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Research in Salamanca

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Salamanca, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad de Salamanca and Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
41k
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
569k
13.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Salamanca

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 Salamanca?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad de SalamancaUniversity 37,072 #611
2Universidad Pontificia de SalamancaUniversity 2,321 #4,625
3Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de PostgradoUniversity 20 not ranked
4Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en CáncerResearch facility 4 not ranked
5Itelsa (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.

Universidad de Salamanca: 94.0%Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca: 5.9%Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de Postgrado: 0.1%Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Cáncer: 0.0%1 other listed: 0.0%94%largest
Universidad de Salamanca37k · 94.0%Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca2,321 · 5.9%Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de Postgrado20 · 0.1%Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Cáncer4 · 0.0%1 other listed1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Salamanca work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Salamanca is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (18%), Arts and Humanities (16%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,236 fractional works · 46.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,009 fractional works · 22.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 475 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 323 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 278 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLaw: 122 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 117 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 117 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 101 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 97 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 84 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,406 fractional works · 15.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 280 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHistory: 245 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 228 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 160 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 122 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 388 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 118 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 114 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 221 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 143 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 121 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,959 fractional works · 21.7% of its workComputer Science: 623 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 188 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 133 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 128 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 402 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 282 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 222 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 83 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 144 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 87 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,912 fractional works · 21.2% of its workMedicine: 1,590 fractional works · 17.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 162 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 138 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 136 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 131 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 99 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 93 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 181 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 204 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 95 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 85 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 921 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 375 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 223 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 294 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 131 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 140 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 96 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSalamanca9,028fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences47%

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 Sciences4,23646.9%
    1. Social Sciences2,00922.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,40615.6%
    3. Psychology3884.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2212.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1431.6%
    6. Decision Sciences690.8%
    1. Computer Science6236.9%
    2. Engineering4024.5%
    3. Environmental Science2823.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2222.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1441.6%
    6. Materials Science881.0%
    7. Mathematics871.0%
    8. Chemistry680.8%
    9. Energy320.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,91221.2%
    1. Medicine1,59017.6%
    2. Health Professions2042.3%
    3. Dentistry850.9%
    4. Nursing210.2%
    5. Veterinary110.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3754.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2943.3%
    3. Neuroscience1401.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology961.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Salamanca strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Salamanca is most concentrated in General Arts and Humanities, General Social Sciences and Classics (15.2× the world share in General Arts and Humanities).

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 24.9 works15×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 89.0 works10×
  3. ClassicsSubfield · 47.7 works10×
  4. HistorySubfield · 219.9 works8.6×
  5. ConservationSubfield · 51.7 works6.9×
  6. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 247.8 works5.9×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 260 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 329 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 86 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 122 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 62 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 541 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 122 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 356 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 251 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 77 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 81 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.19× its world share, 209 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.02× its world share, 78 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 177 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 1,371 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.36× its world share, 1,226 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 194 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 61 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 133 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 333 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 1,773 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.36×1,226 works
  2. Dentistry2.02×78 works
  3. Social Sciences1.77×1,773 works
  4. Psychology1.38×333 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.19×209 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×86 works
  7. Veterinary1.00×11 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.98×122 works
  9. Neuroscience0.95×122 works
  10. Medicine0.90×1,371 works
  11. Computer Science0.88×541 works
  12. Mathematics0.87×81 works
  13. Health Professions0.85×177 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.80×61 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×329 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×133 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.76×194 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×260 works
  19. Environmental Science0.64×251 works
  20. Nursing0.52×20 works
  21. Chemistry0.50×62 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×14 works
  23. Energy0.40×29 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.33×9 works
  25. Engineering0.30×356 works
  26. Materials Science0.28×77 works

Which keywords describe research in Salamanca?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Education, Literature, Gender, Globalization, Identity, Latin America and Society.

▲ 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. Education491▲ 3.2×117 topics
  2. Globalization418▲ 2.4×120 topics
  3. History382▲ 6.1×58 topics
  4. Literature330▲ 6.7×55 topics
  5. Epidemiology328◆ 0.91×137 topics
  6. Gender299▲ 6.2×51 topics
  7. Identity288▲ 4.4×68 topics
  8. Educational Technology238▲ 2.2×36 topics
  9. Innovation216▲ 2.3×57 topics
  10. Latin America216▲ 13×21 topics
  11. Human Rights212▲ 2.3×59 topics
  12. Ethics209▲ 4.6×51 topics
  13. Quality of Life207▲ 1.59×59 topics
  14. Culture202▲ 4.3×34 topics
  15. Society192▲ 11×23 topics
  16. Technology185▲ 3.9×31 topics
  17. E-Learning177▲ 2.0×22 topics
  18. Cultural Heritage176▲ 3.7×29 topics
  19. Cultural Studies169▲ 5.1×33 topics
  20. Philosophy169▲ 4.2×40 topics
  21. Cultural Identity169▲ 3.8×34 topics
  22. Colonialism167▲ 3.9×43 topics
  23. Social Movements148▲ 5.5×27 topics
  24. Pedagogy140▲ 3.1×21 topics
  25. Communication137▲ 4.8×20 topics
  26. Spain136▲ 42×5 topics
  27. Historiography128▲ 12×14 topics
  28. Informal Learning123▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Feminism119▲ 4.5×22 topics
  30. Welfare State119▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Pragmatics115▲ 8.1×6 topics
  32. Memory111▲ 5.0×23 topics
  33. Sociolinguistics109▲ 6.6×9 topics
  34. Bilingualism106▲ 8.5×7 topics
  35. Lexicography104▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Cultural Exchange104▲ 9.1×10 topics
  37. Political Power98▲ 23×4 topics
  38. Narrative96▲ 6.9×12 topics
  39. Language Contact94▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Iberian Peninsula92▲ 35×3 topics

What research is done in Salamanca?

Spanish Linguistics and …74Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 74 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…67E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 67 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 64 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 51 fractional worksComparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 48 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 44 fractional worksSpanish Literature and Culture Studies: 44 fractional worksHistorical Art and Archi…42Historical Art and Architecture Studies: 42 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 41 fractional worksMedieval and Early Modern Iberia: 39 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsComputer Science ApplicationsGeneral Social SciencesInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 74 works
  2. 2 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 67 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 64 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 51 works
  5. 5 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 48 works
  6. 6 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 44 works
  7. 7 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 44 works
  8. 8 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 42 works
  9. 9 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 41 works
  10. 10 Medieval and Early Modern Iberia History 39 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%Salamanca16.3% 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 20.4% in 2016.

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