Universidad de Alcalá
In research, Universidad de Alcalá stands highest in Social Sciences (#640 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#750 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#685 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology, Archeology and History (Dermatology is 4.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #764 of 22,385 · #957 all time
- Rank in Spain
- #29 of 426
- Research works
- 33k ▼ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 501k 15.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.4% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.89× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 43% world 40%
- International
- 15% world 18%
What is Universidad de Alcalá known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #640 of 9,585 | 12.2% | 1,495 | #654 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #750 of 9,902 | 7.8% | 2,230 | #934 | |
| MedicineField | #685 of 8,541 | 7.6% | 2,026 | #820 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #967 of 10,670 | 12.5% | 1,369 | #1107 | |
| Social SciencesField | #596 of 5,988 | 11.5% | 611 | #552 | |
| EngineeringField | #758 of 5,901 | 12.9% | 429 | #897 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #612 of 4,417 | 14.9% | 289 | #808 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,071 of 6,403 | 10.2% | 520 | #1694 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #644 of 3,334 | 12.5% | 252 | #880 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #416 of 1,896 | 12.4% | 486 | #352 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Alcalá 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.
- Social Sciences#654 #640
- Health Sciences#934 #750
- Medicine#820 #685
- Physical Sciences#1,107 #967
- Social Sciences#552 #596
- Engineering#897 #758
- Computer Science#808 #612
- Life Sciences#1,694 #1,071
- Environmental Science#880 #644
- Arts and Humanities#352 #416
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 Universidad de Alcalá work in?
In 2022-now, 40% of research at Universidad de Alcalá is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (11%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences2,56739.9%
- Medicine2,34136.4%
- Health Professions1782.8%
- Dentistry200.3%
- Nursing200.3%
- Veterinary70.1%
- Social Sciences1,69126.3%
- Social Sciences69310.8%
- Arts and Humanities5438.4%
- Psychology1852.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting1282.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1101.7%
- Decision Sciences320.5%
- Physical Sciences1,56624.4%
- Engineering4797.5%
- Computer Science3265.1%
- Environmental Science2924.5%
- Chemistry1071.7%
- Physics and Astronomy1041.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences991.5%
- Materials Science801.2%
- Energy320.5%
- Mathematics310.5%
- Chemical Engineering160.2%
- Life Sciences6089.5%
What does Universidad de Alcalá specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- DermatologySubfield · 76.3 works4.5×
- ArcheologySubfield · 84.8 works4.4×
- HistorySubfield · 78.5 works3.8×
- Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 104.2 works3.7×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 25.5 works3.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities2.92×543 works
- Medicine1.89×2,341 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.47×95 works
- Chemistry1.06×107 works
- Health Professions1.05×178 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.98×99 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×22 works
- Psychology0.94×185 works
- Environmental Science0.91×292 works
- Social Sciences0.85×693 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×288 works
- Veterinary0.84×7 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×110 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.73×104 works
- Neuroscience0.70×73 works
- Chemical Engineering0.69×16 works
- Computer Science0.65×326 works
- Dentistry0.64×20 works
- Nursing0.63×20 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.62×128 works
- Energy0.55×32 works
- Decision Sciences0.51×32 works
- Engineering0.50×479 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×130 works
- Mathematics0.41×31 works
- Materials Science0.36×80 works
- Arts and Humanities 2.9×
- Medicine 1.9×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.5×
- Chemistry 1.1×
- Health Professions 1.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.0×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.0×
- Psychology 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Social Sciences 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.8×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Chemical Engineering 0.7×
- Computer Science 0.7×
- Dentistry 0.6×
- Nursing 0.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.6×
- Energy 0.6×
- Decision Sciences 0.5×
- Engineering 0.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Materials Science 0.4×
Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Alcalá?
Ranked on the quality score, Emilio Chuvieco, Paloma Ruiz‐Benito and Miguel Angel Zavala lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Alcalá.
