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Research in Girona

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Girona, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universitat de Girona, Catalan Institute for Water Research and Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona.

Research institutions
12
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.0%
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 Girona?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitat de GironaUniversity 12,267 #1,982
2Hospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep TruetaHospital / health system 1,236 #15,715
3Clínica GironaHospital / health system 883 #18,787
4Catalan Institute for Water ResearchResearch facility 696 #13,559
5Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de GironaResearch facility 525 #15,616
6Hospital Santa CaterinaHospital / health system 197 #32,465 all time
7Institut d'Assistència SanitàriaHospital / health system 132 #34,786 all time
8Institut Català de Recerca En Patrimoni CulturalInstitution 24 not ranked
9EDMA InnovaCompany 7 not ranked
10Ajuntament de GironaGovernment institution 6 not ranked
11Comexi Group (Spain)Company 2 not ranked
12Deltex Medical (Spain)Company 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 de Girona: 76.8%Hospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta: 7.7%Clínica Girona: 5.5%Catalan Institute for Water Research: 4.4%8 others listed: 5.6%77%largest
Universitat de Girona12k · 76.8%Hospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta1,236 · 7.7%Clínica Girona883 · 5.5%Catalan Institute for Water Research696 · 4.4%8 others listed894 · 5.6%

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

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.

Which keywords describe research in Girona?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Education, Mental Health, Globalization, Gender, COVID-19 Impact and Identity.

▲ 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. Climate Change141▲ 1.66×84 topics
  2. Sustainability127▲ 1.66×75 topics
  3. Epidemiology104▼ 0.83×129 topics
  4. Education92▲ 1.71×77 topics
  5. Globalization85▲ 1.37×80 topics
  6. Mental Health76▲ 1.65×39 topics
  7. Environmental Impact72▲ 1.34×44 topics
  8. Quality of Life58▲ 1.27×55 topics
  9. COVID-1957▲ 1.33×27 topics
  10. Human Rights56▲ 1.74×40 topics
  11. Identity55▲ 2.4×31 topics
  12. Educational Technology54▲ 1.44×27 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications53▲ 1.43×27 topics
  14. Gender52▲ 3.1×34 topics
  15. History52▲ 2.3×28 topics
  16. Public Health51◆ 1.12×54 topics
  17. Innovation46▲ 1.39×37 topics
  18. Literature39▲ 2.3×25 topics
  19. Cultural Heritage38▲ 2.2×28 topics
  20. Community Engagement36▲ 3.5×21 topics
  21. COVID-19 Impact35▲ 6.6×6 topics
  22. Latin America34▲ 5.7×17 topics
  23. Communication32▲ 3.3×15 topics
  24. Inclusive Education30▲ 2.7×17 topics
  25. Welfare State29▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Criminal Justice29▲ 4.1×6 topics
  27. Sustainable Tourism28▲ 7.7×4 topics
  28. Historiography28▲ 7.1×8 topics
  29. Destination Image28▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Tourist Satisfaction28▲ 8.7×2 topics
  31. Society28▲ 4.5×13 topics
  32. Wastewater Treatment27▲ 3.7×8 topics
  33. Community Perceptions27▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Tourism Development27▲ 7.2×1 topic
  35. Spain23▲ 19×5 topics
  36. Tourism22▲ 7.3×6 topics
  37. Transition Metal Catalysis19▲ 7.2×4 topics
  38. Rural Tourism18▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Political Power18▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Enantioselective Synthesis17▲ 8.9×6 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 ResearchSociology and Political Science 27 works
  2. 2 Culinary Culture and TourismFood Science 16 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and PoliciesGeneral Social Sciences 15 works
  4. 4 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsPollution 15 works
  5. 5 Legal processes and jurisprudenceLaw 15 works
  6. 6 Educational Innovations and TechnologyInformation Systems 13 works
  7. 7 Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regionsEconomics and Econometrics 12 works
  8. 8 Statistics Education and MethodologiesStatistics and Probability 11 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  10. 10 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesCultural Studies 11 works

Research output over time

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