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Instituto de Filosofía

In research, Instituto de Filosofía stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,062 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,420 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#871 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, Philosophy and Anthropology — General Social Sciences is 39.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,651
of 28,054 · #9,929 all time
Rank in Spain
#306
of 658
Research works
9.2k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Filosofía 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 #3,062 of 10,521 6.7%1,158 #1738
Social SciencesField #2,420 of 6,365 6.8%662 #2010
Arts and HumanitiesField #871 of 1,998 8.4%346 #461
MedicineField #7,333 of 10,443 4.2%65 #14550
Health SciencesDomain #8,953 of 11,982 4.5%89 #16065
Physical SciencesDomain #10,037 of 12,888 5.2%116 #9443
PhilosophySubfield #228 of 290 7.8%135 #217
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,037 of 2,578 2.7%211 #1867
General Social SciencesSubfield #24 of 29 8.9%60 #37
EducationSubfield #1,629 of 1,892 6.8%105 #1654

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Filosofía 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#1,738 #3,062
  2. Social Sciences#2,010 #2,420
  3. Arts and Humanities#461 #871
  4. Medicine#14,550 #7,333
  5. Health Sciences#16,065 #8,953
  6. Physical Sciences#9,443 #10,037
  7. Philosophy#217 #228
  8. Sociology and Political Science#1,867 #2,037
  9. General Social Sciences#37 #24
  10. Education#1,654 #1,629
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 Instituto de Filosofía specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 39.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 60.0 works39×
  2. PhilosophySubfield · 134.9 works22×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 41.7 works11×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 21.2 works9.8×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 8.56× its world share, 346 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.47× its world share, 106 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.74× its world share, 662 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Filosofía?

Ranked on the composite score, Juan Carlos Velasco, Eulalia Pérez Sedeño and Roberto Rodríguez Aramayo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Filosofía.

  1. 1 Juan Carlos Velasco Spain · #71,758 worldwide 55 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Eulalia Pérez Sedeño Spain · #107,134 worldwide 49 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Roberto Rodríguez Aramayo Spain · #130,629 worldwide 27 citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Miguel Reale Spain · #167,588 worldwide 14 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Lorenzo Peña Spain · #271,787 worldwide 12 citations · 79 works
  6. 6 José Meirinhos Spain · #316,256 worldwide 2 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Massimo Marassi Spain · #355,731 worldwide 2 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Ingrid Marina Basso Spain · #360,382 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 José Checa Beltrán Spain · #370,601 worldwide 3 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Francesco Fiorentino Spain · #373,481 worldwide 2 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Filosofía

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Filosofía?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Ethics, History, Philosophy, Globalization, Qualitative Research, Culture and 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 2022–2025 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. Education201▲ 8.3×77 topics
  2. Ethics165▲ 24×48 topics
  3. History156▲ 16×45 topics
  4. Philosophy148▲ 24×41 topics
  5. Globalization135▲ 4.9×92 topics
  6. Qualitative Research108▲ 8.9×18 topics
  7. Culture99▲ 13×28 topics
  8. Literature98▲ 13×44 topics
  9. Identity97▲ 9.5×51 topics
  10. Cultural Studies78▲ 15×33 topics
  11. Latin America75▲ 28×21 topics
  12. Social Movements71▲ 17×28 topics
  13. Cultural Identity70▲ 9.7×24 topics
  14. Society69▲ 26×16 topics
  15. Colonialism69▲ 10×32 topics
  16. Innovation67▲ 4.6×34 topics
  17. Sustainability67▲ 1.96×56 topics
  18. Religion66▲ 10.0×28 topics
  19. Social Sciences64▲ 32×19 topics
  20. Human Rights64▲ 4.4×45 topics
  21. Public Policy63▲ 9.2×22 topics
  22. Teacher Training54▲ 6.2×15 topics
  23. Gender53▲ 7.0×38 topics
  24. Sociology52▲ 27×21 topics
  25. Technology50▲ 6.8×19 topics
  26. Brazil50▲ 36×5 topics
  27. Social Inequality49▲ 13×13 topics
  28. Communication47▲ 11×16 topics
  29. Discourse Analysis44▲ 12×10 topics
  30. Human Dignity42▲ 74×4 topics
  31. Anthropology40▲ 29×11 topics
  32. Democracy40▲ 7.9×15 topics
  33. Neoliberalism39▲ 7.8×18 topics
  34. Metaphysics38▲ 62×5 topics
  35. Psychoanalysis38▲ 33×6 topics
  36. Memory38▲ 11×16 topics
  37. Adolescence35▲ 55×3 topics
  38. Historiography34▲ 19×15 topics
  39. Inequality33▲ 10×11 topics
  40. Social Change32▲ 19×15 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Filosofía publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Philosophical Thought and Analysis, Psychology and Mental Health, Ethics and bioethics in healthcare and Social Sciences and Policies.

Philosophical Thought an…30Philosophical Thought and Analysis: 30 fractional worksPsychology and Mental He…27Psychology and Mental Health: 27 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in …26Ethics and bioethics in healthcare: 26 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…20Social Sciences and Policies: 20 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 19 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 19 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and…16Literature, Culture, and Criticism: 16 fractional worksPhilosophical and Cultural Analysis: 16 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 16 fractional worksLiterary and Cultural St…15Literary and Cultural Studies: 15 fractional works
General Social SciencesClinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Philosophical Thought and Analysis General Social Sciences 30 works
  2. 2 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 27 works
  3. 3 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 20 works
  5. 5 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  6. 6 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 19 works
  7. 7 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 16 works
  8. 8 Philosophical and Cultural Analysis Philosophy 16 works
  9. 9 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  10. 10 Literary and Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science 15 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 available67.5%not open32.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Filosofía's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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