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Basque Government

In research, Basque Government stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,125 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,321
of 28,054 · #24,401 all time
Rank in Spain
#496
of 658
Research works
478
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Basque Government known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #10,125 of 10,521 5.9%67 #13545

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Basque Government sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Basque Government specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 27.2 works7.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.44× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Basque Government?

Ranked on the composite score, Iñaki Gutiérrez‐Ibarluzea and Marı́a Dolores Martı́nez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Basque Government.

  1. 1 Iñaki Gutiérrez‐Ibarluzea · #613,261 worldwide 37 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Marı́a Dolores Martı́nez · #917,694 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Basque Government

Which keywords describe research at Basque Government?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Identity, Literature, Culture, Gender, Basque Nationalism, ETA and Gender Studies.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. History19▲ 21×6 topics
  2. Identity17▲ 18×6 topics
  3. Literature16▲ 24×5 topics
  4. Culture16▲ 24×4 topics
  5. Gender16▲ 23×6 topics
  6. Basque Nationalism14▲ 4343×1 topic
  7. ETA14▲ 4343×1 topic
  8. Globalization12▲ 4.6×8 topics
  9. Gender Studies11▲ 55×4 topics
  10. Colonialism10▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Medieval Literature10▲ 413×1 topic
  12. Occitan10▲ 934×1 topic
  13. Cultural Exchange10▲ 58×3 topics
  14. Comparative Literature9▲ 1189×1 topic
  15. Transnational History9▲ 525×1 topic
  16. Epidemiology7▲ 1.44×51 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage6▲ 8.3×6 topics
  18. Public Health5▲ 2.8×23 topics
  19. Health Effects5▲ 6.5×17 topics
  20. Education5▲ 2.2×5 topics
  21. Rural Development4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  22. Sustainable Tourism4▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Spatial Analysis3▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.4×17 topics
  25. Territorial Cohesion3▲ 606×1 topic
  26. Urban Planning3▲ 32×1 topic
  27. Ethics3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  28. Gender and Education3▲ 101×2 topics
  29. Philosophy3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  30. Political Transition3▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Spain3▲ 59×2 topics
  32. Francoism3▲ 138×1 topic
  33. Pedagogy3▲ 4.3×1 topic
  34. Mortality2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  35. Physical Activity2▲ 3.2×6 topics
  36. Postcolonialism2▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Territorial Governance2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. Environmental Exposure2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Gender Identity1▲ 10×4 topics
  40. National Identity1▲ 9.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Basque Government publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Basque language and culture studies, Medieval European Literature and History, History, Culture, and Diplomacy and Galician and Iberian cultural studies.

Basque language and cult…14Basque language and culture studies: 14 fractional worksMedieval European Litera…10Medieval European Literature and History: 10 fractional worksHistory, Culture, and Di…9History, Culture, and Diplomacy: 9 fractional worksGalician and Iberian cul…3Galician and Iberian cultural studies: 3 fractional worksHistory of Education in Spain: 3 fractional worksNationalism and Cultural Identity: 1 fractional workslinguistics and terminology studies: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 1 fractional works
Cultural StudiesLanguage and LinguisticsHistoryGeography, Planning and Development3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Basque language and culture studiesCultural Studies 14 works
  2. 2 Medieval European Literature and HistoryLanguage and Linguistics 10 works
  3. 3 History, Culture, and DiplomacyHistory 9 works
  4. 4 Galician and Iberian cultural studiesGeography, Planning and Development 3 works
  5. 5 History of Education in SpainHistory 3 works
  6. 6 Nationalism and Cultural IdentityGeography, Planning and Development 1 works
  7. 7 linguistics and terminology studiesLanguage and Linguistics 1 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionOncology 1 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicySocial Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Nutritional Studies and DietPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available62.8%not open37.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Basque Government's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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