Universidad Pontificia Comillas
In research, Universidad Pontificia Comillas stands highest in Social Sciences (#886 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#708 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,872 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences and Religious studies (General Social Sciences is 15.8× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,550 of 22,385 · #1,791 all time
- Rank in Spain
- #54 of 426
- Research works
- 6k ▲ 8% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 54k 9.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 11.7% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.95× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 58% world 40%
- International
- 11% world 18%
What is Universidad Pontificia Comillas 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 | #886 of 9,585 | 12.2% | 921 | #799 | |
| Social SciencesField | #708 of 5,988 | 11.5% | 494 | #663 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,872 of 10,670 | 11.7% | 428 | #1859 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,332 of 9,902 | 10.8% | 156 | #3426 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #624 of 2,526 | 11.1% | 171 | #592 | |
| EngineeringField | #1,488 of 5,901 | 12.6% | 221 | #1099 | |
| Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield | #693 of 2,176 | 13.3% | 119 | #582 | |
| MedicineField | #2,821 of 8,541 | 10.2% | 118 | #4671 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #865 of 2,581 | 14.7% | 88 | #922 | |
| Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField | #672 of 1,798 | 19.8% | 75 | #1072 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Pontificia Comillas 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#799 #886
- Social Sciences#663 #708
- Physical Sciences#1,859 #1,872
- Health Sciences#3,426 #2,332
- Sociology and Political Science#592 #624
- Engineering#1,099 #1,488
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering#582 #693
- Medicine#4,671 #2,821
- Business, Management and Accounting#922 #865
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,072 #672
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 Pontificia Comillas work in?
In 2022-now, 60% of research at Universidad Pontificia Comillas is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Engineering (14%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.4× 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 Sciences1,05659.9%
- Social Sciences57232.4%
- Arts and Humanities1689.6%
- Psychology1126.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting1025.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance824.7%
- Decision Sciences201.1%
- Physical Sciences48527.5%
- Engineering24814.1%
- Computer Science975.5%
- Environmental Science643.6%
- Energy341.9%
- Mathematics171.0%
- Physics and Astronomy100.5%
- Materials Science70.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences40.2%
- Chemical Engineering20.1%
- Chemistry20.1%
- Health Sciences1729.7%
- Medicine1307.4%
- Health Professions362.0%
- Nursing30.2%
- Dentistry20.1%
- Veterinary10.0%
- Life Sciences492.8%
What does Universidad Pontificia Comillas specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 15.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 30.4 works16×
- Religious studiesSubfield · 31.1 works11×
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, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities3.31×168 works
- Social Sciences2.56×572 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.18×82 works
- Energy2.10×34 works
- Psychology2.09×112 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.80×102 works
- Decision Sciences1.16×20 works
- Engineering0.94×248 works
- Mathematics0.81×17 works
- Health Professions0.77×36 works
- Environmental Science0.73×64 works
- Neuroscience0.71×20 works
- Computer Science0.71×97 works
- Chemical Engineering0.39×2 works
- Medicine0.38×130 works
- Nursing0.38×3 works
- Veterinary0.28×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×20 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.24×10 works
- Dentistry0.23×2 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×4 works
- Materials Science0.12×7 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×8 works
- Chemistry0.08×2 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.05×1 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
- Arts and Humanities 3.3×
- Social Sciences 2.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.2×
- Energy 2.1×
- Psychology 2.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.8×
- Decision Sciences 1.2×
- Engineering 0.9×
- Mathematics 0.8×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.7×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Computer Science 0.7×
- Chemical Engineering 0.4×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Nursing 0.4×
- Veterinary 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Universidad Pontificia Comillas?
Ranked on the quality score, Elisa Aracil, Andrés Felipe Torres Ramos and Javier García‐González lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Pontificia Comillas.
