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Life Sciences research in Spain

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas ranks first in Spain for Life Sciences research in 2022-now (#48 worldwide), followed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universitat de Barcelona.

Spain's world rank
#10
of 146 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
52k
Top-10% rate
11.1%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Spain?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMadrid #4855.812.7%6,331
2Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona #18440.516.1%584
3Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona #23337.811.7%1,990
4Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis AvançatsBarcelona #25636.720.5%275
5Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadrid #28435.512.7%1,652
6Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del Vallès #29135.311.4%1,679
7CERCA InstitutionBarcelona #35633.013.9%902
8Universitat de ValènciaValencia #37332.412.3%1,212
9Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid #37632.310.4%1,709
10University of the Basque CountryLeioa #37832.310.7%733
11Barcelona Institute of Science and TechnologyBarcelona #38132.218.5%226
12Universidad de GranadaGranada #49629.211.8%1,132
13Universidad de SevillaSeville #51028.910.1%1,072
14IkerbasqueBilbao #51828.714.0%214
15Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaValencia #59827.011.7%823
16Universidad de NavarraPamplona #62726.511.5%682
17Universidad Complutense de MadridMadrid #64926.19.3%1,645
18Universitat Rovira i VirgiliTarragona #69725.311.3%405
19Universitat de GironaGirona #70425.214.5%222
20Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela #72824.810.1%850
21Universidade de VigoVigo #73524.715.2%718
22Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza #80323.78.6%841
23Universidad de SalamancaSalamanca #81623.510.5%696
24Universitat Jaume ICastellon #88122.615.0%242
25Universidad de ValladolidValladolid #89122.513.6%536
26Universidad Pablo de OlavideSeville #89622.49.4%220
27Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBarcelona #90122.412.7%368
28Universidad de La RiojaLogroño #95121.812.7%138
29Universidad de OviedoOviedo #98621.48.7%384
30Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran Canaria #1,06320.514.1%210
31Universidad de AlcaláAlcalá de Henares #1,07120.410.2%520
32Universidad de MurciaMurcia #1,07520.410.5%812
33Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid #1,10220.112.0%518
34Junta de AndalucíaSeville #1,14919.68.5%342
35Spanish National Cancer Research CentreMadrid #1,19319.215.8%102
36University of CórdobaCórdoba #1,24118.712.2%668
37Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de CáncerMadrid #1,27318.414.8%150
38Hospital Del MarBarcelona #1,29318.27.6%111
39CIC bioGUNEDerio #1,29718.212.0%74
40Universidade da CoruñaA Coruña #1,29818.28.2%300
41Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative DiseasesMadrid #1,29918.213.8%149
42Universitat de les Illes BalearsPalma #1,30318.28.7%300
43Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasMadrid #1,36217.714.2%112
44Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare DiseasesMadrid #1,37017.611.2%198
45Universidad de CádizCadiz #1,39717.49.6%369
46Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research InstituteBarcelona #1,39917.417.4%72
47Universidad de LeónLeón #1,41817.212.8%309
48Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchMadrid #1,43817.014.5%83
49Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de AragónZaragoza #1,47516.813.0%188
50Universidad de ExtremaduraBadajoz #1,49416.610.1%454
51University of AlicanteAlicante #1,52216.413.6%449
52Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'ElxElche #1,53116.312.0%435
53Universidad de MálagaMálaga #1,54716.210.9%447
54University of Castilla-La ManchaCiudad Real #1,55916.19.0%528
55Parc Científic de la Universitat de ValènciaPaterna #1,58515.911.5%70
56Universidad Politécnica de CartagenaCartagena #1,58715.910.0%331
57Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and NanomedicineMadrid #1,60715.813.4%155
58Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de GranadaGranada #1,61015.810.0%241
59Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic DiseasesSantiago de Compostela #1,62115.712.6%84
60Hospital Universitario Virgen del RocíoSeville #1,68015.37.9%176

Institutions in Spain above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Spain?

Josep Peñuelas, Manel Esteller and Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo rank highest among researchers based in Spain, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Josep Peñuelas#1,488 worldwide overall236.2 of 639 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Manel Esteller#7,589 worldwide overall204.0 of 576 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo#190 worldwide overall141.0 of 232 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Roderic Guigó#3,325 worldwide overall120.7 of 238 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Carlos López-Otı́n#5,247 worldwide overall125.3 of 304 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ivo Glynne Gut#6,501 worldwide overall112.2 of 251 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Gustavo Deco#19,561 worldwide overall119.4 of 364 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Tomàs Marquès‐Bonet#2,007 worldwide overall102.2 of 197 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9José Manuel Lorenzo#309,065 worldwide overall282.4 of 676 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Alfonso Valencia#16,742 worldwide overall113.7 of 358 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Mariano Barbacid#8,294 worldwide overall94.5 of 210 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Jordi Sardans#26,676 worldwide overall98.1 of 250 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Toni Gabaldón#11,041 worldwide overall96.9 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Elı́as Campo#18,176 worldwide overall98.0 of 308 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Fernando T. Maestre#2,782 worldwide overall83.5 of 163 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Spain on their work in Life Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Spain compares with other countries in Life Sciences