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Universidad de Oviedo

In research, Universidad de Oviedo stands highest in Social Sciences (#414 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#393 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,087 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History, Conservation and General Social Sciences — History is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,081
of 28,054 · #765 all time
Rank in Spain
#22
of 658
Research works
32k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
582k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Oviedo 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 #414 of 10,521 17.7%2,089 #513
Social SciencesField #393 of 6,365 16.6%894 #491
Physical SciencesDomain #1,087 of 12,888 18.0%2,109 #642
Arts and HumanitiesField #242 of 1,998 11.6%621 #389
EngineeringField #871 of 6,636 16.6%807 #489
Health SciencesDomain #1,662 of 11,982 17.4%595 #1843
Business, Management and AccountingField #404 of 2,578 29.5%128 #454
Computer ScienceField #958 of 4,667 22.1%328 #1130
Life SciencesDomain #1,613 of 7,800 19.6%384 #1527
Environmental ScienceField #774 of 3,551 21.0%292 #755

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Oviedo 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#513 #414
  2. Social Sciences#491 #393
  3. Physical Sciences#642 #1,087
  4. Arts and Humanities#389 #242
  5. Engineering#489 #871
  6. Health Sciences#1,843 #1,662
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#454 #404
  8. Computer Science#1,130 #958
  9. Life Sciences#1,527 #1,613
  10. Environmental Science#755 #774
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 Oviedo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 125.8 works7.6×
  2. ConservationSubfield · 33.4 works6.8×
  3. General Social SciencesSubfield · 38.7 works6.8×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 92.4 works5.9×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 114 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 176 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 69 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.13× its world share, 173 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 328 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 116 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.00× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 807 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 292 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 130 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 70 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.10× its world share, 126 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 126 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 434 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.16× its world share, 621 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 128 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 56 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 126 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 265 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 894 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Oviedo?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos López-Otı́n, L. Toffolatti and L. Bonavera lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Oviedo.

  1. 1 Carlos López-Otı́n Spain · #2,346 worldwide 1.9k citations · 87 works
  2. 2 L. Toffolatti Spain · #11,331 worldwide 1.5k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 L. Bonavera Spain · #16,992 worldwide 1.5k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Luciano Sánchez Spain · #23,675 worldwide 580 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Mario F. Fraga Spain · #36,858 worldwide 480 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Fernando Briz Spain · #59,922 worldwide 626 citations · 90 works
  7. 7 Camilo José Vázquez Ordás Spain · #65,594 worldwide 218 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Esteban García Canal Spain · #68,961 worldwide 240 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Belarmino Adenso‐Díaz Spain · #97,165 worldwide 245 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Pablo García Spain · #98,381 worldwide 387 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Oviedo

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Oviedo?

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

▲ 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 Change176▲ 1.26×89 topics
  2. Globalization167▲ 1.64×91 topics
  3. Education157▲ 1.76×80 topics
  4. History146▲ 4.0×46 topics
  5. Gender146▲ 5.2×40 topics
  6. Sustainability136◆ 1.08×78 topics
  7. Identity132▲ 3.5×52 topics
  8. Literature131▲ 4.7×43 topics
  9. Mental Health113▲ 1.49×44 topics
  10. Cultural Heritage106▲ 3.7×29 topics
  11. Human Rights88▲ 1.65×40 topics
  12. Cultural Studies75▲ 3.8×29 topics
  13. Nationalism73▲ 3.0×19 topics
  14. Welfare State72▲ 16×4 topics
  15. Historiography70▲ 11×10 topics
  16. Colonialism70▲ 2.8×37 topics
  17. Cultural Identity70▲ 2.6×23 topics
  18. Culture68▲ 2.5×27 topics
  19. Social Movements66▲ 4.2×22 topics
  20. Spain65▲ 33×5 topics
  21. Feminism63▲ 4.3×19 topics
  22. Iberian Peninsula63▲ 39×3 topics
  23. Society61▲ 6.1×19 topics
  24. Memory55▲ 4.3×16 topics
  25. Pragmatics53▲ 6.3×6 topics
  26. Latin America52▲ 5.2×15 topics
  27. Sociolinguistics49▲ 5.0×8 topics
  28. Cultural Exchange48▲ 7.1×9 topics
  29. Narrative48▲ 5.7×10 topics
  30. Propaganda48▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Spanish Civil War46▲ 56×2 topics
  32. Bilingualism45▲ 6.4×7 topics
  33. Archaeology44▲ 6.3×9 topics
  34. Political Power43▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Social Rights43▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Lexicography42▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Tourism42▲ 8.5×6 topics
  38. Environmental Conservation41▲ 8.0×5 topics
  39. Language Contact39▲ 7.7×4 topics
  40. Settlement Patterns39▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad de Oviedo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies, Historical Art and Architecture Studies, Social Sciences and Policies and Spanish Literature and Culture Studies.

Spanish Linguistics and …34Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 34 fractional worksHistorical Art and Archi…30Historical Art and Architecture Studies: 30 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 28 fractional worksSpanish Literature and Culture Studies: 27 fractional worksUrbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies: 26 fractional worksHuman Rights and Immigration: 25 fractional worksArchaeological and Historical Studies: 25 fractional worksSpanish History and Poli…24Spanish History and Politics: 24 fractional worksMedieval Architecture and Archaeology: 24 fractional worksHistorical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions: 24 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsConservationGeneral Social SciencesLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 34 works
  2. 2 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 30 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 28 works
  4. 4 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 27 works
  5. 5 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies Cultural Studies 26 works
  6. 6 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  7. 7 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 25 works
  8. 8 Spanish History and Politics History 24 works
  9. 9 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 24 works
  10. 10 Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions Economics and Econometrics 24 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 available63.4%not open36.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Oviedo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.