Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Spain
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Escuela Nacional de Sanidad1,491 works
13.94
2Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology16,146 works
9.56
3Escola Superior de Comerç Internacional261 works
9.26
4Universidad Europea de Madrid11,993 works
6.54
5EU Business School, Barcelona47 works
6.27
6Institut de Ciències del Cosmos5,247 works
5.92
7Santander Financial Institute57 works
5.61
8Navarre Institute of Health Research7,579 works
5.56
9Universidad Europea de Valencia1,362 works
5.22
10Centre for Omic Sciences196 works
4.99
11Barcelona School of Economics2,849 works
4.94
12Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies5,365 works
4.87
13Instituto Nacional de Silicosis277 works
4.78
14Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience1,080 works
4.69
15Universitat de les Illes Balears31,156 works
4.61
16Universitat Pompeu Fabra52,596 works
4.58
17EUNCET Business School154 works
4.57
18Universitat de València137,378 works
4.36
19Centro Universitario de la Defensa en la Escuela Naval Militar398 works
4.33
20Universitat de Barcelona204,131 works
4.31
21Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE)493 works
4.29
22Universitat Internacional de Catalunya8,536 works
4.25
23Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona171,534 works
4.23
25Escuela Naval Militar368 works
4.18
26Universidad Autónoma de Madrid123,600 works
4.16
27Instituto de Investigación Multidisciplinar en Biología Aplicada276 works
4.08
28Parc Científic de la Universitat de València1,447 works
3.98
29UPF Barcelona School of Management613 works
3.96
30EADA Business School437 works
3.95
31Instituto de Investigación Avanzada en Empresa y Economía385 works
3.93
32Fundació Blanquerna395 works
3.93
33Universidad de Navarra48,926 works
3.91
34Catholic University of Ávila1,392 works
3.84
35Universidad de Cantabria34,116 works
3.84
36Universidade de Santiago de Compostela77,375 works
3.83
37Institut Químic de Sarrià2,521 works
3.73
38Basque Culinary Center257 works
3.73
39Universitat Ramon Llull12,394 works
3.71
40Universitat de Girona28,578 works
3.71
41Escola Superior d'Infermeria del Mar138 works
3.65
42Universidad de Jaén25,902 works
3.63
43University of the Basque Country103,116 works
3.62
44Instituto Tecnico Agronómico Provincial194 works
3.60
45La Salle Centro Universitario721 works
3.57
46Universidad de La Laguna43,761 works
3.56
47Universidad Católica de Murcia9,184 works
3.54
48Universidad de Alcalá46,534 works
3.53
49Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros944 works
3.50
50Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya9,535 works
3.49
Highlights
Within Spain, Escuela Nacional de Sanidad ranks first in 2026 with 13.94, followed by Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (9.56) and Escola Superior de Comerç Internacional (9.26).
Across 50 entries, values run from 13.94 (Escuela Nacional de Sanidad) to 3.49 (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya), with a median of 4.17.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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