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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitat Rovira i VirgiliUniversity | 16,389 | #1,327 | |
| 2 | Institut Català d'Investigació QuímicaResearch facility | 1,489 | #2,075 | |
| 3 | Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de TarragonaHospital / health system | 1,120 | #15,015 | |
| 4 | Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Catalunya SudResearch facility | 1,052 | #8,390 | |
| 5 | Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució SocialNonprofit | 460 | #6,355 | |
| 6 | Observatori de l'EbreResearch facility | 322 | #17,221 all time | |
| 7 | Institut Català d'Arqueologia ClàssicaUniversity | 210 | #17,774 | |
| 8 | Hospital 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
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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).
- PaleontologySubfield · 55.7 works11×
- ArcheologySubfield · 120.4 works9.8×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 30.6 works6.9×
- AnthropologySubfield · 57.9 works5.1×
- Organic ChemistrySubfield · 155.1 works5.1×
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 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.
- Migrant Integration
- Religious Practices
- Family Support
- Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
- Environmental Exposure
- Radiocarbon Dating
- Transition Metal Complexes
- Catalysts
- Cultural Exchange
- Paleolithic Archaeology
- Settlement Patterns
- Hydrogenation
- Electrocatalysis
- Health Effects
- Biomedical Applications
- Nanomaterials
- Oxidative Stress
- Education
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Catalysis
- Inflammation
- Public Health
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Iberian Peninsula
- Archaeology
- Cultural Heritage
- Transition Metal Catalysis
- Hominin Genetics
- Carbon Dioxide
- Welfare State
- Latin America
- Agricultural Origins
- Heterocycles
- Organic Synthesis
- Economic Crisis
- Iron Age
- Celtic culture
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
- Epidemiology139▼ 0.86×126 topics
- Climate Change117◆ 1.07×82 topics
- Sustainability104◆ 1.05×72 topics
- Globalization98▲ 1.23×74 topics
- Catalysis95▲ 3.5×25 topics
- Education92▲ 1.31×65 topics
- Inflammation91◆ 1.08×77 topics
- Oxidative Stress80▲ 1.20×55 topics
- Public Health77▲ 1.31×54 topics
- Nanomaterials77▲ 1.78×17 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome72▲ 2.2×24 topics
- Biomedical Applications70▲ 1.46×29 topics
- Iberian Peninsula68▲ 54×3 topics
- Health Effects65▲ 2.6×23 topics
- Archaeology61▲ 11×10 topics
- Electrocatalysis57▲ 5.0×5 topics
- Cultural Heritage52▲ 2.4×25 topics
- Hydrogenation50▲ 7.1×5 topics
- Transition Metal Catalysis49▲ 15×4 topics
- Settlement Patterns47▲ 58×2 topics
- Hominin Genetics46▲ 53×1 topic
- Paleolithic Archaeology46▲ 53×1 topic
- Carbon Dioxide43▲ 6.9×4 topics
- Cultural Exchange41▲ 7.7×10 topics
- Welfare State40▲ 12×4 topics
- Catalysts38▲ 4.7×3 topics
- Latin America37▲ 4.8×19 topics
- Transition Metal Complexes37▲ 10×4 topics
- Agricultural Origins36▲ 27×1 topic
- Radiocarbon Dating36▲ 27×1 topic
- Heterocycles36▲ 9.6×5 topics
- Environmental Exposure33▲ 7.9×3 topics
- Organic Synthesis33▲ 7.1×8 topics
- Metal-Catalyzed Reactions32▲ 13×3 topics
- Economic Crisis32▲ 6.5×3 topics
- Family Support31▲ 11×2 topics
- Iron Age29▲ 40×2 topics
- Religious Practices28▲ 16×2 topics
- Celtic culture28▲ 55×1 topic
- Migrant Integration28▲ 19×2 topics
What research is done in Tarragona?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyAnthropology 46 works
- 2 Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesPaleontology 36 works
- 3 Archaeological and Historical StudiesArcheology 28 works
- 4 Social Sciences and PoliciesGeneral Social Sciences 27 works
- 5 Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsOrganic Chemistry 25 works
- 6 Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSociology and Political Science 24 works
- 7 Medieval Architecture and ArchaeologyArcheology 21 works
- 8 Fermentation and Sensory AnalysisFood Science 20 works
- 9 Archaeological and Geological StudiesArcheology 19 works
- 10 Educational Innovations and TechnologyInformation Systems 19 works
Research output over time
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