Universities by Research Publications in Spain
Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Universitat de Barcelona18,605,697 citations
204,131
2Universidad Complutense de Madrid9,058,174 citations
178,709
3Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona13,236,349 citations
171,534
4Universitat de València12,210,335 citations
137,378
5Universidad de Granada7,234,263 citations
125,281
6Universidad Autónoma de Madrid9,535,335 citations
123,600
7Universidad de Sevilla5,381,388 citations
116,466
8University of the Basque Country5,685,516 citations
103,116
9Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya4,347,577 citations
92,278
10Universidad de Zaragoza4,929,100 citations
87,599
11Universitat Politècnica de València4,683,183 citations
80,087
12Universidad Politécnica de Madrid3,437,262 citations
79,557
13Universidade de Santiago de Compostela5,793,928 citations
77,375
14Universidad de Salamanca3,050,900 citations
66,354
15Universidad de Murcia2,918,251 citations
61,336
16Universidad de Oviedo4,195,645 citations
59,992
17Universidad de Málaga2,589,105 citations
59,365
18Universitat Pompeu Fabra5,123,138 citations
52,596
19Universitat Rovira i Virgili2,869,950 citations
51,105
20University of Alicante2,240,921 citations
50,407
21Universidad de Navarra3,409,193 citations
48,926
22Universidad de Valladolid1,929,536 citations
47,940
23Universidade de Vigo2,770,264 citations
47,551
24University of Castilla-La Mancha2,367,997 citations
47,317
25University of Córdoba2,815,592 citations
47,288
26Universidad de Alcalá2,069,649 citations
46,534
27Universidad Carlos III de Madrid1,409,807 citations
46,485
28Universidad de La Laguna2,685,879 citations
43,761
29Universidad Rey Juan Carlos1,434,917 citations
37,452
30Universidad de Extremadura1,821,427 citations
37,023
31Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia842,585 citations
35,822
32Universidad de Cantabria4,761,074 citations
34,116
33Universidade da Coruña1,435,826 citations
32,001
34Universidad de Cádiz1,295,438 citations
31,487
35Universitat de les Illes Balears2,518,768 citations
31,156
36Universitat Jaume I1,669,451 citations
30,677
37Universitat de Girona1,739,316 citations
28,578
38Universidad de Jaén1,110,015 citations
25,902
39Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria1,345,056 citations
25,489
40University of Almería1,247,799 citations
23,928
41Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx1,361,809 citations
23,570
42Universidad de León1,047,691 citations
23,485
43Universitat de Lleida1,400,213 citations
21,284
44Universidad Pablo de Olavide833,560 citations
21,087
45Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)1,074,723 citations
20,049
46Universidad de Huelva659,158 citations
17,647
47Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology3,738,473 citations
16,146
48Universitat Oberta de Catalunya309,125 citations
15,958
49Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena571,754 citations
13,136
50Universidad de La Rioja485,979 citations
12,747
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