Research in Nantes
Science Explorer records 73 research institutions in Nantes, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Nantes Université, Gene Therapy Laboratory and IMT Atlantique.
- Research institutions
- 73 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 57k ▲ 14% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 11.1% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Nantes?
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
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What is Nantes strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Nantes is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, History and Philosophy of Science and Urban Studies (8.4× the world share in Linguistics and Language).
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 110.9 works8.4×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 99.1 works5.6×
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 158.7 works5.0×
- ArcheologySubfield · 161.3 works4.6×
- AnthropologySubfield · 145.9 works4.5×
- HistorySubfield · 158.5 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 Nantes?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Social Justice, Public Policy, Gender Studies, Citizen Participation and Environmental Participation.
- Universal Health Coverage
- Healthcare Policy
- Digital Health
- Participative Evaluation
- Cooperatives
- Patient Rights
- Psychological Trauma
- Cultural Diversity
- End-of-Life Care
- Palliative Care
- Social Determinants of Health
- Professional Practices
- Ethnographic Research
- Gender
- Environmental Participation
- Citizen Participation
- Globalization
- Public Policy
- Local Development
- Social Justice
- Community Engagement
- Territorial Governance
- Epidemiology
- Sustainable Development
- Gender Studies
- Mental Health
- Proximity and Innovation
- Educational Policies
- Sociological Analysis
- Public Action
- Colonialism
- Citizenship
- Medical Ethics
- Social Innovation
- Healthcare Legislation
- Institutionalization
- Solidarity Economy
- Healthcare Management
- Healthcare Quality Indicators
- Inequalities
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
- Community Engagement451▲ 12×17 topics
- Social Justice440▲ 6.5×33 topics
- Territorial Governance438▲ 30×4 topics
- Local Development436▲ 33×2 topics
- Epidemiology428◆ 0.94×137 topics
- Public Policy400▲ 7.0×22 topics
- Sustainable Development368▲ 2.0×69 topics
- Globalization344▲ 1.52×130 topics
- Gender Studies306▲ 17×15 topics
- Citizen Participation300▲ 21×3 topics
- Mental Health300▲ 1.77×46 topics
- Environmental Participation298▲ 32×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation298▲ 32×1 topic
- Gender234▲ 3.7×52 topics
- Educational Policies223▲ 17×3 topics
- Ethnographic Research223▲ 36×3 topics
- Sociological Analysis222▲ 33×3 topics
- Professional Practices222▲ 49×1 topic
- Public Action222▲ 49×1 topic
- Social Determinants of Health210▲ 8.0×8 topics
- Colonialism207▲ 3.8×47 topics
- Palliative Care170▲ 9.1×5 topics
- Citizenship153▲ 11×11 topics
- End-of-Life Care153▲ 11×3 topics
- Medical Ethics152▲ 9.9×6 topics
- Cultural Diversity152▲ 5.9×17 topics
- Social Innovation150▲ 8.3×9 topics
- Psychological Trauma149▲ 20×2 topics
- Healthcare Legislation149▲ 21×1 topic
- Patient Rights149▲ 17×1 topic
- Institutionalization148▲ 14×5 topics
- Cooperatives142▲ 15×3 topics
- Solidarity Economy140▲ 19×2 topics
- Participative Evaluation138▲ 34×1 topic
- Healthcare Management132▲ 14×3 topics
- Digital Health131▲ 9.9×3 topics
- Healthcare Quality Indicators131▲ 19×2 topics
- Healthcare Policy130▲ 12×2 topics
- Inequalities129▲ 32×1 topic
- Universal Health Coverage129▲ 32×1 topic
What research is done in Nantes?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 298 works
- 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 222 works
- 3 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 149 works
- 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 138 works
- 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 129 works
- 6 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 79 works
- 7 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 78 works
- 8 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 77 works
- 9 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 75 works
- 10 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 71 works
Research output over time
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