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Research in A Coruña

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in A Coruña, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade da Coruña and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña.

Research institutions
9
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
305k
14.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1969-2026
58 years on the record
A Coruña

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in A Coruña?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade da CoruñaUniversity 20,142 #747
2Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A CoruñaResearch facility 873 #12,525
3Asociación Española de Psiquiatría del Niño y el AdolescenteNonprofit 279 #22,864 all time
4EuroEspes Biomedical Research CenterResearch facility 218 #28,181 all time
5Centro Oncológico de GaliciaHospital / health system 212 #32,351 all time
6Gerontologic Complex La MilagrosaGovernment institution 70 not ranked
7Centro Médico Sanitas A CoruñaHospital / health system 9 not ranked
8Interoud Innovation (Spain)Company 6 not ranked
9Nanogap Sub-NM-Powder (Spain)Company 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Universidade da Coruña: 92.3%Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña: 4.0%Asociación Española de Psiquiatría del Niño y el Adolescente: 1.3%EuroEspes Biomedical Research Center: 1.0%5 others listed: 1.4%92%largest
Universidade da Coruña20k · 92.3%Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña873 · 4.0%Asociación Española de Psiquiatría del Niño y el Adolescente279 · 1.3%EuroEspes Biomedical Research Center218 · 1.0%5 others listed299 · 1.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does A Coruña work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in A Coruña is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,448 fractional works · 32.0% of its workEngineering: 466 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 71 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 400 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 144 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 62 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 278 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 88 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,438 fractional works · 31.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 742 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 177 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 125 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 90 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCommunication: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 284 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 73 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 170 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 111 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 92 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,198 fractional works · 26.4% of its workMedicine: 1,061 fractional works · 23.4% of its workSurgery: 145 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 95 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 91 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 62 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 62 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 105 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 448 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 252 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 133 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 91 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKA Coruña4,533fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering46610.3%
    2. Computer Science4008.8%
    3. Environmental Science2786.1%
    4. Materials Science881.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences701.5%
    6. Chemistry531.2%
    7. Energy300.7%
    8. Mathematics290.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy230.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering110.2%
  2. Social Sciences1,43831.7%
    1. Social Sciences74216.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities2846.3%
    3. Psychology1703.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1112.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting922.0%
    6. Decision Sciences380.8%
  3. Health Sciences1,19826.4%
    1. Medicine1,06123.4%
    2. Health Professions1052.3%
    3. Nursing160.4%
    4. Dentistry100.2%
    5. Veterinary50.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2525.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences912.0%
    3. Neuroscience551.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology360.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics140.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is A Coruña strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in A Coruña is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development and Communication (6.5× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 28.9 works6.5×
  2. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 34.6 works4.2×
  3. CommunicationSubfield · 43.4 works3.9×
  4. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 24.5 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 78 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 222 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 48 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 364 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 62 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 413 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 249 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 80 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 96 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 940 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.16× its world share, 251 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 80 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 102 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 148 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 665 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.16×251 works
  2. Social Sciences1.30×665 works
  3. Environmental Science1.24×249 works
  4. Medicine1.21×940 works
  5. Psychology1.21×148 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.19×102 works
  7. Computer Science1.16×364 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.03×222 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.98×62 works
  10. Health Professions0.90×96 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.85×33 works
  12. Veterinary0.80×4 works
  13. Neuroscience0.78×51 works
  14. Chemistry0.77×48 works
  15. Nursing0.74×15 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×29 works
  17. Engineering0.68×413 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.67×9 works
  19. Energy0.67×25 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×80 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×9 works
  22. Materials Science0.57×80 works
  23. Mathematics0.57×27 works
  24. Dentistry0.46×9 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×78 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.23×21 works

Which keywords describe research in A Coruña?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, Welfare State, Deep Learning, Education and Inflammation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology208◆ 1.15×132 topics
  2. Climate Change163▲ 1.32×91 topics
  3. Deep Learning159◆ 1.02×65 topics
  4. Globalization146▲ 1.63×84 topics
  5. Machine Learning140◆ 0.93×78 topics
  6. Inflammation120▲ 1.24×77 topics
  7. Sustainability119◆ 1.08×94 topics
  8. Education113▲ 1.45×80 topics
  9. Quality of Life94▲ 1.43×60 topics
  10. Environmental Impact94▲ 1.21×47 topics
  11. COVID-1993▲ 1.58×24 topics
  12. Cultural Heritage84▲ 3.5×26 topics
  13. Treatment78▲ 1.41×48 topics
  14. Social Media76▲ 1.21×31 topics
  15. Human Rights70▲ 1.51×46 topics
  16. History68▲ 2.2×36 topics
  17. Literature62▲ 2.5×41 topics
  18. Gender60▲ 2.5×30 topics
  19. Identity59▲ 1.80×49 topics
  20. Welfare State54▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Communication50▲ 3.5×19 topics
  22. Rural Development48▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Latin America45▲ 5.2×19 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk44▲ 3.1×9 topics
  25. Social Networks41▲ 3.3×12 topics
  26. European Union40▲ 4.0×11 topics
  27. Ethical Challenges37▲ 3.8×6 topics
  28. Environmental Conservation36▲ 7.8×7 topics
  29. Constitutional Law34▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. Informal Learning34▲ 5.8×5 topics
  31. Sustainable Tourism34▲ 6.4×3 topics
  32. Spain34▲ 21×5 topics
  33. Economic Crisis33▲ 6.3×3 topics
  34. Participation31▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Urban Planning30▲ 7.6×7 topics
  36. Family Support28▲ 9.4×2 topics
  37. Social Work28▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Migrant Integration27▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Community Intervention27▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Third Sector27▲ 21×1 topic

What research is done in A Coruña?

Social Sciences and Poli…26Social Sciences and Policies: 26 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…21Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 21 fractional worksGalician and Iberian cultural studies: 20 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…20E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 20 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-…17Communication and COVID-19 Impact: 17 fractional worksHuman Rights and Immigration: 16 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 16 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…15Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 15 fractional worksAdministrative Law and Governance: 14 fractional worksMigration, Aging, and Tourism Studies: 14 fractional works
General Social SciencesRheumatologyGeography, Planning and DevelopmentComputer Science Applications6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 26 works
  2. 2 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 21 works
  3. 3 Galician and Iberian cultural studies Geography, Planning and Development 20 works
  4. 4 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 20 works
  5. 5 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 17 works
  6. 6 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  7. 7 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 16 works
  8. 8 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 15 works
  9. 9 Administrative Law and Governance Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  10. 10 Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies Demography 14 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%A Coruña15.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.4% in 2016.

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