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Research in Orléans

Science Explorer records 24 research institutions in Orléans, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Université d'Orléans, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and Laboratoire Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Mécanique et Energétique.

Research institutions
24
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.6%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Orléans?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Université d'OrléansUniversity 8,195 #3,256
2Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et MinièresGovernment institution 3,446 #7,433
3Centre de Biophysique MoléculaireResearch facility 1,456 #12,200
4Laboratoire Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Mécanique et EnergétiqueResearch facility 1,290 #9,734
5Centre hospitalier universitaire d'OrléansHospital / health system 1,011 #12,244
6Soil Science Research UnitResearch facility 923 #22,154
7Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux Haute Température et IrradiationResearch facility 838 #14,153
8Laboratoire d’Économie d’OrléansResearch facility 783 #22,081
9Groupe de Recherches sur l'Energétique des Milieux IonisésResearch facility 552 #19,967
10Institut de Chimie Organique et AnalytiqueResearch facility 451 #18,197
11Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'OrléansResearch facility 405 #16,044 all time
12Institut de Combustion Aérothermique Réactivité et EnvironnementResearch facility 383 #13,637
13Interfaces, Confinement, Matériaux et NanostructuresUniversity 325 #12,158 all time
14Laboratoire de Mathématiques Analyse, Probabilités, Modélisation OrléansResearch facility 302 #20,671 all time
15Délégation Centre Limousin Poitou-CharentesGovernment institution 246 #34,157 all time
16Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l’Environnement et de l’EspaceResearch facility 203 #21,708 all time
17Physiologie, Ecologie et EnvironnementResearch facility 155 #28,451 all time
18Le StudiumResearch facility 136 #25,624 all time
19Immunologie et Neurogénétique Expérimentales et MoléculairesResearch facility 101 not ranked
20Biologie intégrée pour la valorisation de la diversité des arbres et de la forêtResearch facility 30 not ranked
21IRIS Instruments (France)Company 29 not ranked
22Conseil régional du Centre-Val de LoireGovernment institution 7 not ranked
23École Supérieure d'Art et de Design d'OrléansUniversity 7 not ranked
24Synergie InformatiqueCompany 7 not ranked

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.

Université d'Orléans: 38.5%Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières: 16.2%Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire: 6.8%Laboratoire Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Mécanique et Energétique: 6.1%20 others listed: 32.4%39%largest
Université d'Orléans8,195 · 38.5%Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières3,446 · 16.2%Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire1,456 · 6.8%Laboratoire Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Mécanique et Energétique1,290 · 6.1%20 others listed6,894 · 32.4%

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What is Orléans strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Orléans is most concentrated in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes (13.7× the world share in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes).

  1. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 33.9 works14×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 111.9 works10×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 38.0 works10×
  4. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 32.0 works9.9×
  5. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 25.0 works6.8×
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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 Orléans?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Climate Change, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Public Policy, Social Justice, Citizen Participation and Environmental Participation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Climate Change168▲ 1.96×92 topics
  2. Sustainable Development100▲ 1.98×53 topics
  3. Remote Sensing99▲ 2.5×32 topics
  4. Machine Learning99◆ 0.94×66 topics
  5. Sustainability88◆ 1.14×79 topics
  6. Community Engagement85▲ 8.1×10 topics
  7. Social Justice85▲ 4.5×21 topics
  8. Territorial Governance82▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Local Development81▲ 22×2 topics
  10. Environmental Impact81▲ 1.49×53 topics
  11. Public Policy80▲ 5.1×14 topics
  12. Globalization80▲ 1.27×81 topics
  13. Citizen Participation63▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Environmental Participation63▲ 25×1 topic
  15. Proximity and Innovation63▲ 25×1 topic
  16. Chemical Kinetics58▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Plate Tectonics52▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Heat Transfer50▲ 3.2×17 topics
  19. Colonialism48▲ 3.2×36 topics
  20. Cultural Heritage48▲ 2.8×25 topics
  21. Tectonics46▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Emissions43▲ 6.7×6 topics
  23. Oxidation Mechanism40▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Thermodynamic Modeling38▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Large-Eddy Simulation37▲ 6.0×5 topics
  26. Subduction36▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Geological Mapping36▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Gender Studies35▲ 7.1×10 topics
  29. Geochronology34▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Zircon34▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Combustion Instabilities34▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Sociolinguistics34▲ 5.6×7 topics
  33. Combustion33▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Livestock Farming33▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Biofuels32▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Internal Combustion Engines31▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Soot Formation31▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Agroecology30▲ 6.4×3 topics
  39. Multifunctionality29▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Work Organization29▲ 21×1 topic

What research is done in Orléans?

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 63 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 34 works
  3. 3 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 31 works
  4. 4 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 29 works
  5. 5 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 27 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 24 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 23 works
  8. 8 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 22 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 19 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 19 works

Research output over time

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