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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

In research, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona stands highest in Social Sciences (#137 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#98 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#35 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, History and Archeology — General Social Sciences is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#441
of 28,054 · #373 all time
Rank in Spain
#5
of 658
Research works
62k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3M
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 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 #137 of 10,521 22.9%3,780 #149
Social SciencesField #98 of 6,365 24.7%1,974 #85
Arts and HumanitiesField #35 of 1,998 17.5%989 #117
MedicineField #340 of 10,443 19.0%1,729 #359
Health SciencesDomain #422 of 11,982 19.3%2,004 #375
Physical SciencesDomain #656 of 12,888 21.4%1,975 #439
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #67 of 1,201 24.9%269 #129
Life SciencesDomain #457 of 7,800 22.1%1,091 #435
Environmental ScienceField #216 of 3,551 27.2%450 #198
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #181 of 2,578 24.9%479 #178

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 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#149 #137
  2. Social Sciences#85 #98
  3. Arts and Humanities#117 #35
  4. Medicine#359 #340
  5. Health Sciences#375 #422
  6. Physical Sciences#439 #656
  7. Political Science and International Relations#129 #67
  8. Life Sciences#435 #457
  9. Environmental Science#198 #216
  10. Sociology and Political Science#178 #181
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 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 70.4 works7.3×
  2. HistorySubfield · 188.1 works6.6×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 137.6 works5.2×
  4. ClassicsSubfield · 27.1 works5.2×
  5. CommunicationSubfield · 123.6 works5.1×
← 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: 0.81× its world share, 341 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 440 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 116 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 177 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 88 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 402 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 125 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 45 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 388 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 450 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 112 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 174 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 168 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 194 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 1,729 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 27 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.62× its world share, 44 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.87× its world share, 990 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 182 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 202 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 385 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 1,974 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona?

Ranked on the composite score, X. Espinal Curull, T. Fonseca Martin and Joan Martínez Alier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

  1. 1 X. Espinal Curull Spain · #1,735 worldwide 4k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 T. Fonseca Martin Spain · #3,000 worldwide 3.6k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Joan Martínez Alier Spain · #3,206 worldwide 921 citations · 114 works
  4. 4 I. Jen-La Plante Spain · #11,519 worldwide 1.3k citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Anna Sanpera Spain · #13,322 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 J. Nadal Spain · #16,614 worldwide 896 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Jordi Serra Spain · #16,745 worldwide 616 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Miquel Porta Spain · #20,945 worldwide 467 citations · 72 works
  9. 9 M. Dosil Spain · #22,442 worldwide 1.1k citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Joost van de Weijer Spain · #23,152 worldwide 1.2k citations · 103 works
All ranked researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Which keywords describe research at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, History, Epidemiology, Gender, Education, Historiography, Welfare State and Literature.

▲ 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. Globalization449▲ 2.6×120 topics
  2. Epidemiology410▲ 1.17×136 topics
  3. Climate Change284▲ 1.19×99 topics
  4. Education278▲ 1.83×102 topics
  5. History221▲ 3.6×51 topics
  6. Sustainability220◆ 1.02×90 topics
  7. Gender193▲ 4.0×48 topics
  8. Literature174▲ 3.6×46 topics
  9. Identity174▲ 2.7×61 topics
  10. Social Media173▲ 1.37×34 topics
  11. Mental Health167▲ 1.29×41 topics
  12. Quality of Life159▲ 1.24×59 topics
  13. Human Rights152▲ 1.67×63 topics
  14. Social Movements140▲ 5.3×28 topics
  15. Historiography131▲ 12×13 topics
  16. Nationalism130▲ 3.2×28 topics
  17. Welfare State125▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Culture121▲ 2.6×32 topics
  19. Latin America120▲ 7.1×21 topics
  20. Colonialism117▲ 2.8×43 topics
  21. Cultural Identity114▲ 2.5×32 topics
  22. Communication112▲ 4.1×17 topics
  23. Cultural Studies105▲ 3.1×32 topics
  24. Society100▲ 5.9×17 topics
  25. Neoliberalism97▲ 3.1×24 topics
  26. Spain96▲ 29×5 topics
  27. Feminism93▲ 3.7×24 topics
  28. European Union84▲ 4.2×23 topics
  29. Economic Crisis82▲ 7.7×4 topics
  30. Pragmatics80▲ 5.6×6 topics
  31. Propaganda80▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Cultural Exchange78▲ 6.8×11 topics
  33. Spanish Civil War73▲ 52×2 topics
  34. Archaeology72▲ 6.1×11 topics
  35. Bilingualism70▲ 5.8×7 topics
  36. Family Support65▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Participation65▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Migrant Integration64▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Iberian Peninsula64▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Social Work62▲ 9.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Sciences and Policies, Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Spanish History and Politics and Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies.

Social Sciences and Poli…58Social Sciences and Policies: 58 fractional worksAdvanced Differential Eq…46Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems: 46 fractional worksSpanish History and Poli…46Spanish History and Politics: 46 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and …40Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 40 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 36 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 33 fractional worksHuman Rights and Immigra…30Human Rights and Immigration: 30 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 30 fractional worksArchaeological and Historical Studies: 28 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics28Social Media and Politics: 28 fractional works
General Social SciencesGeometry and TopologyHistoryLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 58 works
  2. 2 Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems Geometry and Topology 46 works
  3. 3 Spanish History and Politics History 46 works
  4. 4 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 40 works
  5. 5 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 36 works
  6. 6 Education and Teacher Training Education 33 works
  7. 7 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  8. 8 Communication and COVID-19 Impact Communication 30 works
  9. 9 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 28 works
  10. 10 Social Media and Politics Communication 28 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 available51.4%not open48.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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