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Research in Orléans

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Orléans. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Institut Denis Poisson.

Research institutions
11
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
566
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
9.7%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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
1Institut Denis PoissonResearch facility 155 #14,754
2Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale d'OrléansResearch facility 129 #39,842 all time
3Centre de recherche juridique PothierResearch facility 108 not ranked
4Réceptions et médiations de littératures et de cultures étrangères et comparéesResearch facility 86 not ranked
5Équipe de Recherche Contextes et Acteurs de l'ÉducationResearch facility 48 not ranked
6Agence de l'eau Loire-BretagneGovernment institution 19 not ranked
7Laboratoire de Mécanique Gabriel LaméResearch facility 12 not ranked
8Arbres et Réponses aux Contraintes Hydriques et EnvironnementalesResearch facility 6 not ranked
9Centre d'Etudes sur le Développement des Territoires et EnvironnementResearch facility 1 not ranked
10Pouvoirs, Lettres, NormesResearch facility 1 not ranked
11INFRANALYTICSInstitution 0 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.

Institut Denis Poisson: 27.4%Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale d'Orléans: 22.8%Centre de recherche juridique Pothier: 19.1%Réceptions et médiations de littératures et de cultures étrangères et comparées: 15.2%6 others listed: 15.4%27%largest
Institut Denis Poisson155 · 27.4%Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale d'Orléans129 · 22.8%Centre de recherche juridique Pothier108 · 19.1%Réceptions et médiations de littératures et de cultures étrangères et comparées86 · 15.2%6 others listed87 · 15.4%

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

What is Orléans strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Orléans is most concentrated in Mathematics (15.8× the world share in Mathematics).

  1. MathematicsField · 29.5 works16×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Orléans?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Social Justice, History, Gender Studies and Quantum Gravity.

▲ 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. Identity8▲ 6.5×14 topics
  2. Social Justice6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  3. Community Engagement6▲ 11×3 topics
  4. Globalization6▲ 1.83×19 topics
  5. History6▲ 5.1×12 topics
  6. Local Development6▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Territorial Governance6▲ 28×2 topics
  8. Gender Studies5▲ 19×4 topics
  9. Quantum Gravity5▲ 35×4 topics
  10. Public Policy4▲ 5.7×2 topics
  11. Colonialism4▲ 5.7×11 topics
  12. Nationalism4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  13. Religion4▲ 5.6×6 topics
  14. Nonlinear Equations4▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Citizen Participation4▲ 19×1 topic
  16. Environmental Participation4▲ 29×1 topic
  17. Gender4▲ 4.2×7 topics
  18. Philosophy4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  19. Professional Practices4▲ 57×1 topic
  20. Public Action4▲ 57×1 topic
  21. Aging4▲ 4.1×2 topics
  22. Cultural Studies4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  23. Healthcare Legislation4▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Patient Rights4▲ 29×1 topic
  25. String Theory4▲ 38×2 topics
  26. General Relativity3▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Black Holes3▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Quantum Entanglement3▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Caregiving3▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Elderly3▲ 8.0×1 topic
  31. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation3▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Field Theories3▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Holographic3▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Lattice QCD3▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Dark Energy3▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Cosmic Microwave Background3▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Cosmological Parameters3▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Narrative3▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Supernovae3▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Dynamical Systems3▲ 24×3 topics

What research is done in Orléans?

French Urban and Social …4French Urban and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…4Education, sociology, and vocational training: 4 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…4Health, Medicine and Society: 4 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and S…3Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 3 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…3Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…3Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 2 fractional worksStochastic processes and statistical mechanics: 2 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 2 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…2Social Sciences and Governance: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  6. 6 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics Mathematical Physics 2 works
  9. 9 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  10. 10 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 2 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.