Universidad de Extremadura
In research, Universidad de Extremadura stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,113 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,588 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,010 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life-span and Life-course Studies, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (Life-span and Life-course Studies is 30.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,520 of 22,385 · #1,638 all time
- Rank in Spain
- #52 of 426
- Research works
- 20k ◆ 0% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 344k 17.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 11.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.95× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 52% world 40%
- International
- 18% world 18%
What is Universidad de Extremadura 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 | #1,113 of 9,585 | 13.4% | 1,584 | #1290 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #1,588 of 9,902 | 12.8% | 674 | #3173 | |
| Social SciencesField | #1,010 of 5,988 | 14.2% | 754 | #1393 | |
| MedicineField | #1,972 of 8,541 | 11.0% | 501 | #3416 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,494 of 6,403 | 10.2% | 455 | #1949 | |
| EngineeringField | #1,542 of 5,901 | 10.2% | 459 | #1662 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #856 of 3,157 | 11.6% | 255 | #922 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #1,305 of 4,417 | 14.1% | 354 | #1602 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #583 of 1,896 | 12.1% | 329 | #750 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #3,475 of 10,670 | 9.9% | 1,377 | #1742 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Extremadura 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#1,290 #1,113
- Health Sciences#3,173 #1,588
- Social Sciences#1,393 #1,010
- Medicine#3,416 #1,972
- Life Sciences#1,949 #1,494
- Engineering#1,662 #1,542
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#922 #856
- Computer Science#1,602 #1,305
- Arts and Humanities#750 #583
- Physical Sciences#1,742 #3,475
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 Extremadura work in?
In 2022-now, 38% of research at Universidad de Extremadura is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social 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
- Social Sciences1,73738.1%
- Social Sciences82718.1%
- Arts and Humanities3547.8%
- Psychology2956.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting1383.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance952.1%
- Decision Sciences280.6%
- Physical Sciences1,55634.1%
- Engineering51211.2%
- Computer Science4058.9%
- Environmental Science2705.9%
- Mathematics741.6%
- Physics and Astronomy701.5%
- Materials Science661.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences621.4%
- Chemistry551.2%
- Energy350.8%
- Chemical Engineering80.2%
- Health Sciences74916.4%
- Medicine56112.3%
- Health Professions1443.2%
- Nursing200.4%
- Veterinary140.3%
- Dentistry100.2%
- Life Sciences51911.4%
What does Universidad de Extremadura specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Life-span and Life-course Studies takes 30.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 23.1 works31×
- Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 105.6 works9.0×
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 48.7 works5.8×
- ConservationSubfield · 23.5 works5.5×
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, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities2.68×354 works
- Veterinary2.33×14 works
- Psychology2.13×295 works
- Social Sciences1.43×827 works
- Mathematics1.38×74 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.33×289 works
- Health Professions1.20×144 works
- Environmental Science1.19×270 works
- Computer Science1.14×404 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×95 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.94×138 works
- Nursing0.90×20 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×62 works
- Energy0.83×35 works
- Chemistry0.77×55 works
- Engineering0.75×512 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.69×70 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×157 works
- Medicine0.64×561 works
- Decision Sciences0.63×28 works
- Neuroscience0.62×46 works
- Chemical Engineering0.49×8 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.46×21 works
- Dentistry0.44×10 works
- Materials Science0.41×66 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×6 works
- Arts and Humanities 2.7×
- Veterinary 2.3×
- Psychology 2.1×
- Social Sciences 1.4×
- Mathematics 1.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.3×
- Health Professions 1.2×
- Environmental Science 1.2×
- Computer Science 1.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.0×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.9×
- Nursing 0.9×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.9×
- Energy 0.8×
- Chemistry 0.8×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Medicine 0.6×
- Decision Sciences 0.6×
- Neuroscience 0.6×
- Chemical Engineering 0.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.5×
- Dentistry 0.4×
- Materials Science 0.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.4×
Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Extremadura?
Ranked on the quality score, Gerardo Moreno, Ilda Casimiro and Miguel Ángel García-Gordillo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Extremadura.
