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Research in Pontevedra

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Pontevedra, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Complejo Hospitalario de Pontevedra.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.2k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
16.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1967-2026
60 years on the record
Pontevedra

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 Pontevedra?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Complejo Hospitalario de PontevedraHospital / health system 1,030 #13,531
2Hospital MonteceloHospital / health system 263 #28,103 all time

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.

Which fields of science does Pontevedra work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Pontevedra is in Health Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Environmental Science (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 172 fractional works · 36.1% of its workMedicine: 158 fractional works · 33.1% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 137 fractional works · 28.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 80 fractional works · 16.8% of its workEcology: 26 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 130 fractional works · 27.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 71 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPlant Science: 41 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPontevedra477fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences27%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences8%

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. Medicine15833.1%
    2. Health Professions112.2%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Environmental Science8016.8%
    2. Engineering183.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences153.2%
    4. Computer Science132.7%
    5. Chemistry81.7%
    6. Materials Science20.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Mathematics10.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7114.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5010.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.2%
    4. Neuroscience30.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Social Sciences193.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities71.4%
    3. Psychology40.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.6%
    5. Decision Sciences30.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Pontevedra strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Pontevedra is most concentrated in Ecology and Plant Science (7.8× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 23.6 works7.8×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 33.0 works4.9×
← 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: 3.20× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.02× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.63× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 121 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.63×70 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.20×59 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.28×14 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.02×42 works
  5. Medicine1.64×121 works
  6. Chemistry1.05×6 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.01×4 works
  8. Veterinary0.92×0 works
  9. Nursing0.80×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.71×7 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.59×7 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.52×2 works
  14. Neuroscience0.40×2 works
  15. Dentistry0.39×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.35×10 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×3 works
  18. Psychology0.32×4 works
  19. Social Sciences0.27×13 works
  20. Engineering0.25×14 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  26. Energy0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Pontevedra?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Epidemiology, Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Ecosystem Services, Global Change and Fisheries Sustainability.

▲ 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 Change52▲ 4.0×59 topics
  2. Epidemiology33▲ 1.76×94 topics
  3. Invasive Species18▲ 8.9×16 topics
  4. Biodiversity16▲ 4.4×23 topics
  5. Inflammation16▲ 1.54×47 topics
  6. Treatment15▲ 2.5×35 topics
  7. Diagnosis14▲ 3.2×29 topics
  8. Environmental Impact13▲ 1.62×24 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services13▲ 6.8×7 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation12▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Global Change11▲ 8.4×6 topics
  12. Fisheries Sustainability10▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Conservation10▲ 5.0×15 topics
  14. Gene Expression10▲ 3.2×11 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 6.0×10 topics
  16. Ecosystem Functioning9▲ 9.0×7 topics
  17. Trophic Cascades8▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Biological Control8▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Biological Invasions8▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Ecosystem Management8▲ 28×1 topic
  21. Marine Fisheries8▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Global Warming8▲ 3.7×10 topics
  23. Autoantibodies7▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Ecosystem Resilience7▲ 9.3×5 topics
  25. DNA Barcoding7▲ 8.0×6 topics
  26. Population Dynamics7▲ 5.4×10 topics
  27. Marine Environment6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  28. Phylogenetic Relationships6▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Ocean Acidification6▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Mycorrhizal Fungi5▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Quantitative Trait Loci5▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Rituximab5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  33. Plant-Animal Interactions5▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Pollinator Decline5▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Health5▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Rhizosphere Interactions5▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Root Exudates5▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Ecosystem5▲ 9.1×4 topics
  39. Ecosystem-Based Management5▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Marine Spatial Planning5▲ 30×1 topic

What research is done in Pontevedra?

Marine and fisheries research: 7 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 5 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 4 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 4 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 4 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…3Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 3 fractional worksPlant Parasitism and Resistance: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  3. 3 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  5. 5 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Plant Parasitism and Resistance Plant Science 3 works
  10. 10 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 3 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%Pontevedra18.2% 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 23.2% in 2020.

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