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Research in Esch-sur-Alzette

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research and Centre François Baclesse.

Research institutions
7
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.8k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
12.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Esch-sur-Alzette

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 Esch-sur-Alzette?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic ResearchNonprofit 873 #7,569
2Centre François BaclesseNonprofit 425 #20,368
3Agence pour le développement de l'emploiInstitution 226 #20,286 all time
4Arbed (Luxembourg)Company 132 #22,810 all time
5Technoport (Luxembourg)Company 14 not ranked
6Profilarbed (Luxembourg)Company 2 not ranked
7Luxcontrol (Luxembourg)Company 1 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.

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research: 52.2%Centre François Baclesse: 25.4%Agence pour le développement de l'emploi: 13.5%Arbed (Luxembourg): 7.9%3 others listed: 1.0%52%largest
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research873 · 52.2%Centre François Baclesse425 · 25.4%Agence pour le développement de l'emploi226 · 13.5%Arbed (Luxembourg)132 · 7.9%3 others listed17 · 1.0%

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

Which fields of science does Esch-sur-Alzette work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research in Esch-sur-Alzette is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Medicine (14%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 273 fractional works · 56.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 166 fractional works · 34.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 59 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 7.2% of its workTransportation: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 41 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 26 fractional works · 5.4% of its workFinance: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 92 fractional works · 19.0% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 91 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMedicine: 66 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEsch-sur-Alzette485fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences56%

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. Social Sciences16634.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance418.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities275.5%
    4. Psychology183.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting153.1%
    6. Decision Sciences71.4%
    1. Engineering295.9%
    2. Environmental Science224.5%
    3. Computer Science214.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy51.0%
    5. Energy40.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.8%
    7. Mathematics30.7%
    8. Chemistry30.6%
    9. Materials Science20.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine6613.7%
    2. Health Professions244.9%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology112.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences102.1%
    3. Neuroscience40.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Esch-sur-Alzette strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Esch-sur-Alzette is most concentrated in Political Science and International Relations and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4.9× the world share in Political Science and International Relations).

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 30.6 works4.9×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 37.1 works4.2×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.92× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.16× its world share, 37 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 142 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.16×37 works
  2. Social Sciences2.68×142 works
  3. Health Professions1.96×22 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.92×23 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.43×6 works
  6. Psychology1.31×17 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.00×14 works
  8. Energy0.96×4 works
  9. Environmental Science0.85×18 works
  10. Medicine0.69×56 works
  11. Mathematics0.64×3 works
  12. Neuroscience0.54×4 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×3 works
  14. Computer Science0.48×16 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.43×4 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×9 works
  18. Engineering0.42×26 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×8 works
  20. Chemistry0.39×2 works
  21. Nursing0.39×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.11×2 works
  26. Veterinary0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Esch-sur-Alzette?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Income Inequality, Labor Market, Physical Activity, Gender Inequality, Public Health, Economic Growth and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Globalization44▲ 4.6×59 topics
  2. Public Health21▲ 2.9×35 topics
  3. Income Inequality19▲ 28×7 topics
  4. Mental Health18▲ 2.6×21 topics
  5. Sustainability18▲ 1.49×44 topics
  6. Economic Growth17▲ 4.3×18 topics
  7. Labor Market17▲ 12×13 topics
  8. Physical Activity16▲ 6.7×8 topics
  9. Gender Inequality14▲ 21×5 topics
  10. Nationalism14▲ 6.3×13 topics
  11. Economic Development13▲ 3.3×20 topics
  12. European Integration10▲ 39×3 topics
  13. Social Policy10▲ 24×4 topics
  14. Health Outcomes10▲ 7.8×7 topics
  15. Transportation10▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Social Justice10▲ 3.4×14 topics
  17. Neoliberalism10▲ 5.5×11 topics
  18. Health Impact Assessment9▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Accessibility9▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Political Economy9▲ 7.1×9 topics
  21. Urban Design9▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Active Travel9▲ 26×1 topic
  23. Built Environment9▲ 26×1 topic
  24. European Union9▲ 8.0×12 topics
  25. Territorial Governance9▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Immigration8▲ 16×5 topics
  27. Governance8▲ 5.2×13 topics
  28. Spatial Planning8▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Social Networks8▲ 6.1×6 topics
  30. Europe8▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Labor Force Participation8▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Political Communication8▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Unemployment8▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Human Capital7▲ 9.4×5 topics
  35. Income Tax7▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Latin America7▲ 7.3×3 topics
  37. Border Cooperation7▲ 176×1 topic
  38. Cross-Border Regions7▲ 176×1 topic
  39. Populism6▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Right-Wing6▲ 59×1 topic

What research is done in Esch-sur-Alzette?

Urban Transport and Acce…7Urban Transport and Accessibility: 7 fractional worksCross-Border Cooperation…6Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration: 6 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 5 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Inequality: 5 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 5 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 5 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 5 fractional worksTransportation and Mobil…5Transportation and Mobility Innovations: 5 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 5 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 4 fractional works
TransportationPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 7 works
  2. 2 Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  3. 3 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  4. 4 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 5 works
  6. 6 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 5 works
  7. 7 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  8. 8 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 5 works
  10. 10 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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 counting20%40%Esch-sur-Alzette25.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 37.7% in 2016.

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