The USC improves its percentage of publications within the top 10% most cited in their scientific field, achieving 8th place in Spain in the Traditional version (based on Web of Science) and also moving up one position in the Open version (based on OpenAlex).
By scientific fields, in the Traditional version, Physical Sciences and Engineering stand out, maintaining 4th place in Spain and improving to 484th globally, and Mathematics and Computer Science, which rises to 5th place in Spain and 439th globally. Furthermore, regarding the percentage of publications in the top 1% most cited, the Mathematics and Computer Science area ascends to 2nd place nationally and 120th globally.
In the OpenAlex ranking, the field of Social Sciences and Humanities stands out, moving from 12th to 4th place in the percentage of publications within the top 1% most cited.
Other notable results include the 359th position globally and 11th in Spain for the gender indicator, which measures the percentage of scientific publications authored by women. It also ranks 9th in Spain in the Traditional and 12th in the Open for the percentage of publications made in collaboration with entities from other countries.
The CWTS Leiden Ranking is an international classification produced by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Universiteit Leiden, focusing exclusively on scientific production and research impact using bibliometric indicators.
