylor & Francis
75 publications, 2.41%
Frontiers Media S.A.
55 publications, 1.77%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
54 publications, 1.73%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
46 publications, 1.48%
European Molecular Biology Organization
40 publications, 1.28%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
35 publications, 1.12%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
35 publications, 1.12%
The Company of Biologists
27 publications, 0.87%
American Society for Microbiology
21 publications, 0.67%
American Society of Hematology
18 publications, 0.58%
eLife Sciences Publications
15 publications, 0.48%
Hindawi Limited
15 publications, 0.48%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
14 publications, 0.45%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
14 publications, 0.45%
Impact Journals
12 publications, 0.39%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
11 publications, 0.35%
American Diabetes Association
11 publications, 0.35%
Portland Press
11 publications, 0.35%
Rockefeller University Press
10 publications, 0.32%
SAGE
10 publications, 0.32%
The Royal Society
10 publications, 0.32%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
10 publications, 0.32%
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With other organizations

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Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology
1317 publications, 42.27%
University of Barcelona
1241 publications, 39.83%
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
909 publications, 29.17%
Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine
280 publications, 8.99%
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
260 publications, 8.34%
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
259 publications, 8.31%
Pompeu Fabra University
237 publications, 7.61%
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas
185 publications, 5.94%
University of Córdoba
174 publications, 5.58%
Reina Sofia Hospital
174 publications, 5.58%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
165 publications, 5.3%
Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona
156 publications, 5.01%
Centre for Genomic Regulation
127 publications, 4.08%
Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
126 publications, 4.04%
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer
117 publications, 3.75%
Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute
109 publications, 3.5%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
103 publications, 3.31%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
99 publications, 3.18%
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras
95 publications, 3.05%
Hospital del Mar Research Institute
89 publications, 2.86%
University of Cambridge
85 publications, 2.73%
Harvard University
84 publications, 2.7%
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
84 publications, 2.7%
Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia
82 publications, 2.63%
Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
79 publications, 2.54%
Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases
71 publications, 2.28%
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
65 publications, 2.09%
University of Valencia
63 publications, 2.02%
Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology
56 publications, 1.8%
University of Copenhagen
53 publications, 1.7%
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With foreign organizations

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University of KwaZulu-Natal
103 publications, 3.31%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
99 publications, 3.18%
University of Cambridge
85 publications, 2.73%
Harvard University
84 publications, 2.7%
University of Copenhagen
53 publications, 1.7%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
49 publications, 1.57%
Karolinska Institute
43 publications, 1.38%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
42 publications, 1.35%
University of Toronto
41 publications, 1.32%
University of Oxford
38 publications, 1.22%
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
38 publications, 1.22%
German Cancer Research Center
37 publications, 1.19%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
36 publications, 1.16%
University College London
34 publications, 1.09%
Stanford University
34 publications, 1.09%
ETH Zurich
32 publications, 1.03%
Massachusetts General Hospital
32 publications, 1.03%
Wellcome Sanger Institute
32 publications, 1.03%
Universidad de Chile
30 publications, 0.96%
European Bioinformatics Institute
29 publications, 0.93%
Cornell University
29 publications, 0.93%
University of California, San Diego
29 publications, 0.93%
University of Zurich
27 publications, 0.87%
University of Lausanne
27 publications, 0.87%
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
27 publications, 0.87%
National Cancer Institute
27 publications, 0.87%
Yale University
25 publications, 0.8%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
25 publications, 0.8%
Paris Cité University
25 publications, 0.8%
Universidad de Investigacion de Tecnologia Experimental Yachay
25 publications, 0.8%
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With other countries

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USA, 516, 16.56%
USA
516 publications, 16.56%
United Kingdom, 339, 10.88%
United Kingdom
339 publications, 10.88%
Germany, 283, 9.08%
Germany
283 publications, 9.08%
France, 200, 6.42%
France
200 publications, 6.42%
Italy, 187, 6%
Italy
187 publications, 6%
Switzerland, 130, 4.17%
Switzerland
130 publications, 4.17%
South Africa, 109, 3.5%
South Africa
109 publications, 3.5%
Netherlands, 99, 3.18%
Netherlands
99 publications, 3.18%
Canada, 94, 3.02%
Canada
94 publications, 3.02%
Sweden, 90, 2.89%
Sweden
90 publications, 2.89%
Belgium, 87, 2.79%
Belgium
87 publications, 2.79%
Japan, 62, 1.99%
Japan
62 publications, 1.99%
Australia, 60, 1.93%
Australia
60 publications, 1.93%
Denmark, 60, 1.93%
Denmark
60 publications, 1.93%
Austria, 55, 1.77%
Austria
55 publications, 1.77%
Portugal, 53, 1.7%
Portugal
53 publications, 1.7%
Chile, 49, 1.57%
Chile
49 publications, 1.57%
China, 44, 1.41%
China
44 publications, 1.41%
Argentina, 42, 1.35%
Argentina
42 publications, 1.35%
Poland, 40, 1.28%
Poland
40 publications, 1.28%
Israel, 37, 1.19%
Israel
37 publications, 1.19%
Brazil, 36, 1.16%
Brazil
36 publications, 1.16%
Ireland, 34, 1.09%
Ireland
34 publications, 1.09%
Ecuador, 28, 0.9%
Ecuador
28 publications, 0.9%
Egypt, 27, 0.87%
Egypt
27 publications, 0.87%
Finland, 25, 0.8%
Finland
25 publications, 0.8%
Hungary, 22, 0.71%
Hungary
22 publications, 0.71%
Saudi Arabia, 22, 0.71%
Saudi Arabia
22 publications, 0.71%
Mexico, 21, 0.67%
Mexico
21 publications, 0.67%
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