The CSIC ranking includes 22 female researchers from IRBLleida

The University of Lleida has 72 female researchers in the ranking

A total of 22 female researchers from the Lleida Institute of Biomedical Research (IRBLleida) feature in the ranking published by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) of the most prominent women conducting research in Spain, according to the latest update for 2026. The University of Lleida has a total of 72 female researchers in the ranking. The list, compiled from profiles in the Google Academic database, retains Luisa F. Cabeza Fabra, in 25th place nationally, with 74,146 citations; followed by Olga Martín Belloso, Professor of Food Technology at the Higher Technical School of Agri-Food, Forestry and Veterinary Engineering (ETSEAFiV), in 33rd place with 43,090 citations.

The ranking of IRBLleida professionals:

  1. Montse Rué - Medicine and IRBLleida (641)
  2. Loreta Medina - Medicine and IRBLleida (708)
  3. Mariona Jové - Medicine and IRBLleida (1,128)
  4. Montse Martínez  - Medicine and IRBLleida (1,476)
  5. Aida Serra - Medicine and IRBLleida (3,254) 
  6. Montse Gea - FIF and IRBLleida (4,396)
  7. Ester Desfilis - FEPTS (4,909)
  8. Anabel Sorolla - Medicine and IRBLleida (5,344)
  9. Judit Herreros - Medicine and IRBLleida (5,385)
  10. Núria Eritja - Medicine and IRBLleida (5,807)
  11. Dolores Garcia del Olmo - IRBLleida (5,967)
  12. Andree Yeramian Hakim - Medicine and IRBLleida (6,167)
  13. Marta Trapero - FDET and IRBLleida
  14. Gemma Bellí - Medicine and IRBLleida (7,009)
  15. Milica Bozic - Medicine and IRBLleida (7,660)
  16. Ana Garcerà - Medicine and IRBLleida (8,154)
  17. Teresa Botigué - FIF and IRBLleida (8,382)
  18. Ester Vilaprinyó  - Medicine and IRBLleida (8,439)
  19. Esther Rubinat - FIF (8,642)
  20. Natàlia Mota - FIF and IRBLleida (9,473)
  21. Judit Ribas - Medicine and IRBLleida (11,399)
  22. Celmira Laza - FIF and IRBLleida (12,022)

The fifth edition of this CSIC list includes 12,110 female researchers, 1,095 more than the previous one. These are Spanish women working here or in other countries, as well as foreign researchers affiliated with state institutions. The ranking continues to be led by Vasiliki A. Mitsou, from the Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC-CSIC) at the University of Valencia, with an H-index of 258 and 327,095 citations.

Text: UdL Press Office and IRBLleida 

One of the biomedical laboratories at IRBLleida