Question 1

What is Barcelona Supercomputing Center known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Barcelona Supercomputing Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,241 of 10,670 worldwide), Computer Science (#858 of 4,417 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,471 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture, Atmospheric Science and Computer Networks and Communications (Hardware and Architecture is 65.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Barcelona Supercomputing Center rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Barcelona Supercomputing Center ranks #2,416 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,837 all time), and #76 of 426 in Spain.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Barcelona Supercomputing Center?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Carlos Pérez García‐Pando, Marc Guevara and Miguel Castrillo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Barcelona Supercomputing Center?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Barcelona Supercomputing Center is "Gaia Data Release 2" (A. G. A. Brown et al., 2018), with 8,734 citations. Next come "Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome" (7,806) and "The Gaia mission" (7,118).

Question 5

Which research topics does Barcelona Supercomputing Center publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems, Climate variability and models and Cloud Computing and Resource Management.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Barcelona Supercomputing Center?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Performance Computing, Distributed Systems, Parallel Computing, Resource Management, Climate Change, Workflow Management, Deep Learning and Global Warming.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Barcelona Supercomputing Center work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Barcelona Supercomputing Center is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (36%), Engineering (14%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Barcelona Supercomputing Center's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.