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Research in Zaragoza

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Zaragoza, Spain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidad de Zaragoza, Universidad San Jorge and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón.

Research institutions
20
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
63k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2M
18.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Zaragoza

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 Zaragoza?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidad de ZaragozaUniversity 52,322 #541
2Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de AragónResearch facility 1,363 #7,245
3Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria AragónInstitution 1,352 #4,538
4Universidad San JorgeUniversity 1,223 #4,047
5Servicio Aragonés de SaludInstitution 646 #12,096
6CIRCE - Centro TecnológicoResearch facility 540 #10,406
7Gobierno de AragónGovernment institution 528 #18,264
8Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la SaludHospital / health system 488 #18,649
9Fundacion Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigacion y el DesarrolloNonprofit 472 #8,870
10Instituto Tecnológico de AragónInstitution 316 #18,199
11Confederación de Empresarios de ZaragozaCompany 55 not ranked
12Centro Médico Sanitas ZaragozaHospital / health system 46 not ranked
13Ayuntamiento de ZaragozaGovernment institution 38 not ranked
14Telnet Redes Inteligentes (Spain)Company 22 not ranked
15Sociedad Anónima Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa (Spain)Company 11 not ranked
16GeoSpatiumLab (Spain)Company 8 not ranked
17Esciencia (Spain)Company 7 not ranked
18SM GEODIM (Spain)Company 3 not ranked
19AlphaSIP (Spain)Company 3 not ranked
20Ibercaja BancoInstitution 1 not ranked

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.

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 Zaragoza: 88.0%Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón: 2.3%Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón: 2.3%Universidad San Jorge: 2.1%16 others listed: 5.4%88%largest
Universidad de Zaragoza52k · 88.0%Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón1,363 · 2.3%Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón1,352 · 2.3%Universidad San Jorge1,223 · 2.1%16 others listed3,184 · 5.4%

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

Which fields of science does Zaragoza work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Zaragoza is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,256 fractional works · 31.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,821 fractional works · 13.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 403 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 327 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 195 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 126 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 93 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 93 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,204 fractional works · 9.0% of its workArcheology: 219 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 218 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 192 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 117 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 106 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 596 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 198 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 197 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 85 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 325 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 231 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 178 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4,164 fractional works · 31.1% of its workEngineering: 1,408 fractional works · 10.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 353 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 332 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 202 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 89 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 683 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 138 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 134 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 525 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 394 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 219 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 294 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 162 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 262 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 86 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 213 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 168 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 139 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy: 115 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 96 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,431 fractional works · 25.6% of its workMedicine: 2,871 fractional works · 21.5% of its workSurgery: 344 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 253 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 227 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 209 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 187 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 140 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 135 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 123 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 117 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 101 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 262 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 426 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 251 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacy: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,531 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 616 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 282 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 120 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 592 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 188 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 135 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 160 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 137 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKZaragoza13kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences26%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. Social Sciences4,25631.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,82113.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,2049.0%
    3. Psychology5964.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3252.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2311.7%
    6. Decision Sciences800.6%
    1. Engineering1,40810.5%
    2. Computer Science6835.1%
    3. Environmental Science5253.9%
    4. Materials Science3942.9%
    5. Chemistry2942.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy2622.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2131.6%
    8. Mathematics1681.3%
    9. Energy1150.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering1020.8%
  3. Health Sciences3,43125.6%
    1. Medicine2,87121.5%
    2. Health Professions4263.2%
    3. Nursing600.4%
    4. Veterinary550.4%
    5. Dentistry200.2%
  4. Life Sciences1,53111.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6164.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5924.4%
    3. Neuroscience1601.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1371.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics250.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Zaragoza strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Zaragoza is most concentrated in Life-span and Life-course Studies, General Social Sciences and Conservation (10.5× the world share in Life-span and Life-course Studies).

