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Neuroscience research in Spain

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas ranks first in Spain for Neuroscience research in 2022-now (#157 worldwide), followed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universitat de Barcelona.

Spain's world rank
#12
of 71 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
7.3k
Top-10% rate
9.6%
Ranked institutions
30

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

What is the best university for Neuroscience in Spain?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMadrid #15727.711.2%396
2Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona #23122.212.1%126
3Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona #24121.610.6%351
4Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadrid #25021.113.7%280
5University of the Basque CountryLeioa #26520.211.6%146
6Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del Vallès #29118.910.2%267
7CERCA InstitutionBarcelona #33017.112.2%107
8Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid #34916.37.5%268
9Universidad de GranadaGranada #35616.012.2%240
10Universitat de ValènciaValencia #43913.08.4%181
11Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative DiseasesMadrid #45912.414.0%76
12Universidad de SalamancaSalamanca #47511.912.0%117
13Universitat Jaume ICastellon #47611.911.4%76
14Universidad Complutense de MadridMadrid #48111.77.1%294
15Universidad de SevillaSeville #48411.67.9%157
16Universidad de NavarraPamplona #5659.49.3%131
17Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza #5789.17.6%117
18Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBarcelona #5928.811.3%70
19Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela #6078.49.9%86
20Universidad de OviedoOviedo #6527.45.9%69
21Universidad de MurciaMurcia #6946.57.2%94
22Universidad de ValladolidValladolid #7176.07.7%99
23Universidad de AlcaláAlcalá de Henares #7255.88.8%66
24University of Castilla-La ManchaCiudad Real #7375.67.2%88
25Universidad de MálagaMálaga #7385.68.6%99
26University of AlicanteAlicante #7655.113.0%70
27Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'ElxElche #7814.87.5%67
28Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid #8044.47.9%64
29Universidad de La LagunaSan Cristóbal de La Laguna #8503.65.8%66
30Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMadrid #9112.66.4%61

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

Who are the top Neuroscience researchers in Spain?

Gustavo Deco, José Manuel García‐Verdugo and Joaquim Raduà rank highest among researchers based in Spain, on their papers in Neuroscience that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Gustavo Deco#19,561 worldwide overall116.5 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2José Manuel García‐Verdugo#38,320 worldwide overall52.5 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Joaquim Raduà#4,628 worldwide overall46.2 of 111 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Alfonso Araque#27,618 worldwide overall42.6 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Óscar Marín#27,947 worldwide overall42.4 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Javier DeFelipe#147,852 worldwide overall51.6 of 207 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Manuel Guzmán#66,263 worldwide overall26.3 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Gertrudis Perea#52,838 worldwide overall24.0 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Carlos Matute#102,114 worldwide overall31.9 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Carlos Diéguez#101,269 worldwide overall35.9 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Eduard Vieta#47,617 worldwide overall35.4 of 168 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Mariano Barbacid#8,294 worldwide overall22.0 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Yonatan Sanz Perl#26,613 worldwide overall22.9 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Eduardo Soriano#254,860 worldwide overall32.3 of 144 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Vı́ctor Borrell#43,905 worldwide overall21.7 of 42 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Spain on their work in Neuroscience 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 Neuroscience