Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Spain

The CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) is the largest and leading public research institution in Spain and the third in Europe due to the quality and quantity of its scientific production. It plays an essential role within the Spanish System for Science, Technology and Innovation and contributes to reinforce Spain’s position at the international level.

CSIC’s main aim is to develop and promote scientific studies to contribute to foster scientific and technological progress. CSIC's mission includes: 1) multidisciplinary scientific and technical research; 2) scientific and technical advice; 3) transferring results to the private sector; 4) contributing to the creation of technology-driven companies; 5) training specialised personnel; 6) management of infrastructure and large facilities; 7) promoting scientific culture. The CSIC is multidisciplinary, carrying out research in almost all fields of knowledge. Its activities encompass basic research all the way through to technological development.

The CSIC is present in all the autonomous regions through their centres across Spain. It comprises 120 centres spread across Spain, and is also present in Brussels and Rome. It is formed by employees with a wide range of academic qualifications and professional categories. The CSIC employs 11,000 people, of which 3.000 are researchers. In total, they represent the 6% of Spain’s R&D workforce and generate approximately the 20% of the country’s production. Likewise, the CSIC collaborates with other juridical entities such as consortia and trading companies.

1 August 2018 - 31 July 2019

Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) published between 1 August 2018 - 31 July 2019 which are tracked by the Nature Index.

Hover over the donut graph to view the FC output for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.

AC	FC
1105	182.25

Outputs by subject (FC)

Subject	AC	FC
Earth & Environmental Sciences	107	21.66
Physical Sciences	564	74.41
ACS Nano	11	1.84
Advanced Functional Materials	15	3.61
Advanced Materials	6	1.71
Applied Physics Letters	16	4.83
Astronomy & Astrophysics	18	4.91
European Physical Journal C	83	8.24
Journal of High Energy Physics	139	13.03
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters	23	2.68
Nano Letters	24	3.64
Nature	11	0.75
Nature Communications	36	5.67
Nature Materials	5	1.28
Nature Nanotechnology	1	0.06
Nature Photonics	1	0.10
Nature Physics	2	0.56
Physical Review A	1	0.10
Physical Review B	16	2.79
Physical Review D	5	0.79
Physical Review Letters	85	9.91
Physical Review X	3	0.83
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	3	0.95
Science	5	0.26
Science Advances	2	0.74
The Astrophysical Journal Letters	53	5.14
Life Sciences	305	50.81
Chemistry	243	54.92

Highlight of the month

Alzheimer’s disrupts birth of new brain cells

Neuroscientists have found evidence that new brain cells are continually being formed in the brain region known as the hippocampus, but that Alzheimer’s disease disrupts this process. This finding could open up new ways to fight memory loss induced by the disease.

The hippocampus, situated squarely in the middle of your grey matter, is mainly associated with memory. Amazingly, it can grow new brain cells in a process called adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN).

Recently, researchers at the Spanish National Research Council used improved methods for visualizing immature neurons to show that the hippocampal neurons of healthy human brains are in varying stages of maturation, but that maturation of these cells declined with advancing Alzheimer’s.

Since the inhibition of AHN by Alzheimer’s may be connected with memory retention loss, further research could uncover ways to combat Alzheimer’s inhibition of AHN and thereby curb its destructive effects on memory retention.

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