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Research in Castelldefels

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Castelldefels, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
768
▲ 111% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
32.2%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Castelldefels?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Institut d'Estudis Espacials de CatalunyaResearch facility 768 #7,115

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Castelldefels strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Castelldefels is most concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (80.7× the world share in Astronomy and Astrophysics).

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 75.0 works81×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 104.3 works26×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Castelldefels?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gravitational Waves, Supernovae, Black Holes, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Star Formation, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Gravitational Waves22▲ 224×2 topics
  2. Supernovae17▲ 114×2 topics
  3. Black Holes16▲ 92×3 topics
  4. Accretion Disks14▲ 164×2 topics
  5. Magnetic Fields14▲ 119×2 topics
  6. Star Formation13▲ 139×2 topics
  7. Exoplanets13▲ 181×1 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics13▲ 181×1 topic
  9. Nucleosynthesis12▲ 143×3 topics
  10. Gamma-Ray Bursts12▲ 250×1 topic
  11. Neutron Stars12▲ 250×1 topic
  12. Binary Black Hole10▲ 200×1 topic
  13. Equation of State10▲ 110×2 topics
  14. Neutron Star10▲ 200×1 topic
  15. Remote Sensing10▲ 4.7×19 topics
  16. Hydrological Modeling10▲ 23×5 topics
  17. Dark Matter9▲ 43×3 topics
  18. Astronomical Instrumentation9▲ 191×1 topic
  19. Spectrograph9▲ 191×1 topic
  20. Galactic Center8▲ 103×2 topics
  21. Cosmology8▲ 64×2 topics
  22. Event Horizon Telescope7▲ 180×1 topic
  23. Turbulence7▲ 45×3 topics
  24. X-Ray Astronomy7▲ 180×1 topic
  25. Molecular Clouds7▲ 150×1 topic
  26. Protoplanetary Disks7▲ 150×1 topic
  27. Validation7▲ 41×2 topics
  28. Satellite Observations6▲ 37×3 topics
  29. Galaxies6▲ 129×1 topic
  30. Stellar Populations6▲ 129×1 topic
  31. Data Assimilation6▲ 22×4 topics
  32. Solar System Abundances6▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Terrestrial Planets6▲ 70×1 topic
  34. Cosmic Rays5▲ 58×2 topics
  35. Neutrinos5▲ 58×2 topics
  36. Dark Energy5▲ 44×2 topics
  37. Cosmic Microwave Background5▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Cosmological Parameters5▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Global Monitoring4▲ 107×1 topic
  40. Soil Moisture4▲ 34×1 topic

What research is done in Castelldefels?

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 13 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 12 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…10Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 10 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…9Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 9 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 7 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 7 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…6Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 6 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 6 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 5 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 4 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationEnvironmental Engineering

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  2. 2 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  3. 3 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  4. 4 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 9 works
  5. 5 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  6. 6 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  7. 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  8. 8 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  10. 10 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 4 works

Research output over time

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