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University of the Basque Country

In research, University of the Basque Country stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#28 of 1,998 worldwide), Social Sciences (#197 of 10,521 worldwide) and Literature and Literary Theory (#12 of 390 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, History and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology — General Social Sciences is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#462
of 28,054 · #473 all time
Rank in Spain
#7
of 658
Research works
47k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
873k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is University of the Basque Country 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
Arts and HumanitiesField #28 of 1,998 21.4%1,002 #58
Social SciencesDomain #197 of 10,521 20.4%3,670 #253
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #12 of 390 30.0%167 #15
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #10 of 303 22.2%211 #29
Physical SciencesDomain #463 of 12,888 17.0%3,775 #463
Social SciencesField #272 of 6,365 18.8%1,883 #276
HistorySubfield #10 of 204 17.1%200 #80
Health SciencesDomain #788 of 11,982 18.6%932 #1290
EngineeringField #505 of 6,636 16.3%1,394 #589
MedicineField #855 of 10,443 18.6%716 #1489

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of the Basque Country 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. Arts and Humanities#58 #28
  2. Social Sciences#253 #197
  3. Literature and Literary Theory#15 #12
  4. Language and Linguistics#29 #10
  5. Physical Sciences#463 #463
  6. Social Sciences#276 #272
  7. History#80 #10
  8. Health Sciences#1,290 #788
  9. Engineering#589 #505
  10. Medicine#1,489 #855
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 University of the Basque Country specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 92.6 works9.3×
  2. HistorySubfield · 200.1 works6.9×
  3. Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologySubfield · 20.2 works6.9×
  4. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 237.1 works6.4×
  5. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 60.3 works5.8×
  6. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 210.8 works5.3×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 204 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 275 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 136 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.48× its world share, 78 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.60× its world share, 226 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 656 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 152 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 77 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.03× its world share, 1,394 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 398 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.30× its world share, 410 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 115 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.33× its world share, 267 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 157 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 716 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.84× its world share, 1,002 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 183 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 150 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 413 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 1,883 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of the Basque Country?

Ranked on the composite score, Jasone Cenoz, Durk Gorter and Marı́a D. Guillén lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of the Basque Country.

  1. 1 Jasone Cenoz · #19,681 worldwide 424 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Durk Gorter · #22,128 worldwide 339 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Marı́a D. Guillén · #28,875 worldwide 393 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 David Lasagabaster · #29,800 worldwide 337 citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Alejandro Cearreta · #30,112 worldwide 327 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Martı́n Olazar · #34,949 worldwide 1k citations · 117 works
  7. 7 Iñigo Mujika · #39,031 worldwide 343 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Gartzen López · #43,117 worldwide 608 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Alicia Alonso · #43,768 worldwide 424 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 K. Y. Guslienko · #44,642 worldwide 364 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at University of the Basque Country

Which keywords describe research at University of the Basque Country?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Gender, Literature, Identity, Culture, Globalization, Education and Language.

▲ 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. History378▲ 6.0×51 topics
  2. Globalization368▲ 2.1×118 topics
  3. Gender349▲ 7.1×41 topics
  4. Education339▲ 2.2×96 topics
  5. Literature298▲ 6.1×40 topics
  6. Identity290▲ 4.4×53 topics
  7. Sustainability286▲ 1.30×91 topics
  8. Culture254▲ 5.3×32 topics
  9. Climate Change248◆ 1.02×99 topics
  10. Language174▲ 7.9×11 topics
  11. Cultural Heritage166▲ 3.4×29 topics
  12. Terrorism158▲ 37×3 topics
  13. Basque Nationalism155▲ 651×1 topic
  14. ETA155▲ 651×1 topic
  15. Social Movements145▲ 5.3×28 topics
  16. Welfare State140▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Historiography137▲ 12×14 topics
  18. Communication129▲ 4.6×19 topics
  19. Spain119▲ 35×5 topics
  20. Sociolinguistics118▲ 6.9×9 topics
  21. Pragmatics109▲ 7.5×7 topics
  22. Latin America107▲ 6.2×18 topics
  23. Bilingualism101▲ 8.2×6 topics
  24. Economic Crisis93▲ 8.6×3 topics
  25. Lexicography88▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Language Contact87▲ 9.8×5 topics
  27. Participation87▲ 9.7×3 topics
  28. Spanish Civil War83▲ 58×2 topics
  29. Family Support83▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Migrant Integration82▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Social Work82▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Language Variation81▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Community Intervention81▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Third Sector81▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Iberian Peninsula80▲ 29×3 topics
  36. Phraseology79▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Dialectology78▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Hispanic Linguistics78▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Propaganda78▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Francoism78▲ 56×2 topics

Which research topics does University of the Basque Country publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Basque language and culture studies, Social Sciences and Policies, Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies and Digital Transformation in Industry.

Basque language and cult…155Basque language and culture studies: 155 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 81 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 78 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 47 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 47 fractional worksSpanish History and Politics: 45 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 43 fractional worksArchaeological and Historical Studies: 41 fractional worksCommunication and COVID-19 Impact: 40 fractional worksHistory of Education in Spain: 40 fractional works
Cultural StudiesGeneral Social SciencesLanguage and LinguisticsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Basque language and culture studiesCultural Studies 155 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and PoliciesGeneral Social Sciences 81 works
  3. 3 Spanish Linguistics and Language StudiesLanguage and Linguistics 78 works
  4. 4 Digital Transformation in IndustryIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 47 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and TeachingLiterature and Literary Theory 47 works
  6. 6 Spanish History and PoliticsHistory 45 works
  7. 7 Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationBuilding and Construction 43 works
  8. 8 Archaeological and Historical StudiesArcheology 41 works
  9. 9 Communication and COVID-19 ImpactCommunication 40 works
  10. 10 History of Education in SpainHistory 40 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-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of the Basque Country's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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