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Research in Girona

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Girona, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universitat de Girona, Catalan Institute for Water Research and Clínica Girona.

Research institutions
9
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
373k
23.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Girona

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 Girona?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitat de GironaUniversity 12,267 #619
2Clínica GironaHospital / health system 883 #13,525
3Catalan Institute for Water ResearchResearch facility 696 #8,846
4Hospital Santa CaterinaHospital / health system 197 #29,530 all time
5Institut d'Assistència SanitàriaHospital / health system 132 #31,924 all time
6EDMA InnovaCompany 7 not ranked
7Ajuntament de GironaGovernment institution 6 not ranked
8Comexi Group (Spain)Company 2 not ranked
9Deltex Medical (Spain)Company 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 de Girona: 86.4%Clínica Girona: 6.2%Catalan Institute for Water Research: 4.9%Hospital Santa Caterina: 1.4%5 others listed: 1.0%86%largest
Universitat de Girona12k · 86.4%Clínica Girona883 · 6.2%Catalan Institute for Water Research696 · 4.9%Hospital Santa Caterina197 · 1.4%5 others listed148 · 1.0%

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

Which fields of science does Girona work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in Girona is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,227 fractional works · 34.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 660 fractional works · 18.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 176 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 121 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 67 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 61 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 240 fractional works · 6.7% of its workHistory: 51 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 167 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 64 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 87 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,186 fractional works · 33.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 347 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEcology: 59 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 268 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 155 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 151 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 102 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 115 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 799 fractional works · 22.3% of its workMedicine: 700 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSurgery: 69 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 63 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 59 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 59 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 78 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 45 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 363 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 154 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 79 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 126 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGirona3,574fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences34%

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 Sciences1,22734.3%
    1. Social Sciences66018.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities2406.7%
    3. Psychology1674.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting872.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance541.5%
    6. Decision Sciences170.5%
    1. Environmental Science3479.7%
    2. Engineering2687.5%
    3. Computer Science1554.3%
    4. Chemistry1514.2%
    5. Materials Science1153.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences531.5%
    7. Mathematics330.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy270.8%
    9. Energy240.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering130.4%
    1. Medicine70019.6%
    2. Health Professions782.2%
    3. Nursing120.3%
    4. Dentistry50.1%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1544.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1263.5%
    3. Neuroscience501.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology240.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Girona strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Girona is most concentrated in History and Archeology (4.7× the world share in History).

  1. HistorySubfield · 47.2 works4.7×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 37.4 works3.9×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 111 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 133 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 44 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.74× its world share, 135 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 135 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 46 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 239 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.92× its world share, 300 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 99 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 70 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 612 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.35× its world share, 213 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 80 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 148 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 582 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry2.74×135 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.35×213 works
  3. Environmental Science1.92×300 works
  4. Psychology1.54×148 works
  5. Social Sciences1.46×582 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.04×12 works
  7. Medicine1.01×612 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.93×46 works
  9. Materials Science0.90×99 works
  10. Veterinary0.88×4 works
  11. Neuroscience0.86×44 works
  12. Health Professions0.84×70 works
  13. Mathematics0.81×30 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×133 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×80 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×111 works
  17. Energy0.74×21 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×50 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.67×21 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×7 works
  21. Nursing0.64×10 works
  22. Computer Science0.55×135 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.54×16 works
  24. Engineering0.51×239 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.35×24 works
  26. Dentistry0.27×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Girona?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Education, Globalization, Gender, Mental Health, COVID-19 Impact and Latin America.

▲ 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. Climate Change161▲ 1.66×89 topics
  2. Sustainability140▲ 1.61×79 topics
  3. Epidemiology120▼ 0.84×132 topics
  4. Education105▲ 1.70×82 topics
  5. Globalization101▲ 1.44×89 topics
  6. Environmental Impact85▲ 1.39×48 topics
  7. Mental Health84▲ 1.64×40 topics
  8. Human Rights65▲ 1.79×46 topics
  9. Quality of Life63▲ 1.22×55 topics
  10. Identity62▲ 2.4×35 topics
  11. COVID-1961▲ 1.31×30 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications61▲ 1.43×28 topics
  13. Public Health60▲ 1.16×63 topics
  14. Gender60▲ 3.1×37 topics
  15. Educational Technology59▲ 1.40×27 topics
  16. History58▲ 2.4×31 topics
  17. Innovation51▲ 1.39×39 topics
  18. Literature46▲ 2.4×28 topics
  19. Economic Growth46▲ 1.58×18 topics
  20. Community Engagement41▲ 3.5×21 topics
  21. Cultural Heritage41▲ 2.1×29 topics
  22. COVID-19 Impact40▲ 6.5×6 topics
  23. Latin America39▲ 5.8×18 topics
  24. Invasive Species37▲ 2.4×18 topics
  25. Conservation37▲ 2.4×21 topics
  26. Communication35▲ 3.1×17 topics
  27. Inclusive Education34▲ 2.6×17 topics
  28. Sustainable Tourism33▲ 8.0×4 topics
  29. Tourist Satisfaction33▲ 9.0×2 topics
  30. Destination Image33▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Society32▲ 4.7×14 topics
  32. Wastewater Treatment32▲ 3.6×8 topics
  33. Community Perceptions32▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Tourism Development32▲ 6.5×1 topic
  35. Welfare State31▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Criminal Justice31▲ 3.9×6 topics
  37. Historiography31▲ 7.0×9 topics
  38. Spain24▲ 19×5 topics
  39. Tourism24▲ 7.3×6 topics
  40. Transition Metal Catalysis21▲ 6.9×4 topics

What research is done in Girona?

Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 27 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tourism: 16 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…15Social Sciences and Policies: 15 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antib…15Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 15 fractional worksLegal processes and jurisprudence: 15 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 13 fractional worksHistorical and socio-eco…12Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions: 12 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 11 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 11 fractional worksUrbanism, Landscape, and…11Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceFood ScienceGeneral Social SciencesPollution6 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  2. 2 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 16 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 15 works
  4. 4 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 15 works
  5. 5 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 15 works
  6. 6 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 13 works
  7. 7 Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  8. 8 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 11 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  10. 10 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies Cultural Studies 11 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 counting20%40%Girona17.3% 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 33.5% in 2016.

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