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Research in Orléans

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Orléans, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université d'Orléans, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and Centre hospitalier universitaire d'Orléans.

Research institutions
8
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
443k
20.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Orléans

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 Orléans?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Université d'OrléansUniversity 10,019 #1,666
2Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et MinièresGovernment institution 3,446 #5,998
3Centre hospitalier universitaire d'OrléansHospital / health system 1,011 #11,855
4Le StudiumResearch facility 136 #20,497 all time
5IRIS Instruments (France)Company 29 not ranked
6Conseil régional du Centre-Val de LoireGovernment institution 7 not ranked
7École Supérieure d'Art et de Design d'OrléansUniversity 7 not ranked
8Synergie InformatiqueCompany 7 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 d'Orléans: 68.3%Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières: 23.5%Centre hospitalier universitaire d'Orléans: 6.9%Le Studium: 0.9%4 others listed: 0.3%68%largest
Université d'Orléans10k · 68.3%Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières3,446 · 23.5%Centre hospitalier universitaire d'Orléans1,011 · 6.9%Le Studium136 · 0.9%4 others listed50 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Orléans work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Orléans is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (12%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,929 fractional works · 54.3% of its workEngineering: 612 fractional works · 17.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 92 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 88 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 76 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 71 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 52 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 297 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeophysics: 125 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 284 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 68 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 200 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 83 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 172 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 110 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 129 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 100 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 52 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 884 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 416 fractional works · 11.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 176 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 59 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 225 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 126 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 77 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 52 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 409 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMedicine: 327 fractional works · 9.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 73 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 55 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 329 fractional works · 9.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 149 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 126 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 83 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKOrléans3,551fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences25%

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. Engineering61217.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2978.4%
    3. Environmental Science2848.0%
    4. Computer Science2005.6%
    5. Materials Science1724.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy1293.6%
    7. Chemistry1002.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering521.5%
    9. Mathematics441.2%
    10. Energy371.0%
    1. Social Sciences41611.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities2256.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1263.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting521.5%
    5. Psychology451.3%
    6. Decision Sciences190.5%
    1. Medicine3279.2%
    2. Health Professions732.1%
    3. Nursing50.1%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1494.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1263.6%
    3. Neuroscience240.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology230.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.91× its world share, 138 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 116 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.23× its world share, 47 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.90× its world share, 95 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 182 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.27× its world share, 264 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.12× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 550 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 248 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.43× its world share, 159 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 40 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 108 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 279 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.27× its world share, 210 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 113 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 385 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.27×264 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.23×47 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.27×210 works
  4. Chemistry1.90×95 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.65×113 works
  6. Environmental Science1.57×248 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.52×108 works
  8. Materials Science1.43×159 works
  9. Engineering1.15×550 works
  10. Energy1.12×33 works
  11. Mathematics1.08×40 works
  12. Social Sciences0.95×385 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.91×138 works
  14. Health Professions0.79×66 works
  15. Computer Science0.74×182 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×116 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.65×21 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×6 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.50×15 works
  20. Medicine0.45×279 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×46 works
  22. Neuroscience0.43×22 works
  23. Psychology0.40×39 works
  24. Nursing0.30×5 works
  25. Veterinary0.22×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.14×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Orléans?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Public Policy, Social Justice, Remote Sensing and Citizen 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-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 Change187▲ 1.94×95 topics
  2. Remote Sensing112▲ 2.6×34 topics
  3. Machine Learning112◆ 0.94×67 topics
  4. Sustainable Development106▲ 1.91×57 topics
  5. Sustainability101▲ 1.17×81 topics
  6. Globalization90▲ 1.29×89 topics
  7. Community Engagement90▲ 7.7×10 topics
  8. Environmental Impact89▲ 1.48×54 topics
  9. Social Justice88▲ 4.2×22 topics
  10. Territorial Governance87▲ 21×4 topics
  11. Local Development85▲ 23×2 topics
  12. Public Policy83▲ 4.9×14 topics
  13. Citizen Participation65▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Chemical Kinetics65▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Environmental Participation65▲ 26×1 topic
  16. Proximity and Innovation65▲ 26×1 topic
  17. Plate Tectonics57▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Heat Transfer56▲ 3.2×17 topics
  19. Colonialism52▲ 3.1×36 topics
  20. Cultural Heritage52▲ 2.8×26 topics
  21. Tectonics51▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Oxidation Mechanism46▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Emissions46▲ 6.6×6 topics
  24. Thermodynamic Modeling43▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Large-Eddy Simulation40▲ 6.0×5 topics
  26. Subduction39▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Geological Mapping39▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Geochronology38▲ 15×1 topic
  29. Zircon38▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Combustion Instabilities37▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Sociolinguistics37▲ 5.8×7 topics
  32. Gender Studies37▲ 6.9×10 topics
  33. Combustion36▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Biofuels35▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Internal Combustion Engines34▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Soot Formation34▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Livestock Farming34▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Premixed Combustion30▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Turbulent Flames30▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Geodetic Measurements30▲ 8.0×2 topics

What research is done in Orléans?

French Urban and Social …63French Urban and Social Studies: 63 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 34 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engi…31Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 31 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…29Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 29 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 27 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 24 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …23earthquake and tectonic studies: 23 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 22 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 19 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…19Health, Medicine and Society: 19 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeophysicsFluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  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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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%Orléans13.7% 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 25.0% in 2007.

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