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Universidad de La Rioja

In research, Universidad de La Rioja stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,211 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,346 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,240 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences and History — General Social Sciences is 13.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,746
of 28,054 · #3,614 all time
Rank in Spain
#84
of 658
Research works
6.3k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
86k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Universidad de La Rioja 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 #1,211 of 10,521 18.9%758 #954
Social SciencesField #1,346 of 6,365 16.8%336 #792
Health SciencesDomain #3,240 of 11,982 20.7%177 #6501
Business, Management and AccountingField #776 of 2,578 34.1%65 #558
PsychologyField #692 of 2,181 17.3%127 #1023
Physical SciencesDomain #4,115 of 12,888 14.5%453 #3507
EducationSubfield #667 of 1,892 25.2%90 #1086
Arts and HumanitiesField #855 of 1,998 16.5%200 #1010
MedicineField #5,215 of 10,443 19.9%127 #10522
Life SciencesDomain #4,562 of 7,800 24.3%138 #5992

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de La Rioja 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#954 #1,211
  2. Social Sciences#792 #1,346
  3. Health Sciences#6,501 #3,240
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#558 #776
  5. Psychology#1,023 #692
  6. Physical Sciences#3,507 #4,115
  7. Education#1,086 #667
  8. Arts and Humanities#1,010 #855
  9. Medicine#10,522 #5,215
  10. Life Sciences#5,992 #4,562
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 La Rioja specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 23.0 works14×
  2. HistorySubfield · 35.1 works7.2×
← 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: 1.07× its world share, 78 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.13× its world share, 51 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 108 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 97 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 60 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.48× its world share, 62 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.53× its world share, 200 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.72× its world share, 127 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 336 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de La Rioja?

Ranked on the composite score, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Guadalupe Manzano García and Myriam Zarazaga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de La Rioja.

  1. 1 Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez Spain · #23,651 worldwide 290 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Guadalupe Manzano García Spain · #113,210 worldwide 127 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Myriam Zarazaga Spain · #163,468 worldwide 133 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Lorena Pérez Hernández Spain · #192,798 worldwide 133 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Luis Marı́a López González Spain · #204,304 worldwide 95 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Juan Carlos Ayala Calvo Spain · #204,993 worldwide 115 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 José Luis Gómez Urdáñez Spain · #218,114 worldwide 7 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Sergio Andrés Cabello Spain · #231,084 worldwide 25 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Joaquín Giró Miranda Spain · #236,148 worldwide 24 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Cármen Torres Spain · #259,143 worldwide 245 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de La Rioja

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de La Rioja?

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

▲ 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. Education79▲ 3.0×60 topics
  2. History63▲ 5.9×23 topics
  3. Globalization59▲ 1.96×54 topics
  4. Gender54▲ 6.5×24 topics
  5. Climate Change53▲ 1.29×64 topics
  6. Mental Health51▲ 2.3×36 topics
  7. Sustainability50▲ 1.34×55 topics
  8. Literature49▲ 5.9×22 topics
  9. Identity43▲ 3.9×24 topics
  10. Educational Technology41▲ 2.3×27 topics
  11. Pedagogy35▲ 4.6×16 topics
  12. Spain34▲ 60×5 topics
  13. Feminism30▲ 7.0×10 topics
  14. Colonialism29▲ 4.0×16 topics
  15. Gender Differences29▲ 5.0×14 topics
  16. Nationalism29▲ 4.1×12 topics
  17. Welfare State26▲ 20×4 topics
  18. Communication26▲ 5.4×14 topics
  19. Inclusive Education24▲ 4.5×13 topics
  20. Social Movements24▲ 5.3×14 topics
  21. Historiography23▲ 12×8 topics
  22. Family Support23▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Ethical Challenges23▲ 7.8×3 topics
  24. Language23▲ 6.1×11 topics
  25. Cultural Studies22▲ 3.8×16 topics
  26. Participation22▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Economic Crisis22▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Lexicography22▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Community Intervention21▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Social Work21▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Polyphenols21▲ 7.7×5 topics
  32. Society20▲ 6.9×11 topics
  33. Corpus Linguistics20▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Informal Learning19▲ 9.8×5 topics
  35. Latin America19▲ 6.5×14 topics
  36. Language Teaching19▲ 4.9×6 topics
  37. Modernization18▲ 6.3×2 topics
  38. Pragmatics18▲ 7.1×6 topics
  39. Cultural Memory17▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Propaganda16▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad de La Rioja publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Sciences and Policies, Spanish Literature and Culture Studies, Horticultural and Viticultural Research and Fermentation and Sensory Analysis.

Social Sciences and Policies: 21 fractional worksSpanish Literature and Culture Studies: 17 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…14Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 14 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory…13Fermentation and Sensory Analysis: 13 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 11 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 9 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and …9Language, Metaphor, and Cognition: 9 fractional worksMedia, Journalism, and Communication History: 9 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 9 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge…8E-Learning and Knowledge Management: 8 fractional works
General Social SciencesLiterature and Literary TheoryPlant ScienceFood Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 21 works
  2. 2 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 17 works
  3. 3 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 14 works
  4. 4 Fermentation and Sensory Analysis Food Science 13 works
  5. 5 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 11 works
  6. 6 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 9 works
  7. 7 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 9 works
  8. 8 Media, Journalism, and Communication History History 9 works
  9. 9 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 9 works
  10. 10 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 8 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 available64.6%not open35.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de La Rioja's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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.