Research in Lyon
Science Explorer records 87 research institutions in Lyon, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université de Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon.
- Research institutions
- 87 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 126k ◆ 0% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.4M 18.9 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 10.5% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Lyon?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Lyon work in?
In 2022-now, 45% of research in Lyon is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (21%), Arts and Humanities (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences9,51044.5%
- Social Sciences5,10423.9%
- Arts and Humanities2,85213.4%
- Psychology5902.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting5262.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3441.6%
- Decision Sciences930.4%
- Health Sciences5,59226.2%
- Medicine4,39420.6%
- Health Professions1,0534.9%
- Veterinary550.3%
- Dentistry470.2%
- Nursing430.2%
- Physical Sciences4,21519.7%
- Engineering1,2515.9%
- Computer Science8944.2%
- Environmental Science5262.5%
- Physics and Astronomy3871.8%
- Materials Science3461.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2801.3%
- Mathematics2261.1%
- Chemistry1820.9%
- Energy630.3%
- Chemical Engineering600.3%
- Life Sciences2,0499.6%
What is Lyon strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Lyon is most concentrated in Archeology, Anthropology and Classics (9.7× the world share in Archeology).
- ArcheologySubfield · 576.1 works9.7×
- AnthropologySubfield · 537.2 works9.7×
- ClassicsSubfield · 102.5 works8.8×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 248.4 works8.2×
- ArcheologySubfield · 22.1 works7.4×
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 389.0 works7.2×
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 159.1 works7.1×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities4.81×2,729 works
- Social Sciences1.94×4,835 works
- Health Professions1.92×994 works
- Veterinary1.79×48 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.05×208 works
- Medicine1.02×3,862 works
- Psychology0.91×547 works
- Mathematics0.90×208 works
- Chemical Engineering0.81×56 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.81×352 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×245 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.76×483 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×318 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×787 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×630 works
- Neuroscience0.57×183 works
- Chemistry0.55×168 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×38 works
- Computer Science0.53×813 works
- Environmental Science0.49×478 works
- Materials Science0.45×308 works
- Dentistry0.44×42 works
- Decision Sciences0.44×84 works
- Nursing0.41×40 works
- Engineering0.38×1,135 works
- Energy0.32×57 works
Which keywords describe research in Lyon?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Public Policy, Social Justice, Citizen Participation, Environmental Participation and Proximity and Innovation.
- Sociolinguistics
- Public Action
- Sociological Analysis
- Ethical Practices
- Patient Rights
- Public Health Policy
- Educational Policies
- Cooperatives
- Institutionalization
- Citizenship
- Palliative Care
- Social Determinants of Health
- Religion
- Gender Studies
- Mental Health
- Proximity and Innovation
- Citizen Participation
- Globalization
- Public Policy
- Territorial Governance
- Community Engagement
- Local Development
- Social Justice
- Sustainable Development
- Environmental Participation
- Gender
- Colonialism
- Identity
- History
- Migration
- Archaeology
- Social Innovation
- Medical Ethics
- End-of-Life Care
- Psychological Trauma
- Ethnographic Research
- Solidarity Economy
- Healthcare Legislation
- Professional Practices
- Participative Evaluation
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
- Community Engagement1,074▲ 15×20 topics
- Territorial Governance1,030▲ 42×4 topics
- Local Development1,024▲ 46×2 topics
- Public Policy933▲ 9.2×28 topics
- Social Justice883▲ 6.9×45 topics
- Globalization873▲ 2.1×152 topics
- Sustainable Development801▲ 2.4×80 topics
- Citizen Participation675▲ 27×2 topics
- Environmental Participation672▲ 44×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation672▲ 44×1 topic
- Gender666▲ 5.8×56 topics
- Mental Health664▲ 2.2×46 topics
- Colonialism587▲ 5.8×50 topics
- Gender Studies582▲ 18×16 topics
- Identity540▲ 3.5×72 topics
- Religion524▲ 5.3×42 topics
- History485▲ 3.3×65 topics
- Social Determinants of Health464▲ 10×6 topics
- Migration423▲ 5.8×31 topics
- Palliative Care412▲ 13×6 topics
- Archaeology411▲ 15×11 topics
- Citizenship386▲ 15×12 topics
- Social Innovation375▲ 11×10 topics
- Institutionalization374▲ 19×5 topics
- Medical Ethics362▲ 14×7 topics
- Cooperatives358▲ 23×3 topics
- End-of-Life Care358▲ 15×4 topics
- Educational Policies357▲ 16×3 topics
- Psychological Trauma357▲ 27×2 topics
- Public Health Policy356▲ 6.4×4 topics
- Ethnographic Research355▲ 33×4 topics
- Patient Rights354▲ 24×2 topics
- Solidarity Economy354▲ 29×2 topics
- Ethical Practices354▲ 27×1 topic
- Healthcare Legislation354▲ 30×1 topic
- Sociological Analysis354▲ 30×2 topics
- Professional Practices352▲ 46×1 topic
- Public Action352▲ 46×1 topic
- Participative Evaluation351▲ 51×1 topic
- Sociolinguistics341▲ 8.8×9 topics
What research is done in Lyon?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 659 works
- 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 344 works
- 3 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 344 works
- 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 339 works
- 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 275 works
- 6 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 219 works
- 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 210 works
- 8 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 208 works
- 9 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 190 works
- 10 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 187 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.3% in 2000.
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