- 1
Elisa Aracil
Spain · #138,468 worldwide 1.3k citations · 39 works
- 2
Andrés Felipe Torres Ramos
Spain · #147,690 worldwide 6.1k citations · 190 works
- 3
Javier García‐González
Spain · #360,434 worldwide 3.1k citations · 94 works
- 4
José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga
Spain · #385,495 worldwide 6.8k citations · 262 works
- 5
José Ignacio Linares
Spain · #397,156 worldwide 2.5k citations · 85 works
- 6
Carlos Batlle
Spain · #475,144 worldwide 2.9k citations · 122 works
- 7
Pablo Frías
Spain · #498,753 worldwide 3.9k citations · 112 works
- 8
Asunción P. Cucala
Spain · #534,856 worldwide 2k citations · 59 works
- 9
Michel Rivier
Spain · #547,640 worldwide 4.7k citations · 132 works
- 10
Pedro A. Reyes Linares
Spain · #598,651 worldwide 3.7k citations · 147 works
Which keywords describe research at Universidad Pontificia Comillas?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Ethics, Globalization, Education, Human Rights, Philosophy, European Union and Religion.
- Participation
- Economic Dispatch
- Labor Law
- Integration
- Gender Differences
- Migration
- Demand Response
- Energy Management
- Literature
- Game Theory
- Identity
- Catholicism
- Theology
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Welfare State
- Religion
- Philosophy
- Sustainability
- Ethics
- Renewable Energy
- Globalization
- Education
- Human Rights
- Mental Health
- European Union
- Latin America
- Smart Grid
- History
- Innovation
- Sociology
- Social Dynamics
- Liberation
- Social Rights
- Smart Home
- Electricity Markets
- Constitutional Law
- Schengen Area
- Society
- Market Power
- Unit Commitment
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
- Globalization120▲ 3.5×81 topics
- Renewable Energy117▲ 4.6×34 topics
- Education109▲ 3.6×61 topics
- Ethics89▲ 9.9×35 topics
- Human Rights88▲ 4.9×51 topics
- Sustainability80▲ 1.85×65 topics
- Mental Health78▲ 3.1×36 topics
- Philosophy66▲ 8.4×27 topics
- European Union66▲ 17×16 topics
- Religion66▲ 8.0×24 topics
- Latin America62▲ 19×17 topics
- Welfare State54▲ 39×4 topics
- Smart Grid51▲ 8.0×8 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration51▲ 8.8×5 topics
- History44▲ 3.6×26 topics
- Theology44▲ 27×5 topics
- Innovation43▲ 2.4×36 topics
- Catholicism43▲ 66×4 topics
- Sociology41▲ 17×9 topics
- Identity38▲ 3.0×34 topics
- Social Dynamics36▲ 34×3 topics
- Game Theory35▲ 12×6 topics
- Liberation35▲ 120×2 topics
- Literature35▲ 3.6×24 topics
- Social Rights33▲ 63×2 topics
- Energy Management33▲ 11×2 topics
- Smart Home32▲ 11×2 topics
- Demand Response32▲ 21×1 topic
- Electricity Markets32▲ 21×1 topic
- Migration31▲ 5.2×17 topics
- Constitutional Law31▲ 13×3 topics
- Gender Differences30▲ 4.7×13 topics
- Schengen Area28▲ 59×2 topics
- Integration27▲ 11×6 topics
- Society26▲ 7.8×13 topics
- Labor Law25▲ 59×3 topics
- Market Power24▲ 23×2 topics
- Economic Dispatch24▲ 48×1 topic
- Unit Commitment24▲ 48×1 topic
- Participation24▲ 14×4 topics
Which research topics does Universidad Pontificia Comillas publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Religious and Theological Studies, Smart Grid Energy Management, Electric Power System Optimization and Human Rights and Immigration.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 34 works
- 2 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
- 3 Electric Power System Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
- 4 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 22 works
- 5 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 20 works
- 6 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 17 works
- 7 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 14 works
- 8 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
- 9 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
- 10 Optimal Power Flow Distribution Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 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 Pontificia Comillas's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher 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 Pontificia Comillas as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0068% in 2024.
Fractional works of Universidad Pontificia Comillas 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 15.8% in 1999.
Other research institutions in Madrid
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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