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Universitat de Girona

In research, Universitat de Girona stands highest in Social Sciences (#870 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#746 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,701 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Organic Chemistry — History is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,982
of 28,054 · #1,465 all time
Rank in Spain
#43
of 658
Research works
12k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
275k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Universitat de Girona 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 #870 of 10,521 23.7%1,022 #980
Social SciencesField #746 of 6,365 25.3%555 #884
Physical SciencesDomain #1,701 of 12,888 19.0%919 #1149
Business, Management and AccountingField #359 of 2,578 30.6%79 #548
EducationSubfield #473 of 1,892 34.4%103 #522
Health SciencesDomain #3,241 of 11,982 21.8%286 #3598
Environmental ScienceField #1,000 of 3,551 21.2%225 #699
ChemistryField #392 of 1,330 18.8%131 #469
Arts and HumanitiesField #589 of 1,998 19.8%199 #962
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #817 of 2,578 23.7%151 #814

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitat de Girona 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#980 #870
  2. Social Sciences#884 #746
  3. Physical Sciences#1,149 #1,701
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#548 #359
  5. Education#522 #473
  6. Health Sciences#3,598 #3,241
  7. Environmental Science#699 #1,000
  8. Chemistry#469 #392
  9. Arts and Humanities#962 #589
  10. Sociology and Political Science#814 #817
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 de Girona specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 45.7 works5.8×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 89.1 works4.8×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 98 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 81 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.31× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.40× its world share, 131 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 127 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 41 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 217 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.85× its world share, 225 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.12× its world share, 96 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 226 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.81× its world share, 198 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 78 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 131 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 555 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universitat de Girona?

Ranked on the composite score, Martí Casadesús Fa, Joaquím Salví and Robert Martí lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitat de Girona.

  1. 1 Martí Casadesús Fa Spain · #26,109 worldwide 268 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Joaquím Salví Spain · #39,324 worldwide 523 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Robert Martí Spain · #47,385 worldwide 210 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 J. Costa Spain · #55,620 worldwide 519 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Pere Ridao Spain · #58,666 worldwide 388 citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Sergi Sabater Spain · #59,928 worldwide 395 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Pere Mutjé Spain · #87,100 worldwide 412 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Marc Carreras Spain · #94,491 worldwide 325 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Julián Messina Spain · #110,135 worldwide 198 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 P. Maimí Spain · #122,603 worldwide 448 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Universitat de Girona

Which keywords describe research at Universitat de Girona?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Education, Globalization, Gender, COVID-19 Impact, Identity and Mental Health.

▲ 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 Change118▲ 1.78×82 topics
  2. Sustainability114▲ 1.92×72 topics
  3. Education86▲ 2.0×75 topics
  4. Globalization82▲ 1.71×78 topics
  5. Mental Health66▲ 1.83×37 topics
  6. Environmental Impact55▲ 1.33×41 topics
  7. Human Rights54▲ 2.2×39 topics
  8. Identity52▲ 2.9×31 topics
  9. Educational Technology52▲ 1.78×27 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications49▲ 1.69×25 topics
  11. Gender49▲ 3.7×33 topics
  12. History47▲ 2.8×27 topics
  13. COVID-1946▲ 1.36×24 topics
  14. Innovation44▲ 1.69×36 topics
  15. Economic Growth40▲ 1.92×18 topics
  16. Literature36▲ 2.7×25 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage36▲ 2.6×27 topics
  18. COVID-19 Impact34▲ 8.4×6 topics
  19. Latin America33▲ 7.0×17 topics
  20. Community Engagement31▲ 3.9×21 topics
  21. Criminal Justice28▲ 5.2×6 topics
  22. Inclusive Education28▲ 3.3×16 topics
  23. Invasive Species28▲ 2.7×17 topics
  24. Conservation28▲ 2.7×20 topics
  25. Welfare State28▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Communication28▲ 3.7×15 topics
  27. Well-being28▲ 3.0×12 topics
  28. Historiography28▲ 8.9×8 topics
  29. Sustainable Tourism28▲ 9.6×3 topics
  30. Destination Image27▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Tourist Satisfaction27▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Social Movements27▲ 3.7×19 topics
  33. Community Perceptions27▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Tourism Development27▲ 9.1×1 topic
  35. Urban Development27▲ 3.0×14 topics
  36. Society25▲ 5.3×13 topics
  37. Spain21▲ 23×5 topics
  38. Transition Metal Catalysis19▲ 9.3×4 topics
  39. Enantioselective Synthesis17▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Political Power17▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Universitat de Girona publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Culinary Culture and Tourism, Legal processes and jurisprudence and Social Sciences and Policies.

Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 27 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tourism: 16 fractional worksLegal processes and juri…15Legal processes and jurisprudence: 15 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Poli…14Social Sciences and Policies: 14 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 13 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 11 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…11Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 11 fractional worksMedieval European Literature and History: 10 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 10 fractional worksSynthesis and Properties…10Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceFood ScienceLawGeneral Social Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  2. 2 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 16 works
  3. 3 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 15 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 14 works
  5. 5 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 13 works
  6. 6 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 11 works
  7. 7 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 11 works
  8. 8 Medieval European Literature and History Language and Linguistics 10 works
  9. 9 Education and Teacher Training Education 10 works
  10. 10 Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds Organic Chemistry 10 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 available51.7%not open48.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universitat de Girona's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher 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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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.