BIST Community Figures

People

All figures refer to 2025 unless otherwise stated.

2800

Total members

Women

International

49% of the BIST Community group leaders have been listed in one or more of the latest five editions of the ‘Stanford’s Top 2% Scientists‘ ranking.

Publications (BIST affiliation)

1441

Articles and reviews in 2025

Open access

Pub. with international collaboration

Citations/publication (2016-2025)

2.81

Global normalized impact (2016-2025)

Highly Cited Publications (2016-2025)

position in Europe in Nature Index 2025 (Top 1%)

position in Nature Index 2025 (Europe, excluding universities)

position worlwide in Excellence Maps HCP (all subjects, 2017-2021)

ERC Grants (2007- April 2026)

189

ERC Grants (coordinated)

290

Net EU Contribution

The BIST Community leads Southern Europe in ERC funding received per capita of researchers.

Innovation

265

Active patent families

Priority patent applications in 2025

of BIST research articles are cited in patents

Active spin-offs (December 2025)

Spin-off 5-year survival rate

secured from the European Innovation Council (EIC) by BIST centres and their spin-offs

Training and Outreach

140

PhD theses defended

240000

People reached through presential and online outreach activities

300000

Social networks followers

9700

Mentions in mass media

Funding

227

BIST Community Centres 2025 Aggregated budget

Core Funding

Competitive Funding

Contracts and Endowments

Institutional Members of the Board of Trustees

BIST is an institution of scientific cooperation of seven top research centres committed to creating a collaborative environment of multidisciplinary scientific excellence: CRG, IBEC, ICFO, ICIQ, ICN2, IFAE i IRB Barcelona

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