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Universidad de Navarra

In research, Universidad de Navarra stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,015 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#894 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,104 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, History and Communication — Religious studies is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,686
of 28,054 · #1,472 all time
Rank in Spain
#37
of 658
Research works
16k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
380k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Navarra 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 #1,015 of 11,982 17.6%693 #1008
Social SciencesDomain #894 of 10,521 23.9%834 #789
MedicineField #1,104 of 10,443 16.7%608 #1023
Arts and HumanitiesField #246 of 1,998 19.7%213 #400
Life SciencesDomain #1,120 of 7,800 25.1%326 #1035
Social SciencesField #1,737 of 6,365 24.1%330 #1265
Business, Management and AccountingField #769 of 2,578 29.1%92 #431
Physical SciencesDomain #4,050 of 12,888 15.8%506 #2555
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #886 of 2,578 24.7%116 #918
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,477 of 3,579 23.5%147 #1129

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Navarra 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#1,008 #1,015
  2. Social Sciences#789 #894
  3. Medicine#1,023 #1,104
  4. Arts and Humanities#400 #246
  5. Life Sciences#1,035 #1,120
  6. Social Sciences#1,265 #1,737
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#431 #769
  8. Physical Sciences#2,555 #4,050
  9. Sociology and Political Science#918 #886
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,129 #1,477
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 Navarra specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 25.2 works6.4×
  2. HistorySubfield · 43.7 works5.8×
  3. CommunicationSubfield · 31.4 works4.9×
← 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: 0.63× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 147 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 41 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.52× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 73 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 239 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 84 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 39 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 608 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.13× its world share, 213 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 92 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 90 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 86 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 330 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Navarra?

Ranked on the composite score, José Á. Obeso, Elizabeth Hamilton and Miguel Ángel Martínez‐González lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Navarra.

  1. 1 José Á. Obeso Spain · #46,441 worldwide 311 citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Elizabeth Hamilton Spain · #61,306 worldwide 150 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Miguel Ángel Martínez‐González Spain · #72,092 worldwide 975 citations · 226 works
  4. 4 Maira Bes‐Rastrollo Spain · #79,571 worldwide 199 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Amelia Martí Spain · #91,508 worldwide 225 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Esteban López‐Escobar Spain · #95,278 worldwide 90 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Ramón Salaverría Spain · #99,757 worldwide 83 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Miguel Ruiz‐Canela Spain · #101,225 worldwide 319 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Juan Luis Alcázar Spain · #102,737 worldwide 134 citations · 100 works
  10. 10 Antonio Argandoña Spain · #104,208 worldwide 127 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Navarra

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Navarra?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Religion, Latin America, Epidemiology, Education, Theology, Catholicism and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology113▲ 1.21×122 topics
  2. Education75▲ 1.86×63 topics
  3. Inflammation72▲ 1.46×78 topics
  4. Globalization65▲ 1.41×70 topics
  5. Social Media61▲ 1.81×26 topics
  6. Climate Change60◆ 0.95×78 topics
  7. Ethics57▲ 5.0×32 topics
  8. Religion54▲ 4.8×24 topics
  9. Sustainability50▼ 0.86×59 topics
  10. Quality of Life46▲ 1.37×49 topics
  11. Philosophy43▲ 4.1×23 topics
  12. Treatment42▲ 1.46×45 topics
  13. Latin America41▲ 9.0×11 topics
  14. Cancer40▲ 1.26×50 topics
  15. History40▲ 2.4×30 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease38▲ 1.44×32 topics
  17. Diagnosis37▲ 1.70×37 topics
  18. Economic Growth36▲ 1.82×20 topics
  19. Immunotherapy34▲ 2.0×18 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome34▲ 1.77×22 topics
  21. Obesity33▲ 1.87×23 topics
  22. Theology33▲ 15×6 topics
  23. Catholicism33▲ 37×4 topics
  24. Sociology30▲ 9.2×12 topics
  25. Gender28▲ 2.2×28 topics
  26. Nationalism27▲ 2.5×14 topics
  27. Literature27▲ 2.1×25 topics
  28. Immunity25▲ 2.6×10 topics
  29. Social Dynamics23▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Monetary Policy23▲ 4.0×10 topics
  31. Liberation22▲ 58×1 topic
  32. European Union22▲ 4.1×11 topics
  33. Cancer Immunotherapy21▲ 5.8×3 topics
  34. Historiography20▲ 6.8×9 topics
  35. Society20▲ 4.3×12 topics
  36. Church-State Relations18▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Freedom of Religion18▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Thermal Comfort17▲ 5.4×2 topics
  39. Canon Law16▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Religious Policy16▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad de Navarra publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religious and Theological Studies, Theology and Canon Law Studies, CAR-T cell therapy research and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization.

Religious and Theological Studies: 22 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 16 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…12CAR-T cell therapy research: 12 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…12Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 12 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 9 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 9 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …9Nutritional Studies and Diet: 9 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 9 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 8 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics8Social Media and Politics: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesOncologyBuilding and Construction4 others

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

  1. 1 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  2. 2 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 16 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 12 works
  4. 4 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 12 works
  5. 5 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  6. 6 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  7. 7 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  8. 8 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  9. 9 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 8 works
  10. 10 Social Media and Politics Communication 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 available49.6%not open50.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Navarra's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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