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Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales

In research, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,126 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,959 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,508 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology, Archeology and History — Anthropology is 18.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,892
of 28,054 · #17,059 all time
Rank in Spain
#506
of 658
Research works
2.9k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
2.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales 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 #5,126 of 10,521 8.2%332 #2973
Social SciencesField #3,959 of 6,365 6.3%215 #3154
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,508 of 1,998 13.6%82 #873

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales 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#2,973 #5,126
  2. Social Sciences#3,154 #3,959
  3. Arts and Humanities#873 #1,508
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 Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 18.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 20.9 works18×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 22.4 works18×
  3. HistorySubfield · 20.3 works16×
  4. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 22.2 works13×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.02× its world share, 82 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.19× its world share, 215 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales?

Ranked on the composite score, Natalio Fernández Marcos, Mercedes García‐Arenal and Rafael Valladares Ramírez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales.

  1. 1 Natalio Fernández Marcos Spain · #19,492 worldwide 180 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Mercedes García‐Arenal Spain · #152,155 worldwide 25 citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Rafael Valladares Ramírez Spain · #281,930 worldwide 6 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Daniel Melo Spain · #322,140 worldwide 2 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Marta Fiolić Spain · #378,492 worldwide 0 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Margarita del Olmo Pintado Spain · #386,373 worldwide 8 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Jesús Altuna Etxabe Spain · #409,698 worldwide 24 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Rui Loureiro Spain · #416,051 worldwide 5 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Hervé Baudry Spain · #470,456 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 André Teixeira Spain · #486,162 worldwide 5 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales

Which keywords describe research at Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Latin America, Social Movements, History, Education, Gender, Cultural Heritage and Inequality.

▲ 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. Globalization63▲ 7.9×54 topics
  2. Latin America48▲ 61×19 topics
  3. Education37▲ 5.3×40 topics
  4. Social Movements34▲ 28×17 topics
  5. History32▲ 11×24 topics
  6. Sustainability28▲ 2.8×31 topics
  7. Gender27▲ 12×19 topics
  8. Cultural Heritage23▲ 11×20 topics
  9. Public Health23▲ 3.9×21 topics
  10. Inequality21▲ 23×8 topics
  11. Human Rights20▲ 4.9×22 topics
  12. Cultural Identity19▲ 9.0×17 topics
  13. Neoliberalism18▲ 12×10 topics
  14. Welfare State17▲ 50×3 topics
  15. Identity17▲ 5.8×21 topics
  16. Politics16▲ 14×8 topics
  17. Rural Development16▲ 11×8 topics
  18. Archaeology15▲ 27×11 topics
  19. Colonialism15▲ 7.8×15 topics
  20. Participation15▲ 37×2 topics
  21. Community Participation15▲ 9.9×8 topics
  22. Cultural Exchange15▲ 28×8 topics
  23. Iberian Peninsula15▲ 117×3 topics
  24. Public Policy15▲ 7.3×14 topics
  25. Social Inequality15▲ 14×9 topics
  26. Gender Differences14▲ 9.6×5 topics
  27. Migrant Integration14▲ 90×2 topics
  28. Ethical Challenges13▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Economic Crisis13▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Democracy13▲ 9.0×8 topics
  31. Memory13▲ 13×7 topics
  32. Social Work13▲ 45×2 topics
  33. Community Intervention13▲ 98×1 topic
  34. Historiography13▲ 25×11 topics
  35. Third Sector13▲ 98×1 topic
  36. Urban Development13▲ 8.6×8 topics
  37. Religious Practices12▲ 70×4 topics
  38. Economy12▲ 38×3 topics
  39. Society12▲ 15×10 topics
  40. Political Power12▲ 58×4 topics

Which research topics does Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Sciences and Policies, Latin American socio-political dynamics, Argentine historical studies and Latin American Urban Studies.

Social Sciences and Policies: 13 fractional worksLatin American socio-political dynamics: 12 fractional worksArgentine historical studies: 7 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 6 fractional worksArchaeological and Historical Studies: 6 fractional worksRegional Development and Innovation: 5 fractional worksGalician and Iberian cul…5Galician and Iberian cultural studies: 5 fractional worksMemory, violence, and history: 4 fractional worksIndigenous Cultures and History: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Spain: 4 fractional works
General Social SciencesSociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesUrban Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 13 works
  2. 2 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  3. 3 Argentine historical studies Cultural Studies 7 works
  4. 4 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 6 works
  5. 5 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 6 works
  6. 6 Regional Development and Innovation Development 5 works
  7. 7 Galician and Iberian cultural studies Geography, Planning and Development 5 works
  8. 8 Memory, violence, and history Social Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 4 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies on Spain History 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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