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Menéndez Pelayo International University

In research, Menéndez Pelayo International University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,455 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,219
of 28,054 · #21,139 all time
Rank in Spain
#395
of 658
Research works
604
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Menéndez Pelayo International University 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 #5,455 of 10,521 15.6%73 #6497

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Menéndez Pelayo International University 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 Menéndez Pelayo International University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 39.0 works10×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 1.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 10.12× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Menéndez Pelayo International University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jesús Rubio Jiménez, Laureano Bonet and J. Hinojosa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Menéndez Pelayo International University.

  1. 1 Jesús Rubio Jiménez Spain · #172,200 worldwide 12 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Laureano Bonet Spain · #489,643 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 J. Hinojosa Spain · #1,578,152 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Menéndez Pelayo International University

Which keywords describe research at Menéndez Pelayo International University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, History, Gender, Identity, Spain, Society, Colonialism and Culture.

▲ 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. Literature19▲ 26×13 topics
  2. History17▲ 18×12 topics
  3. Gender16▲ 22×8 topics
  4. Identity12▲ 13×9 topics
  5. Spain9▲ 176×5 topics
  6. Society8▲ 30×4 topics
  7. Colonialism7▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Culture7▲ 10×9 topics
  9. Feminism7▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Nationalism7▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Cultural Memory6▲ 93×2 topics
  12. Epidemiology6▲ 1.17×40 topics
  13. Modernization6▲ 25×1 topic
  14. Religious Identity6▲ 68×2 topics
  15. Globalization5▲ 1.98×15 topics
  16. Golden Age Spain5▲ 450×1 topic
  17. Inflammation5▲ 1.77×18 topics
  18. Visual Arts5▲ 228×1 topic
  19. Narrative5▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Memory4▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Cultural Studies4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  22. Poetry4▲ 93×2 topics
  23. Authorship4▲ 103×1 topic
  24. Autobiography4▲ 161×1 topic
  25. Pragmatics4▲ 16×5 topics
  26. Cultural Exchange4▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Cultural Transmission3▲ 32×4 topics
  28. Cultural Identity3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  29. Sociolinguistics3▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Language Contact3▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Psychometric Properties3▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Bilingualism3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Lexicography2▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Executive Functions2▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Hispanic Linguistics2▲ 91×1 topic
  36. Language Variation2▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Spanish-Speaking2▲ 246×1 topic
  38. Book History2▲ 192×1 topic
  39. Iberian2▲ 275×1 topic
  40. Medieval2▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Menéndez Pelayo International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spanish Literature and Culture Studies, Early Modern Spanish Literature, Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism and Historical and Modern Theater Studies.

Spanish Literature and C…6Spanish Literature and Culture Studies: 6 fractional worksEarly Modern Spanish Literature: 5 fractional worksComparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Modern Theater Studies: 2 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksMedieval Iberian Studies2Medieval Iberian Studies: 2 fractional worksLibraries, Manuscripts, and Books: 2 fractional worksSpanish Culture and Identity: 2 fractional worksLiterary and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksGalician and Iberian cultural studies: 1 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryClinical PsychologyLanguage and LinguisticsClassics4 others

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

  1. 1 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  2. 2 Early Modern Spanish Literature Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  3. 3 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  4. 4 Historical and Modern Theater Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  6. 6 Medieval Iberian Studies Classics 2 works
  7. 7 Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books History 2 works
  8. 8 Spanish Culture and Identity Philosophy 2 works
  9. 9 Literary and Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Galician and Iberian cultural studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 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 available60.2%not open39.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Menéndez Pelayo International University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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