- 1
Emilio Chuvieco
Spain · #18,520 worldwide 22k citations · 380 works
- 2
Paloma Ruiz‐Benito
Spain · #46,644 worldwide 6.7k citations · 167 works
- 3
Miguel Angel Zavala
Spain · #67,374 worldwide 15k citations · 216 works
- 4
David Casillas-Pérez
Spain · #74,190 worldwide 2.2k citations · 79 works
- 5
Beatriz Jurado‐Sánchez
Spain · #91,125 worldwide 6.2k citations · 147 works
- 6
Roberto Rosal
Spain · #106,577 worldwide 13k citations · 240 works
- 7
Javier Carrillo‐Hermosilla
Spain · #123,636 worldwide 3.4k citations · 76 works
- 8
Alberto Escarpa
Spain · #146,113 worldwide 14k citations · 337 works
- 9
Aida Martín
Spain · #169,333 worldwide 4k citations · 45 works
- 10
Carlos Edo
Spain · #170,447 worldwide 2.4k citations · 52 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Alcalá?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Globalization, Gender, Chemotherapy and History.
- Medical Interpreters
- Quality of Care
- Iberian Peninsula
- Welfare State
- Historiography
- Latin America
- Social Movements
- Autoantibodies
- Complications
- Genetic Mutations
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Identity
- Management
- Gender
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Education
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
- Diagnosis
- Globalization
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Chemotherapy
- History
- Literature
- Cultural Heritage
- Immunotherapy
- Guidelines
- Heart Failure
- Prognostic Factors
- Echocardiography
- Corpus Linguistics
- Spain
- Healthcare Communication
- Archaeology
- Cultural Competence
- Language Barriers
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
- Epidemiology464▲ 1.81×135 topics
- Treatment217▲ 2.8×51 topics
- Diagnosis187▲ 3.1×41 topics
- Inflammation186▲ 1.36×80 topics
- Globalization173▲ 1.37×87 topics
- Climate Change161◆ 0.92×89 topics
- Quality of Life135▲ 1.45×58 topics
- Education129▲ 1.17×80 topics
- Public Health124▲ 1.33×67 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease122▲ 1.67×37 topics
- Chemotherapy112▲ 2.5×25 topics
- Risk Factors111▲ 1.57×36 topics
- History110▲ 2.5×43 topics
- Gender104▲ 3.0×38 topics
- Literature100▲ 2.8×44 topics
- Management100▲ 1.94×31 topics
- Cultural Heritage97▲ 2.8×23 topics
- Identity97▲ 2.1×51 topics
- Immunotherapy95▲ 2.0×18 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines88▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Guidelines74▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Genetic Mutations72▲ 2.6×23 topics
- Heart Failure71▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Complications71▲ 2.2×17 topics
- Prognostic Factors65▲ 2.3×14 topics
- Autoantibodies64▲ 4.3×8 topics
- Echocardiography62▲ 3.5×8 topics
- Social Movements58▲ 3.1×23 topics
- Corpus Linguistics56▲ 4.2×5 topics
- Latin America54▲ 4.4×22 topics
- Spain52▲ 22×5 topics
- Historiography46▲ 5.9×13 topics
- Healthcare Communication44▲ 7.8×4 topics
- Welfare State43▲ 8.6×4 topics
- Archaeology43▲ 5.2×10 topics
- Iberian Peninsula42▲ 23×3 topics
- Cultural Competence42▲ 5.0×7 topics
- Quality of Care39▲ 7.1×4 topics
- Language Barriers37▲ 31×1 topic
- Medical Interpreters37▲ 31×1 topic
Which research topics does Universidad de Alcalá publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare, Translation Studies and Practices, Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 37 works
- 2 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 33 works
- 3 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 30 works
- 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 20 works
- 5 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 19 works
- 6 Spanish Culture and Identity Philosophy 19 works
- 7 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 18 works
- 8 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 18 works
- 9 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 18 works
- 10 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 17 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Universidad de Alcalá's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 Universidad de Alcalá as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidad de Alcalá 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2024.
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