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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

In research, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela stands highest in Social Sciences (#470 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#429 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#825 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, General Social Sciences and History — Classics is 18.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#972
of 28,054 · #699 all time
Rank in Spain
#20
of 658
Research works
39k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
766k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Universidade de Santiago de Compostela 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 #470 of 10,521 18.7%2,494 #496
Social SciencesField #429 of 6,365 17.7%1,172 #475
Health SciencesDomain #825 of 11,982 17.2%882 #1144
Business, Management and AccountingField #197 of 2,578 32.3%166 #362
Physical SciencesDomain #1,135 of 12,888 18.6%1,827 #662
MedicineField #952 of 10,443 16.0%686 #1283
Life SciencesDomain #1,024 of 7,800 18.6%785 #878
Environmental ScienceField #527 of 3,551 18.4%492 #498
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #455 of 2,578 22.0%258 #596
Arts and HumanitiesField #373 of 1,998 14.5%780 #444

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade de Santiago de Compostela 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#496 #470
  2. Social Sciences#475 #429
  3. Health Sciences#1,144 #825
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#362 #197
  5. Physical Sciences#662 #1,135
  6. Medicine#1,283 #952
  7. Life Sciences#878 #1,024
  8. Environmental Science#498 #527
  9. Sociology and Political Science#596 #455
  10. Arts and Humanities#444 #373
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 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 18.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 65.6 works18×
  2. General Social SciencesSubfield · 66.0 works10×
  3. HistorySubfield · 168.9 works8.8×
  4. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 82.8 works6.8×
  5. ConservationSubfield · 36.5 works6.5×
  6. CommunicationSubfield · 102.9 works6.3×
← 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: 1.21× its world share, 343 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 285 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 51 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 75 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.50× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.80× its world share, 169 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 281 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 82 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 31 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 318 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.65× its world share, 492 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 127 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.63× its world share, 115 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.45× its world share, 192 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.80× its world share, 52 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 98 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 686 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.36× its world share, 19 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.51× its world share, 780 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 166 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 138 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 206 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 1,172 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela?

Ranked on the composite score, N. Armesto, E. G. Ferreiro and Miguel Ángel Zabalza Beraza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade de Santiago de Compostela.

  1. 1 N. Armesto Spain · #7,838 worldwide 1.7k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 E. G. Ferreiro Spain · #11,724 worldwide 1.4k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Miguel Ángel Zabalza Beraza Spain · #16,790 worldwide 202 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Marı́a José Alonso Spain · #18,965 worldwide 458 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Senén Barro Spain · #20,512 worldwide 519 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz Spain · #21,186 worldwide 1.2k citations · 77 works
  7. 7 Carlos A. Salgado Spain · #24,311 worldwide 1.3k citations · 91 works
  8. 8 U. Straumann Spain · #32,353 worldwide 1.3k citations · 102 works
  9. 9 M. Seco Spain · #33,658 worldwide 1k citations · 83 works
  10. 10 E. Pérez Trigo Spain · #35,584 worldwide 931 citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Which keywords describe research at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Gender, Society, Cultural Heritage, Climate Change, Education and Cultural Exchange.

▲ 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 Change267▲ 1.65×96 topics
  2. History229▲ 5.4×48 topics
  3. Sustainability219▲ 1.50×89 topics
  4. Education200▲ 1.95×82 topics
  5. Epidemiology198▼ 0.84×132 topics
  6. Globalization194▲ 1.65×94 topics
  7. Literature193▲ 6.0×39 topics
  8. Gender160▲ 4.9×43 topics
  9. Cultural Heritage159▲ 4.8×28 topics
  10. Environmental Impact155▲ 1.52×53 topics
  11. Social Media136▲ 1.59×29 topics
  12. Society129▲ 11×19 topics
  13. COVID-19127▲ 1.55×27 topics
  14. Identity126▲ 2.9×46 topics
  15. Cultural Exchange98▲ 13×9 topics
  16. Historiography96▲ 13×12 topics
  17. Culture96▲ 3.0×31 topics
  18. Rural Development93▲ 4.5×14 topics
  19. Communication92▲ 5.0×17 topics
  20. Social Movements90▲ 5.0×23 topics
  21. Welfare State86▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Urban Development84▲ 3.8×16 topics
  23. Cultural Studies82▲ 3.6×24 topics
  24. Environmental Conservation80▲ 13×5 topics
  25. Spain76▲ 34×5 topics
  26. Latin America72▲ 6.2×22 topics
  27. Iberian Peninsula71▲ 38×3 topics
  28. Urban Planning65▲ 13×11 topics
  29. Political Power65▲ 22×5 topics
  30. Sustainable Tourism65▲ 9.3×3 topics
  31. Economic Crisis61▲ 8.5×3 topics
  32. Medieval60▲ 27×3 topics
  33. Public Perception59▲ 7.8×8 topics
  34. Manuscripts58▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Spatial Analysis55▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Gender Dynamics55▲ 8.6×7 topics
  37. Migration Patterns54▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Socioeconomic Inequality53▲ 102×1 topic
  39. Territorial Cohesion53▲ 205×1 topic
  40. Social Work53▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Universidade de Santiago de Compostela publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Galician and Iberian cultural studies, Medieval Iberian Studies, Social Sciences and Policies and Communication and COVID-19 Impact.

Galician and Iberian cul…53Galician and Iberian cultural studies: 53 fractional worksMedieval Iberian Studies52Medieval Iberian Studies: 52 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 52 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-…42Communication and COVID-19 Impact: 42 fractional worksMedieval and Early Moder…40Medieval and Early Modern Iberia: 40 fractional worksMedia and Digital Communication: 34 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 34 fractional worksHistorical Art and Archi…32Historical Art and Architecture Studies: 32 fractional worksMedieval Architecture and Archaeology: 30 fractional worksArchaeological and Historical Studies: 30 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentClassicsGeneral Social SciencesCommunication5 others

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

  1. 1 Galician and Iberian cultural studies Geography, Planning and Development 53 works
  2. 2 Medieval Iberian Studies Classics 52 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 52 works
  4. 4 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 42 works
  5. 5 Medieval and Early Modern Iberia History 40 works
  6. 6 Media and Digital Communication Computer Networks and Communications 34 works
  7. 7 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 34 works
  8. 8 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 32 works
  9. 9 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 30 works
  10. 10 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 30 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 available46.9%not open53.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade de Santiago de Compostela's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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.

Other research institutions in Santiago de Compostela

All research institutions in Santiago de Compostela

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.