- 1
Gerardo Moreno
Spain · #72,257 worldwide 13k citations · 348 works
- 2
Ilda Casimiro
Spain · #137,136 worldwide 8.2k citations · 40 works
- 3
Miguel Ángel García-Gordillo
Spain · #209,604 worldwide 30k citations · 86 works
- 4
Natalia López-Mosquera
Spain · #288,762 worldwide 1.7k citations · 39 works
- 5
Rubén Gómez‐Sánchez
Spain · #306,091 worldwide 11k citations · 50 works
- 6
Mireia Niso‐Santano
Spain · #350,443 worldwide 8.1k citations · 78 works
- 7
Rafael Robina Ramírez
Spain · #353,468 worldwide 1.4k citations · 159 works
- 8
Víctor Rolo
Spain · #357,672 worldwide 4.6k citations · 117 works
- 9
Jin Su Jeong
Spain · #372,310 worldwide 2.2k citations · 145 works
- 10
Florentino de Lope
Spain · #394,440 worldwide 7.3k citations · 111 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Extremadura?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Physical Activity, Education, High-Intensity Interval Training, Resistance Training, Performance Analysis, Climate Change, Sustainability and Physiological Demands.
- Welfare State
- Tourism
- Historiography
- Injury Prevention
- Gender Dynamics
- Spain
- Intrinsic Motivation
- Communication
- Literature
- Physiological Demands
- Health Effects
- Performance Analysis
- History
- E-Learning
- Gender
- Risk Factors
- Mental Health
- Globalization
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Education
- Climate Change
- Physical Activity
- Educational Technology
- COVID-19
- Remote Sensing
- Cultural Heritage
- High-Intensity Interval Training
- Pedagogy
- Health Promotion
- Resistance Training
- Training Load
- Well-being
- Adolescents
- Physical Education
- Informal Learning
- Social Development
- Sport Psychology
- Sustainable Tourism
- Teacher Development
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
- Education172▲ 2.2×74 topics
- Epidemiology171◆ 0.94×117 topics
- Climate Change171▲ 1.38×89 topics
- Sustainability163▲ 1.46×76 topics
- Physical Activity128▲ 5.8×12 topics
- Globalization118▲ 1.32×74 topics
- Educational Technology117▲ 2.2×34 topics
- Mental Health113▲ 1.74×41 topics
- COVID-1995▲ 1.60×21 topics
- Risk Factors91▲ 1.82×28 topics
- Remote Sensing90▲ 1.61×31 topics
- Gender87▲ 3.6×29 topics
- Cultural Heritage86▲ 3.6×27 topics
- E-Learning84▲ 1.91×16 topics
- High-Intensity Interval Training81▲ 16×2 topics
- History80▲ 2.5×27 topics
- Pedagogy77▲ 3.4×19 topics
- Performance Analysis70▲ 7.5×5 topics
- Health Promotion70▲ 4.8×17 topics
- Health Effects69▲ 2.5×21 topics
- Resistance Training69▲ 17×2 topics
- Physiological Demands66▲ 22×1 topic
- Training Load66▲ 22×1 topic
- Literature65▲ 2.6×33 topics
- Well-being65▲ 3.7×13 topics
- Communication60▲ 4.2×17 topics
- Adolescents59▲ 3.5×11 topics
- Intrinsic Motivation52▲ 9.6×4 topics
- Physical Education49▲ 8.8×7 topics
- Spain47▲ 29×5 topics
- Informal Learning46▲ 7.8×6 topics
- Gender Dynamics46▲ 9.5×6 topics
- Social Development45▲ 12×5 topics
- Injury Prevention43▲ 7.6×4 topics
- Sport Psychology41▲ 9.2×2 topics
- Historiography40▲ 7.3×10 topics
- Sustainable Tourism40▲ 7.5×3 topics
- Tourism38▲ 9.2×7 topics
- Teacher Development38▲ 13×2 topics
- Welfare State38▲ 11×3 topics
Which research topics does Universidad de Extremadura publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Sports injuries and prevention and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 66 works
- 2 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 36 works
- 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 35 works
- 4 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 33 works
- 5 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 32 works
- 6 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 30 works
- 7 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 26 works
- 8 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 26 works
- 9 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 25 works
- 10 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 24 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 Extremadura's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher 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 Extremadura as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidad de Extremadura 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 12.6% in 2020.
Other research institutions in Badajoz
- Centro de Implantología Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial
- Government of Extremadura
- Centro Tecnológico Agroalimentario de Extremadura
- FUNDECYT PCTEX
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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