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Arts and Humanities research in Spain

Universidad Complutense de Madrid ranks first in Spain for Arts and Humanities research in 2022-now (#9 worldwide), followed by Universitat de Barcelona and University of the Basque Country.

Spain's world rank
#5
of 103 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
35k
Top-10% rate
11.6%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Arts and Humanities in Spain?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Universidad Complutense de MadridMadrid #970.912.1%2,944
2Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona #1861.712.0%1,340
3University of the Basque CountryLeioa #3054.913.9%1,007
4Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMadrid #4549.610.9%1,618
5Universidad de GranadaGranada #4649.311.3%1,460
6Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona #6245.313.6%427
7Universidad de SevillaSeville #6943.911.6%1,567
8Universidad de SalamancaSalamanca #8541.111.0%1,140
9Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del Vallès #8641.012.5%1,023
10Universitat de ValènciaValencia #10937.813.7%1,260
11Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid #11736.911.6%1,007
12Universidad de OviedoOviedo #12635.910.4%621
13Universitat Jaume ICastellon #13734.819.0%330
14Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela #15733.012.1%782
15Universidad Internacional De La RiojaLogroño #15932.811.0%347
16Universidad de MurciaMurcia #18131.111.8%739
17Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza #19330.311.0%984
18Universidad de ValladolidValladolid #19630.19.2%968
19Universidad de NavarraPamplona #20029.811.8%691
20Universidad de HuelvaHuelva #21329.014.4%259
21University of AlicanteAlicante #27125.813.2%671
22University of Castilla-La ManchaCiudad Real #27525.69.4%487
23Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaMadrid #29924.510.6%763
24Universitat Rovira i VirgiliTarragona #32123.511.4%270
25Universidade da CoruñaA Coruña #32523.49.4%245
26Universidad de MálagaMálaga #34222.710.8%836
27Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)Pamplona #34422.616.2%133
28Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran Canaria #34622.511.1%246
29Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMadrid #36821.710.6%472
30Universidade de VigoVigo #37121.612.9%369
31Universidad de AlcaláAlcalá de Henares #41620.112.4%486
32Universitat de les Illes BalearsPalma #42519.814.1%238
33Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de CatalunyaVic #44819.116.0%89
34Universitat Oberta de CatalunyaBarcelona #48018.215.9%152
35Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaValencia #48418.19.8%466
36Universidad Pablo de OlavideSeville #50917.48.9%291
37Universidad de La RiojaLogroño #52217.110.6%200
38Universidad de CantabriaSantander #54116.613.9%199
39Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadrid #58115.712.6%86
40Universidad de ExtremaduraBadajoz #58315.612.1%329
41Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent MartyrValencia #63114.611.4%93
42Universitat de GironaGirona #64214.415.1%198
43Universitat Ramon LlullBarcelona #65614.112.8%65
44Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBarcelona #69213.413.2%118
45University of CórdobaCórdoba #69813.212.2%151
46Universidad de CádizCadiz #71712.911.8%455
47Universidad Pontificia ComillasMadrid #73212.610.7%145
48Fundació Universitat-Empresa de les Illes BalearsPalma #75612.210.8%90
49Universidad de JaénJaén #76112.112.5%306
50Real Academia EspañolaMadrid #78311.76.8%288
51Universidad de DeustoBilbao #78911.613.1%75
52Institut d'Estudis CatalansBarcelona #79311.65.2%60
53Universidad de La LagunaSan Cristóbal de La Laguna #79711.511.2%310
54Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaBarcelona #82811.017.1%82
55Patrimonio NacionalMadrid #84710.76.3%128
56Universidad de BurgosBurgos #9069.810.9%181
57Universitat de LleidaLleida #9519.113.8%172
58Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid #9868.711.4%335
59Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y LeónValladolid #1,0398.08.3%60
60University of AlmeríaAlmería #1,0887.413.6%225

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

Who are the top Arts and Humanities researchers in Spain?

David Lasagabaster, Juan Manuel Madariaga and Juan Luís Arsuaga rank highest among researchers based in Spain, on their papers in Arts and Humanities that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1David Lasagabaster#35,032 worldwide overall53.0 of 112 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Juan Manuel Madariaga#289,534 worldwide overall52.2 of 113 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Juan Luís Arsuaga#26,899 worldwide overall53.0 of 172 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro#14,447 worldwide overall43.3 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Jasone Cenoz#15,994 worldwide overall36.7 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Teun A. van Dijk#81,287 worldwide overall31.5 of 74 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Kepa Castro#255,346 worldwide overall30.2 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Eudald Carbonell#65,469 worldwide overall40.3 of 184 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo#3,795 worldwide overall26.6 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Maite Maguregui#192,815 worldwide overall25.8 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Durk Gorter#39,838 worldwide overall25.9 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Carmen Muñoz#71,290 worldwide overall26.4 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13María Martinón‐Torres#29,233 worldwide overall25.6 of 57 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Pilar Prieto#167,323 worldwide overall23.5 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Melinda Dooly#129,730 worldwide overall22.1 of 43 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Spain on their work in Arts and Humanities 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 Arts and Humanities