Question 1

What is Universidade de Vigo known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Universidade de Vigo stands highest in Social Sciences (#589 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#756 of 10,670 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#264 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Geography, Planning and Development and Communication (Biochemistry is 5.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Universidade de Vigo rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Universidade de Vigo ranks #648 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#822 all time), and #24 of 426 in Spain.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Universidade de Vigo?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Luis M. Liz‐Marzán, Lakshminarayana Polavarapu and Isabel Pastoriza‐Santos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade de Vigo.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Universidade de Vigo?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Universidade de Vigo is "jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing" (Diego Darriba, Guillermo L. Taboada, Ramón Doallo et al., 2012), with 17,284 citations. Next come "jModelTest: Phylogenetic Model Averaging" (10,650) and "Gaia Data Release 2" (8,734).

Question 5

Which research topics does Universidade de Vigo publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Universidade de Vigo?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Universidade de Vigo work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Universidade de Vigo is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (15%), Medicine (14%), Engineering (12%).

Question 8

Is Universidade de Vigo's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.