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Research in Avignon

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Avignon, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse and Laboratoire Informatique d'Avignon.

Research institutions
6
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.6k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
159k
20.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Avignon

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Avignon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Université d'Avignon et des Pays de VaucluseUniversity 3,121 #3,624
2Laboratoire Informatique d'AvignonResearch facility 686 #10,785
3Institut Sainte CatherineHospital / health system 344 #19,914 all time
4Plantes et systèmes de culture horticolesResearch facility 297 #24,574 all time
5Groupe de Recherche en Agriculture BiologiqueNonprofit 278 #20,343 all time
6Naturex (France)Company 103 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse: 64.6%Laboratoire Informatique d'Avignon: 14.2%Institut Sainte Catherine: 7.1%Plantes et systèmes de culture horticoles: 6.2%2 others listed: 7.9%65%largest
Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse3,121 · 64.6%Laboratoire Informatique d'Avignon686 · 14.2%Institut Sainte Catherine344 · 7.1%Plantes et systèmes de culture horticoles297 · 6.2%2 others listed381 · 7.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Avignon work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Avignon is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Social Sciences (14%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 434 fractional works · 33.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 133 fractional works · 10.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 37 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 31 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 133 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 61 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 36 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 76 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 363 fractional works · 27.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 178 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 86 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 109 fractional works · 8.3% of its workHistory: 25 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 329 fractional works · 25.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 239 fractional works · 18.4% of its workPlant Science: 86 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 59 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInsect Science: 26 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workForestry: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 73 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 175 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMedicine: 134 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAvignon1,302fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences28%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science13310.3%
    2. Computer Science13310.2%
    3. Engineering765.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences322.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy191.5%
    6. Mathematics181.4%
    7. Chemistry120.9%
    8. Materials Science60.5%
    9. Energy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Social Sciences17813.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities1098.3%
    3. Psychology221.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance211.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting201.5%
    6. Decision Sciences141.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23918.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology735.6%
    3. Neuroscience100.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine13410.3%
    2. Health Professions302.3%
    3. Nursing90.7%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Avignon strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Avignon is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and History (10.3× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 56.9 works10×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 23.9 works7.2×
  3. HistorySubfield · 23.5 works6.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.87× its world share, 216 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 121 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 71 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.96× its world share, 114 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 119 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.98× its world share, 101 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 168 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.87×216 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.98×101 works
  3. Environmental Science1.96×114 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.50×28 works
  5. Nursing1.41×8 works
  6. Computer Science1.32×121 works
  7. Mathematics1.19×16 works
  8. Social Sciences1.12×168 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×66 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.02×12 works
  11. Veterinary0.91×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.86×27 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×19 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.64×17 works
  15. Chemistry0.61×11 works
  16. Medicine0.52×119 works
  17. Psychology0.51×18 works
  18. Neuroscience0.50×10 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×19 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.40×2 works
  21. Engineering0.40×71 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×5 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×1 works
  24. Energy0.24×3 works
  25. Materials Science0.12×5 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Avignon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Smallholder Farmers, Public Policy, Citizen Participation and Environmental Participation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change142▲ 4.0×85 topics
  2. Sustainability68▲ 2.1×53 topics
  3. Community Engagement51▲ 12×6 topics
  4. Sustainable Development50▲ 2.5×28 topics
  5. Territorial Governance49▲ 33×3 topics
  6. Local Development49▲ 37×2 topics
  7. Social Justice46▲ 6.0×12 topics
  8. Public Policy46▲ 7.4×8 topics
  9. Biodiversity45▲ 4.5×32 topics
  10. Smallholder Farmers45▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Invasive Species42▲ 7.6×20 topics
  12. Globalization42▲ 1.62×47 topics
  13. Citizen Participation41▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Environmental Participation41▲ 44×1 topic
  15. Proximity and Innovation41▲ 44×1 topic
  16. Adaptation40▲ 10×11 topics
  17. Agroecology35▲ 19×5 topics
  18. Livestock Farming34▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Remote Sensing34▲ 2.1×31 topics
  20. Diversity33▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Multifunctionality33▲ 54×2 topics
  22. Agricultural Development32▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Work Organization32▲ 63×1 topic
  24. Colonialism24▲ 3.9×13 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services23▲ 4.6×12 topics
  26. Global Change23▲ 6.6×6 topics
  27. Biodiversity Conservation23▲ 4.6×16 topics
  28. Cultural Heritage23▲ 3.2×21 topics
  29. Biological Control21▲ 10×9 topics
  30. Sustainable Agriculture21▲ 5.1×11 topics
  31. Habitat Fragmentation19▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Digital Communication17▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Open Access17▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Gender Studies16▲ 8.2×6 topics
  35. Web Technologies16▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Information Studies16▲ 63×1 topic
  37. New Media16▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Corpus Linguistics15▲ 5.6×5 topics
  39. Sociolinguistics15▲ 6.4×7 topics
  40. Deep Neural Networks13▲ 8.2×3 topics

What research is done in Avignon?

French Urban and Social …41French Urban and Social Studies: 41 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…31Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 31 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 14 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 11 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 10 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 9 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 9 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 8 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 8 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsComputer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial Intelligence4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 41 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 31 works
  3. 3 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 14 works
  4. 4 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  5. 5 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  7. 7 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 9 works
  8. 8 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 8 works
  9. 9 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 8 works
  10. 10 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 8 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Avignon10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.7% in 2016.

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