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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

In research, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid stands highest in Social Sciences (#211 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#312 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#241 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Arts and Humanities, General Social Sciences and History — General Arts and Humanities is 12.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#350
of 28,054 · #295 all time
Rank in Spain
#2
of 658
Research works
50k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 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 #211 of 10,521 17.9%3,283 #286
Physical SciencesDomain #312 of 12,888 21.5%2,379 #233
Social SciencesField #241 of 6,365 17.9%1,533 #268
Physics and AstronomyField #89 of 1,646 33.0%497 #87
Arts and HumanitiesField #111 of 1,998 14.6%989 #185
Health SciencesDomain #736 of 11,982 19.1%1,239 #696
MedicineField #651 of 10,443 19.1%1,078 #633
Life SciencesDomain #491 of 7,800 22.1%943 #437
PsychologyField #154 of 2,181 20.9%374 #245
EducationSubfield #150 of 1,892 28.5%255 #256

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 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#286 #211
  2. Physical Sciences#233 #312
  3. Social Sciences#268 #241
  4. Physics and Astronomy#87 #89
  5. Arts and Humanities#185 #111
  6. Health Sciences#696 #736
  7. Medicine#633 #651
  8. Life Sciences#437 #491
  9. Psychology#245 #154
  10. Education#256 #150
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 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Arts and Humanities takes 12.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 20.7 works13×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 67.4 works7.8×
  3. HistorySubfield · 173.4 works6.9×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 159.7 works6.8×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 145.0 works5.9×
  6. ConservationSubfield · 42.3 works5.7×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 256 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 429 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 66 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 174 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 32 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.42× its world share, 175 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 427 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 89 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 61 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 374 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 348 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 235 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.53× its world share, 142 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.85× its world share, 497 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 114 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 1,078 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.37× its world share, 989 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 174 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 167 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 374 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 1,533 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid?

Ranked on the composite score, F. J. García‐Vidal, A. Poves and José M. Soler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

  1. 1 F. J. García‐Vidal Spain · #9,356 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 A. Poves Spain · #9,486 worldwide 992 citations · 64 works
  3. 3 José M. Soler Spain · #14,644 worldwide 3.3k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Karl Landsteiner Spain · #22,706 worldwide 733 citations · 68 works
  5. 5 María Dolores Sánchez-Niño Spain · #26,315 worldwide 1.6k citations · 35 works
  6. 6 José Luís Ayuso‐Mateos Spain · #27,297 worldwide 646 citations · 77 works
  7. 7 F. Flóres Spain · #27,646 worldwide 946 citations · 101 works
  8. 8 F. Agulló‐Rueda Spain · #27,826 worldwide 481 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 J. García-Bellido Spain · #31,610 worldwide 2.4k citations · 207 works
  10. 10 Chris B. Brook Spain · #32,396 worldwide 719 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Globalization, History, Literature, Education, Identity, Latin America and Historiography.

▲ 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. Globalization326▲ 2.1×120 topics
  2. Education290▲ 2.1×102 topics
  3. Epidemiology240▼ 0.77×131 topics
  4. Climate Change227◆ 1.08×97 topics
  5. History223▲ 4.1×51 topics
  6. Gender220▲ 5.2×41 topics
  7. Identity197▲ 3.5×57 topics
  8. Human Rights196▲ 2.4×56 topics
  9. Literature196▲ 4.6×46 topics
  10. Social Movements132▲ 5.6×29 topics
  11. Latin America130▲ 8.7×21 topics
  12. Historiography126▲ 13×14 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage123▲ 2.9×32 topics
  14. Welfare State118▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Culture117▲ 2.8×32 topics
  16. Cultural Identity108▲ 2.7×30 topics
  17. Colonialism107▲ 2.9×41 topics
  18. European Union101▲ 5.7×16 topics
  19. Society100▲ 6.6×17 topics
  20. Pragmatics96▲ 7.6×6 topics
  21. Cultural Studies95▲ 3.2×33 topics
  22. Cultural Exchange92▲ 9.1×11 topics
  23. Iberian Peninsula91▲ 37×3 topics
  24. Feminism91▲ 4.1×21 topics
  25. Archaeology90▲ 8.6×10 topics
  26. Communication89▲ 3.7×17 topics
  27. Political Power87▲ 22×4 topics
  28. Memory85▲ 4.4×19 topics
  29. Sociolinguistics84▲ 5.6×9 topics
  30. Spain81▲ 28×5 topics
  31. Constitutional Law80▲ 7.6×7 topics
  32. Social Rights77▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Constitutionalism72▲ 9.6×6 topics
  34. Bilingualism70▲ 6.5×6 topics
  35. Dark Matter69▲ 7.7×4 topics
  36. Language Contact68▲ 8.9×6 topics
  37. Settlement Patterns68▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Judicial Review64▲ 9.0×6 topics
  39. Lexicography63▲ 8.8×4 topics
  40. Religious Practices63▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Universidad Autónoma de Madrid publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies, Archaeological and Historical Studies, Social Sciences and Policies and Human Rights and Immigration.

Spanish Linguistics and …54Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 54 fractional worksArchaeological and Histo…51Archaeological and Historical Studies: 51 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 48 fractional worksHuman Rights and Immigra…48Human Rights and Immigration: 48 fractional worksSpanish Literature and C…39Spanish Literature and Culture Studies: 39 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 39 fractional worksHistorical Art and Architecture Studies: 38 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…35Education and Teacher Training: 35 fractional worksComparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 34 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 34 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsArcheologyGeneral Social SciencesSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 54 works
  2. 2 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 51 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 48 works
  4. 4 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  5. 5 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 39 works
  6. 6 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 39 works
  7. 7 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 38 works
  8. 8 Education and Teacher Training Education 35 works
  9. 9 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 34 works
  10. 10 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 34 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Autónoma de Madrid's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.