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Physics and Astronomy research in Spain

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ranks first in Spain for Physics and Astronomy research in 2022–2025 (#89 worldwide), followed by Donostia International Physics Center and Institute of Photonic Sciences.

Spain's world rank
#9
of 79 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
10k
Top-10% rate
24.8%
Ranked institutions
46

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
1Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid #8939.433.0%497
2Donostia International Physics CenterDonostia / San Sebastian #17230.529.7%173
3Institute of Photonic SciencesBarcelona #21227.728.4%151
4Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis AvançatsBarcelona #22826.741.3%187
5Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona #23126.533.1%383
6Instituto de Física TeóricaMadrid #25225.349.7%176
7IkerbasqueBilbao #30922.629.0%135
8University of the Basque CountryLeioa #32022.122.3%267
9Universidad Complutense de MadridMadrid #35020.921.0%460
10Universitat de ValènciaValencia #35520.736.1%409
11Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMadrid #41818.513.3%434
12Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBarcelona #44517.717.5%274
13Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de MadridMadrid #45817.320.2%76
14Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del Vallès #54115.024.2%168
15Universidad de GranadaGranada #58314.027.8%258
16Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza #58414.018.3%190
17Universidad de SalamancaSalamanca #61413.323.3%206
18Universidad de La LagunaSan Cristóbal de La Laguna #62513.126.6%236
19Instituto de Física FundamentalMadrid #64012.825.5%108
20Centro de AstrobiologíaTorrejón de Ardoz #64512.628.8%133
21Instituto de Astrofísica de CanariasTenerife #68611.824.9%273
22Universidad de SevillaSeville #72011.217.8%224
23Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex SystemsPalma #73610.929.5%69
24Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid #77010.317.9%181
25Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela #7889.929.8%192
26Instituto de Física CorpuscularPaterna #8159.541.0%201
27Universidad de ValladolidValladolid #9777.017.3%93
28Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaValencia #9817.013.7%135
29Universidad Carlos III de MadridMadrid #9916.818.7%138
30Universidad de OviedoOviedo #1,0216.425.8%126
31Institute for High Energy PhysicsBarcelona #1,0306.339.6%102
32University of AlicanteAlicante #1,0985.523.7%101
33European Space Astronomy CentreMadrid #1,1235.233.7%74
34Institut d'Estudis Espacials de CatalunyaCastelldefels #1,1734.639.1%104
35Universidad de AlcaláAlcalá de Henares #1,1954.326.5%87
36Instituto de Astrofísica de AndalucíaGranada #1,1994.322.9%163
37Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y TecnológicasMadrid #1,2254.025.4%85
38Instituto de Física de CantabriaSantander #1,2453.828.4%61
39Institute of Space SciencesCerdanyola del Vallès #1,2663.539.9%109
40Instituto de Estructura de la MateriaMadrid #1,3173.026.2%61
41Parc Científic de la Universitat de ValènciaPaterna #1,3183.033.4%84
42Universitat de les Illes BalearsPalma #1,3722.524.0%68
43Universidad de MurciaMurcia #1,4012.219.3%68
44Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMadrid #1,4541.710.5%89
45Universidad de CantabriaSantander #1,483141.013.3%64
46Universidad de ExtremaduraBadajoz #1,496129.07.4%62

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

Who are the top Physics and Astronomy researchers in Spain?

D. F. Torres, Maciej Lewenstein and S. Heinemeyer rank highest among researchers based in Spain.

  1. 1D. F. Torres#8,568 worldwide overall2.9k citations · 228 works
  2. 2Maciej Lewenstein#11,489 worldwide overall3.4k citations · 241 works
  3. 3S. Heinemeyer#11,808 worldwide overall2.8k citations · 207 works
  4. 4Sergei D. Odintsov#29,071 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 274 works
  5. 5F. J. Castander#29,284 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 168 works
  6. 6J. García-Bellido#31,610 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 217 works
  7. 7J. A. Hernando Morata#42,138 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 163 works
  8. 8E. Gaztañaga#54,054 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 167 works
  9. 9J. W. F. Valle#55,669 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 236 works
  10. 10R. Rébolo#56,979 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 321 works
  11. 11M. Britsch#57,798 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 183 works
  12. 12I. Vila#65,408 worldwide overall4k citations · 569 works
  13. 13A. Ruiz-Jimeno#73,318 worldwide overall4.2k citations · 582 works
  14. 14R. Miquel#79,589 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 247 works
  15. 15C. Potterat#84,348 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 227 works

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