For the second consecutive year, women researchers from UIC Barcelona have been included in the ranking of Spain’s leading women scientists published by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). This list, which includes close to 3,000 profiles up to April, is based on the strongest academic indicators drawn from Google Scholar, ORCID and OpenAlex and highlights the contribution of women to science and research in Spain.

The five researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences included in the ranking are Carmen Muñoz-Almagro (1,173), professor and director of the R+D+I Department of Microbiology at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu; María Teresa Fernández Figueras (1,193), professor and specialist in anatomical pathology; Esther Calbo Sebastián (1,371), professor and dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; Elena Valassi (1,613), lecturer in the Department of Medicine specialising in endocrinology; and Núria Casals Farré (1,660), professor and head of the Neurolipids Research Group.

The ranking of Spanish women researchers in and from Spain includes Google Scholar profiles with the strongest bibliometric indicators (h-index and citations) and an assigned ORCID identifier. It covers Spanish women conducting research in Spain or abroad as well as international women researchers affiliated with Spanish institutions. This edition also takes into account equivalent indicators from OpenAlex. 

This recognition, which adds to the presence of UIC Barcelona researchers in other prestigious rankings such as the World’s Top 2% Scientists list published by Stanford University, reflects UIC Barcelona’s commitment to high-quality research, scientific excellence, social impact and its ability to attract top-level research talent.