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Universidad de Cantabria

In research, Universidad de Cantabria stands highest in Social Sciences (#518 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#931 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,472 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History, Earth-Surface Processes and Archeology — History is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,690
of 28,054 · #1,492 all time
Rank in Spain
#38
of 658
Research works
15k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
280k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Cantabria 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 SciencesField #518 of 6,365 25.1%310 #702
Social SciencesDomain #931 of 10,521 24.3%719 #1075
Physical SciencesDomain #1,472 of 12,888 16.5%1,117 #1253
Health SciencesDomain #2,578 of 11,982 16.0%263 #3090
MedicineField #2,347 of 10,443 15.4%228 #2886
EngineeringField #1,894 of 6,636 12.2%453 #1162
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #426 of 1,209 33.6%93 #526
Environmental ScienceField #1,316 of 3,551 25.2%157 #901
Computer ScienceField #1,939 of 4,667 15.3%165 #649
Arts and HumanitiesField #931 of 1,998 19.9%197 #1083

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Cantabria 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#702 #518
  2. Social Sciences#1,075 #931
  3. Physical Sciences#1,253 #1,472
  4. Health Sciences#3,090 #2,578
  5. Medicine#2,886 #2,347
  6. Engineering#1,162 #1,894
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences#526 #426
  8. Environmental Science#901 #1,316
  9. Computer Science#649 #1,939
  10. Arts and Humanities#1,083 #931
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 de Cantabria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 63.7 works9.0×
  2. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 23.0 works8.7×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 41.5 works6.2×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.37× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 165 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 93 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.66× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.37× its world share, 453 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 157 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 66 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.19× its world share, 57 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 64 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 228 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.08× its world share, 196 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 78 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 61 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 310 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Cantabria?

Ranked on the composite score, Javier Junquera, E. Martínez-González and Ignacio Bosque lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Cantabria.

  1. 1 Javier Junquera Spain · #6,028 worldwide 2.4k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 E. Martínez-González Spain · #11,208 worldwide 1.8k citations · 108 works
  3. 3 Ignacio Bosque Spain · #13,588 worldwide 634 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Íñigo J. Losada Spain · #33,973 worldwide 763 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 J. Thom Spain · #35,891 worldwide 573 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 A. Ferrando Spain · #38,855 worldwide 639 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 E. Brondolin Spain · #46,100 worldwide 879 citations · 73 works
  8. 8 Th. Müller Spain · #49,380 worldwide 1.2k citations · 124 works
  9. 9 I. Vila Spain · #65,408 worldwide 4k citations · 439 works
  10. 10 F. Gasparini Spain · #72,511 worldwide 581 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Cantabria

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Cantabria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Historiography, Cultural Heritage, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Political Power, Social Movements and Gender.

▲ 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. Climate Change106▲ 1.79×74 topics
  2. Sustainability75▲ 1.39×62 topics
  3. Environmental Impact66▲ 1.75×50 topics
  4. Education56▲ 1.48×55 topics
  5. Globalization54▲ 1.25×58 topics
  6. Remote Sensing52▲ 1.92×27 topics
  7. Cultural Heritage45▲ 3.7×20 topics
  8. Gender39▲ 3.3×27 topics
  9. History39▲ 2.5×25 topics
  10. Historiography38▲ 13×9 topics
  11. Educational Technology36▲ 1.37×21 topics
  12. Urban Development32▲ 4.0×12 topics
  13. Social Movements32▲ 4.9×14 topics
  14. Nationalism31▲ 3.0×11 topics
  15. Literature30▲ 2.5×24 topics
  16. Pedagogy28▲ 2.6×11 topics
  17. Political Power28▲ 25×4 topics
  18. Global Warming27▲ 3.0×13 topics
  19. Wave Modeling25▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Iberian Peninsula25▲ 36×3 topics
  21. Sea-Level Rise24▲ 9.5×4 topics
  22. Sediment Transport24▲ 6.8×5 topics
  23. Propaganda23▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Cultural Exchange22▲ 7.7×7 topics
  25. Archaeology22▲ 7.4×10 topics
  26. Latin America21▲ 4.9×16 topics
  27. Spanish Civil War20▲ 57×2 topics
  28. Tropical Cyclones20▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Political Conflict19▲ 60×2 topics
  30. Climate Change Impacts19▲ 7.4×4 topics
  31. Spain18▲ 22×5 topics
  32. Catholicism18▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Welfare State17▲ 8.9×4 topics
  34. Coastal Dynamics17▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Shoreline Change17▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Constitutionalism16▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Settlement Patterns16▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Gender Dynamics15▲ 6.6×6 topics
  39. Francoist Regime15▲ 100×1 topic
  40. Post-war Spain15▲ 100×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad de Cantabria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Spanish History and Politics, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Educational Innovations and Technology.

Coastal and Marine Dynam…17Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 17 fractional worksSpanish History and Poli…15Spanish History and Politics: 15 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 13 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 12 fractional worksHistorical Art and Architecture Studies: 12 fractional worksMedieval and Early Modern Iberia: 12 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 12 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…10E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 10 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Spain: 9 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 9 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesHistoryAnthropologyInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 17 works
  2. 2 Spanish History and Politics History 15 works
  3. 3 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 13 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 12 works
  5. 5 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 12 works
  6. 6 Medieval and Early Modern Iberia History 12 works
  7. 7 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 12 works
  8. 8 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 10 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies on Spain History 9 works
  10. 10 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Cantabria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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