According to Table 1b, the area of social and legal sci- ences and humanities also led in the items of ‘help to achieve collaboration by the host country with Spanish scientific institutions’ (5.31) and that of ‘help to achieve collaboration by the host country with Spanish scientific institutions of origin’ (5.46). On the other hand, engin- eering and architecture led the remaining item: ‘help to achieve collaboration by the host country with other international institutions’ (6.00; Table 1b). Therefore, the area of health sciences did not lead in any item and occupied the third place three times in this variable: 5.77, 4.82 and 4.47 (Table 1b).