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Social Sciences research in Spain

Universitat Pompeu Fabra ranks first in Spain for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#90 worldwide), followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universitat de Barcelona.

Spain's world rank
#6
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
140k
Top-10% rate
12.2%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Spain?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona #9050.915.6%1,904
2Universidad Complutense de MadridMadrid #10848.911.3%8,639
3Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona #12447.412.0%5,073
4University of the Basque CountryLeioa #12547.312.8%3,703
5Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del Vallès #12647.213.6%4,466
6Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMadrid #13646.410.0%5,009
7Universitat de ValènciaValencia #14046.113.6%5,046
8Universidad de GranadaGranada #15045.313.1%4,988
9Universidad de SevillaSeville #15944.713.1%4,721
10Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid #17943.412.1%3,456
11Universidad de MurciaMurcia #28338.412.6%2,793
12Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza #28838.211.9%3,328
13Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela #29538.012.1%2,516
14Universitat Jaume ICastellon #31637.215.3%1,485
15Universidad de OviedoOviedo #31837.212.1%2,089
16Universidad de SalamancaSalamanca #34336.311.3%3,387
17Universidad de NavarraPamplona #37835.312.3%2,209
18Universitat Rovira i VirgiliTarragona #38135.213.0%1,208
19Universidad Internacional De La RiojaLogroño #43933.611.8%1,776
20Universidad de ValladolidValladolid #44233.610.8%2,491
21Universidad de MálagaMálaga #45233.312.9%3,282
22Universidad Pablo de OlavideSeville #47132.911.2%1,346
23Universitat de GironaGirona #49832.315.3%1,022
24Universitat Oberta de CatalunyaBarcelona #50532.116.0%988
25Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaValencia #50932.011.0%1,897
26Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaMadrid #53231.511.1%2,498
27Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMadrid #53431.513.1%2,596
28Universidad de HuelvaHuelva #54231.313.8%1,022
29University of Castilla-La ManchaCiudad Real #55831.013.1%2,056
30Universidad de CádizCadiz #57030.811.6%1,574
31University of AlicanteAlicante #57230.813.6%2,535
32Universidade da CoruñaA Coruña #57430.79.4%1,234
33Universidade de VigoVigo #58930.413.0%1,592
34Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBarcelona #61530.012.3%764
35Universidad de La RiojaLogroño #61829.912.9%758
36Universidad de AlcaláAlcalá de Henares #64029.512.2%1,495
37Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadrid #64429.513.6%972
38Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran Canaria #64529.412.3%1,025
39Universidad de DeustoBilbao #65229.313.1%879
40Universitat Ramon LlullBarcelona #71628.315.5%673
41Universidad de JaénJaén #74027.914.8%1,168
42Universidad Carlos III de MadridMadrid #81126.911.8%1,903
43Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid #84226.513.0%1,404
44University of AlmeríaAlmería #88026.013.4%1,210
45Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis AvançatsBarcelona #88226.025.2%181
46Universidad Pontificia ComillasMadrid #88626.012.2%921
47Universitat de les Illes BalearsPalma #96025.113.2%895
48Departamento de EducaciónPamplona #99424.79.3%870
49Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)Pamplona #1,08823.713.2%645
50Universidad de CantabriaSantander #1,10023.613.2%760
51Universidad de ExtremaduraBadajoz #1,11323.513.4%1,584
52Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de CatalunyaVic #1,16623.016.8%404
53Universidad de BurgosBurgos #1,19722.713.9%690
54Universidad Francisco de VitoriaPozuelo de Alarcón #1,26222.110.7%528
55Universidad NebrijaMadrid #1,32321.616.5%514
56IE UniversitySegovia #1,40620.913.2%527
57Universidad de La LagunaSan Cristóbal de La Laguna #1,42320.810.7%1,229
58Centro de Estudios Políticos y ConstitucionalesMadrid #1,49220.39.4%623
59Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaBarcelona #1,61019.515.1%346
60Universidad Loyola AndalucíaSeville #1,68019.014.6%373

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

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Spain?

Josep María Haro, Jordi Alonso and Isabel Sánchez rank highest among researchers based in Spain, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Josep María Haro#18,443 worldwide overall179.9 of 487 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Jordi Alonso#3,744 worldwide overall163.8 of 348 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Isabel Sánchez#26,714 worldwide overall151.6 of 428 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Juan Luís Arsuaga#26,899 worldwide overall132.3 of 342 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo#3,795 worldwide overall101.9 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro#14,447 worldwide overall103.3 of 224 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente#600 worldwide overall92.4 of 132 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Ai Koyanagi#3,026 worldwide overall92.8 of 225 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ernesto Panadero#3,884 worldwide overall79.8 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Eudald Carbonell#65,469 worldwide overall100.6 of 338 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Eduard Vieta#47,617 worldwide overall98.0 of 372 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Javier Cifuentes‐Faura#19,313 worldwide overall79.8 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Francisco José Liébana-Cabanillas#13,952 worldwide overall71.2 of 144 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14David Urbano#46,953 worldwide overall82.7 of 233 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh#30,613 worldwide overall72.4 of 198 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Spain on their work in Social 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 Social Sciences