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Research in Tarragona

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Tarragona, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
573k
27.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tarragona

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 Tarragona?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitat Rovira i VirgiliUniversity 19,848 #436
2Hospital Sant Pau i Santa TeclaHospital / health system 197 #29,011 all time

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.

Which fields of science does Tarragona work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Tarragona is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,809 fractional works · 39.7% of its workEngineering: 421 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 149 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 309 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 85 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 272 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 260 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 170 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 190 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 117 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 113 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPaleontology: 63 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 88 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 81 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 67 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCatalysis: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,442 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 724 fractional works · 15.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 161 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 102 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 342 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArcheology: 128 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 157 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 71 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 92 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 851 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMedicine: 703 fractional works · 15.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 77 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 62 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 95 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 102 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 58 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 455 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 204 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 117 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 146 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTarragona4,557fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences32%

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. Engineering4219.2%
    2. Computer Science3096.8%
    3. Environmental Science2726.0%
    4. Chemistry2605.7%
    5. Materials Science1904.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1132.5%
    7. Energy881.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy671.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering601.3%
    10. Mathematics290.6%
  2. Social Sciences1,44231.6%
    1. Social Sciences72415.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities3427.5%
    3. Psychology1573.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance942.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting922.0%
    6. Decision Sciences320.7%
    1. Medicine70315.4%
    2. Health Professions1022.2%
    3. Nursing340.7%
    4. Dentistry70.1%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2044.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1463.2%
    3. Neuroscience601.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology280.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.66× its world share, 128 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 185 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 52 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.86× its world share, 55 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.74× its world share, 238 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 272 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 98 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.18× its world share, 81 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 381 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 232 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.21× its world share, 172 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 60 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 627 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.59× its world share, 303 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 83 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 87 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 134 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 645 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering3.86×55 works
  2. Chemistry3.74×238 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.59×303 works
  4. Energy2.18×81 works
  5. Nursing1.58×31 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.54×98 works
  7. Social Sciences1.26×645 works
  8. Materials Science1.21×172 works
  9. Environmental Science1.15×232 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.10×16 works
  11. Psychology1.08×134 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×87 works
  13. Computer Science0.86×272 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×185 works
  15. Health Professions0.84×90 works
  16. Medicine0.80×627 works
  17. Neuroscience0.79×52 works
  18. Veterinary0.72×4 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.67×60 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×128 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.65×26 works
  22. Engineering0.63×381 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×83 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×24 works
  25. Mathematics0.56×27 works
  26. Dentistry0.31×6 works

Which keywords describe research in Tarragona?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology161◆ 0.89×128 topics
  2. Climate Change140◆ 1.13×87 topics
  3. Sustainability124◆ 1.11×77 topics
  4. Machine Learning121▼ 0.79×70 topics
  5. Globalization115▲ 1.28×83 topics
  6. Education104▲ 1.33×66 topics
  7. Catalysis103▲ 3.4×25 topics
  8. Inflammation103◆ 1.06×79 topics
  9. Public Health92▲ 1.39×60 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress90▲ 1.20×57 topics
  11. Nanomaterials84▲ 1.76×18 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome79▲ 2.1×24 topics
  13. Educational Technology76▲ 1.42×33 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease75▲ 1.45×35 topics
  15. Health Effects74▲ 2.7×23 topics
  16. Iberian Peninsula72▲ 55×3 topics
  17. Archaeology64▲ 11×10 topics
  18. Electrocatalysis63▲ 4.8×5 topics
  19. Cultural Heritage59▲ 2.4×26 topics
  20. Transition Metal Catalysis54▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Hydrogenation53▲ 6.9×5 topics
  22. Hominin Genetics52▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Paleolithic Archaeology52▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Settlement Patterns50▲ 60×2 topics
  25. Carbon Dioxide48▲ 6.6×4 topics
  26. Cultural Exchange44▲ 7.6×10 topics
  27. Welfare State44▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Catalysts41▲ 4.5×3 topics
  29. Environmental Exposure41▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Transition Metal Complexes40▲ 9.7×4 topics
  31. Latin America40▲ 4.6×21 topics
  32. Agricultural Origins40▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Heterocycles40▲ 9.4×5 topics
  34. Radiocarbon Dating40▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Organic Synthesis37▲ 6.9×8 topics
  36. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions35▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Historiography34▲ 6.1×10 topics
  38. Economic Crisis34▲ 6.4×4 topics
  39. Family Support32▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Iron Age31▲ 39×2 topics

What research is done in Tarragona?

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 46 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 36 fractional worksArchaeological and Histo…28Archaeological and Historical Studies: 28 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…27Social Sciences and Policies: 27 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 25 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 24 fractional worksMedieval Architecture an…21Medieval Architecture and Archaeology: 21 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory Analysis: 20 fractional worksArchaeological and Geological Studies: 19 fractional worksEducational Innovations …19Educational Innovations and Technology: 19 fractional works
AnthropologyPaleontologyArcheologyGeneral Social Sciences4 others

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

  1. 1 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 46 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 36 works
  3. 3 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 28 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 27 works
  5. 5 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 25 works
  6. 6 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  7. 7 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 21 works
  8. 8 Fermentation and Sensory Analysis Food Science 20 works
  9. 9 Archaeological and Geological Studies Archeology 19 works
  10. 10 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 19 works

Research output over time

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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 counting20%40%Tarragona23.3% 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 36.5% in 2016.

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