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Artificial Intelligence research in Spain

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas ranks first in Spain for Artificial Intelligence research in 2022-now (#150 worldwide), followed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Spain's world rank
#14
of 87 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
7.1k
Top-10% rate
10.4%
Ranked institutions
32

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Artificial Intelligence in Spain?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMadrid #15033.511.5%420
2Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona #26825.78.9%122
3Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid #30524.012.8%177
4Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBarcelona #30823.910.2%337
5Universidad de GranadaGranada #30923.911.5%289
6University of the Basque CountryLeioa #32623.19.5%264
7Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del Vallès #35322.19.8%186
8Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona #40620.28.3%157
9Universitat Rovira i VirgiliTarragona #42319.712.8%84
10Universitat de ValènciaValencia #44619.010.5%134
11Universidad de SevillaSeville #45718.711.5%180
12Universidad Complutense de MadridMadrid #46518.48.3%244
13Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaValencia #48417.99.8%225
14Universidad de MurciaMurcia #54516.312.2%114
15Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid #59315.210.2%292
16Universidad de OviedoOviedo #60614.96.9%104
17Universidad de AlcaláAlcalá de Henares #62514.514.1%83
18Universidade de VigoVigo #64314.112.2%87
19Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza #66113.810.4%104
20Universidade da CoruñaA Coruña #67013.68.6%127
21Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela #67813.49.2%90
22Universidad de MálagaMálaga #72512.511.7%158
23Universidad de SalamancaSalamanca #81011.18.9%110
24Universidad Carlos III de MadridMadrid #81111.09.3%200
25Universidad de JaénJaén #83710.614.9%81
26Universidad de ValladolidValladolid #9049.610.4%81
27University of Castilla-La ManchaCiudad Real #9808.59.0%116
28University of AlicanteAlicante #1,0237.98.5%120
29Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMadrid #1,0427.711.3%120
30Software (Spain)Tres Cantos #1,0927.111.3%86
31Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaMadrid #1,2065.88.3%74
32Universidad de ExtremaduraBadajoz #1,3584.211.4%80

Institutions in Spain above the floor of 40 fractional works in Artificial Intelligence, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Artificial Intelligence researchers in Spain?

Francisco Herrera, E. Solano and Antonio Acín rank highest among researchers based in Spain, on their papers in Artificial Intelligence that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Francisco Herrera#113,649 worldwide overall174.0 of 428 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2E. Solano#43,698 worldwide overall55.9 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Antonio Acín#10,202 worldwide overall49.8 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Maciej Lewenstein#28,096 worldwide overall42.8 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Andreas J. Winter#89,074 worldwide overall35.1 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Enrique Herrera‐Viedma#96,959 worldwide overall56.4 of 188 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Adán Cabello#98,751 worldwide overall30.9 of 93 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Salvador García#193,724 worldwide overall41.4 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Hugues de Riedmatten#75,864 worldwide overall25.0 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Eneko Agirre#461,452 worldwide overall38.0 of 183 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Marcos Curty#38,793 worldwide overall22.7 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Lucas Lamata#85,139 worldwide overall23.7 of 70 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Josep Domingo‐Ferrer#342,497 worldwide overall32.0 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14David Sánchez#223,717 worldwide overall24.1 of 95 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Alberto Fernández#140,119 worldwide overall25.8 of 60 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Spain on their work in Artificial Intelligence alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Spain compares with other countries in Artificial Intelligence