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Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo

In research, Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,658 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 19.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,581
of 28,054 · #36,291 all time
Rank in Spain
#642
of 658
Research works
183
▲ 124% vs 2013–17
Citations
528
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo 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 #8,658 of 10,521 6.0%60 #9765

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo 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).

What does Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 19.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 36.8 works20×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 19.55× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 19.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo?

Ranked on the composite score, Juan Rodríguez Somolinos and María Ángeles Gallego lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo.

  1. 1 Juan Rodríguez Somolinos Spain · #873,620 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 María Ángeles Gallego Spain · #1,302,117 worldwide 4 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Exchange, Christian-Muslim Relations, Cultural Transmission, Urban Development, Early Christian Apologetics, Gospel Translation, Archaeology and Medieval Spain.

▲ 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. Cultural Exchange7▲ 80×7 topics
  2. Christian-Muslim Relations7▲ 369×2 topics
  3. Cultural Transmission6▲ 123×3 topics
  4. Urban Development6▲ 24×3 topics
  5. Early Christian Apologetics5▲ 319×1 topic
  6. Gospel Translation5▲ 319×1 topic
  7. Archaeology4▲ 50×5 topics
  8. Medieval Spain4▲ 395×2 topics
  9. Semitic Languages4▲ 149×2 topics
  10. History4▲ 8.6×8 topics
  11. Literature4▲ 11×9 topics
  12. Palestine4▲ 95×2 topics
  13. Language Contact3▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Cultural Identity3▲ 9.7×7 topics
  15. Late Antiquity3▲ 94×3 topics
  16. Mediterranean3▲ 54×3 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  18. Al-Andalus3▲ 357×2 topics
  19. Empire3▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Culture3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  21. Society3▲ 23×5 topics
  22. Middle East3▲ 67×2 topics
  23. Identity3▲ 5.6×7 topics
  24. Islamic reform3▲ 96×1 topic
  25. Ottoman Empire3▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Religious Practices3▲ 94×3 topics
  27. Arabia2▲ 126×1 topic
  28. Byzantine2▲ 126×1 topic
  29. Iberian Peninsula2▲ 124×2 topics
  30. Islamic History2▲ 372×2 topics
  31. Cultural History2▲ 30×4 topics
  32. Language Teaching2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Lexicography2▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Philosophy2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  35. Theology2▲ 38×5 topics
  36. Cultural Interaction2▲ 143×2 topics
  37. Historical Linguistics2▲ 102×2 topics
  38. Islamic Architecture2▲ 157×1 topic
  39. Neoplatonism2▲ 190×2 topics
  40. art and culture2▲ 506×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical and Linguistic Studies, Islamic Studies and History, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia.

Historical and Linguisti…5Historical and Linguistic Studies: 5 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Historic…2Archaeology and Historical Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies of Me…2Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia: 2 fractional worksMedieval and Classical Philosophy: 2 fractional worksLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksMedieval History and Cru…2Medieval History and Crusades: 2 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…2Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 2 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and …2Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…2Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsArcheologyPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  2. 2 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 2 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia Archeology 2 works
  5. 5 Medieval and Classical Philosophy Philosophy 2 works
  6. 6 Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis Language and Linguistics 2 works
  7. 7 Medieval History and Crusades History 2 works
  8. 8 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 2 works
  9. 9 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  10. 10 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 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 available82.1%not open17.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 124% higher 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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