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Research in Cerdanyola del Vallès

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications and Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona.

Research institutions
12
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
68k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.0%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Cerdanyola del Vallès?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaUniversity 62,403 #441
2Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaResearch facility 2,607 #4,170
3Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry ApplicationsResearch facility 1,281 #2,923
4Institut de Microelectrònica de BarcelonaResearch facility 946 #10,811
5Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel CrusafontArchive 422 #12,978
6Ascamm Technologic CenterResearch facility 46 not ranked
7Dentaid (Spain)Company 27 not ranked
8Ultrasion (Spain)Company 5 not ranked
9MOVE (Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics)Nonprofit 3 not ranked
10Metalografica (Spain)Company 2 not ranked
11Catalan Association of Public UniversitiesInstitution 1 not ranked
12Fundación OmphisUniversity 1 not ranked

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.

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.

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 92.1%Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona: 3.8%Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications: 1.9%Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona: 1.4%8 others listed: 0.7%92%largest
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona62k · 92.1%Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona2,607 · 3.8%Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications1,281 · 1.9%Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona946 · 1.4%8 others listed507 · 0.7%

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What is Cerdanyola del Vallès strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Cerdanyola del Vallès is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Paleontology and History (6.6× the world share in General Social Sciences).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 70.7 works6.6×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 76.7 works6.5×
  3. HistorySubfield · 189.2 works6.1×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 144.4 works4.9×
  5. ClassicsSubfield · 27.1 works4.7×
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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 Cerdanyola del Vallès?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, History, Epidemiology, Gender, Historiography, Education and Welfare State.

▲ 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. Globalization453▲ 2.4×121 topics
  2. Epidemiology417◆ 1.09×136 topics
  3. Climate Change407▲ 1.56×104 topics
  4. Education282▲ 1.69×102 topics
  5. Sustainability242◆ 1.02×94 topics
  6. History222▲ 3.3×51 topics
  7. Gender194▲ 3.7×48 topics
  8. Literature174▲ 3.3×46 topics
  9. Identity174▲ 2.5×61 topics
  10. Social Media173▲ 1.25×34 topics
  11. Mental Health168▲ 1.18×41 topics
  12. Human Rights152▲ 1.52×63 topics
  13. Social Movements140▲ 4.8×28 topics
  14. Historiography131▲ 11×13 topics
  15. Nationalism130▲ 2.9×28 topics
  16. Welfare State125▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Culture122▲ 2.4×32 topics
  18. Latin America121▲ 6.5×21 topics
  19. Colonialism117▲ 2.5×43 topics
  20. Communication116▲ 3.9×17 topics
  21. Cultural Identity114▲ 2.3×32 topics
  22. Cultural Studies105▲ 2.9×32 topics
  23. Society101▲ 5.4×17 topics
  24. Neoliberalism100▲ 2.9×24 topics
  25. Spain96▲ 26×5 topics
  26. Feminism93▲ 3.4×24 topics
  27. European Union87▲ 3.9×23 topics
  28. Economic Crisis82▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Pragmatics80▲ 5.1×6 topics
  30. Propaganda80▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Cultural Exchange79▲ 6.2×11 topics
  32. Archaeology77▲ 5.9×11 topics
  33. Spanish Civil War73▲ 47×2 topics
  34. Bilingualism70▲ 5.3×7 topics
  35. Iberian Peninsula68▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Family Support65▲ 9.7×2 topics
  37. Participation65▲ 6.7×4 topics
  38. Migrant Integration64▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Social Work62▲ 9.0×3 topics
  40. Community Intervention58▲ 18×1 topic

What research is done in Cerdanyola del Vallès?

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 58 works
  2. 2 Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems Geometry and Topology 46 works
  3. 3 Spanish History and Politics History 46 works
  4. 4 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 40 works
  5. 5 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 36 works
  6. 6 Education and Teacher Training Education 33 works
  7. 7 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  8. 8 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 30 works
  9. 9 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 30 works
  10. 10 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 29 works

Research output over time

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