The SIR 2009 World Report shows a ranking with more than 2000 of the best worldwide research institutions and organizations whose output surpass 100 scholarly publications during 2008. The ranking shows 5 indicators of institution research performance, stressing output ordering criteria), collaboration and impact.
| WE | RR | CR | Institution | Country | Region | Sector | Output | IC (%) | Q1 (%) | NI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 43 | 1 | Universitat de Barcelona | ESP | WE | HE | 12,904 | 42.97 | 61.84 | 1.41 |
| 210 | 61 | 2 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | ESP | WE | HE | 10,846 | 33.40 | 51.85 | 1.08 |
| 241 | 68 | 3 | Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona | ESP | WE | HE | 9,864 | 39.42 | 57.54 | 1.35 |
| 260 | 77 | 4 | Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya | ESP | WE | HE | 9,123 | 39.56 | 36.69 | 1.18 |
| 266 | 79 | 5 | Universitat de Valencia | ESP | WE | HE | 8,963 | 41.45 | 54.08 | 1.22 |
| 282 | 87 | 6 | Universidad Autonoma de Madrid | ESP | WE | HE | 8,616 | 40.71 | 59.04 | 1.26 |
| 366 | 119 | 7 | Universidad de Granada | ESP | WE | HE | 7,059 | 35.25 | 45.86 | 1.11 |
| 427 | 142 | 8 | Universidad Politecnica de Valencia | ESP | WE | HE | 6,134 | 28.77 | 41.29 | 1.18 |
| 429 | 144 | 9 | Universidad de Sevilla | ESP | WE | HE | 6,122 | 35.23 | 48.46 | 1.09 |
| 431 | 146 | 10 | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | ESP | WE | HE | 6,116 | 37.82 | 52.06 | 1.18 |
| 435 | 149 | 11 | Universidad del Pais Vasco | ESP | WE | HE | 6,065 | 33.64 | 53.27 | 1.09 |
| 457 | 158 | 12 | Universidad de Zaragoza | ESP | WE | HE | 5,744 | 34.68 | 50.45 | 1.22 |
| 471 | 167 | 13 | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid | ESP | WE | HE | 5,579 | 31.08 | 37.26 | 1.00 |
| 583 | 214 | 14 | Universidad de Oviedo | ESP | WE | HE | 4,467 | 29.24 | 52.97 | 1.06 |
| 704 | 252 | 15 | Universidad de Vigo | ESP | WE | HE | 3,622 | 30.37 | 45.00 | 1.18 |
| 713 | 259 | 16 | Universidad de Murcia | ESP | WE | HE | 3,587 | 26.04 | 47.56 | 1.10 |