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 September 2018 - 31 August 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 September 2018 - 31 August 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.
Count | Share |
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1118 | 187.53 |
Outputs by subject (Share)
Highlight of the month
Senses arise in the brain before birth
© Adam Gault/Getty
Sensory maps in the mammalian brain take shape as the embryo develops, scientists in Spain have shown. This finding upends the idea that physical experiences are needed for neurons to pattern themselves into circuits representative of touch, sight, smell and other sensory systems.
A team from the Spanish National Research Council–affiliated Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante genetically disrupted the structured pattern of spontaneous calcium waves in the thalamus of embryonic mice. Consequently, the mice failed to respond normally to stimuli applied to their whiskers.
The findings suggest that functional sensory maps are sketched out in utero well before actual sensory inputs begin to fill in the details. This could help explain why some people are born with synaesthesia, a condition marked by unusual links between sensory experiences.
- Science 364, 987–990 (2019). doi: 10.1126/science.aav7617
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Nature Communications
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First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2019-04-10
1 September 2018 - 31 August 2019
International vs. domestic collaboration by Share
- 28.95% Domestic
- 71.05% International
Note: Hover over the graph to view the percentage of collaboration.
Top 10 domestic collaborators by Share (205 total)
- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
- Domestic institution
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Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain
(54.25)
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University of Valencia (UV), Spain
(39.14)
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University of Barcelona (UB), Spain
(36.23)
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University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain
(31.70)
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Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain
(25.95)
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Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain
(25.26)
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Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain
(23.09)
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Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain
(20.84)
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University of Zaragoza (Unizar), Spain
(17.54)
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Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain
(16.24)
Top 10 international collaborators by Share (2466 total)
- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
- Foreign institution
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French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
(38.02)
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National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy
(20.79)
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Max Planck Society, Germany
(17.70)
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Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany
(17.53)
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European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
(11.12)
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Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
(9.22)
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University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK)
(9.04)
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Harvard University, United States of America (USA)
(8.17)
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National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Italy
(7.81)
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Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK)
(7.67)
Note: Collaboration is determined by the fractional count (Share), which is listed in parentheses.
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
- UCLM-CSIC Biomedicine Unit, Spain
- Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ), Spain
- Instituto de Biologa y Gentica Molecular (IBGM), Spain
- Centro de Acústica Aplicada y Evaluación No Destructiva (CAEND), Spain
- Observatori de l’Ebre (OE), Spain
- Laboratorio de Circuitos Corticales, UPM-CSIC, Spain
- Laboratorio Internacional en Cambio Global (LINCGlobal), Chile
- Laboratorio de Heteroestructuras con Aplicación en Spintronica, Spain
- Grupo de Superficies y Materiales Porosos (SMAP), UVA-CSIC, Spain
- Laboratorio de Catálisis Homogénea (CSIC-US), Spain
- Laboratorio de Catálisis Homogénea (CSIC-UHU), Spain
- Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Biodiversidad (UMIB), Spain
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Spain
- Centro de Química y Materiales de Aragón (CEQMA), Spain
- UCLM-CSIC Laboratorio de Oncología, Spain
- Laboratorio Internacional en Cambio Global (LINCGlobal), Spain
- Unidad Asociada de Biomedicina (ULPGC-CSIC), Spain
- Laboratorio de Materiales y Superficies (UMA-CSIC), Spain
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Spain
- Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER), Spain
- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD), Spain
- Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences (IACT), Spain
- Applied Magnetism Institute (IMA), Spain
- Basque Centre for Biophysics (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Spain
- CEI·MAR Project, Spain
- CSIC/UAB Proteomics Laboratory, Spain
- Campus of International Excellence UAM-CSIC, Spain
- Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES), Spain
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Spain
- Center of Materials Physics (CFM), Spain
- Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR CSIC-UPM), Spain
- Centre for Desertification Research (CIDE), Spain
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Spain
- Centre of Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, Spain
- Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA), Spain
- Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD), United States of America (USA)
- Geosciences Institute (IGEO), Spain
- Grupo de Síntesis Química de La Rioja, Spain
- InForest Join Research Unit (CSIC-CTFC-CREAF), Spain
- Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ), Spain
- Institute for Corpuscular Physics (IFIC), Spain
- Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC), Spain
- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Spain
- Institute for Mediterranean and Subtropical Horticulture "La Mayora" (IHSM), Spain
- Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMCP), CSIC-UPV, Spain
- Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT), Spain
- Institute of Agrobiotechnology (IDAB), Spain
- Institute of Astrophysics of Canarias (IAC), Spain
- Institute of Biology and Functional Genomics (IBFG), Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research (IIB Sant Pau), Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research Alberto Sols (IIBM), Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Spain
- Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria (IBBTEC), Spain
- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Spain
- Institute of Chemical Synthesis and Homogenous Catalysis (ISQCH), Spain
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), Spain
- Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL), Spain
- Institute of Materials Science of Aragon (ICMA), Spain
- Institute of Materials Science of Sevilla (ICMSE), Spain
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT), Spain
- Institute of Microelectronics Sevilla (IMS), Spain
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology of Cancer (IBMCC), Spain
- Institute of Physics of Cantabria (IFCA), Spain
- Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (IBVF), Spain
- Institute of Research in Game Resources (IREC), Spain
- International Global Change Laboratory (LINC-Global), Spain
- LTER-Aigüestortes, Spain
- Materials Physics Center (MPC), Spain
- Matgas 2000 A.I.E., Spain
- Mayora Experimental Station (EELM), CSIC, Spain
- Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA), Spain
- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Research Center (CINN), Spain
- Organometallic Chemistry Institute "Enrique Moles" (IUQOEM), Spain
- Planck Collaboration, France
- SMOS Barcelona Expert Centre (SMOS-BEC), Spain
- Severo Ochoa Centre for Molecular Biology (CBMSO), Spain
- The LAGUNA-LBNO Collaboration, Switzerland
- The Spanish CRG Beamline (SpLine), Spain
- Unit of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (UB-CSIC), Spain

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