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Research in Orsay

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Orsay, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université Paris-Sud.

Research institutions
8
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
54k
▼ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
29.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Orsay

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 Orsay?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Université Paris-SudUniversity 27,126 #2,846
2Centre Hospitalier d'OrsayHospital / health system 596 #5,875 all time
3Imagine Optic (France)Company 112 not ranked
4Fondation Mathématiques Jacques HadamardInstitution 22 not ranked
5Cosytec (France)Company 21 not ranked
6Vocapia Research (France)Company 15 not ranked
7Theranexus (France)Company 10 not ranked
8Ajelis (France)Company 1 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 Paris-Sud: 97.2%Centre Hospitalier d'Orsay: 2.1%Imagine Optic (France): 0.4%Fondation Mathématiques Jacques Hadamard: 0.1%4 others listed: 0.2%97%largest
Université Paris-Sud27k · 97.2%Centre Hospitalier d'Orsay596 · 2.1%Imagine Optic (France)112 · 0.4%Fondation Mathématiques Jacques Hadamard22 · 0.1%4 others listed47 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Orsay work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research in Orsay is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (21%), Engineering (14%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,927 fractional works · 68.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 577 fractional works · 20.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 195 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 193 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 75 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 45 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 37 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 382 fractional works · 13.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 122 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 85 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 238 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 138 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 45 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 222 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 70 fractional works · 2.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 48 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 45 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 158 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 63 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 119 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 42 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 90 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 89 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 309 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 163 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 97 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 101 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 54 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 291 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 169 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 73 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 45 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 277 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMedicine: 240 fractional works · 8.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOrsay2,803fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences10%

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. Physics and Astronomy57720.6%
    2. Engineering38213.6%
    3. Materials Science2388.5%
    4. Mathematics2227.9%
    5. Chemistry1585.7%
    6. Computer Science1194.2%
    7. Environmental Science903.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences893.2%
    9. Energy351.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering160.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1635.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1013.6%
    3. Neuroscience271.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology110.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.2%
    1. Social Sciences1696.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities451.6%
    3. Psychology301.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance190.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting160.6%
    6. Decision Sciences120.4%
    1. Medicine2408.6%
    2. Health Professions311.1%
    3. Nursing30.1%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Orsay strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Orsay is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics and Geometry and Topology (23.0× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 182.8 works23×
  2. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 65.3 works16×
  3. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 42.0 works10×
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 181.3 works10×
  5. Physics and AstronomyField · 535.2 works9.5×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 144 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.47× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.56× its world share, 141 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 109 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 80 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.30× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 351 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 76 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.41× its world share, 213 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.93× its world share, 206 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.52× its world share, 535 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 214 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 152 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.52×535 works
  2. Mathematics6.93×206 works
  3. Chemistry3.56×141 works
  4. Materials Science2.41×213 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.01×80 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.47×13 works
  7. Energy1.30×30 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×144 works
  9. Engineering0.92×351 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×6 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×82 works
  12. Environmental Science0.61×76 works
  13. Neuroscience0.60×25 works
  14. Computer Science0.56×109 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.54×39 works
  16. Social Sciences0.48×152 works
  17. Medicine0.44×214 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×10 works
  19. Health Professions0.41×27 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.40×10 works
  21. Psychology0.36×28 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×17 works
  23. Veterinary0.21×1 works
  24. Nursing0.19×2 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×15 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Orsay?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Lattice QCD, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Renormalization Group, Nanoparticles and Density Functional Theory.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles73▲ 2.1×39 topics
  2. Dark Matter70▲ 22×4 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications66▲ 1.99×35 topics
  4. Particle Physics63▲ 31×2 topics
  5. Lattice QCD60▲ 36×2 topics
  6. Higgs Boson49▲ 35×1 topic
  7. High-Energy Collider49▲ 35×1 topic
  8. Renormalization Group45▲ 28×2 topics
  9. Catalysis44▲ 2.3×28 topics
  10. Molecular Dynamics36▲ 7.3×6 topics
  11. Density Functional Theory35▲ 12×6 topics
  12. QCD35▲ 36×1 topic
  13. charmonium35▲ 36×1 topic
  14. Nanostructures35▲ 3.0×17 topics
  15. Electronic Structure Calculations31▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Self-Assembly30▲ 3.3×12 topics
  17. Superconductivity30▲ 6.1×9 topics
  18. Hydrogen Bonding29▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Hydrodynamics28▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Superfluidity27▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Electronic Structure26▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Quantum Information26▲ 8.1×3 topics
  23. Entanglement26▲ 6.2×4 topics
  24. Heavy-Ion Collisions25▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Quark-Gluon Plasma25▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Dynamical Systems25▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Optical Lattices25▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Nucleosynthesis24▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Cosmic Rays23▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Neutrinos23▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Bose-Einstein Condensation23▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Quantum Simulation22▲ 10.0×2 topics
  33. Vibrational Spectroscopy21▲ 9.7×3 topics
  34. Cohomology21▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Local Development21▲ 7.3×2 topics
  36. Territorial Governance21▲ 6.6×2 topics
  37. Cosmology21▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Nonlinear Optics21▲ 6.9×4 topics
  39. Ab Initio Parametrization20▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Dispersion Correction20▲ 24×1 topic

What research is done in Orsay?

Particle physics theoret…48Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 48 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 33 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 24 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies: 19 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 18 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 17 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…17Education, sociology, and vocational training: 17 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 16 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 14 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 13 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSociology and Political ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 48 works
  2. 2 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 33 works
  3. 3 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 24 works
  4. 4 Advanced Chemical Physics Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 19 works
  5. 5 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 18 works
  6. 6 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 17 works
  7. 7 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  8. 8 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16 works
  9. 9 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  10. 10 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 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%Orsay14.1% 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 28.9% in 2010.

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