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Universitat Rovira i Virgili

In research, Universitat Rovira i Virgili stands highest in Social Sciences (#713 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,142 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#635 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, Paleontology and Archeology — General Social Sciences is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,327
of 28,054 · #881 all time
Rank in Spain
#28
of 658
Research works
16k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
395k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Universitat Rovira i Virgili 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 #713 of 10,521 24.3%1,110 #497
Physical SciencesDomain #1,142 of 12,888 21.5%1,242 #764
Social SciencesField #635 of 6,365 24.8%592 #461
Business, Management and AccountingField #413 of 2,578 31.9%82 #237
Health SciencesDomain #2,114 of 11,982 19.2%408 #2133
EngineeringField #1,594 of 6,636 17.1%338 #1235
Computer ScienceField #1,147 of 4,667 30.0%258 #1059
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #677 of 2,578 30.3%135 #685
Information SystemsSubfield #388 of 1,291 39.2%73 #419
MedicineField #3,315 of 10,443 18.0%304 #2703

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitat Rovira i Virgili 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#497 #713
  2. Physical Sciences#764 #1,142
  3. Social Sciences#461 #635
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#237 #413
  5. Health Sciences#2,133 #2,114
  6. Engineering#1,235 #1,594
  7. Computer Science#1,059 #1,147
  8. Sociology and Political Science#685 #677
  9. Information Systems#419 #388
  10. Medicine#2,703 #3,315
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 Rovira i Virgili specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 29.7 works8.9×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 22.1 works6.0×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 46.2 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: 0.77× its world share, 112 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 117 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.24× its world share, 34 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.81× its world share, 135 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 258 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.81× its world share, 51 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 338 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 189 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.20× its world share, 127 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 39 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 75 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 304 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.38× its world share, 209 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 82 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 82 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 120 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 592 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Universitat Rovira i Virgili?

Ranked on the composite score, Ignasi Brunet Icart, Jordi Salas‐Salvadó and Anthony Pym lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

  1. 1 Ignasi Brunet Icart Spain · #16,028 worldwide 202 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Jordi Salas‐Salvadó Spain · #42,056 worldwide 962 citations · 150 works
  3. 3 Anthony Pym Spain · #48,740 worldwide 162 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Sergio Nasarre Aznar Spain · #60,617 worldwide 91 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 David Sánchez Spain · #74,735 worldwide 341 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Jordi Rosell Spain · #80,898 worldwide 366 citations · 67 works
  7. 7 María José Figueras Spain · #89,737 worldwide 201 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Sergio Gómez Spain · #98,457 worldwide 300 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 L. Masana Spain · #98,766 worldwide 483 citations · 96 works
  10. 10 Manola Brunet Spain · #103,637 worldwide 358 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Which keywords describe research at Universitat Rovira i Virgili?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Welfare State, Education, Sustainability, Climate Change, Catalysis, Latin America and Economic Crisis.

▲ 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 Change99▲ 1.20×76 topics
  2. Sustainability98▲ 1.31×69 topics
  3. Globalization95▲ 1.59×72 topics
  4. Machine Learning92◆ 0.92×66 topics
  5. Education86▲ 1.65×63 topics
  6. Sustainable Development68▲ 1.41×39 topics
  7. Environmental Impact66▲ 1.28×43 topics
  8. Educational Technology64▲ 1.78×28 topics
  9. COVID-1964▲ 1.53×23 topics
  10. Public Health61▲ 1.39×51 topics
  11. Catalysis57▲ 2.8×24 topics
  12. Nanomaterials54▲ 1.68×17 topics
  13. Human Rights52▲ 1.65×40 topics
  14. Health Effects50▲ 2.7×22 topics
  15. Gender41▲ 2.5×33 topics
  16. Welfare State40▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Pedagogy39▲ 2.6×14 topics
  18. Community Engagement38▲ 3.8×18 topics
  19. Latin America36▲ 6.1×19 topics
  20. Ethical Challenges34▲ 5.7×4 topics
  21. COVID-19 Impact31▲ 6.1×4 topics
  22. Economic Crisis31▲ 8.4×3 topics
  23. Polyphenols30▲ 5.6×5 topics
  24. Family Support30▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Environmental Law30▲ 4.8×7 topics
  26. Constitutional Law28▲ 6.8×4 topics
  27. Informal Learning28▲ 7.1×5 topics
  28. Hydrogenation28▲ 5.3×5 topics
  29. Sustainable Tourism28▲ 7.8×2 topics
  30. Historiography28▲ 7.2×9 topics
  31. Participation27▲ 9.1×3 topics
  32. Migrant Integration27▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Social Work27▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Community Intervention27▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Third Sector27▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Environmental Exposure25▲ 8.0×3 topics
  37. Destination Image25▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Iberian Peninsula24▲ 26×3 topics
  39. Tourist Satisfaction24▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Community Perceptions24▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Universitat Rovira i Virgili publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Sciences and Policies, Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Social Sciences and Poli…27Social Sciences and Policies: 27 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Touri…24Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 24 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory Analysis: 20 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…20Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 20 fractional worksEducational Innovations …19Educational Innovations and Technology: 19 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 16 fractional worksDigital literacy in education: 16 fractional worksAdministrative Law and G…16Administrative Law and Governance: 16 fractional worksLatin American Urban Studies: 14 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 14 fractional works
General Social SciencesSociology and Political ScienceFood ScienceAnthropology5 others

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

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 27 works
  2. 2 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  3. 3 Fermentation and Sensory Analysis Food Science 20 works
  4. 4 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 20 works
  5. 5 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 19 works
  6. 6 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 16 works
  7. 7 Digital literacy in education Information Systems 16 works
  8. 8 Administrative Law and Governance Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  9. 9 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 14 works
  10. 10 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 14 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-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universitat Rovira i Virgili's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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