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Universidade de Vigo

In research, Universidade de Vigo stands highest in Social Sciences (#652 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#826 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#528 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Geography, Planning and Development and General Social Sciences — Biochemistry is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#918
of 28,054 · #944 all time
Rank in Spain
#17
of 658
Research works
24k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
495k
20.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Universidade de Vigo 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 #652 of 10,521 21.2%1,572 #591
Physical SciencesDomain #826 of 12,888 19.6%1,947 #799
Social SciencesField #528 of 6,365 19.2%746 #374
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #369 of 3,409 35.0%379 #479
Environmental ScienceField #425 of 3,551 19.5%453 #631
Life SciencesDomain #993 of 7,800 29.8%678 #1354
Business, Management and AccountingField #363 of 2,578 32.4%173 #471
EngineeringField #957 of 6,636 17.1%629 #588
Health SciencesDomain #1,799 of 11,982 22.2%504 #2607
Food ScienceSubfield #94 of 492 34.9%93 #145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidade de Vigo 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#591 #652
  2. Physical Sciences#799 #826
  3. Social Sciences#374 #528
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#479 #369
  5. Environmental Science#631 #425
  6. Life Sciences#1,354 #993
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#471 #363
  8. Engineering#588 #957
  9. Health Sciences#2,607 #1,799
  10. Food Science#145 #94
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 Vigo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. BiochemistrySubfield · 35.0 works6.1×
  2. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 53.4 works5.5×
  3. General Social SciencesSubfield · 26.6 works5.2×
  4. CommunicationSubfield · 64.8 works5.0×
← 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: 1.70× its world share, 379 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 226 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.58× its world share, 26 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.65× its world share, 122 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 285 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 149 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.09× its world share, 47 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 629 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.94× its world share, 453 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 133 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 47 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 58 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 379 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 32 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.72× its world share, 369 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 173 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 96 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 153 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 746 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidade de Vigo?

Ranked on the composite score, Jianbo Xiao, David Posada and Jorge Pérez‐Juste lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade de Vigo.

  1. 1 Jianbo Xiao · #7,943 worldwide 1.5k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 David Posada · #19,373 worldwide 877 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Jorge Pérez‐Juste · #21,424 worldwide 964 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Jesús Simal‐Gándara · #29,539 worldwide 977 citations · 108 works
  5. 5 Francisco D. Freijedo · #33,568 worldwide 462 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Nuria González‐Prelcic · #34,647 worldwide 545 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Jesús Doval‐Gandoy · #40,182 worldwide 438 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Mirian Pateiro · #42,593 worldwide 497 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Isabel Pastoriza‐Santos · #51,483 worldwide 652 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Juan Carlos Parajó · #55,202 worldwide 538 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade de Vigo

Which keywords describe research at Universidade de Vigo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Communication, Sustainable Tourism, Education and Antioxidant Activity.

▲ 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 Change241▲ 1.90×94 topics
  2. Sustainability159▲ 1.39×77 topics
  3. Environmental Impact138▲ 1.73×53 topics
  4. Globalization135▲ 1.46×80 topics
  5. Education130▲ 1.61×74 topics
  6. Cultural Heritage122▲ 4.8×25 topics
  7. Social Media95▲ 1.41×27 topics
  8. Antioxidant Activity90▲ 3.0×31 topics
  9. Innovation89▲ 1.80×44 topics
  10. History88▲ 2.7×39 topics
  11. Gender77▲ 3.0×39 topics
  12. Communication75▲ 5.2×14 topics
  13. Identity69▲ 2.0×42 topics
  14. Antioxidants69▲ 3.3×13 topics
  15. Literature69▲ 2.7×34 topics
  16. Health Benefits66▲ 4.2×16 topics
  17. Rural Development59▲ 3.6×11 topics
  18. Social Networks57▲ 4.6×12 topics
  19. Sustainable Tourism57▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Invasive Species56▲ 2.8×20 topics
  21. Polyphenols56▲ 6.7×6 topics
  22. Terrestrial Laser Scanning52▲ 8.9×2 topics
  23. Environmental Conservation50▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Phenolic Compounds49▲ 5.6×8 topics
  25. Welfare State48▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Bioavailability45▲ 4.8×6 topics
  27. Sociolinguistics45▲ 5.1×8 topics
  28. Nutritional Significance44▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Migration Patterns43▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Urban Planning43▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Spatial Analysis42▲ 9.8×4 topics
  32. Pragmatics41▲ 5.4×6 topics
  33. Public Perception41▲ 6.8×7 topics
  34. Socioeconomic Inequality40▲ 97×2 topics
  35. Regional Governance40▲ 194×1 topic
  36. Territorial Cohesion40▲ 194×1 topic
  37. Bilingualism39▲ 6.1×7 topics
  38. Lexicography37▲ 8.6×5 topics
  39. Spain37▲ 21×5 topics
  40. Language Contact37▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Universidade de Vigo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Galician and Iberian cultural studies, Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies, Communication and COVID-19 Impact and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities.

Galician and Iberian cul…40Galician and Iberian cultural studies: 40 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and …30Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 30 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 29 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antio…28Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 28 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…28Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 28 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 24 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 24 fractional worksSports Performance and T…22Sports Performance and Training: 22 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 20 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 20 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentLanguage and LinguisticsCommunicationBiochemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Galician and Iberian cultural studiesGeography, Planning and Development 40 works
  2. 2 Spanish Linguistics and Language StudiesLanguage and Linguistics 30 works
  3. 3 Communication and COVID-19 ImpactCommunication 29 works
  4. 4 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesBiochemistry 28 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Engineering 28 works
  6. 6 3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageGeology 24 works
  7. 7 Social Sciences and PoliciesGeneral Social Sciences 24 works
  8. 8 Sports Performance and TrainingOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 22 works
  9. 9 Translation Studies and PracticesLanguage and Linguistics 20 works
  10. 10 Meat and Animal Product QualityAnimal Science and Zoology 20 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 available48.8%not open51.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidade de Vigo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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.