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Universidad de Extremadura

In research, Universidad de Extremadura stands highest in Social Sciences (#282 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#176 of 6,365 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#102 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 33.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,349
of 28,054 · #1,297 all time
Rank in Spain
#29
of 658
Research works
20k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
344k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Extremadura 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 #282 of 10,521 24.2%1,584 #516
Social SciencesField #176 of 6,365 23.9%754 #364
Business, Management and AccountingField #102 of 2,578 38.3%127 #266
EducationSubfield #236 of 1,892 32.9%172 #355
Health SciencesDomain #1,539 of 11,982 21.0%674 #2214
Physical SciencesDomain #1,723 of 12,888 18.8%1,377 #1246
EngineeringField #1,076 of 6,636 18.1%459 #1203
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #636 of 3,409 29.7%255 #574
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #483 of 2,578 28.5%178 #813
Computer ScienceField #1,021 of 4,667 25.7%354 #1044

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 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#516 #282
  2. Social Sciences#364 #176
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#266 #102
  4. Education#355 #236
  5. Health Sciences#2,214 #1,539
  6. Physical Sciences#1,246 #1,723
  7. Engineering#1,203 #1,076
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#574 #636
  9. Sociology and Political Science#813 #483
  10. Computer Science#1,044 #1,021
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 Extremadura specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Life-span and Life-course Studies takes 33.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 22.6 works33×
  2. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 98.3 works9.4×
  3. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 44.7 works6.0×
  4. ConservationSubfield · 22.5 works5.8×
← 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: 1.31× its world share, 255 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 138 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 49 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 354 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 32 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 459 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 237 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.34× its world share, 64 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 62 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 133 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 501 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.37× its world share, 13 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 329 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 127 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.10× its world share, 262 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 754 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Extremadura?

Ranked on the composite score, Antonio Plaza, José Carmelo Adsuar and Juan Félix González González lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Extremadura.

  1. 1 Antonio Plaza Spain · #12,339 worldwide 3.5k citations · 247 works
  2. 2 José Carmelo Adsuar Spain · #27,615 worldwide 2.4k citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Juan Félix González González Spain · #35,457 worldwide 588 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Javier Plaza Spain · #43,531 worldwide 566 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Pedro R. Olivares Spain · #93,130 worldwide 2.6k citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Jun Li Spain · #102,291 worldwide 1.6k citations · 261 works
  7. 7 J.M. Encinar Spain · #102,367 worldwide 416 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 S. B. Yuste Spain · #110,038 worldwide 247 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Vicente P. Guerrero‐Bote Spain · #118,519 worldwide 160 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Santos Villafaina Spain · #119,416 worldwide 2.6k citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Extremadura

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Extremadura?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Physical Activity, Education, High-Intensity Interval Training, Resistance Training, Sustainability, Performance Analysis, Physiological Demands and Training Load.

▲ 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. Education158▲ 2.2×70 topics
  2. Epidemiology158◆ 0.98×113 topics
  3. Climate Change152▲ 1.38×87 topics
  4. Sustainability151▲ 1.51×73 topics
  5. Physical Activity117▲ 5.8×12 topics
  6. Globalization111▲ 1.39×73 topics
  7. Mental Health105▲ 1.75×40 topics
  8. Educational Technology104▲ 2.1×33 topics
  9. COVID-1989▲ 1.59×21 topics
  10. Risk Factors86▲ 1.92×28 topics
  11. Gender82▲ 3.7×25 topics
  12. Cultural Heritage78▲ 3.5×26 topics
  13. E-Learning78▲ 1.89×16 topics
  14. High-Intensity Interval Training75▲ 17×2 topics
  15. History74▲ 2.6×24 topics
  16. Pedagogy70▲ 3.5×18 topics
  17. Health Promotion65▲ 5.0×17 topics
  18. Performance Analysis64▲ 7.3×5 topics
  19. Resistance Training63▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Health Effects61▲ 2.5×21 topics
  21. Literature60▲ 2.7×28 topics
  22. Physiological Demands60▲ 23×1 topic
  23. Training Load60▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Well-being60▲ 3.8×12 topics
  25. Adolescents54▲ 3.5×10 topics
  26. Communication52▲ 4.1×15 topics
  27. Intrinsic Motivation48▲ 9.7×3 topics
  28. Physical Education44▲ 8.7×6 topics
  29. Informal Learning42▲ 7.9×5 topics
  30. Spain41▲ 27×5 topics
  31. Social Development41▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Injury Prevention40▲ 8.1×4 topics
  33. Gender Dynamics40▲ 9.3×6 topics
  34. Sustainable Tourism38▲ 8.0×3 topics
  35. Historiography38▲ 7.3×10 topics
  36. Sport Psychology38▲ 9.3×2 topics
  37. Welfare State37▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Athletic Training37▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Teacher Development35▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Tourism35▲ 9.1×6 topics

Which research topics does Universidad de Extremadura publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Sports injuries and prevention and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.

Sports Performance and T…60Sports Performance and Training: 60 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Conc…34Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 34 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…33Sports injuries and prevention: 33 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Touri…32Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 32 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 30 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 26 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…25Health and Lifestyle Studies: 25 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 25 fractional worksPhysical Education and Pedagogy: 23 fractional worksSports and Physical Educ…22Sports and Physical Education Studies: 22 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSocial PsychologySociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 60 works
  2. 2 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 34 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 33 works
  4. 4 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  5. 5 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 30 works
  6. 6 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 26 works
  7. 7 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 25 works
  8. 8 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 25 works
  9. 9 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 23 works
  10. 10 Sports and Physical Education Studies Life-span and Life-course Studies 22 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Extremadura's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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