Universidad de Murcia
In research, Universidad de Murcia stands highest in Social Sciences (#283 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#218 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#673 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life-span and Life-course Studies, General Social Sciences and History (Life-span and Life-course Studies is 19.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #527 of 22,385 · #697 all time
- Rank in Spain
- #17 of 426
- Research works
- 38k ▼ 5% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 623k 16.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 11.4% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.95× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 50% world 40%
- International
- 14% world 18%
What is Universidad de Murcia 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 | #283 of 9,585 | 12.6% | 2,793 | #414 | |
| Social SciencesField | #218 of 5,988 | 12.3% | 1,358 | #335 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #673 of 10,670 | 10.5% | 1,362 | #750 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #802 of 9,902 | 10.8% | 1,589 | #985 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #263 of 3,157 | 13.2% | 320 | #357 | |
| EducationSubfield | #170 of 1,930 | 15.3% | 304 | #180 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #181 of 1,896 | 11.8% | 739 | #307 | |
| MedicineField | #824 of 8,541 | 9.6% | 1,293 | #970 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #492 of 4,417 | 12.5% | 488 | #597 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #357 of 2,526 | 11.2% | 299 | #465 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Murcia 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#414 #283
- Social Sciences#335 #218
- Physical Sciences#750 #673
- Health Sciences#985 #802
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#357 #263
- Education#180 #170
- Arts and Humanities#307 #181
- Medicine#970 #824
- Computer Science#597 #492
- Sociology and Political Science#465 #357
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 Murcia work in?
In 2022-now, 42% of research at Universidad de Murcia is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (20%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.7× 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 Sciences3,08642.0%
- Social Sciences1,49620.3%
- Arts and Humanities81211.0%
- Psychology3915.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting1982.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1421.9%
- Decision Sciences470.6%
- Health Sciences1,80524.6%
- Medicine1,47120.0%
- Health Professions2142.9%
- Dentistry500.7%
- Nursing370.5%
- Veterinary340.5%
- Physical Sciences1,52920.8%
- Computer Science5407.3%
- Environmental Science3254.4%
- Engineering2273.1%
- Chemistry1201.6%
- Mathematics991.3%
- Physics and Astronomy821.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences460.6%
- Materials Science450.6%
- Energy290.4%
- Chemical Engineering150.2%
- Life Sciences93212.7%
What does Universidad de Murcia specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Life-span and Life-course Studies takes 19.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 23.9 works20×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 62.9 works7.8×
- HistorySubfield · 144.0 works6.1×
- MuseologySubfield · 45.3 works5.0×
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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities3.82×812 works
- Veterinary3.37×34 works
- Psychology1.74×391 works
- Social Sciences1.61×1,496 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.47×108 works
- Dentistry1.40×50 works
- Mathematics1.15×99 works
- Health Professions1.10×214 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.05×366 works
- Chemistry1.04×120 works
- Medicine1.04×1,471 works
- Nursing1.02×37 works
- Neuroscience0.95×113 works
- Computer Science0.94×540 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×142 works
- Environmental Science0.89×325 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×329 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.83×198 works
- Decision Sciences0.67×47 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×15 works
- Chemical Engineering0.58×15 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.50×82 works
- Energy0.43×29 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×46 works
- Engineering0.21×227 works
- Materials Science0.18×45 works
- Arts and Humanities 3.8×
- Veterinary 3.4×
- Psychology 1.7×
- Social Sciences 1.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.5×
- Dentistry 1.4×
- Mathematics 1.1×
- Health Professions 1.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.1×
- Chemistry 1.0×
- Medicine 1.0×
- Nursing 1.0×
- Neuroscience 0.9×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.8×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.8×
- Decision Sciences 0.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.6×
- Chemical Engineering 0.6×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.5×
- Energy 0.4×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.4×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Murcia?
Ranked on the quality score, Javier Cifuentes‐Faura, Pedro Soto‐Acosta and María‐Dolores Guillamón lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Murcia.
