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Real Academia Española

In research, Real Academia Española stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,338 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#783 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,262 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Conservation, History and Archeology (Conservation is 63.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,100
of 22,385 · #7,405 all time
Rank in Spain
#111
of 426
Research works
2.5k
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Real Academia Española

What is Real Academia Española 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 #3,338 of 9,585 6.5%476 #2384
Arts and HumanitiesField #783 of 1,896 6.8%288 #473
Social SciencesField #3,262 of 5,988 6.4%141 #3847
Health SciencesDomain #6,011 of 9,902 4.8%128 #12450
MedicineField #6,121 of 8,541 3.1%105 #11791
HistorySubfield #172 of 218 5.0%83 #516

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Real Academia Española 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#2,384 #3,338
  2. Arts and Humanities#473 #783
  3. Social Sciences#3,847 #3,262
  4. Health Sciences#12,450 #6,011
  5. Medicine#11,791 #6,121
  6. History#516 #172
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 Real Academia Española work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Real Academia Española is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (44%), Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (14%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 573 fractional works · 70.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 362 fractional works · 44.5% of its workHistory: 100 fractional works · 12.3% of its workArcheology: 69 fractional works · 8.5% of its workConservation: 49 fractional works · 6.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 39 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workReligious studies: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClassics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 161 fractional works · 19.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 33 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCultural Studies: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 140 fractional works · 17.2% of its workMedicine: 116 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDermatology: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKReal AcademiaEspañola814fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences70%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities36244.5%
    2. Social Sciences16119.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance192.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting172.1%
    5. Psychology101.2%
    6. Decision Sciences40.5%
    1. Medicine11614.2%
    2. Health Professions212.6%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Environmental Science141.8%
    2. Engineering111.3%
    3. Computer Science101.2%
    4. Mathematics50.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy50.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.5%
    7. Chemistry40.5%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Energy10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences131.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology131.5%
    3. Neuroscience81.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology50.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Real Academia Española specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Conservation takes 63.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ConservationSubfield · 48.8 works63×
  2. HistorySubfield · 100.3 works38×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 68.9 works28×
  4. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 21.2 works16×
  5. Arts and HumanitiesField · 361.9 works15×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.32× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 15.40× its world share, 362 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 161 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 15.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities15.40×362 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.32×7 works
  3. Social Sciences1.56×161 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.10×19 works
  5. Health Professions0.98×21 works
  6. Medicine0.74×116 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×17 works
  8. Neuroscience0.59×8 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.58×5 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.54×4 works
  11. Veterinary0.53×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.52×5 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.43×1 works
  14. Psychology0.40×10 works
  15. Environmental Science0.36×14 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×4 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×13 works
  18. Chemistry0.31×4 works
  19. Nursing0.31×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×13 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.25×5 works
  22. Dentistry0.25×1 works
  23. Computer Science0.16×10 works
  24. Engineering0.09×11 works
  25. Energy0.08×1 works
  26. Materials Science0.04×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Real Academia Española?

Ranked on the quality score, Imprenta de José Rius, Rafael Lapesa and Otto Federico lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Real Academia Española.

  1. 1 Imprenta de José Rius Spain · #2,006,136 worldwide 0 citations · 196 works
  2. 2 Rafael Lapesa Spain · #2,345,955 worldwide 617 citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Otto Federico Spain · #3,005,007 worldwide 96 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Pedro Moleón Gavilanes Spain · #3,110,217 worldwide 0 citations · 103 works
  5. 5 Rafael Vázquez Lesmes Spain · #3,420,887 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 José María Lacarra y de Miguel Spain · #3,596,139 worldwide 97 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Fernando González de Canales Cerisola Spain · #3,876,522 worldwide 137 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Juan Ruiz Jiménez Spain · #3,890,055 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Miguel Asín Palacios Spain · #3,925,837 worldwide 206 citations · 108 works
  10. 10 Olivia Nieto Yusta Spain · #4,047,524 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Real Academia Española

What are the most cited papers from Real Academia Española?

