Institute for Research in Biomedicine

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Institute for Research in Biomedicine
Short name
IRB Barcelona (CERCA)
Country, city
Spain, Barcelona
Publications
3 097
Citations
155 771
h-index
169
Top-3 journals
Nature Communications
Nature Communications (136 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
3097
Total citations
155771
Citations per publication
50.3
Average publications per year
147.48
Average authors per publication
11.81
h-index
169
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, 18.6%
Molecular Biology
576 publications, 18.6%
Biochemistry, 530, 17.11%
Biochemistry
530 publications, 17.11%
General Chemistry, 348, 11.24%
General Chemistry
348 publications, 11.24%
Organic Chemistry, 336, 10.85%
Organic Chemistry
336 publications, 10.85%
Cell Biology, 319, 10.3%
Cell Biology
319 publications, 10.3%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 305, 9.85%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
305 publications, 9.85%
General Medicine, 293, 9.46%
General Medicine
293 publications, 9.46%
Genetics, 286, 9.23%
Genetics
286 publications, 9.23%
Multidisciplinary, 254, 8.2%
Multidisciplinary
254 publications, 8.2%
Molecular Medicine, 212, 6.85%
Molecular Medicine
212 publications, 6.85%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 208, 6.72%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
208 publications, 6.72%
Drug Discovery, 166, 5.36%
Drug Discovery
166 publications, 5.36%
Catalysis, 161, 5.2%
Catalysis
161 publications, 5.2%
Cancer Research, 153, 4.94%
Cancer Research
153 publications, 4.94%
General Physics and Astronomy, 140, 4.52%
General Physics and Astronomy
140 publications, 4.52%
Oncology, 130, 4.2%
Oncology
130 publications, 4.2%
Pharmacology, 116, 3.75%
Pharmacology
116 publications, 3.75%
Structural Biology, 114, 3.68%
Structural Biology
114 publications, 3.68%
Immunology, 113, 3.65%
Immunology
113 publications, 3.65%
Computer Science Applications, 106, 3.42%
Computer Science Applications
106 publications, 3.42%
Biotechnology, 95, 3.07%
Biotechnology
95 publications, 3.07%
Pharmaceutical Science, 91, 2.94%
Pharmaceutical Science
91 publications, 2.94%
Developmental Biology, 78, 2.52%
Developmental Biology
78 publications, 2.52%
Biophysics, 77, 2.49%
Biophysics
77 publications, 2.49%
Bioengineering, 73, 2.36%
Bioengineering
73 publications, 2.36%
General Neuroscience, 68, 2.2%
General Neuroscience
68 publications, 2.2%
Analytical Chemistry, 65, 2.1%
Analytical Chemistry
65 publications, 2.1%
General Immunology and Microbiology, 65, 2.1%
General Immunology and Microbiology
65 publications, 2.1%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 65, 2.1%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
65 publications, 2.1%
Immunology and Allergy, 62, 2%
Immunology and Allergy
62 publications, 2%
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Journals

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Nature Communications
136 publications, 4.39%
Nucleic Acids Research
65 publications, 2.1%
PLoS ONE
61 publications, 1.97%
Scientific Reports
51 publications, 1.65%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
48 publications, 1.55%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
46 publications, 1.49%
Cancer Research
40 publications, 1.29%
Organic Letters
38 publications, 1.23%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
35 publications, 1.13%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
31 publications, 1%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
30 publications, 0.97%
Nature
30 publications, 0.97%
Methods in Molecular Biology
29 publications, 0.94%
Molecules
27 publications, 0.87%
Nature Cell Biology
26 publications, 0.84%
Biophysical Journal
25 publications, 0.81%
Journal of Molecular Biology
25 publications, 0.81%
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
25 publications, 0.81%
Angewandte Chemie
25 publications, 0.81%
Nature Genetics
23 publications, 0.74%
ChemBioChem
22 publications, 0.71%
Bioinformatics
22 publications, 0.71%
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
20 publications, 0.65%
Current Biology
20 publications, 0.65%
Genome Biology
20 publications, 0.65%
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%
PLoS Computational Biology
19 publications, 0.61%
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Publishers

