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Research in Cerdanyola del Vallès

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Research institutions
8
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
68k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4M
21.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Cerdanyola del Vallès

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Which research institutions are in Cerdanyola del Vallès?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaUniversity 81,943 #200
2Ascamm Technologic CenterResearch facility 46 not ranked
3Dentaid (Spain)Company 27 not ranked
4Ultrasion (Spain)Company 5 not ranked
5MOVE (Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics)Nonprofit 3 not ranked
6Metalografica (Spain)Company 2 not ranked
7Catalan Association of Public UniversitiesInstitution 1 not ranked
8Fundación OmphisUniversity 1 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.

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 99.9%Ascamm Technologic Center: 0.1%Dentaid (Spain): 0.0%Ultrasion (Spain): 0.0%4 others listed: 0.0%100%largest
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona82k · 99.9%Ascamm Technologic Center46 · 0.1%Dentaid (Spain)27 · 0.0%Ultrasion (Spain)5 · 0.0%4 others listed7 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Cerdanyola del Vallès work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Cerdanyola del Vallès is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Medicine (18%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,341 fractional works · 39.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,269 fractional works · 20.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 562 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 345 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 302 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCommunication: 133 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 118 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 110 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 89 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 89 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,122 fractional works · 10.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 220 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 206 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 192 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 164 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 457 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 141 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 134 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 225 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 169 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 210 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,029 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 708 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 152 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 138 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 658 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 261 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 147 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 109 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 478 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 168 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 274 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 162 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 252 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 222 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPaleontology: 89 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 202 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 131 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,303 fractional works · 20.8% of its workMedicine: 1,985 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSurgery: 263 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 171 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 158 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 148 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 100 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 97 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 216 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 221 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 145 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,390 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 542 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 304 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 118 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 476 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 134 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 216 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 135 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCerdanyola delVallès11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences39%

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. Social Sciences4,34139.2%
    1. Social Sciences2,26920.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,12210.1%
    3. Psychology4574.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2252.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2101.9%
    6. Decision Sciences580.5%
    1. Environmental Science7086.4%
    2. Engineering6585.9%
    3. Computer Science4784.3%
    4. Materials Science2742.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2522.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2222.0%
    7. Mathematics2021.8%
    8. Chemistry1311.2%
    9. Energy670.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering370.3%
  3. Health Sciences2,30320.8%
    1. Medicine1,98517.9%
    2. Health Professions2212.0%
    3. Veterinary490.4%
    4. Nursing310.3%
    5. Dentistry170.2%
  4. Life Sciences1,39012.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5424.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4764.3%
    3. Neuroscience2162.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1351.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics220.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.91× its world share, 420 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 471 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 117 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 187 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 117 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 420 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 185 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 58 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 577 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 607 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 237 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.54× its world share, 176 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 222 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 198 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 1,761 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 27 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.40× its world share, 45 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.56× its world share, 1,000 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 185 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 49 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 205 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 391 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 2,000 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.56×1,000 works
  2. Veterinary3.40×45 works
  3. Social Sciences1.63×2,000 works
  4. Mathematics1.54×176 works
  5. Psychology1.32×391 works
  6. Environmental Science1.26×607 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.21×185 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×117 works
  9. Neuroscience1.18×187 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.03×222 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×205 works
  12. Medicine0.94×1,761 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.91×420 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×471 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.90×31 works
  16. Chemistry0.77×117 works
  17. Health Professions0.77×198 works
  18. Materials Science0.70×237 works
  19. Energy0.64×58 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×185 works
  21. Nursing0.57×27 works
  22. Computer Science0.56×420 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×18 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.52×49 works
  25. Engineering0.40×577 works
  26. Dentistry0.35×16 works

Which keywords describe research in Cerdanyola del Vallès?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, History, Gender, Epidemiology, 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-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. Globalization516▲ 2.4×126 topics
  2. Climate Change478▲ 1.59×106 topics
  3. Epidemiology473◆ 1.07×138 topics
  4. Education316▲ 1.66×107 topics
  5. Sustainability278◆ 1.03×100 topics
  6. History250▲ 3.3×53 topics
  7. Gender223▲ 3.8×49 topics
  8. Literature197▲ 3.2×50 topics
  9. Identity196▲ 2.4×64 topics
  10. Social Media192▲ 1.25×35 topics
  11. Mental Health190▲ 1.20×43 topics
  12. Quality of Life179◆ 1.12×60 topics
  13. Human Rights172▲ 1.52×65 topics
  14. Social Movements153▲ 4.7×30 topics
  15. Historiography144▲ 11×14 topics
  16. Nationalism143▲ 2.9×28 topics
  17. Latin America137▲ 6.5×21 topics
  18. Colonialism137▲ 2.6×47 topics
  19. Culture134▲ 2.3×33 topics
  20. Welfare State131▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Communication128▲ 3.7×17 topics
  22. Cultural Identity127▲ 2.3×34 topics
  23. Cultural Heritage125▲ 2.1×34 topics
  24. Cultural Studies118▲ 2.9×36 topics
  25. Neoliberalism116▲ 2.9×26 topics
  26. Society113▲ 5.3×18 topics
  27. Feminism110▲ 3.4×26 topics
  28. Spain105▲ 27×5 topics
  29. European Union96▲ 3.9×24 topics
  30. Pragmatics89▲ 5.2×6 topics
  31. Cultural Exchange89▲ 6.3×11 topics
  32. Archaeology87▲ 6.1×11 topics
  33. Propaganda86▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Economic Crisis84▲ 6.7×5 topics
  35. Bilingualism82▲ 5.4×7 topics
  36. Spanish Civil War79▲ 47×2 topics
  37. Iberian Peninsula76▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Family Support66▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Migrant Integration66▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Social Work62▲ 8.6×3 topics

What research is done in Cerdanyola del Vallès?

Social Sciences and Poli…58Social Sciences and Policies: 58 fractional worksAdvanced Differential Eq…46Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems: 46 fractional worksSpanish History and Poli…46Spanish History and Politics: 46 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and …40Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 40 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 36 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 33 fractional worksHuman Rights and Immigra…30Human Rights and Immigration: 30 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 30 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 30 fractional worksArchaeological and Histo…29Archaeological and Historical Studies: 29 fractional works
General Social SciencesGeometry and TopologyHistoryLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  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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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%Cerdanyola del Vallès20.2% 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 26.5% in 2019.

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