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Research in Montpellier

Science Explorer records 38 research institutions in Montpellier, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier and CGIAR.

Research institutions
38
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
93k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3M
24.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.6%
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 Montpellier?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Université de MontpellierUniversity 40,346 #372
2CGIARInstitution 15,308 #2,050
3Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierUniversity 4,550 #1,919
4École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de MontpellierUniversity 2,763 #7,267
5Hôpital Arnaud de VilleneuveHospital / health system 2,034 #16,884
6Institut Agro MontpellierUniversity 1,776 #5,633
7Agropolis InternationalInstitution 1,736 #4,807
8Hôpital Gui de ChauliacHospital / health system 1,562 #11,687
9Montpellier Business SchoolUniversity 1,400 #8,471
10Conseil Régional du Languedoc-RoussillonGovernment institution 520 #12,648 all time
11Hôpital Saint CharlesHospital / health system 499 #18,770 all time
12École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture MontpellierUniversity 344 #13,843 all time
13Dynamique des Capacités Humaines et des Conduites de SantéResearch facility 315 #22,045 all time
14Clinique du MillénaireHospital / health system 307 #21,641 all time
15Gefluc Languedoc RoussillonInstitution 264 #26,793 all time
16Académie de MontpellierUniversity 257 #21,743
17Institut Bouisson BertrandInstitution 254 #17,838 all time
18Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de MontpellierUniversity 162 #28,242 all time
19ELSAResearch facility 146 #26,123 all time
20COMUE Languedoc-Roussillon UniversitésInstitution 118 not ranked
21Clinique ClémentvilleHospital / health system 76 not ranked
22Groupe ICVInstitution 66 not ranked
23Laboratoire de Géographie et d'Aménagement de MontpellierResearch facility 54 not ranked
24Centre Hospitalier Saint-CharlesHospital / health system 43 not ranked
25Centre Informatique National de l'Enseignement SupérieurUniversity 25 not ranked
26Languedoc MutualitéHospital / health system 22 not ranked
27Entretiens de Rééducation et Réadaptation FonctionnellesInstitution 22 not ranked
28Sensorion (France)Company 21 not ranked
29Techno-Membranes (France)Company 16 not ranked
30Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement SupérieurArchive 11 not ranked
31Bausch Health (France)Company 7 not ranked
32Association pour l’Assistance et la Réhabilitation à DomicileInstitution 6 not ranked
33Surgimab (France)Company 6 not ranked
34Kloé (France)Company 5 not ranked
35Scaleo Medical (France)Company 2 not ranked
36Pretexo (France)Company 2 not ranked
37Institut du Développement Durable et des Ressources AquatiquesResearch facility 1 not ranked
38Association du Syndrome de LoweNonprofit 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 Montpellier: 53.8%CGIAR: 20.4%Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier: 6.1%École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier: 3.7%33 others listed: 16.1%54%largest
Université de Montpellier40k · 53.8%CGIAR15k · 20.4%Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier4,550 · 6.1%École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier2,763 · 3.7%33 others listed12k · 16.1%

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

Which fields of science does Montpellier work in?

In 2022-now, 29% of research in Montpellier is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5,072 fractional works · 29.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,333 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEcology: 345 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 241 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 120 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 110 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 106 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 106 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1,170 fractional works · 6.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 312 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 265 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 129 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 620 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 204 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 117 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 537 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 291 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 99 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 410 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 126 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 347 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 143 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 319 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 92 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 175 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 131 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 111 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 102 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,567 fractional works · 26.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,448 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,081 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 287 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 192 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 178 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 158 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 151 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 123 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 191 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 991 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArcheology: 247 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 160 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 159 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 142 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 109 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 106 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 433 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 163 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 111 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 92 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 384 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 217 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 165 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 92 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4,068 fractional works · 23.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2,130 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPlant Science: 728 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 569 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFood Science: 213 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 154 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 122 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 81 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,347 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 754 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 283 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 170 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 310 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 241 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 139 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,700 fractional works · 21.3% of its workMedicine: 3,071 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSurgery: 341 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 275 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 255 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 245 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 178 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 153 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 143 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 141 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 114 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 99 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 93 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 81 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 379 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 480 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 375 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMontpellier17kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences26%

