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Physics and Astronomy research in Spain

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas ranks first in Spain for Physics and Astronomy research in 2022-now (#60 worldwide), followed by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats.

Spain's world rank
#9
of 76 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
10k
Top-10% rate
11.0%
Ranked institutions
31

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

What is the best university for Physics and Astronomy in Spain?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMadrid #6043.611.2%1,524
2Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid #7840.014.8%702
3Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis AvançatsBarcelona #8538.823.2%187
4University of the Basque CountryLeioa #13432.513.4%443
5Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBarcelona #13732.212.5%432
6Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del Vallès #17928.512.1%429
7Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona #19727.213.4%416
8Universitat de ValènciaValencia #22225.512.6%614
9IkerbasqueBilbao #35219.216.6%135
10Universidad Complutense de MadridMadrid #39217.79.0%465
11Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela #40717.29.0%194
12Universidad de SalamancaSalamanca #45815.67.3%206
13Universidad de GranadaGranada #46715.310.5%260
14Universidad de La LagunaSan Cristóbal de La Laguna #50214.310.5%518
15Universidad de SevillaSeville #56212.77.8%225
16Universidad de OviedoOviedo #56512.76.6%126
17Parc Científic de la Universitat de ValènciaPaterna #58112.310.2%84
18Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza #66810.47.6%195
19Universidad de MurciaMurcia #7049.66.6%70
20Universidad de AlcaláAlcalá de Henares #7149.411.9%89
21Universidad de ValladolidValladolid #7239.38.3%94
22Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y TecnológicasMadrid #8527.07.9%85
23Instituto de Estructura de la MateriaMadrid #8557.06.7%61
24Universitat de les Illes BalearsPalma #8596.913.4%72
25University of AlicanteAlicante #9295.88.5%102
26Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaValencia #9385.76.4%135
27Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid #9485.58.2%181
28Universidad Carlos III de MadridMadrid #1,0074.77.4%138
29Universidad de CantabriaSantander #1,0424.24.9%65
30Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMadrid #1,2461.86.0%89
31Universidad de ExtremaduraBadajoz #1,303116.05.0%62

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

Who are the top Physics and Astronomy researchers in Spain?

E. Calvo, J. E. Ramirez Vargas and J. M. Diego rank highest among researchers based in Spain, on their papers in Physics and Astronomy that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1E. Calvo#5,175 worldwide overall320.7 of 748 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2J. E. Ramirez Vargas#2,703 worldwide overall230.9 of 480 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3J. M. Diego#1,244 worldwide overall221.3 of 431 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4J. García-Bellido#14,571 worldwide overall284.2 of 662 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Diego F. Torres#30,740 worldwide overall232.5 of 681 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6R. Miquel#69,146 worldwide overall267.8 of 840 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7ENRIQUE GAZTAÑAGA#27,693 worldwide overall235.7 of 608 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Maciej Lewenstein#28,096 worldwide overall181.3 of 587 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Xabier Cid Vidal#108,304 worldwide overall217.3 of 964 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Abraham Gallas Torreira#100,620 worldwide overall212.6 of 924 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11P. Vázquez Regueiro#104,499 worldwide overall212.7 of 938 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Sergei D. Odintsov#57,908 worldwide overall204.3 of 648 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Francisco Javier Castander#36,719 worldwide overall179.8 of 503 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Pablo G. Pérez‐González#10,429 worldwide overall152.7 of 368 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15G. A. Caliandro#1,196 worldwide overall135.3 of 217 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Spain on their work in Physics and Astronomy 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 Physics and Astronomy