Universidad de Salamanca
In research, Universidad de Salamanca stands highest in Social Sciences (#343 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#85 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#312 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Arts and Humanities, Classics and General Social Sciences (General Arts and Humanities is 15.1× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #611 of 22,385 · #902 all time
- Rank in Spain
- #22 of 426
- Research works
- 37k ▼ 3% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 498k 13.4 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.99× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 57% world 40%
- International
- 17% world 18%
What is Universidad de Salamanca 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 | #343 of 9,585 | 11.3% | 3,387 | #485 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #85 of 1,896 | 11.0% | 1,140 | #269 | |
| Social SciencesField | #312 of 5,988 | 11.3% | 1,597 | #411 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #800 of 9,902 | 10.0% | 1,484 | #1094 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #915 of 10,670 | 10.1% | 1,676 | #1339 | |
| MedicineField | #795 of 8,541 | 9.3% | 1,227 | #1031 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #559 of 4,417 | 13.3% | 524 | #668 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #816 of 6,403 | 10.5% | 696 | #1023 | |
| EducationSubfield | #273 of 1,930 | 15.8% | 262 | #292 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #419 of 2,526 | 10.1% | 363 | #581 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Salamanca 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#485 #343
- Arts and Humanities#269 #85
- Social Sciences#411 #312
- Health Sciences#1,094 #800
- Physical Sciences#1,339 #915
- Medicine#1,031 #795
- Computer Science#668 #559
- Life Sciences#1,023 #816
- Education#292 #273
- Sociology and Political Science#581 #419
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 Salamanca work in?
In 2022-now, 47% of research at Universidad de Salamanca is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (17%), Arts and Humanities (16%). It does 1.9× 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 Sciences3,82046.6%
- Social Sciences1,79721.9%
- Arts and Humanities1,29015.7%
- Psychology3324.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting2012.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1351.6%
- Decision Sciences660.8%
- Physical Sciences1,88723.0%
- Computer Science6017.3%
- Engineering3884.7%
- Environmental Science2613.2%
- Physics and Astronomy2192.7%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1401.7%
- Materials Science861.1%
- Mathematics851.0%
- Chemistry650.8%
- Energy310.4%
- Chemical Engineering100.1%
- Health Sciences1,70520.8%
- Medicine1,41517.3%
- Health Professions1792.2%
- Dentistry851.0%
- Nursing170.2%
- Veterinary90.1%
- Life Sciences7879.6%
What does Universidad de Salamanca specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Arts and Humanities takes 15.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 25.7 works15×
- ClassicsSubfield · 57.6 works12×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 82.7 works9.2×
- HistorySubfield · 218.1 works8.3×
- ConservationSubfield · 51.2 works6.6×
- Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 223.3 works6.2×
- ArcheologySubfield · 152.7 works6.2×
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, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities5.45×1,290 works
- Dentistry2.13×85 works
- Social Sciences1.73×1,797 works
- Psychology1.33×332 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.20×219 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.09×140 works
- Neuroscience0.99×131 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.95×79 works
- Computer Science0.94×601 works
- Medicine0.90×1,415 works
- Mathematics0.88×85 works
- Health Professions0.83×179 works
- Decision Sciences0.83×66 works
- Veterinary0.82×9 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×135 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.76×201 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×312 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×248 works
- Environmental Science0.64×261 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×16 works
- Chemistry0.51×66 works
- Energy0.42×31 works
- Nursing0.42×17 works
- Chemical Engineering0.33×10 works
- Engineering0.32×388 works
- Materials Science0.30×86 works
- Arts and Humanities 5.5×
- Dentistry 2.1×
- Social Sciences 1.7×
- Psychology 1.3×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.1×
- Neuroscience 1.0×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Medicine 0.9×
- Mathematics 0.9×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Decision Sciences 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.8×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.8×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.5×
- Chemistry 0.5×
- Energy 0.4×
- Nursing 0.4×
- Chemical Engineering 0.3×
- Engineering 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.3×
Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Salamanca?
Ranked on the quality score, Jennifer Martínez‐Ferrero, Isabel Sánchez and Fernando Atrio-Barandela lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Salamanca.
