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Medieval Iberian Studies

Medieval Iberian Studies is a research topic within Classics. Science Explorer counts 7.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to Medieval Iberian studies, including literature, history, manuscripts, and cultural exchange. It explores the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Alfonso X, epic poetry, and the societal aspects of Medieval Iberia.

  • Medieval
  • Iberian
  • Literature
  • History
  • Manuscripts
  • Cantigas de Santa Maria
  • Alfonso X
  • Epic Poetry
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Society
Research works
7.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
770
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Medieval Iberian Studies

Which countries lead Medieval Iberian Studies research?

By volume, Spain and France publish the most (662 and 104 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 662 works
  2. 2 France 104 works
  3. 3 United States 103 works
  4. 4 Brazil 103 works
  5. 5 Portugal 83 works
  6. 6 Italy 70 works
  7. 7 Argentina 46 works
  8. 8 Mexico 45 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 40 works
  10. 10 Germany 21 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Spain: 51.8%France: 8.1%United States: 8.0%Brazil: 8.0%6 others listed: 24.0%52%largest
Spain662 · 51.8%France104 · 8.1%United States103 · 8.0%Brazil103 · 8.0%6 others listed306 · 24.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Medieval Iberian Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Medieval Iberian Studies research, followed by Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Universidad de Salamanca.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 65 works
  2. 2 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 53 works
  3. 3 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 40 works
  4. 4 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 30 works
  5. 5 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 29 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 27 works
  7. 7 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 26 works
  8. 8 Universidad de SevillaSpain 21 works
  9. 9 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 19 works
  10. 10 Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medieval Iberian Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medieval Iberian Studies include Barry S. Taylor and D. Thomas.

  1. 1 Barry S. Taylor United States 130k citations
  2. 2 D. Thomas United Kingdom 77k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Medieval Iberian Studies?

The most cited paper in Medieval Iberian Studies is "The Idea of Public Poetry in the Reign of Richard II" (Anne Middleton, 1978), with 183 citations. Next come "Literatura Portuguesa" (124) and "Land and Society in Golden Age Castile" (100).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Idea of Public Poetry in the Reign of Richard II Anne Middleton · Speculum 1978 183
2 Literatura Portuguesa Maria Aparecida Santilli · Estudos Avançados Open access Dec 1994 124
3 Land and Society in Golden Age Castile David R. Ringrose, David E. Vassberg · The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 1985 100
4 POPULAR MOVEMENTS AND POGROMS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY CASTILE Angus MacKay · Past & Present 1972 100
5 Introduction Anthony Pym · The Translator Nov 2001 91
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Medieval Iberian Studies research done?

The largest centres of Medieval Iberian Studies research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Barcelona (Spain) and Lisbon (Portugal). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santiago de Compostela, Salamanca and Valladolid.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 142 works
  2. 2 Santiago de CompostelaSpain 58 works
  3. 3 BarcelonaSpain 46 works
  4. 4 LisbonPortugal 45 works
  5. 5 SalamancaSpain 41 works
  6. 6 ValenciaSpain 38 works
  7. 7 ValladolidSpain 31 works
  8. 8 Buenos AiresArgentina 28 works
  9. 9 SevilleSpain 26 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Santiago de CompostelaES · 58.5 works110×
  2. SalamancaES · 40.6 works79×
  3. ValladolidES · 31.0 works67×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medieval Iberian Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medieval Iberian Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universitat de València and Universidade de Vigo score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 12.9%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade de VigoUniversitat de Valèn…Universidad Complute…Universidad de Salam…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 76.813.3%61.9×65 +3.5%
2Universitat de ValènciaSpain 73.016.7%45.2×30 +4.8%
3Universidade de VigoSpain 71.321.4%62.5×18 -6.3%
4Universidad de SalamancaSpain 68.510.2%95.9×40 +17.7%
5Universidade do PortoPortugal 66.311.9%16.4×13 +23.8%
6Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 63.010.8%144.3×53 -27.5%
7Universidad de ValladolidSpain 60.610.6%84.2×30 +40.0%
8Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 59.810.5%29.0×26 +8.4%
9University of AlicanteSpain 54.712.3%52.1×18 +12.2%
10University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain 54.711.3%44.4×14 +9.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Medieval Iberian Studies, country by country

Is Medieval Iberian Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Medieval Iberian Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0060% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Medieval Iberian Studies0.0057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Medieval Iberian Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Medieval Iberian Studies9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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