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Research in Santander

Science Explorer records 21 research institutions in Santander, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universidad de Cantabria, Instituto de Física de Cantabria and Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla.

Research institutions
21
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
25k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.7%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Santander?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad de CantabriaUniversity 14,899 #1,690
2Marqués de Valdecilla University HospitalHospital / health system 5,098 #6,703
3Instituto de Investigación Marqués de ValdecillaInstitution 1,141 #6,557
4Instituto de Física de CantabriaResearch facility 942 #4,330
5Universidad Europea del AtlánticoUniversity 649 #9,021
6Menéndez Pelayo International UniversityUniversity 604 #15,219
7Sociedad Española de NefrologíaInstitution 437 #26,617
8Servicio Cántabro de SaludHospital / health system 372 #24,980
9Fundación Marques de ValdecillaInstitution 336 #24,927 all time
10Equipos Nucleares (Spain)Company 211 #29,532 all time
11Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de CantabriaResearch facility 189 #17,828 all time
12Banco Santander (Spain)Company 135 #38,769 all time
13Fundación BotínNonprofit 131 #35,116 all time
14Santander Port AuthorityGovernment institution 49 not ranked
15TTI (Spain)Company 42 not ranked
16Acorde (Spain)Company 32 not ranked
17Tecnologías Servicios Telemáticos y SistemasCompany 16 not ranked
18Tinamenor (Spain)Company 5 not ranked
19Ayuntamiento de SantanderGovernment institution 4 not ranked
20SodercanGovernment institution 3 not ranked
21Vèringer (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.

Universidad de Cantabria: 58.9%Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital: 20.2%Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla: 4.5%Instituto de Física de Cantabria: 3.7%17 others listed: 12.7%59%largest
Universidad de Cantabria15k · 58.9%Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital5,098 · 20.2%Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla1,141 · 4.5%Instituto de Física de Cantabria942 · 3.7%17 others listed3,216 · 12.7%

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What is Santander strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Santander is most concentrated in Earth-Surface Processes, History and Rheumatology (7.3× the world share in Earth-Surface Processes).

  1. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 38.7 works7.3×
  2. HistorySubfield · 72.0 works5.0×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 78.2 works3.8×
← 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 Santander?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Teacher Training, Treatment, Educational Technology, Autoantibodies, Sea-Level Rise and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology224▲ 1.27×129 topics
  2. Climate Change169▲ 1.41×84 topics
  3. Inflammation115▲ 1.24×75 topics
  4. Education103▲ 1.34×80 topics
  5. Sustainability102◆ 0.94×75 topics
  6. Treatment96▲ 1.78×47 topics
  7. Educational Technology95▲ 1.80×29 topics
  8. Quality of Life95▲ 1.48×56 topics
  9. Teacher Training92▲ 3.3×20 topics
  10. COVID-1983▲ 1.37×29 topics
  11. Remote Sensing81▲ 1.48×29 topics
  12. Diagnosis73▲ 1.77×39 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease69▲ 1.39×34 topics
  14. Gender69▲ 2.9×33 topics
  15. History66▲ 2.1×36 topics
  16. Inclusive Education57▲ 3.6×15 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage54▲ 2.2×23 topics
  18. Literature54▲ 2.2×32 topics
  19. Autoantibodies53▲ 5.1×8 topics
  20. Distance Learning48▲ 3.2×10 topics
  21. Social Inequality46▲ 3.9×11 topics
  22. Sediment Transport43▲ 6.1×5 topics
  23. Social Movements43▲ 3.2×18 topics
  24. Sea-Level Rise43▲ 8.5×5 topics
  25. Immunosuppressive Therapy43▲ 5.1×8 topics
  26. Wave Modeling42▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Historiography41▲ 7.2×12 topics
  28. Climate Change Impacts34▲ 6.5×6 topics
  29. Educational Reform32▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. Educational Policies32▲ 6.1×2 topics
  31. Tropical Cyclones31▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Coastal Management30▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Coastal Dynamics29▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Political Power29▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Shoreline Change29▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Pedagogical Practices29▲ 7.2×3 topics
  37. Spain29▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Critical Pedagogy28▲ 7.4×2 topics
  39. Iberian Peninsula27▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Media Education27▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Santander?

Coastal and Marine Dynam…29Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 29 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…28Education Pedagogy and Practices: 28 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…27Education and Digital Technologies: 27 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…19Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 19 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 19 fractional worksVasculitis and related conditions: 16 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …16Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 16 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 15 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 15 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…15Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 15 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesEducationSociology and Political ScienceRheumatology6 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 29 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 28 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  4. 4 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 19 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 19 works
  6. 6 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 16 works
  8. 8 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 15 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 15 works
  10. 10 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 15 works

Research output over time

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