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Research in Tarragona

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Tarragona, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Institut Català d'Investigació Química and Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social.

Research institutions
8
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.5%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Tarragona?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitat Rovira i VirgiliUniversity 16,389 #1,327
2Institut Català d'Investigació QuímicaResearch facility 1,489 #2,075
3Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de TarragonaHospital / health system 1,120 #15,015
4Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Catalunya SudResearch facility 1,052 #8,390
5Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució SocialNonprofit 460 #6,355
6Observatori de l'EbreResearch facility 322 #17,221 all time
7Institut Català d'Arqueologia ClàssicaUniversity 210 #17,774
8Hospital Sant Pau i Santa TeclaHospital / health system 197 #36,487 all time

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.

Universitat Rovira i Virgili: 77.2%Institut Català d'Investigació Química: 7.0%Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona: 5.3%Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Catalunya Sud: 5.0%4 others listed: 5.6%77%largest
Universitat Rovira i Virgili16k · 77.2%Institut Català d'Investigació Química1,489 · 7.0%Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona1,120 · 5.3%Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Catalunya Sud1,052 · 5.0%4 others listed1,189 · 5.6%

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What is Tarragona strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tarragona is most concentrated in Paleontology, Archeology and General Social Sciences (11.4× the world share in Paleontology).

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 55.7 works11×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 120.4 works9.8×
  3. General Social SciencesSubfield · 30.6 works6.9×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 57.9 works5.1×
  5. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 155.1 works5.1×
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Which keywords describe research in Tarragona?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Iberian Peninsula, Catalysis, Archaeology, Transition Metal Catalysis, Settlement Patterns, Hydrogenation, Electrocatalysis and Hominin Genetics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology139▼ 0.86×126 topics
  2. Climate Change117◆ 1.07×82 topics
  3. Sustainability104◆ 1.05×72 topics
  4. Globalization98▲ 1.23×74 topics
  5. Catalysis95▲ 3.5×25 topics
  6. Education92▲ 1.31×65 topics
  7. Inflammation91◆ 1.08×77 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress80▲ 1.20×55 topics
  9. Public Health77▲ 1.31×54 topics
  10. Nanomaterials77▲ 1.78×17 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome72▲ 2.2×24 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications70▲ 1.46×29 topics
  13. Iberian Peninsula68▲ 54×3 topics
  14. Health Effects65▲ 2.6×23 topics
  15. Archaeology61▲ 11×10 topics
  16. Electrocatalysis57▲ 5.0×5 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage52▲ 2.4×25 topics
  18. Hydrogenation50▲ 7.1×5 topics
  19. Transition Metal Catalysis49▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Settlement Patterns47▲ 58×2 topics
  21. Hominin Genetics46▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Paleolithic Archaeology46▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Carbon Dioxide43▲ 6.9×4 topics
  24. Cultural Exchange41▲ 7.7×10 topics
  25. Welfare State40▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Catalysts38▲ 4.7×3 topics
  27. Latin America37▲ 4.8×19 topics
  28. Transition Metal Complexes37▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Agricultural Origins36▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Radiocarbon Dating36▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Heterocycles36▲ 9.6×5 topics
  32. Environmental Exposure33▲ 7.9×3 topics
  33. Organic Synthesis33▲ 7.1×8 topics
  34. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions32▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Economic Crisis32▲ 6.5×3 topics
  36. Family Support31▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Iron Age29▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Religious Practices28▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Celtic culture28▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Migrant Integration28▲ 19×2 topics

What research is done in Tarragona?

  1. 1 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyAnthropology 46 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesPaleontology 36 works
  3. 3 Archaeological and Historical StudiesArcheology 28 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and PoliciesGeneral Social Sciences 27 works
  5. 5 Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsOrganic Chemistry 25 works
  6. 6 Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSociology and Political Science 24 works
  7. 7 Medieval Architecture and ArchaeologyArcheology 21 works
  8. 8 Fermentation and Sensory AnalysisFood Science 20 works
  9. 9 Archaeological and Geological StudiesArcheology 19 works
  10. 10 Educational Innovations and TechnologyInformation Systems 19 works

Research output over time

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