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Research in Santiago de Compostela

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago.

Research institutions
20
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
50k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
17.9%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Santiago de Compostela?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaUniversity 39,181 #972
2Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de SantiagoHospital / health system 4,041 #10,147
3Servicio Gallego de SaludHospital / health system 1,353 #8,566
4Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de SantiagoResearch facility 1,344 #4,961
5Xunta de GaliciaGovernment institution 1,054 #13,803
6Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic DiseasesResearch facility 986 #4,324
7Fundación Ramón DomínguezNonprofit 514 #24,074
8Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de GaliciaResearch facility 513 #19,111 all time
9Instituto de Ciencias del PatrimonioResearch facility 446 #13,712
10Hospital Provincial de ConxoHospital / health system 261 #31,705 all time
11Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina XenómicaResearch facility 216 #25,529 all time
12Centro de Supercomputación de GaliciaNonprofit 171 #14,735
13Instituto de Estudios Gallegos Padre SarmientoResearch facility 98 not ranked
14Centro Ramón Piñeiro para a Investigación en HumanidadesResearch facility 91 not ranked
15Instituto tecnológico de Matemática IndustrialResearch facility 24 not ranked
16Consello da Cultura GalegaGovernment institution 22 not ranked
17Centro Oftalmológico MoreirasHospital / health system 22 not ranked
18Fundación Empresa-Universidad GallegaNonprofit 4 not ranked
19Axencia Galega de InnovacionGovernment institution 4 not ranked
20Consellería de Economía, Industria e InnovaciónGovernment institution 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.

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: 77.8%Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago: 8.0%Servicio Gallego de Salud: 2.7%Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago: 2.7%16 others listed: 8.8%78%largest
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela39k · 77.8%Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago4,041 · 8.0%Servicio Gallego de Salud1,353 · 2.7%Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago1,344 · 2.7%16 others listed4,427 · 8.8%

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

What is Santiago de Compostela strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Santiago de Compostela is most concentrated in Classics, General Social Sciences and History (14.2× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 70.4 works14×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 73.6 works8.1×
  3. HistorySubfield · 182.7 works6.8×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 159.3 works6.4×
  5. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 94.2 works5.5×
  6. ConservationSubfield · 41.5 works5.3×
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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 Santiago de Compostela?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Epidemiology, Cultural Heritage, Society, Climate Change, Gender and Cultural Exchange.

▲ 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. Epidemiology414▲ 1.26×135 topics
  2. Climate Change316▲ 1.41×98 topics
  3. Sustainability246▲ 1.22×92 topics
  4. History244▲ 4.2×51 topics
  5. Education226▲ 1.59×89 topics
  6. Globalization212▲ 1.30×97 topics
  7. Literature205▲ 4.6×41 topics
  8. Cultural Heritage193▲ 4.2×29 topics
  9. Inflammation188◆ 1.09×83 topics
  10. Environmental Impact182▲ 1.29×57 topics
  11. Gender173▲ 3.8×45 topics
  12. COVID-19172▲ 1.52×30 topics
  13. Society139▲ 8.7×19 topics
  14. Identity136▲ 2.3×52 topics
  15. Cultural Exchange120▲ 11×9 topics
  16. Communication112▲ 4.4×18 topics
  17. Rural Development103▲ 3.5×16 topics
  18. Historiography102▲ 9.8×12 topics
  19. Urban Development101▲ 3.3×18 topics
  20. Iberian Peninsula98▲ 38×3 topics
  21. Social Movements97▲ 3.9×23 topics
  22. Welfare State94▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Environmental Conservation90▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Archaeology83▲ 7.4×11 topics
  25. Spain79▲ 25×5 topics
  26. Latin America79▲ 4.9×22 topics
  27. Urban Planning75▲ 11×11 topics
  28. Sustainable Tourism72▲ 7.5×3 topics
  29. Political Power70▲ 17×5 topics
  30. Economic Crisis67▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Medieval64▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Manuscripts63▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Spatial Analysis62▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. Migration Patterns60▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Participation60▲ 7.3×4 topics
  36. Socioeconomic Inequality60▲ 82×1 topic
  37. Territorial Cohesion60▲ 165×1 topic
  38. Social Work59▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Migrant Integration58▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Family Support58▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Santiago de Compostela?

  1. 1 Galician and Iberian cultural studies Geography, Planning and Development 60 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 57 works
  3. 3 Medieval Iberian Studies Classics 57 works
  4. 4 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 44 works
  5. 5 Medieval and Early Modern Iberia History 43 works
  6. 6 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 40 works
  7. 7 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 40 works
  8. 8 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 38 works
  9. 9 Media and Digital Communication Computer Networks and Communications 36 works
  10. 10 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 34 works

Research output over time

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