Research in Nantes
Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Nantes. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Laboratoire d'Economie et de Management de Nantes Atlantique and Institut de recherche en droit privé.
- Research institutions
- 15 2 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 2k ▲ 65% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 8.5% 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 Urban Studies (13.8× the world share in Urban Studies).
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 22.3 works14×
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, Public Policy, Social Justice, Citizen Participation, Social Determinants of Health and Environmental Participation.
- Gender Equality
- Patient Rights
- Medical Ethics
- Inequalities
- Healthcare Quality Indicators
- Palliative Care
- Primary Care
- Migration
- Identity
- Sociolinguistics
- Solidarity Economy
- Cooperatives
- Social Innovation
- Institutionalization
- Proximity and Innovation
- Social Determinants of Health
- Economic Development
- Social Justice
- Public Policy
- Territorial Governance
- Community Engagement
- Local Development
- Sustainable Development
- Globalization
- Citizen Participation
- Environmental Participation
- Gender
- Human Rights
- Citizenship
- Participative Evaluation
- Colonialism
- Pragmatics
- Religion
- Social Change
- Healthcare Policy
- Digital Health
- Family Law
- Universal Health Coverage
- Healthcare Legislation
- European Union
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 Engagement46▲ 24×5 topics
- Territorial Governance46▲ 62×3 topics
- Local Development45▲ 67×2 topics
- Public Policy36▲ 13×8 topics
- Sustainable Development32▲ 3.5×18 topics
- Social Justice32▲ 9.3×11 topics
- Globalization28▲ 2.5×48 topics
- Economic Development26▲ 5.4×12 topics
- Citizen Participation25▲ 35×2 topics
- Social Determinants of Health25▲ 19×4 topics
- Environmental Participation24▲ 53×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation24▲ 53×1 topic
- Gender24▲ 7.6×26 topics
- Institutionalization24▲ 44×4 topics
- Human Rights23▲ 3.8×30 topics
- Social Innovation22▲ 24×4 topics
- Citizenship21▲ 30×4 topics
- Cooperatives21▲ 45×2 topics
- Participative Evaluation21▲ 100×1 topic
- Solidarity Economy21▲ 57×1 topic
- Colonialism20▲ 7.2×19 topics
- Sociolinguistics18▲ 16×8 topics
- Pragmatics18▲ 19×6 topics
- Identity18▲ 4.1×38 topics
- Religion16▲ 5.7×16 topics
- Migration16▲ 7.9×13 topics
- Social Change15▲ 21×3 topics
- Primary Care15▲ 6.8×9 topics
- Healthcare Policy15▲ 26×2 topics
- Palliative Care15▲ 16×4 topics
- Digital Health14▲ 22×2 topics
- Healthcare Quality Indicators14▲ 41×2 topics
- Family Law14▲ 53×3 topics
- Inequalities14▲ 70×1 topic
- Universal Health Coverage14▲ 70×1 topic
- Medical Ethics14▲ 18×3 topics
- Healthcare Legislation14▲ 39×1 topic
- Patient Rights14▲ 32×1 topic
- European Union14▲ 10×14 topics
- Gender Equality13▲ 7.9×6 topics
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 24 works
- 2 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 21 works
- 3 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 14 works
- 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 14 works
- 5 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 11 works
- 6 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 11 works
- 7 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 9 works
- 8 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 8 works
- 9 Legal and Social Philosophy Sociology and Political Science 7 works
- 10 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 7 works
Research output over time
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