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Basque Government

In research, Basque Government stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,593 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,787
of 22,385 · #6,515 all time
Rank in Spain
#192
of 426
Research works
478
▲ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.8k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Basque Government

What is Basque Government known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,593 of 9,585 6.8%67 #7359

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Basque Government work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Basque Government is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Arts and Humanities (21%), Medicine (18%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 77 fractional works · 51.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 23.9% of its workCultural Studies: 18 fractional works · 11.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 31 fractional works · 21.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 14 fractional works · 9.5% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 8.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 22.6% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 18.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 7.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBasque Government149fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences52%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3623.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities3121.0%
    3. Psychology64.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine2818.5%
    2. Health Professions53.6%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    1. Environmental Science117.3%
    2. Engineering64.0%
    3. Computer Science31.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.6%
    5. Materials Science21.3%
    6. Chemistry10.5%
    7. Mathematics10.5%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Basque Government specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 31.3 works7.3×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.47× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.27× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.27×31 works
  2. Social Sciences1.89×36 works
  3. Environmental Science1.47×11 works
  4. Psychology1.37×6 works
  5. Health Professions1.36×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.23×2 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.02×2 works
  8. Nursing1.01×1 works
  9. Medicine0.96×28 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×5 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×4 works
  13. Neuroscience0.50×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×2 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×2 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.43×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.40×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.38×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.31×1 works
  20. Engineering0.27×6 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.23×3 works
  23. Energy0.20×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Basque Government?

Ranked on the quality score, Larraitz Arriola, Guillermo Alonso Cervantes Cardona and Santiago Esnaola lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Basque Government.

  1. 1 Larraitz Arriola Spain · #15,731 worldwide 14k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 Guillermo Alonso Cervantes Cardona Spain · #555,490 worldwide 1.2k citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Santiago Esnaola Spain · #838,337 worldwide 4.2k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Liher Imaz Spain · #1,042,186 worldwide 828 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Ana Jiménez-Zabala Spain · #1,068,077 worldwide 1.9k citations · 82 works
  6. 6 Isabel Larrañaga Spain · #1,155,258 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Ildefonso Perales Spain · #1,175,773 worldwide 1.3k citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Mikel Basterretxea Spain · #1,308,993 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Manu Monge-Ganuzas Spain · #1,842,531 worldwide 459 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 José Asua Spain · #1,882,840 worldwide 1k citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Basque Government

What are the most cited papers from Basque Government?

The most cited paper from Basque Government is "Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision" (Jan Brożek et al., 2017), with 2,043 citations. Next come "Obstructive Sleep Apnea–Hypopnea and Related Clinical Features in a Population-based Sample of Subjects Aged 30 to 70 Yr" (1,420) and "Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project" (1,385).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision Jan Brożek et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Open access 8 Jun 2017 2,043
2 Obstructive Sleep Apnea–Hypopnea and Related Clinical Features in a Population-based Sample of Subjects Aged 30 to 70 Yr Joaquín Duran, Santiago Esnaola, Ramón Rubio et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Mar 2001 1,420
3 Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project Rob M. J. Beelen et al. · The Lancet 8 Dec 2013 1,385
4 Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies Angela M Wood et al. · The Lancet Open access246 authors Apr 2018 1,177
5 Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE) Marie Pedersen et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Open access 14 Oct 2013 623
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Basque Government?

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

▲ 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-now 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. History22▲ 21×8 topics
  2. Identity19▲ 18×7 topics
  3. Literature19▲ 23×7 topics
  4. Culture19▲ 24×6 topics
  5. Gender18▲ 22×7 topics
  6. Basque Nationalism16▲ 4320×1 topic
  7. ETA16▲ 4320×1 topic
  8. Globalization12▲ 4.2×8 topics
  9. Medieval Literature12▲ 427×1 topic
  10. Occitan12▲ 996×1 topic
  11. Colonialism12▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Gender Studies11▲ 50×4 topics
  13. Cultural Exchange10▲ 55×3 topics
  14. Comparative Literature10▲ 907×1 topic
  15. Transnational History10▲ 492×1 topic
  16. Epidemiology8▲ 1.40×56 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage7▲ 8.9×6 topics
  18. Public Health6▲ 2.7×26 topics
  19. Education6▲ 2.2×7 topics
  20. Health Effects5▲ 5.9×17 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.7×21 topics
  22. Rural Development4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  23. Sustainable Tourism4▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Spatial Analysis3▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Territorial Cohesion3▲ 540×1 topic
  26. Urban Planning3▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Philosophy3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  28. Ethics3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  29. Gender and Education3▲ 87×2 topics
  30. Mortality3▲ 3.3×7 topics
  31. Political Transition3▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Spain3▲ 53×2 topics
  33. Francoism3▲ 123×1 topic
  34. Pedagogy3▲ 3.6×1 topic
  35. Postcolonialism2▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Territorial Governance2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. National Identity2▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Social Sciences2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  39. Gender Identity2▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Environmental Exposure2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Basque Government publish most on?

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

Basque language and cult…16Basque language and culture studies: 16 fractional worksMedieval European Litera…12Medieval European Literature and History: 12 fractional worksHistory, Culture, and Di…10History, Culture, and Diplomacy: 10 fractional worksGalician and Iberian cul…3Galician and Iberian cultural studies: 3 fractional worksHistory of Education in Spain: 3 fractional worksNationalism and Cultural Identity: 2 fractional worksHistory, Culture, and Society: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional workslinguistics and terminology studies: 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 studies Cultural Studies 16 works
  2. 2 Medieval European Literature and History Language and Linguistics 12 works
  3. 3 History, Culture, and Diplomacy History 10 works
  4. 4 Galician and Iberian cultural studies Geography, Planning and Development 3 works
  5. 5 History of Education in Spain History 3 works
  6. 6 Nationalism and Cultural Identity Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  7. 7 History, Culture, and Society Speech and Hearing 1 works
  8. 8 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 linguistics and terminology studies Language and Linguistics 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Basque Government's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Basque Government as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Basque Government0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Basque Government over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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