- 1
Jennifer Martínez‐Ferrero
Spain · #13,369 worldwide 8k citations · 141 works
- 2
Isabel Sánchez
Spain · #26,714 worldwide 21k citations · 532 works
- 3
Fernando Atrio-Barandela
Spain · #28,406 worldwide 22k citations · 257 works
- 4
Lloyd A. Courtenay
Spain · #54,866 worldwide 1.6k citations · 99 works
- 5
Juan Pedro Bolaños
Spain · #77,969 worldwide 16k citations · 252 works
- 6
Beatriz Cuadrado‐Ballesteros
Spain · #112,041 worldwide 3.6k citations · 115 works
- 7
Isabel Gallego Álvarez
Spain · #121,678 worldwide 6.9k citations · 139 works
- 8
Miguel Ángel Maté‐González
Spain · #139,995 worldwide 2.1k citations · 103 works
- 9
Manuel Sánchez Malmierca
Spain · #167,503 worldwide 8k citations · 151 works
- 10
Alberto Órfão
Spain · #175,579 worldwide 70k citations · 951 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Salamanca?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Gender, Education, Globalization, Identity, Society and Latin America.
- Dialectology
- Political Power
- Iberian Peninsula
- Narrative
- Lexicography
- Bilingualism
- Welfare State
- Feminism
- Informal Learning
- Spain
- Ethics
- Cultural Identity
- Cultural Heritage
- Latin America
- Society
- Innovation
- Educational Technology
- Gender
- Literature
- Education
- Globalization
- History
- Epidemiology
- Identity
- Human Rights
- Culture
- Technology
- E-Learning
- Colonialism
- Cultural Studies
- Social Movements
- Communication
- Historiography
- Pragmatics
- Sociolinguistics
- Memory
- Cultural Exchange
- Language Contact
- Language Variation
- Phraseology
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
- Globalization399▲ 2.5×114 topics
- Education394▲ 2.8×113 topics
- History345▲ 6.1×54 topics
- Literature315▲ 7.0×54 topics
- Epidemiology298◆ 0.91×137 topics
- Gender281▲ 6.4×50 topics
- Identity276▲ 4.7×65 topics
- Educational Technology222▲ 2.3×36 topics
- Human Rights198▲ 2.4×57 topics
- Innovation196▲ 2.3×57 topics
- Culture186▲ 4.3×34 topics
- Society176▲ 11×23 topics
- Technology169▲ 3.9×31 topics
- Latin America169▲ 11×21 topics
- E-Learning168▲ 2.1×22 topics
- Cultural Heritage166▲ 3.8×28 topics
- Colonialism162▲ 4.2×43 topics
- Cultural Identity155▲ 3.8×34 topics
- Cultural Studies150▲ 4.9×33 topics
- Ethics139▲ 3.4×46 topics
- Social Movements136▲ 5.6×27 topics
- Spain122▲ 42×5 topics
- Communication120▲ 4.6×20 topics
- Informal Learning119▲ 11×6 topics
- Historiography118▲ 12×14 topics
- Feminism114▲ 4.7×20 topics
- Pragmatics113▲ 8.8×6 topics
- Welfare State112▲ 17×4 topics
- Sociolinguistics108▲ 7.2×9 topics
- Bilingualism104▲ 9.2×7 topics
- Memory104▲ 5.2×23 topics
- Lexicography103▲ 14×5 topics
- Cultural Exchange98▲ 9.4×10 topics
- Narrative94▲ 7.4×12 topics
- Language Contact93▲ 12×5 topics
- Iberian Peninsula88▲ 37×3 topics
- Language Variation86▲ 19×3 topics
- Political Power86▲ 22×4 topics
- Phraseology84▲ 14×2 topics
- Dialectology82▲ 58×1 topic
Which research topics does Universidad de Salamanca publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies, E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Social Sciences and Policies and Educational Innovations and Technology.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 82 works
- 2 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 78 works
- 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 58 works
- 4 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 49 works
- 5 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 48 works
- 6 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 45 works
- 7 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 43 works
- 8 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 40 works
- 9 Early Modern Spanish Literature Literature and Literary Theory 40 works
- 10 Medieval Iberian Studies Classics 40 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 Salamanca's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Salamanca as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.031% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidad de Salamanca 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 11.7% in 2023.
Other research institutions in Salamanca
- Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
- Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de Postgrado
- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Cáncer
- Itelsa (Spain)
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