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Neuroscience research in Spain

Universitat de Barcelona ranks first in Spain for Neuroscience research in 2022–2025 (#259 worldwide), followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Instituto de Salud Carlos III.

Spain's world rank
#11
of 74 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
7.3k
Top-10% rate
18.0%
Ranked institutions
27

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

What is the best university for Neuroscience in Spain?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona #25921.320.1%235
2Universidad Complutense de MadridMadrid #28120.217.4%239
3Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadrid #30219.124.0%113
4University of the Basque CountryLeioa #35516.922.1%136
5Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del Vallès #36016.716.2%177
6Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative DiseasesMadrid #44213.827.0%76
7Universitat de ValènciaValencia #47712.715.4%174
8Universidad de GranadaGranada #48612.423.7%227
9Universidad de SevillaSeville #55810.519.3%137
10Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid #57310.118.7%174
11Instituto CajalMadrid #5939.622.9%61
12Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud MentalMadrid #6328.723.5%62
13Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona #6608.126.3%105
14Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I SunyerBarcelona #7087.125.7%61
15Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'ElxElche #7516.218.0%67
16Universidad de MurciaMurcia #7815.716.0%89
17Universidad de MálagaMálaga #8155.116.2%99
18Universitat Jaume ICastellon #8215.021.4%76
19Universidad de SalamancaSalamanca #8594.314.5%81
20University of Castilla-La ManchaCiudad Real #9073.615.7%74
21Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza #9313.216.9%96
22Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela #9333.216.3%75
23Universidad de OviedoOviedo #9942.313.3%69
24Universidad de ValladolidValladolid #9992.217.0%72
25Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid #1,0201.921.8%63
26Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBarcelona #1,09591.017.8%61
27Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMadrid #1,10776.013.2%61

Institutions in Spain above the floor of 40 fractional works in Neuroscience, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Neuroscience researchers in Spain?

Benedicto Crespo‐Facorro, José Luís Molinuevo and Joaquim Raduà rank highest among researchers based in Spain.

  1. 1Benedicto Crespo‐Facorro#14,211 worldwide overall603 citations · 22 works
  2. 2José Luís Molinuevo#26,766 worldwide overall797 citations · 24 works
  3. 3Joaquim Raduà#40,062 worldwide overall666 citations · 31 works
  4. 4Antonio Oliviero#41,262 worldwide overall382 citations · 20 works
  5. 5Joan Santamaría#52,701 worldwide overall392 citations · 21 works
  6. 6María V. Sánchez-Vives#53,804 worldwide overall451 citations · 45 works
  7. 7José A. López‐Escámez#54,897 worldwide overall279 citations · 21 works
  8. 8Edith Pomarol‐Clotet#68,002 worldwide overall397 citations · 20 works
  9. 9Santiago Ramón y Cajal#77,276 worldwide overall574 citations · 20 works
  10. 10Luis Puelles#87,339 worldwide overall389 citations · 22 works
  11. 11Juan Sahuquillo#106,105 worldwide overall305 citations · 26 works
  12. 12Josep Antoni Ramos‐Quiroga#109,060 worldwide overall416 citations · 22 works
  13. 13Juan Lerma#110,258 worldwide overall388 citations · 22 works
  14. 14José M. Menchón#118,050 worldwide overall414 citations · 24 works
  15. 15Anna M. Planas#122,845 worldwide overall258 citations · 24 works

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