  1. Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 20.5 works11×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 79.2 works6.2×
  3. ConservationSubfield · 66.8 works6.0×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 204.2 works5.8×
  5. HistorySubfield · 196.5 works5.2×
← 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: 0.90× its world share, 503 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 530 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 113 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 142 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.29× its world share, 94 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.44× its world share, 264 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 614 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 185 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.97× its world share, 105 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 1,272 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 465 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 350 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 145 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 238 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 366 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 2,449 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 54 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.65× its world share, 42 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.15× its world share, 1,065 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 287 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 72 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 209 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 510 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 1,608 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.15×1,065 works
  2. Veterinary2.65×42 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.29×94 works
  4. Chemistry1.44×264 works
  5. Psychology1.43×510 works
  6. Health Professions1.19×366 works
  7. Medicine1.09×2,449 works
  8. Social Sciences1.08×1,608 works
  9. Mathematics1.05×145 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.01×185 works
  11. Energy0.97×105 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.96×113 works
  13. Nursing0.94×54 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.91×238 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.90×503 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×530 works
  17. Materials Science0.85×350 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.83×209 works
  19. Environmental Science0.80×465 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.76×287 works
  21. Neuroscience0.75×142 works
  22. Engineering0.72×1,272 works
  23. Computer Science0.67×614 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.64×72 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×22 works
  26. Dentistry0.32×18 works

Which keywords describe research in Zaragoza?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Education, Health Promotion, Cultural Heritage, Mental Health, History, Globalization and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology761▲ 1.43×140 topics
  2. Education437▲ 1.90×103 topics
  3. Climate Change406◆ 1.12×103 topics
  4. Sustainability380▲ 1.16×101 topics
  5. Globalization379▲ 1.44×118 topics
  6. Mental Health341▲ 1.78×44 topics
  7. Public Health332▲ 1.70×72 topics
  8. Risk Factors269▲ 1.82×37 topics
  9. Quality of Life264▲ 1.37×59 topics
  10. Cultural Heritage258▲ 3.6×31 topics
  11. History257▲ 2.8×54 topics
  12. Treatment235▲ 1.44×51 topics
  13. Health Promotion225▲ 5.3×17 topics
  14. Obesity218▲ 2.1×28 topics
  15. Innovation217▲ 1.57×48 topics
  16. COVID-19214▲ 1.23×29 topics
  17. Gender210▲ 2.9×48 topics
  18. Physical Activity206▲ 3.2×12 topics
  19. Literature205▲ 2.8×56 topics
  20. Educational Technology202▲ 1.28×33 topics
  21. Identity187▲ 1.93×63 topics
  22. Diagnosis186▲ 1.49×41 topics
  23. Catalysis185▲ 2.1×29 topics
  24. Nutrition177▲ 3.0×18 topics
  25. Technology151▲ 2.2×26 topics
  26. Historiography139▲ 8.5×13 topics
  27. Chronic Diseases130▲ 3.8×10 topics
  28. Social Movements129▲ 3.3×27 topics
  29. Iberian Peninsula123▲ 32×3 topics
  30. Society122▲ 4.8×21 topics
  31. Latin America117▲ 4.6×21 topics
  32. University Students105▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Archaeology105▲ 6.1×11 topics
  34. Welfare State103▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Spain101▲ 21×5 topics
  36. Informal Learning98▲ 5.7×6 topics
  37. Educational Interventions97▲ 7.9×3 topics
  38. Cultural Exchange95▲ 5.6×9 topics
  39. Healthy Lifestyles92▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Settlement Patterns88▲ 36×2 topics

What research is done in Zaragoza?

Health and Lifestyle Stu…87Health and Lifestyle Studies: 87 fractional worksHistorical Art and Archi…58Historical Art and Architecture Studies: 58 fractional worksArchaeological and Histo…57Archaeological and Historical Studies: 57 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…55Social Sciences and Policies: 55 fractional worksHistorical Studies of Medieval Iberia: 43 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 43 fractional worksEducational Innovations …43Educational Innovations and Technology: 43 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 43 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 42 fractional worksSpanish History and Poli…36Spanish History and Politics: 36 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsConservationArcheologyGeneral Social Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 87 works
  2. 2 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 58 works
  3. 3 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 57 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 55 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia Archeology 43 works
  6. 6 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 43 works
  7. 7 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 43 works
  8. 8 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 43 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 42 works
  10. 10 Spanish History and Politics History 36 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 counting10%20%30%Zaragoza14.8% 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 25.8% in 2010.

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