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 Science1,3337.7%
    2. Engineering1,1706.7%
    3. Computer Science6203.6%
    4. Materials Science5373.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences4102.4%
    6. Chemistry3472.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy3191.8%
    8. Mathematics1751.0%
    9. Energy1110.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering500.3%
  1. Social Sciences4,56726.2%
    1. Social Sciences2,44814.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities9915.7%
    3. Psychology4332.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3842.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2171.2%
    6. Decision Sciences920.5%
  2. Life Sciences4,06823.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2,13012.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,3477.7%
    3. Neuroscience3101.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2411.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics390.2%
  3. Health Sciences3,70021.3%
    1. Medicine3,07117.6%
    2. Health Professions4802.8%
    3. Nursing780.5%
    4. Dentistry410.2%
    5. Veterinary290.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Montpellier strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Montpellier is most concentrated in Horticulture, Linguistics and Language and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (18.7× the world share in Horticulture).

  1. HorticultureSubfield · 39.9 works19×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 172.2 works9.4×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 526.4 works7.0×
  4. Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 20.0 works5.5×
  5. ArcheologySubfield · 234.3 works4.9×
  6. ForestrySubfield · 79.6 works4.8×
  7. Urban StudiesSubfield · 187.2 works4.3×
← 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: 2.59× its world share, 1,961 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 1,200 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 209 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 276 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 34 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 46 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.25× its world share, 313 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 560 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 364 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 104 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 1,088 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 1,200 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.88× its world share, 491 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 147 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 286 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 35 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 449 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 2,725 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 72 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.21× its world share, 26 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.07× its world share, 951 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 359 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 85 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 202 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 392 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 2,333 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.59×1,961 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.07×951 works
  3. Environmental Science1.52×1,200 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.46×364 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.41×1,200 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.31×209 works
  7. Chemistry1.25×313 works
  8. Veterinary1.21×26 works
  9. Social Sciences1.16×2,333 works
  10. Neuroscience1.07×276 works
  11. Health Professions1.07×449 works
  12. Nursing0.93×72 works
  13. Medicine0.89×2,725 works
  14. Materials Science0.88×491 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.83×46 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.81×286 works
  17. Psychology0.81×392 works
  18. Mathematics0.79×147 works
  19. Energy0.71×104 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×359 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×34 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×202 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.55×85 works
  24. Engineering0.46×1,088 works
  25. Computer Science0.45×560 works
  26. Dentistry0.45×35 works

Which keywords describe research in Montpellier?

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, Adaptation, Social Justice and Public Policy.

▲ 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 Change1,248▲ 2.6×115 topics
  2. Epidemiology847▲ 1.22×139 topics
  3. Sustainability730▲ 1.72×112 topics
  4. Community Engagement543▲ 9.6×18 topics
  5. Territorial Governance526▲ 26×4 topics
  6. Local Development523▲ 29×2 topics
  7. Social Justice519▲ 5.0×43 topics
  8. Sustainable Development500▲ 1.84×77 topics
  9. Globalization499▲ 1.46×142 topics
  10. Smallholder Farmers454▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Public Policy446▲ 5.4×29 topics
  12. Adaptation426▲ 8.2×14 topics
  13. Biodiversity392▲ 3.0×37 topics
  14. Environmental Impact380▲ 1.28×60 topics
  15. Agroecology361▲ 15×6 topics
  16. Citizen Participation361▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Environmental Participation360▲ 29×1 topic
  18. Proximity and Innovation360▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Diversity342▲ 11×12 topics
  20. Livestock Farming316▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Agricultural Development305▲ 11×7 topics
  22. Multifunctionality302▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Work Organization296▲ 44×1 topic
  24. Gender Studies265▲ 10.0×16 topics
  25. Invasive Species256▲ 3.5×21 topics
  26. Sociolinguistics217▲ 6.8×9 topics
  27. Sustainable Agriculture203▲ 3.8×17 topics
  28. Ethnographic Research193▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Educational Policies193▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Sociological Analysis192▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Professional Practices192▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Public Action192▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Social Innovation188▲ 7.0×8 topics
  34. Cultural Diversity183▲ 4.7×19 topics
  35. Multilingualism183▲ 6.5×6 topics
  36. Citizenship176▲ 8.4×11 topics
  37. Cooperatives171▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Institutionalization170▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Solidarity Economy165▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Participative Evaluation163▲ 29×1 topic

What research is done in Montpellier?

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 354 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 288 works
  3. 3 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 188 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 159 works
  5. 5 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 122 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 104 works
  7. 7 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 102 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 99 works
  9. 9 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 78 works
  10. 10 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 69 works

Research output over time

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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%Montpellier16.2% 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 27.4% in 2016.

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