Universities by Research i10-index in Spain
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Universitat de Barcelona204,131 works
248,836
2Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona171,534 works
193,965
3Universitat de València137,378 works
175,533
4Universidad Complutense de Madrid178,709 works
158,283
5Universidad Autónoma de Madrid123,600 works
141,947
6Universidad de Granada125,281 works
124,874
7University of the Basque Country103,116 works
106,303
8Universidad de Sevilla116,466 works
101,001
9Universidade de Santiago de Compostela77,375 works
100,785
10Universidad de Zaragoza87,599 works
90,179
11Universitat Politècnica de València80,087 works
85,296
12Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya92,278 works
82,917
13Universidad de Oviedo59,992 works
72,563
14Universidad Politécnica de Madrid79,557 works
66,292
15Universidad de Cantabria34,116 works
63,487
16Universidad de Murcia61,336 works
57,872
17University of Córdoba47,288 works
52,502
18Universidad de Salamanca66,354 works
52,128
19Universidad de Navarra48,926 works
51,070
20Universidad de Málaga59,365 works
50,486
21Universitat Rovira i Virgili51,105 works
47,582
22University of Castilla-La Mancha47,317 works
47,466
23Universidade de Vigo47,551 works
46,772
24Universitat Pompeu Fabra52,596 works
45,838
25Universidad de La Laguna43,761 works
44,965
26Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology16,146 works
41,382
27Universidad de Valladolid47,940 works
41,064
28University of Alicante50,407 works
40,378
29Universidad de Alcalá46,534 works
40,231
30Universidad de Extremadura37,023 works
36,830
31Universitat de les Illes Balears31,156 works
31,483
32Universidad Carlos III de Madrid46,485 works
29,104
33Universitat de Girona28,578 works
28,707
34Universidad de Cádiz31,487 works
27,467
35Universitat Jaume I30,677 works
27,420
36Universidad Rey Juan Carlos37,452 works
26,976
37Universidade da Coruña32,001 works
26,153
38Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx23,570 works
24,470
39University of Almería23,928 works
24,009
40Universitat de Lleida21,284 works
23,212
41Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria25,489 works
22,559
42Universidad de Jaén25,902 works
22,176
43Universidad de León23,485 works
21,256
44Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)20,049 works
19,138
45Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia35,822 works
15,712
46Universidad Pablo de Olavide21,087 works
14,173
47Universidad de Huelva17,647 works
13,378
48Navarre Institute of Health Research7,579 works
12,780
49Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena13,136 works
11,614
50Universidad de Burgos12,238 works
10,573
Highlights
Within Spain, Universitat de Barcelona ranks first in 2026 with 248,836, followed by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (193,965) and Universitat de València (175,533).
Across 50 entries, values run from 248,836 (Universitat de Barcelona) to 10,573 (Universidad de Burgos), with a median of 43,174.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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