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University · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · Spain

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

In research, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,516 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,358 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,700 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Language and Linguistics and History — Oceanography is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,529
of 28,054 · #2,419 all time
Rank in Spain
#53
of 658
Research works
12k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
197k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,516 of 11,982 15.5%395 #1839
Social SciencesDomain #1,358 of 10,521 21.6%1,025 #959
MedicineField #1,700 of 10,443 14.7%304 #1785
Business, Management and AccountingField #498 of 2,578 26.9%116 #510
Physical SciencesDomain #3,269 of 12,888 15.3%929 #2963
Life SciencesDomain #2,002 of 7,800 23.0%210 #2096
Social SciencesField #1,642 of 6,365 20.8%477 #836
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #906 of 2,578 25.4%130 #793
Environmental ScienceField #1,272 of 3,551 17.5%254 #1249
Arts and HumanitiesField #777 of 1,998 18.2%246 #998

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 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. Health Sciences#1,839 #1,516
  2. Social Sciences#959 #1,358
  3. Medicine#1,785 #1,700
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#510 #498
  5. Physical Sciences#2,963 #3,269
  6. Life Sciences#2,096 #2,002
  7. Social Sciences#836 #1,642
  8. Sociology and Political Science#793 #906
  9. Environmental Science#1,249 #1,272
  10. Arts and Humanities#998 #777
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 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 51.0 works7.1×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 63.9 works5.7×
  3. HistorySubfield · 42.6 works5.2×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 83 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 166 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 89 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.37× its world share, 32 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 282 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 254 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 304 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.66× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.32× its world share, 246 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.41× its world share, 116 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.24× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 98 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 477 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?

Ranked on the composite score, Santiago Hernández‐León, Marisol Izquierdo and Lluís Serra‐Majem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

  1. 1 Santiago Hernández‐León Spain · #26,571 worldwide 873 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Marisol Izquierdo Spain · #26,857 worldwide 814 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Lluís Serra‐Majem Spain · #54,359 worldwide 626 citations · 141 works
  4. 4 José A. L. Calbet Spain · #57,552 worldwide 414 citations · 77 works
  5. 5 H. Fernández‐Palacios Spain · #72,313 worldwide 396 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Asunción Beerli Palacio Spain · #82,897 worldwide 477 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 J.M. Doña-Rodrı́guez Spain · #88,027 worldwide 269 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Lourdes Trujillo Spain · #100,809 worldwide 161 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Daniel Montero Spain · #104,043 worldwide 369 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Felipe Rodrı́guez de Castro Spain · #112,988 worldwide 129 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Globalization, COVID-19 Impact, Gender, Environmental Impact, Welfare State and Pragmatics.

▲ 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 Change146▲ 2.1×83 topics
  2. Sustainability106▲ 1.71×70 topics
  3. Globalization97▲ 1.94×65 topics
  4. Epidemiology81▼ 0.80×111 topics
  5. Environmental Impact80▲ 1.85×41 topics
  6. Education73▲ 1.67×62 topics
  7. Deep Learning72▼ 0.82×61 topics
  8. Renewable Energy68▲ 1.84×35 topics
  9. Gender54▲ 3.9×20 topics
  10. History52▲ 2.9×26 topics
  11. Educational Technology52▲ 1.71×26 topics
  12. Identity44▲ 2.4×36 topics
  13. Conservation43▲ 3.9×18 topics
  14. COVID-19 Impact40▲ 9.3×4 topics
  15. Welfare State35▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Aquaculture34▲ 5.1×7 topics
  17. Pragmatics33▲ 8.0×6 topics
  18. Sociolinguistics32▲ 6.6×8 topics
  19. Sustainable Tourism30▲ 10×3 topics
  20. European Union29▲ 5.0×13 topics
  21. Bilingualism28▲ 8.0×6 topics
  22. Lexicography28▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Tourist Satisfaction28▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Ocean Acidification26▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Corpus Linguistics26▲ 4.7×5 topics
  26. Destination Image26▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Language Contact26▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Community Perceptions25▲ 14×1 topic
  29. Tourism Development25▲ 8.2×1 topic
  30. Informal Learning25▲ 7.6×4 topics
  31. Spain25▲ 26×5 topics
  32. Latin America24▲ 4.9×18 topics
  33. Marine Environment24▲ 6.6×3 topics
  34. Historiography23▲ 7.1×6 topics
  35. Language Variation23▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Constitutional Law22▲ 6.3×4 topics
  37. Benthic Communities21▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Marine Biodiversity21▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Dialectology20▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Hispanic Linguistics20▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies, Human Rights and Immigration and Literacy and Educational Practices.

Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 25 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 20 fractional worksHuman Rights and Immigration: 15 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational Practices: 14 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 14 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 13 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in …12Ethics and bioethics in healthcare: 12 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 11 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 11 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…11Marine and coastal plant biology: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsEducationPollution4 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  2. 2 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 20 works
  3. 3 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  4. 4 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 14 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 14 works
  6. 6 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  7. 7 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  8. 8 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 11 works
  9. 9 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 11 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 11 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria'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.