Research in Montpellier
Science Explorer records 114 research institutions in Montpellier, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Université de Montpellier, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier.
- Research institutions
- 114 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 93k ▲ 17% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 14.6% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Montpellier?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
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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).
- HorticultureSubfield · 39.9 works19×
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 172.2 works9.4×
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 526.4 works7.0×
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 20.0 works5.5×
- ArcheologySubfield · 234.3 works4.9×
- ForestrySubfield · 79.6 works4.8×
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 187.2 works4.3×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Montpellier?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Smallholder Farmers, Social Justice, Adaptation and Public Policy.
- Participative Evaluation
- Institutionalization
- Citizenship
- Multilingualism
- Public Action
- Sociological Analysis
- Ethnographic Research
- Colonialism
- Gender Studies
- Multifunctionality
- Livestock Farming
- Public Health
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Participation
- Adaptation
- Public Policy
- Sustainable Development
- Local Development
- Community Engagement
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Territorial Governance
- Social Justice
- Globalization
- Smallholder Farmers
- Citizen Participation
- Proximity and Innovation
- Agroecology
- Diversity
- Agricultural Development
- Work Organization
- Invasive Species
- Sociolinguistics
- Educational Policies
- Professional Practices
- Social Innovation
- Cultural Diversity
- Cooperatives
- Solidarity Economy
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Climate Change1,155▲ 2.7×114 topics
- Epidemiology751▲ 1.19×139 topics
- Sustainability689▲ 1.78×109 topics
- Community Engagement532▲ 10×18 topics
- Territorial Governance516▲ 26×4 topics
- Local Development513▲ 28×2 topics
- Social Justice505▲ 5.4×41 topics
- Sustainable Development480▲ 1.90×77 topics
- Globalization465▲ 1.49×135 topics
- Public Policy435▲ 5.5×28 topics
- Smallholder Farmers432▲ 12×6 topics
- Adaptation400▲ 8.8×14 topics
- Citizen Participation355▲ 18×2 topics
- Environmental Participation354▲ 28×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation354▲ 28×1 topic
- Biodiversity351▲ 3.0×36 topics
- Agroecology347▲ 15×6 topics
- Public Health331▲ 1.43×67 topics
- Diversity330▲ 12×12 topics
- Livestock Farming305▲ 31×3 topics
- Agricultural Development297▲ 11×7 topics
- Multifunctionality294▲ 37×2 topics
- Work Organization288▲ 42×1 topic
- Gender Studies256▲ 10×15 topics
- Invasive Species235▲ 3.5×21 topics
- Colonialism219▲ 2.9×46 topics
- Sociolinguistics211▲ 7.0×9 topics
- Ethnographic Research190▲ 22×3 topics
- Educational Policies189▲ 10×3 topics
- Sociological Analysis188▲ 20×2 topics
- Professional Practices188▲ 30×1 topic
- Public Action188▲ 30×1 topic
- Social Innovation184▲ 7.4×8 topics
- Multilingualism177▲ 6.7×6 topics
- Cultural Diversity174▲ 4.9×18 topics
- Citizenship171▲ 8.9×11 topics
- Cooperatives167▲ 13×4 topics
- Institutionalization166▲ 11×4 topics
- Solidarity Economy161▲ 16×2 topics
- Participative Evaluation159▲ 28×1 topic
What research is done in Montpellier?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 354 works
- 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 288 works
- 3 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 188 works
- 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 159 works
- 5 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 122 works
- 6 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 104 works
- 7 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 102 works
- 8 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 99 works
- 9 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 78 works
- 10 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 69 works
Research output over time
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