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Research in Palma

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Palma, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universitat de les Illes Balears, Fundació Universitat-Empresa de les Illes Balears and Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands.

Research institutions
12
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
363k
17.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1962-2026
65 years on the record
Palma

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 Palma?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitat de les Illes BalearsUniversity 13,278 #831
2Fundació Universitat-Empresa de les Illes BalearsUniversity 1,194 #4,520
3Hospital Universitario Son DuretaHospital / health system 1,061 #17,541 all time
4Health Research Institute of the Balearic IslandsResearch facility 907 #6,295
5Hospital Son LlatzerHospital / health system 697 #16,651
6Servei de Salut de les Illes BalearsHospital / health system 468 #16,772 all time
7Govern de les Illes BalearsGovernment institution 284 #16,233
8Clinica RotgerHospital / health system 213 #13,242 all time
9Fundació Balear d'Innovació i TecnologiaNonprofit 210 #22,004 all time
10Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting SystemResearch facility 116 not ranked
11Innovation Strategies (Spain)Company 31 not ranked
12Sanifit (Spain)Company 15 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 les Illes Balears: 71.9%Fundació Universitat-Empresa de les Illes Balears: 6.5%Hospital Universitario Son Dureta: 5.7%Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands: 4.9%8 others listed: 11.0%72%largest
Universitat de les Illes Balears13k · 71.9%Fundació Universitat-Empresa de les Illes Balears1,194 · 6.5%Hospital Universitario Son Dureta1,061 · 5.7%Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands907 · 4.9%8 others listed2,034 · 11.0%

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

Which fields of science does Palma work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Palma is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (14%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,485 fractional works · 31.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 664 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 169 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 121 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 395 fractional works · 8.5% of its workHistory: 92 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 71 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 69 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 197 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 62 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 100 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 78 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 89 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,317 fractional works · 28.3% of its workMedicine: 1,136 fractional works · 24.4% of its workSurgery: 120 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 108 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 87 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 76 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 76 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 68 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 135 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 79 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,313 fractional works · 28.2% of its workComputer Science: 318 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 104 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 228 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 214 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 80 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 173 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 153 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 99 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 74 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 534 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 241 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 118 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 153 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 63 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 78 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPalma4,648fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences32%

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 Sciences1,48531.9%
    1. Social Sciences66414.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities3958.5%
    3. Psychology1974.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1002.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting891.9%
    6. Decision Sciences390.8%
  2. Health Sciences1,31728.3%
    1. Medicine1,13624.4%
    2. Health Professions1352.9%
    3. Nursing250.5%
    4. Dentistry140.3%
    5. Veterinary60.1%
    1. Computer Science3186.9%
    2. Environmental Science2284.9%
    3. Engineering2144.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1733.7%
    5. Chemistry1533.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences992.1%
    7. Materials Science741.6%
    8. Mathematics330.7%
    9. Energy150.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2415.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1533.3%
    3. Neuroscience781.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology501.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Palma strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Palma is most concentrated in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, General Social Sciences and History (10.5× the world share in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry).

  1. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 33.9 works10×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 29.2 works6.5×
  3. HistorySubfield · 83.1 works6.4×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 65.9 works5.4×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 136 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 212 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 66 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.14× its world share, 136 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 280 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 80 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 193 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 197 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 65 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.65× its world share, 150 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 117 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 991 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.98× its world share, 350 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 80 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 91 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 166 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 583 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.98×350 works
  2. Chemistry2.14×136 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.65×150 works
  4. Psychology1.34×166 works
  5. Medicine1.27×991 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.26×80 works
  7. Nursing1.16×23 works
  8. Social Sciences1.13×583 works
  9. Health Professions1.09×117 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.05×91 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×42 works
  12. Neuroscience1.01×66 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×212 works
  14. Environmental Science0.98×197 works
  15. Computer Science0.89×280 works
  16. Veterinary0.89×5 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.86×34 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×10 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.71×136 works
  20. Mathematics0.61×29 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×80 works
  22. Dentistry0.59×12 works
  23. Materials Science0.46×65 works
  24. Energy0.36×13 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.33×5 works
  26. Engineering0.32×193 works

Which keywords describe research in Palma?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Gender, Literature, History, Crystal Engineering, Historiography and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology283▲ 1.53×134 topics
  2. Climate Change186▲ 1.47×83 topics
  3. Inflammation122▲ 1.24×78 topics
  4. Education115▲ 1.44×85 topics
  5. Globalization109▲ 1.19×85 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease102▲ 1.93×34 topics
  7. Gender98▲ 3.9×39 topics
  8. History92▲ 2.9×42 topics
  9. Public Health91▲ 1.34×61 topics
  10. Literature88▲ 3.5×41 topics
  11. Quality of Life86▲ 1.28×58 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome84▲ 2.2×24 topics
  13. Mental Health82▲ 1.23×38 topics
  14. Treatment82▲ 1.44×49 topics
  15. COVID-1981▲ 1.34×30 topics
  16. Obesity81▲ 2.2×23 topics
  17. Educational Technology78▲ 1.41×29 topics
  18. Identity77▲ 2.3×45 topics
  19. Crystal Engineering52▲ 9.9×3 topics
  20. Invasive Species51▲ 2.6×17 topics
  21. Historiography50▲ 8.9×11 topics
  22. Health Promotion46▲ 3.2×17 topics
  23. COVID-19 Impact46▲ 5.8×5 topics
  24. Political Power44▲ 20×5 topics
  25. Supramolecular Chemistry44▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Society43▲ 4.9×15 topics
  27. Welfare State40▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Hydrogen Bonding38▲ 9.7×5 topics
  29. Cultural Exchange37▲ 6.2×7 topics
  30. Iberian Peninsula36▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Sustainable Tourism36▲ 6.6×3 topics
  32. Mechanochemistry35▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Network Dynamics34▲ 7.4×3 topics
  34. Spain34▲ 20×5 topics
  35. Molecular Crystals33▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Noncovalent Interactions33▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Destination Image33▲ 8.4×2 topics
  38. Tourist Satisfaction32▲ 6.8×2 topics
  39. Community Perceptions32▲ 9.7×1 topic
  40. Destination Loyalty32▲ 9.7×1 topic

What research is done in Palma?

Crystallography and molecular interactions: 31 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 29 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 22 fractional worksArchaeological and Historical Studies: 20 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 18 fractional worksMigration, Aging, and Tourism Studies: 18 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 18 fractional worksMedieval and Early Moder…17Medieval and Early Modern Iberia: 17 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 17 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Spain: 17 fractional works
Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySociology and Political ScienceGeneral Social SciencesArcheology5 others

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

  1. 1 Crystallography and molecular interactions Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 31 works
  2. 2 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 22 works
  4. 4 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 20 works
  5. 5 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 18 works
  6. 6 Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies Demography 18 works
  7. 7 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  8. 8 Medieval and Early Modern Iberia History 17 works
  9. 9 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 17 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies on Spain History 17 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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%Palma17.6% 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 24.5% in 2016.

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