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Universitat Ramon Llull

In research, Universitat Ramon Llull stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,136 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,111 of 6,365 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#634 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Communication — Communication is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,770
of 28,054 · #3,710 all time
Rank in Spain
#86
of 658
Research works
5.4k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
98k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Universitat Ramon Llull 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 #1,136 of 10,521 28.9%661 #680
Social SciencesField #1,111 of 6,365 27.4%300 #599
Business, Management and AccountingField #634 of 2,578 38.2%125 #295
Health SciencesDomain #2,989 of 11,982 22.0%171 #5490
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #957 of 2,578 27.4%83 #772
EngineeringField #2,491 of 6,636 25.3%136 #1709
Physical SciencesDomain #5,111 of 12,888 24.3%326 #4883
PsychologyField #1,117 of 2,181 23.3%94 #1738
MedicineField #6,189 of 10,443 18.0%118 #8713
Life SciencesDomain #5,092 of 7,800 22.3%67 #8873

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitat Ramon Llull 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#680 #1,136
  2. Social Sciences#599 #1,111
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#295 #634
  4. Health Sciences#5,490 #2,989
  5. Sociology and Political Science#772 #957
  6. Engineering#1,709 #2,491
  7. Physical Sciences#4,883 #5,111
  8. Psychology#1,738 #1,117
  9. Medicine#8,713 #6,189
  10. Life Sciences#8,873 #5,092
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 Ramon Llull specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Communication takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 25.0 works7.5×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 85 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 136 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.77× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.17× its world share, 125 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.20× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.59× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.51× its world share, 94 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 300 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universitat Ramon Llull?

Ranked on the composite score, Xavier Carbonell, David Altadill and Josep M. Lozano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitat Ramon Llull.

  1. 1 Xavier Carbonell · #47,197 worldwide 384 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 David Altadill · #101,779 worldwide 207 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Josep M. Lozano · #108,549 worldwide 159 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Jonathan Wareham · #129,162 worldwide 189 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Uri Simonsohn · #160,766 worldwide 225 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 David Fonseca · #184,060 worldwide 170 citations · 79 works
  7. 7 Montserrat Castelló · #184,373 worldwide 186 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Pere Masip · #188,308 worldwide 65 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Joan Picó i Junoy · #190,071 worldwide 17 citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Annachiara Longoni · #208,959 worldwide 140 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Universitat Ramon Llull

Which keywords describe research at Universitat Ramon Llull?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Social Media, Education, Innovation, Mental Health, Ethics, Globalization and Corporate Governance.

▲ 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. Education50▲ 2.4×60 topics
  2. Social Media47▲ 2.7×24 topics
  3. Mental Health45▲ 2.5×36 topics
  4. Sustainability45▲ 1.50×51 topics
  5. Globalization43▲ 1.79×62 topics
  6. Innovation41▲ 3.2×38 topics
  7. Social Capital34▲ 5.2×14 topics
  8. Public Health31▲ 1.73×41 topics
  9. Corporate Governance29▲ 3.2×15 topics
  10. Educational Technology29▲ 1.98×23 topics
  11. Ethics26▲ 4.5×26 topics
  12. Quality of Life24▲ 1.38×43 topics
  13. Consumer Behavior23▲ 3.0×13 topics
  14. COVID-1923▲ 1.39×17 topics
  15. E-Learning22▲ 1.80×12 topics
  16. Physical Activity21▲ 3.4×12 topics
  17. Entrepreneurship19▲ 4.0×11 topics
  18. Communication18▲ 4.8×15 topics
  19. Urban Development15▲ 3.4×10 topics
  20. Gender Differences15▲ 3.2×13 topics
  21. Adolescents15▲ 3.2×11 topics
  22. Digital Divide14▲ 4.5×7 topics
  23. Institutional Theory13▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Latin America12▲ 5.1×12 topics
  25. Educational Leadership12▲ 7.5×2 topics
  26. Firm Performance12▲ 5.0×3 topics
  27. Strategic Alliances11▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Welfare State11▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Corporate Social Responsibility11▲ 5.7×8 topics
  30. Curriculum Design11▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Student Performance10▲ 7.8×3 topics
  32. Informal Learning10▲ 6.6×5 topics
  33. Antenna10▲ 9.8×1 topic
  34. Microstrip10▲ 9.8×1 topic
  35. Teacher Development10▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Organizational Learning10▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Educational Innovation10▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Quality Education10▲ 21×1 topic
  39. School Culture10▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Business Models9▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Universitat Ramon Llull publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antenna Design and Analysis, Education and Teacher Training, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Educational Innovations and Technology.

Antenna Design and Analy…10Antenna Design and Analysis: 10 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Tr…10Education and Teacher Training: 10 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 9 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 8 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 8 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 8 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 7 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…7Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 7 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 7 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 6 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringEducationStrategy and ManagementInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and AnalysisAerospace Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Education and Teacher TrainingEducation 10 works
  3. 3 Innovation and Knowledge ManagementStrategy and Management 9 works
  4. 4 Educational Innovations and TechnologyInformation Systems 8 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and GovernanceAccounting 8 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social MediaSociology and Political Science 8 works
  7. 7 E-Learning and Knowledge ManagementComputer Science Applications 7 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesManagement of Technology and Innovation 7 works
  9. 9 Acoustic Wave Phenomena ResearchBiomedical Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Noise Effects and ManagementSpeech and Hearing 6 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 available51.9%not open48.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.7%domestic only76.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universitat Ramon Llull's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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