- 1
Javier Cifuentes‐Faura
Spain · #19,313 worldwide 6.3k citations · 238 works
- 2
Pedro Soto‐Acosta
Spain · #39,334 worldwide 8.2k citations · 155 works
- 3
María‐Dolores Guillamón
Spain · #79,735 worldwide 1.9k citations · 80 works
- 4
Marta Garaulet
Spain · #104,060 worldwide 14k citations · 260 works
- 5
Francisco Juliá‐Hernández
Spain · #118,609 worldwide 3.9k citations · 87 works
- 6
Marco Turco
Spain · #120,570 worldwide 6.4k citations · 149 works
- 7
Fabio Juliá
Spain · #142,489 worldwide 3.8k citations · 60 works
- 8
José A López-López
Spain · #157,468 worldwide 8.2k citations · 189 works
- 9
Ana María Ríos
Spain · #159,824 worldwide 2.3k citations · 167 works
- 10
Bernardino Benito
Spain · #174,668 worldwide 3.8k citations · 172 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Murcia?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, History, Gender, Globalization, Epidemiology, Literature, Welfare State and Latin America.
- Participation
- Narrative
- European Union
- Memory
- Informal Learning
- Society
- Physical Activity
- Culture
- Communication
- Latin America
- Inclusive Education
- E-Learning
- Risk Factors
- Identity
- Quality of Life
- COVID-19
- Literature
- Gender
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Education
- Globalization
- History
- Educational Technology
- Mental Health
- Innovation
- Human Rights
- Oxidative Stress
- Pedagogy
- Technology
- Welfare State
- Cultural Heritage
- Spain
- Cultural Studies
- Health Promotion
- Ethics
- Social Movements
- Historiography
- Social Rights
- 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
- Education373▲ 3.0×90 topics
- Epidemiology368▲ 1.26×135 topics
- Globalization288▲ 1.99×98 topics
- Climate Change216◆ 1.08×99 topics
- History213▲ 4.2×43 topics
- Gender186▲ 4.7×38 topics
- Educational Technology184▲ 2.1×33 topics
- Literature174▲ 4.3×39 topics
- Mental Health170▲ 1.61×44 topics
- COVID-19162▲ 1.70×29 topics
- Innovation156▲ 2.1×50 topics
- Quality of Life152▲ 1.44×59 topics
- Human Rights152▲ 2.0×47 topics
- Identity150▲ 2.8×51 topics
- Oxidative Stress150▲ 1.24×59 topics
- Risk Factors134▲ 1.65×37 topics
- Pedagogy133▲ 3.6×20 topics
- E-Learning133▲ 1.87×18 topics
- Technology125▲ 3.2×24 topics
- Inclusive Education120▲ 4.5×17 topics
- Welfare State119▲ 21×4 topics
- Latin America113▲ 8.1×20 topics
- Cultural Heritage112▲ 2.9×28 topics
- Communication109▲ 4.7×19 topics
- Spain107▲ 41×5 topics
- Culture106▲ 2.8×25 topics
- Cultural Studies105▲ 3.9×27 topics
- Physical Activity102▲ 2.9×12 topics
- Health Promotion101▲ 4.4×17 topics
- Society98▲ 7.0×16 topics
- Ethics95▲ 2.5×43 topics
- Informal Learning85▲ 9.0×6 topics
- Social Movements82▲ 3.8×18 topics
- Memory80▲ 4.5×18 topics
- Historiography72▲ 8.0×14 topics
- European Union72▲ 4.4×16 topics
- Social Rights71▲ 32×2 topics
- Narrative70▲ 6.1×10 topics
- Teacher Development61▲ 13×3 topics
- Participation56▲ 8.0×4 topics
Which research topics does Universidad de Murcia publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Social Sciences and Policies, Educational Innovations and Technology and Sports Performance and Training.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 50 works
- 2 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 50 works
- 3 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 48 works
- 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 48 works
- 5 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 43 works
- 6 Education and Teacher Training Education 42 works
- 7 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 34 works
- 8 Labor Law and Work Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 34 works
- 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 34 works
- 10 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 31 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 Murcia's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower 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 Murcia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidad de Murcia 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 12.9% in 2023.
Other research institutions in Murcia
- Universidad Católica de Murcia
- Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria
- Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer
- Servicio Murciano de Salud
- Instituto Sexológico Murciano
- Centro Regional de Hemodonación
- Hospital General Universitario Los Arcos del Mar Menor
- IVI Murcia Clinic
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