The most cited paper from Real Academia Española is "Relative measurement and its generalization in decision making why pairwise comparisons are central in mathematics for the measurement of intangible factors the analytic hierarchy/network process" (Thomas L. Saaty, 2008), with 1,100 citations. Next come "Living together in biofilms: the microbial cell factory and its biotechnological implications" (327) and "Don Quijote de la Mancha" (304).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Relative measurement and its generalization in decision making why pairwise comparisons are central in mathematics for the measurement of intangible factors the analytic hierarchy/network process Thomas L. Saaty · Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales Serie A Matemáticas Sep 2008 1,100
2 Living together in biofilms: the microbial cell factory and its biotechnological implications Mercedes Berlanga, Ricardo Guerrero · Microbial Cell Factories Open access 30 Sep 2016 327
3 Don Quijote de la Mancha Elsa Margarita Ramírez Leyva · Investigación Bibliotecológica Archivonomía Bibliotecología e Información Open access Jul 2005 304
4 A panoramic view and swot analysis of artificial intelligence for achieving the sustainable development goals by 2030: progress and prospects Iván Palomares, Eugenio Martínez‐Cámara, Rosana Montes et al. · Applied Intelligence Open access 11 Jun 2021 270
5 The hydrocarbon fraction of virgin olive oil and changes resulting from refining Augusto Lanzón, Tomás Albi, Arturo Cert et al. · Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society Mar 1994 144
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Real Academia Española?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Urban Development, Gender, History, Political Power, Conservation, Art History and Renaissance.

▲ 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. Cultural Heritage124▲ 29×18 topics
  2. Urban Development76▲ 26×7 topics
  3. Gender65▲ 15×27 topics
  4. History63▲ 11×29 topics
  5. Political Power63▲ 164×4 topics
  6. Conservation52▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Art History50▲ 247×2 topics
  8. Renaissance50▲ 250×3 topics
  9. Historiography49▲ 50×9 topics
  10. Literature49▲ 11×27 topics
  11. Seville49▲ 579×1 topic
  12. Spanish Art49▲ 579×1 topic
  13. Education49▲ 3.5×45 topics
  14. Epidemiology48▲ 1.49×56 topics
  15. Al-Andalus45▲ 441×2 topics
  16. Identity41▲ 6.9×31 topics
  17. Islamic Architecture39▲ 217×2 topics
  18. Medieval Spain39▲ 279×2 topics
  19. Gender Dynamics38▲ 45×5 topics
  20. Historical Preservation38▲ 307×2 topics
  21. archaeological research38▲ 688×1 topic
  22. art and culture38▲ 688×1 topic
  23. Culture36▲ 8.4×19 topics
  24. Cultural Practices33▲ 31×3 topics
  25. Diplomacy32▲ 43×4 topics
  26. Medieval Urban Society32▲ 603×1 topic
  27. Religious Institutions32▲ 603×1 topic
  28. Society29▲ 18×13 topics
  29. Ceremonial27▲ 172×2 topics
  30. Social Structure27▲ 84×2 topics
  31. Imperial Court27▲ 439×1 topic
  32. Military Enterprise27▲ 439×1 topic
  33. Colonialism26▲ 6.7×22 topics
  34. Spain26▲ 89×5 topics
  35. Cultural Exchange25▲ 24×6 topics
  36. Iberian Peninsula23▲ 97×3 topics
  37. Latin America21▲ 14×15 topics
  38. Ketogenic Diet21▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Inflammatory Disease20▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Prurigo Pigmentosa20▲ 245×1 topic

Which research topics does Real Academia Española publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical Art and Architecture Studies, Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia, Medieval and Early Modern Iberia and Historical Studies on Spain.

Historical Art and Archi…49Historical Art and Architecture Studies: 49 fractional worksHistorical Studies of Medieval Iberia: 38 fractional worksMedieval and Early Modern Iberia: 32 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Spain: 27 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology Studies History: 20 fractional worksLibraries, Manuscripts, …14Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books: 14 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 12 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 11 fractional worksMedieval Architecture and Archaeology: 11 fractional worksEarly Modern Spanish Literature: 10 fractional works
ConservationArcheologyHistoryDermatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 49 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia Archeology 38 works
  3. 3 Medieval and Early Modern Iberia History 32 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies on Spain History 27 works
  5. 5 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 20 works
  6. 6 Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books History 14 works
  7. 7 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 12 works
  8. 8 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  9. 9 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 11 works
  10. 10 Early Modern Spanish Literature Literature and Literary Theory 10 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 available80.6%not open19.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Real Academia Española's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Real Academia Española as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Real Academia Española0.0046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Real Academia Española 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Real Academia Española6.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.2% in 2011.

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