Question 1

How strong is science in Spain?

Accepted Answer

Spain ranks #10 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#10 all time), with 435k research works and 11.0% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Spain strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Spain ranks highest in Social Sciences (#6 of 148), Education (#5 of 112) and Arts and Humanities (#5 of 103). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life-span and Life-course Studies, General Social Sciences and General Arts and Humanities.

Question 3

Which universities in Spain lead research?

Accepted Answer

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona rank highest in Spain on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Spain?

Accepted Answer

Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Cecilio García-Quirós and J. Calderón Bustillo rank highest among researchers based in Spain.

Question 5

Which cities in Spain are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville.

Question 6

How much of Spain's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

52% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 23% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Spain's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Spain?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Education, Globalization, History, Climate Change, Gender, Latin America and Cultural Heritage.

Question 9

Which fields of science does Spain work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Spain is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Spain's?

Accepted Answer

Argentina has the research profile closest to Spain's (similarity 0.77 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Arts and Humanities, followed by Chile and Belgium.