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Springer Nature
670 publications, 21.63%
Elsevier
590 publications, 19.05%
Wiley
407 publications, 13.14%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
262 publications, 8.46%
Oxford University Press
167 publications, 5.39%
MDPI
139 publications, 4.49%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
106 publications, 3.42%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
86 publications, 2.78%
Taylor & Francis
75 publications, 2.42%
Frontiers Media S.A.
54 publications, 1.74%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
54 publications, 1.74%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
46 publications, 1.49%
European Molecular Biology Organization
40 publications, 1.29%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
35 publications, 1.13%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
35 publications, 1.13%
The Company of Biologists
26 publications, 0.84%
American Society for Microbiology
21 publications, 0.68%
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, 0.36%
American Diabetes Association
11 publications, 0.36%
Portland Press
11 publications, 0.36%
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
1298 publications, 41.91%
University of Barcelona
1231 publications, 39.75%
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
900 publications, 29.06%
Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine
280 publications, 9.04%
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
256 publications, 8.27%
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
253 publications, 8.17%
Pompeu Fabra University
233 publications, 7.52%
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas
184 publications, 5.94%
University of Córdoba
172 publications, 5.55%
Reina Sofia Hospital
172 publications, 5.55%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
165 publications, 5.33%
Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona
154 publications, 4.97%
Centre for Genomic Regulation
126 publications, 4.07%
Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
126 publications, 4.07%
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer
113 publications, 3.65%
Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute
107 publications, 3.45%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
103 publications, 3.33%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
97 publications, 3.13%
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras
94 publications, 3.04%
Hospital del Mar Research Institute
87 publications, 2.81%
University of Cambridge
85 publications, 2.74%
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
84 publications, 2.71%
Harvard University
82 publications, 2.65%
Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia
82 publications, 2.65%
Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
79 publications, 2.55%
Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases
71 publications, 2.29%
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
66 publications, 2.13%
University of Valencia
62 publications, 2%
Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology
55 publications, 1.78%
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas
50 publications, 1.61%
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With foreign organizations

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University of KwaZulu-Natal
103 publications, 3.33%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
97 publications, 3.13%
University of Cambridge
85 publications, 2.74%
Harvard University
82 publications, 2.65%
University of Copenhagen
49 publications, 1.58%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
48 publications, 1.55%
Karolinska Institute
41 publications, 1.32%
University of Toronto
40 publications, 1.29%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
39 publications, 1.26%
German Cancer Research Center
37 publications, 1.19%
University of Oxford
36 publications, 1.16%
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
36 publications, 1.16%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
35 publications, 1.13%
University College London
34 publications, 1.1%
ETH Zurich
32 publications, 1.03%
Massachusetts General Hospital
32 publications, 1.03%
Stanford University
31 publications, 1%
Wellcome Sanger Institute
31 publications, 1%
Cornell University
30 publications, 0.97%
Universidad de Chile
30 publications, 0.97%
University of California, San Diego
29 publications, 0.94%
European Bioinformatics Institute
28 publications, 0.9%
University of Zurich
27 publications, 0.87%
National Cancer Institute
27 publications, 0.87%
University of Lausanne
26 publications, 0.84%
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
26 publications, 0.84%
University of Milan
25 publications, 0.81%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
25 publications, 0.81%
Universidad de Investigacion de Tecnologia Experimental Yachay
25 publications, 0.81%
Yale University
24 publications, 0.77%
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With other countries

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USA, 516, 16.66%
USA
516 publications, 16.66%
United Kingdom, 339, 10.95%
United Kingdom
339 publications, 10.95%
Germany, 284, 9.17%
Germany
284 publications, 9.17%
France, 199, 6.43%
France
199 publications, 6.43%
Italy, 185, 5.97%
Italy
185 publications, 5.97%
Switzerland, 132, 4.26%
Switzerland
132 publications, 4.26%
South Africa, 109, 3.52%
South Africa
109 publications, 3.52%
Netherlands, 99, 3.2%
Netherlands
99 publications, 3.2%
Canada, 94, 3.04%
Canada
94 publications, 3.04%
Sweden, 90, 2.91%
Sweden
90 publications, 2.91%
Belgium, 87, 2.81%
Belgium
87 publications, 2.81%
Japan, 63, 2.03%
Japan
63 publications, 2.03%
Denmark, 61, 1.97%
Denmark
61 publications, 1.97%
Australia, 60, 1.94%
Australia
60 publications, 1.94%
Austria, 55, 1.78%
Austria
55 publications, 1.78%
Portugal, 53, 1.71%
Portugal
53 publications, 1.71%
Chile, 49, 1.58%
Chile
49 publications, 1.58%
China, 45, 1.45%
China
45 publications, 1.45%
Argentina, 42, 1.36%
Argentina
42 publications, 1.36%
Poland, 40, 1.29%
Poland
40 publications, 1.29%
Israel, 37, 1.19%
Israel
37 publications, 1.19%
Brazil, 36, 1.16%
Brazil
36 publications, 1.16%
Ireland, 34, 1.1%
Ireland
34 publications, 1.1%
Ecuador, 28, 0.9%
Ecuador
28 publications, 0.9%
Egypt, 27, 0.87%
Egypt
27 publications, 0.87%
Finland, 24, 0.77%
Finland
24 publications, 0.77%
Hungary, 22, 0.71%
Hungary
22 publications, 0.71%
Saudi Arabia, 22, 0.71%
Saudi Arabia
22 publications, 0.71%
Singapore, 21, 0.68%
Singapore
21 publications, 0.68%
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