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Biblioteca Nacional de España

In research, Biblioteca Nacional de España stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,233 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,878 of 10,521 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,904 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Arts and Humanities — History is 28.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,807
of 28,054 · #23,909 all time
Rank in Spain
#458
of 658
Research works
1.4k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Biblioteca Nacional de España 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 SciencesField #2,233 of 6,365 6.8%76 #2188
Social SciencesDomain #3,878 of 10,521 8.1%179 #4516
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,904 of 1,998 11.5%67 #2254

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Biblioteca Nacional de España 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,188 #2,233
  2. Social Sciences#4,516 #3,878
  3. Arts and Humanities#2,254 #1,904
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Biblioteca Nacional de España specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 28.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 22.6 works28×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 66.9 works9.3×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.49× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.35× its world share, 67 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.99× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.50× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 76 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Biblioteca Nacional de España?

Ranked on the composite score, José Jiménez Delgado, Ramón Salaberria Lizarazu and Elena Santiago Páez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biblioteca Nacional de España.

  1. 1 José Jiménez Delgado Spain · #396,277 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Ramón Salaberria Lizarazu Spain · #425,475 worldwide 0 citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Elena Santiago Páez Spain · #512,755 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Francisco Fernández Cuesta Spain · #614,175 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 María Luisa López-Vidriero Abello Spain · #729,349 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Emilio Setién Quesada Spain · #794,263 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Antonio Tomás Bustamante Rodríguez Spain · #809,900 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Francisco-Javier León-Álvarez Spain · #838,763 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Biblioteca Nacional de España

Which keywords describe research at Biblioteca Nacional de España?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Educational Technology, Cultural Heritage, Leadership, History, Cultural Transmission, Intellectual History and Innovation.

▲ 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. Education26▲ 6.1×33 topics
  2. Educational Technology22▲ 7.4×14 topics
  3. Cultural Heritage19▲ 14×17 topics
  4. Innovation17▲ 6.5×19 topics
  5. Leadership16▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Sustainability16▲ 2.7×25 topics
  7. History16▲ 9.2×24 topics
  8. Cultural Transmission16▲ 80×3 topics
  9. Intellectual History16▲ 221×3 topics
  10. Book History15▲ 746×1 topic
  11. Publishing Industry15▲ 746×1 topic
  12. Literature14▲ 11×13 topics
  13. Globalization14▲ 2.8×26 topics
  14. Knowledge Management13▲ 9.6×15 topics
  15. Public Health12▲ 3.4×14 topics
  16. Gender12▲ 9.0×18 topics
  17. Identity12▲ 6.7×17 topics
  18. Cultural Identity12▲ 9.1×14 topics
  19. Community Engagement11▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Cultural Exchange11▲ 34×7 topics
  21. Social Movements10▲ 14×14 topics
  22. Social Innovation9▲ 24×4 topics
  23. Teacher Training9▲ 6.1×10 topics
  24. E-Learning9▲ 3.6×5 topics
  25. Evaluation9▲ 67×2 topics
  26. Organizational Development9▲ 221×2 topics
  27. Digital Economy8▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Appreciative Inquiry8▲ 2003×1 topic
  29. Positive Change8▲ 2003×1 topic
  30. Historiography8▲ 25×10 topics
  31. Technology8▲ 5.9×11 topics
  32. Society7▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Political Power7▲ 57×3 topics
  34. Tourism7▲ 29×4 topics
  35. Information Science7▲ 110×2 topics
  36. Organizational Change7▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Digital Divide6▲ 9.9×3 topics
  38. Job Training6▲ 2569×1 topic
  39. Knowledge Acquisition6▲ 2569×1 topic
  40. Latin America6▲ 13×15 topics

Which research topics does Biblioteca Nacional de España publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books, Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change, Education, Management, Technology, Human Resources and Information Science and Libraries.

Libraries, Manuscripts, …15Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books: 15 fractional worksAppreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change: 8 fractional worksEducation, Management, Technology, Human Resources: 6 fractional worksInformation Science and Libraries: 5 fractional worksHistorical Art and Architecture Studies: 5 fractional worksArchaeology and Cultural Heritage: 5 fractional worksComparative and World Li…5Comparative and World Literature: 5 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 4 fractional worksEarly Modern Spanish Literature: 3 fractional works
HistoryOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementInformation Systems and ManagementInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books History 15 works
  2. 2 Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  3. 3 Education, Management, Technology, Human Resources Information Systems and Management 6 works
  4. 4 Information Science and Libraries Information Systems 5 works
  5. 5 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 5 works
  6. 6 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 5 works
  7. 7 Comparative and World Literature Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  8. 8 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 4 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 4 works
  10. 10 Early Modern Spanish Literature Literature and Literary Theory 3 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 available75.6%not open24.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Biblioteca Nacional de España's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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