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Research in Besançon

Science Explorer records 21 research institutions in Besançon, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Université de Franche-Comté and Université Marie et Louis Pasteur.

Research institutions
21
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
31k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
597k
19.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Besançon

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 Besançon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Université de Franche-ComtéUniversity 8,117 #2,220
2Université Bourgogne Franche-ComtéUniversity 7,737 #384
3Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de BesançonHospital / health system 4,675 #5,321
4Université Marie et Louis PasteurUniversity 1,484 #3,625
5École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des MicrotechniquesUniversity 755 #16,456
6CNR de la Résistance aux AntibiotiquesResearch facility 659 #9,060
7Hôpital Saint-JacquesHospital / health system 443 #17,372 all time
8Polyclinique de Franche ComtéHospital / health system 61 not ranked
9Institut Supérieur des Beaux-arts de BesançonUniversity 43 not ranked
10Smartesting (France)Company 20 not ranked
11ImasonicCompany 18 not ranked
12OncolieHospital / health system 11 not ranked
13Institut Pierre VernierInstitution 9 not ranked
14Centre technique de l'Industrie HorlogèreResearch facility 5 not ranked
15SilMach (France)Company 4 not ranked
16Labex ActionResearch facility 3 not ranked
17Energy CitiesNonprofit 2 not ranked
18MicroMega (France)Company 1 not ranked
19Franche-Comté Regional CouncilGovernment institution 1 not ranked
20OneFit Medical (France)Company 1 not ranked
21Cryonic Medical (France)Company 0 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 de Franche-Comté: 33.8%Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté: 32.2%Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon: 19.4%Université Marie et Louis Pasteur: 6.2%16 others listed: 8.5%34%largest
Université de Franche-Comté8,117 · 33.8%Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté7,737 · 32.2%Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon4,675 · 19.4%Université Marie et Louis Pasteur1,484 · 6.2%16 others listed2,036 · 8.5%

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

Which fields of science does Besançon work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Besançon is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Engineering (15%), Social Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 2,658 fractional works · 42.0% of its workEngineering: 932 fractional works · 14.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 278 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 190 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 121 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 374 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 159 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 130 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 305 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 112 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 71 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 281 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 269 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 146 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 165 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 87 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 119 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 99 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 73 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,542 fractional works · 24.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 738 fractional works · 11.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 301 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 90 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 86 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 475 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArcheology: 102 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 88 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 80 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 71 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 151 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 73 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,357 fractional works · 21.4% of its workMedicine: 1,164 fractional works · 18.4% of its workSurgery: 156 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 95 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 94 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 90 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 111 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 164 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 110 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 773 fractional works · 12.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 340 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 162 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 239 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 83 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 92 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 82 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBesançon6,330fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences24%

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. Engineering93214.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3745.9%
    3. Computer Science3054.8%
    4. Environmental Science2814.4%
    5. Materials Science2694.2%
    6. Chemistry1652.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1191.9%
    8. Mathematics991.6%
    9. Energy731.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering400.6%
  2. Social Sciences1,54224.4%
    1. Social Sciences73811.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities4757.5%
    3. Psychology1512.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance731.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting691.1%
    6. Decision Sciences370.6%
  3. Health Sciences1,35721.4%
    1. Medicine1,16418.4%
    2. Health Professions1642.6%
    3. Nursing150.2%
    4. Dentistry90.1%
    5. Veterinary60.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3405.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2393.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology921.5%
    4. Neuroscience821.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics200.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Besançon strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Besançon is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, Archeology and Anthropology (7.2× the world share in Linguistics and Language).

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 47.6 works7.2×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 97.6 works5.6×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 83.9 works5.2×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 44.5 works5.0×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 205 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 290 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.41× its world share, 82 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 75 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.78× its world share, 36 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.70× its world share, 154 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 285 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 90 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 67 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 872 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 239 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 246 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 82 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.72× its world share, 349 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 154 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 1,055 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.70× its world share, 449 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 63 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 69 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 138 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 690 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.72×349 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.70×449 works
  3. Chemical Engineering1.78×36 works
  4. Chemistry1.70×154 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.41×82 works
  6. Energy1.27×67 works
  7. Materials Science1.22×246 works
  8. Mathematics1.22×82 works
  9. Engineering1.01×872 works
  10. Health Professions1.01×154 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×90 works
  12. Medicine0.95×1,055 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.94×290 works
  14. Social Sciences0.94×690 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.89×18 works
  16. Environmental Science0.83×239 works
  17. Neuroscience0.80×75 works
  18. Psychology0.79×138 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×205 works
  20. Veterinary0.65×5 works
  21. Computer Science0.64×285 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.60×33 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×69 works
  24. Nursing0.50×14 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×63 works
  26. Dentistry0.31×9 works

Which keywords describe research in Besançon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Territorial Governance, Local Development, Community Engagement, Social Justice, Epidemiology, Citizen Participation, Environmental Participation and Proximity and Innovation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology282◆ 1.12×132 topics
  2. Climate Change182◆ 1.06×98 topics
  3. Social Justice140▲ 3.7×26 topics
  4. Community Engagement129▲ 6.2×14 topics
  5. Sustainable Development128▲ 1.29×47 topics
  6. Globalization128◆ 1.03×99 topics
  7. Territorial Governance124▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Public Policy123▲ 4.1×17 topics
  9. Local Development121▲ 18×2 topics
  10. Public Health110▲ 1.20×59 topics
  11. Gender102▲ 3.0×38 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications98▲ 1.31×36 topics
  13. Citizen Participation95▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Environmental Participation94▲ 21×1 topic
  15. Proximity and Innovation94▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Gender Studies88▲ 9.1×12 topics
  17. Identity84▲ 1.83×49 topics
  18. Colonialism82▲ 2.7×36 topics
  19. Biosensors79▲ 2.5×12 topics
  20. Catalysis78▲ 1.85×29 topics
  21. Sociolinguistics75▲ 6.5×8 topics
  22. Archaeology60▲ 7.3×11 topics
  23. Sociological Analysis58▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Professional Practices58▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Public Action58▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Palliative Care54▲ 5.6×6 topics
  27. Pragmatics54▲ 5.5×6 topics
  28. Multilingualism53▲ 5.2×6 topics
  29. Nonlinear Optics48▲ 7.1×4 topics
  30. Roman Economy44▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Rhetoric43▲ 6.6×3 topics
  32. Argumentation42▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Ethos42▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Historical Narratives41▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Intercultural Communication40▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Global Perspectives40▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Cultural Impact40▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Scientific History38▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Technological Development38▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Star Formation38▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Besançon?

French Urban and Social …91French Urban and Social Studies: 91 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 57 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 41 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 37 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 35 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 32 fractional worksCultural Insights and Di…29Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 29 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 29 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 28 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…27Social Sciences and Governance: 27 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhilosophyHistory and Philosophy of ScienceGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 91 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 57 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 41 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 37 works
  5. 5 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 35 works
  6. 6 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 32 works
  7. 7 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 29 works
  8. 8 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 29 works
  9. 9 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 28 works
  10. 10 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 27 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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%Besançon18.0% 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 22.0% in 2014.

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