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Biblioteca Nacional de España

In research, Biblioteca Nacional de España stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,738 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,540 of 5,988 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,248 of 1,896 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Arts and Humanities (History is 28.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,789
of 22,385 · #6,270 all time
Rank in Spain
#175
of 426
Research works
1.4k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Biblioteca Nacional de España

What is Biblioteca Nacional de España 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 #3,738 of 9,585 5.8%179 #1921
Social SciencesField #3,540 of 5,988 5.1%76 #2109
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,248 of 1,896 7.2%67 #616

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

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#1,921 #3,738
  2. Social Sciences#2,109 #3,540
  3. Arts and Humanities#616 #1,248
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Biblioteca Nacional de España work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Biblioteca Nacional de España is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Arts and Humanities (27%), Computer Science (12%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 193 fractional works · 71.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 82 fractional works · 30.6% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 6.0% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 74 fractional works · 27.5% of its workHistory: 25 fractional works · 9.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 6.7% of its workConservation: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 6.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 16.3% of its workComputer Science: 33 fractional works · 12.3% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 8.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 10.3% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBibliotecaNacional de…268fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences72%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8230.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities7427.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting166.0%
    4. Decision Sciences114.1%
    5. Psychology72.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.0%
    1. Computer Science3312.3%
    2. Environmental Science62.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    4. Engineering10.5%
    5. Energy10.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine166.0%
    2. Health Professions103.6%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    2. Neuroscience10.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Biblioteca Nacional de España specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 28.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 24.8 works29×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 73.7 works9.5×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.58× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.51× its world share, 74 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.86× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.26× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.51×74 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.26×11 works
  3. Social Sciences2.42×82 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.86×16 works
  5. Computer Science1.58×33 works
  6. Health Professions1.37×10 works
  7. Dentistry1.11×1 works
  8. Psychology0.84×7 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.47×6 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×1 works
  12. Nursing0.32×0 works
  13. Medicine0.31×16 works
  14. Neuroscience0.28×1 works
  15. Energy0.27×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×2 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  22. Engineering0.03×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Biblioteca Nacional de España?

Ranked on the quality score, MARAFd, Luigi Firpo and Torquato Tasso lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biblioteca Nacional de España.

  1. 1 MARAFd Spain · #1,542,629 worldwide 0 citations · 763 works
  2. 2 Luigi Firpo Spain · #1,829,172 worldwide 683 citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Torquato Tasso Spain · #2,689,417 worldwide 736 citations · 127 works
  4. 4 Juan Francisco Elizari Huarte Spain · #2,802,635 worldwide 44 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Natalia Ghimpu Spain · #3,412,002 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Angela Drăgănel Spain · #3,571,295 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Margareta Cebotari Spain · #3,741,282 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Antoine Volodine Spain · #3,888,800 worldwide 46 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Victoria Vasilica Spain · #4,051,412 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Vera Osoianu Spain · #4,144,234 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Biblioteca Nacional de España

What are the most cited papers from Biblioteca Nacional de España?

The most cited paper from Biblioteca Nacional de España is "BEST PRACTICE IN UNDERTAKING AND REPORTING HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS" (Reinhard Busse, Jacques Orvain, Marcial Velasco Garrido et al., 2002), with 221 citations. Next come "Teachers' ICT-related self-efficacy, job resources, and positive emotions: Their structural relations with autonomous motivation and work engagement" (193) and "Das redes sociais à inovação" (126).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 BEST PRACTICE IN UNDERTAKING AND REPORTING HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS Reinhard Busse, Jacques Orvain, Marcial Velasco Garrido et al. · International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Apr 2002 221
2 Teachers' ICT-related self-efficacy, job resources, and positive emotions: Their structural relations with autonomous motivation and work engagement Eva Moreira-Fontán, Mar García-Señorán, Ángeles Conde Rodríguez et al. · Computers & Education Open access 19 Feb 2019 193
3 Das redes sociais à inovação Maria Inês Tomaél, Adriana Roseclér Alcará, Ivone Guerreiro Di Chiara · Ciência da Informação Open access Aug 2005 126
4 Use and Users of Electronic Journals at Catalan Universities: The Results of a Survey Angel Borrego, Lluís M. Anglada, Maite Barrios et al. · The Journal of Academic Librarianship Open access 19 Dec 2006 114
5 Non-Nutritive Compounds in Fabaceae Family Seeds and the Improvement of Their Nutritional Quality by Traditional Processing – a Review Piotr Gulewicz, Cristina Martínez‐Villaluenga, Małgorzata Kasprowicz-Potocka et al. · Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences Open access 21 May 2014 72
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Biblioteca Nacional de España?

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

▲ 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. Education27▲ 5.9×33 topics
  2. Educational Technology23▲ 7.3×16 topics
  3. Cultural Heritage20▲ 14×17 topics
  4. Innovation19▲ 6.8×20 topics
  5. History18▲ 9.7×24 topics
  6. Intellectual History17▲ 226×3 topics
  7. Cultural Transmission17▲ 84×3 topics
  8. Sustainability16▲ 2.5×25 topics
  9. Leadership16▲ 13×8 topics
  10. Book History16▲ 808×1 topic
  11. Publishing Industry16▲ 808×1 topic
  12. Literature16▲ 11×13 topics
  13. Knowledge Management14▲ 9.7×15 topics
  14. Globalization14▲ 2.7×27 topics
  15. Identity13▲ 6.8×17 topics
  16. Gender13▲ 8.8×18 topics
  17. Cultural Identity12▲ 9.3×14 topics
  18. Public Health12▲ 3.2×15 topics
  19. Cultural Exchange12▲ 35×8 topics
  20. Community Engagement11▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Social Movements11▲ 14×14 topics
  22. Teacher Training10▲ 6.3×10 topics
  23. E-Learning10▲ 4.0×5 topics
  24. Social Innovation9▲ 23×4 topics
  25. Historiography9▲ 27×10 topics
  26. Technology9▲ 6.4×11 topics
  27. Evaluation9▲ 62×2 topics
  28. Organizational Development9▲ 197×2 topics
  29. Digital Economy8▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Appreciative Inquiry8▲ 1450×1 topic
  31. Positive Change8▲ 1450×1 topic
  32. Digital Divide8▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Society8▲ 15×5 topics
  34. Political Power8▲ 60×3 topics
  35. Latin America7▲ 14×15 topics
  36. Information Science7▲ 109×2 topics
  37. Tourism7▲ 28×4 topics
  38. Organizational Change7▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Job Training6▲ 2270×1 topic
  40. Knowledge Acquisition6▲ 2270×1 topic

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

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

Libraries, Manuscripts, …16Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books: 16 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 worksLibrary Science and Administration: 5 fractional worksComparative and World Li…5Comparative and World Literature: 5 fractional worksArchaeology and Cultural Heritage: 5 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 4 fractional works
HistoryOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementInformation Systems and ManagementInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books History 16 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 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 5 works
  7. 7 Comparative and World Literature Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 5 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 4 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 4 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Biblioteca Nacional de España as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Biblioteca Nacional de España0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Biblioteca Nacional de España over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Biblioteca Nacional de España5.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 2013.

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