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Research in Palaiseau

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Palaiseau, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are École Polytechnique, Institut Mines-Télécom and Institut Polytechnique de Paris.

Research institutions
14
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
69k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
23.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Palaiseau

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 Palaiseau?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Institut Mines-TélécomResearch facility 19,830 #1,585
2École PolytechniqueUniversity 16,714 #881
3Office National d'Études et de Recherches AérospatialesResearch facility 8,580 #7,867
4École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques AvancéesUniversity 1,882 #6,702
5Institut Polytechnique de ParisUniversity 1,363 #2,155
6ENSAE ParisUniversity 877 #12,054
7Danone (France)Company 383 #11,499 all time
8Institut de Recherche Technologique SystemXResearch facility 332 #14,781
9École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées ParisUniversity 81 not ranked
10Solems (France)Company 38 not ranked
11Quandela (France)Company 34 not ranked
12Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et StatistiqueResearch facility 15 not ranked
13Ereie (France)Company 8 not ranked
14OpticsValleyResearch facility 6 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.

Institut Mines-Télécom: 39.5%École Polytechnique: 33.3%Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales: 17.1%École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées: 3.8%10 others listed: 6.3%40%largest
Institut Mines-Télécom20k · 39.5%École Polytechnique17k · 33.3%Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales8,580 · 17.1%École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées1,882 · 3.8%10 others listed3,137 · 6.3%

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

Which fields of science does Palaiseau work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research in Palaiseau is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Computer Science (18%), Physics and Astronomy (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 7,255 fractional works · 70.8% of its workEngineering: 2,509 fractional works · 24.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 699 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 323 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 299 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 287 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 162 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 161 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 142 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 106 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1,818 fractional works · 17.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 732 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 270 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 233 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 180 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 137 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 105 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,037 fractional works · 10.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 418 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 209 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 167 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 120 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 521 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 158 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 397 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 230 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 374 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 242 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 139 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 241 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 110 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,368 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 567 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 262 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 244 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 133 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 161 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 160 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 134 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 102 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1,076 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 545 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 182 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 136 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 407 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 238 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 90 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 544 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 416 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 166 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPalaiseau10kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences13%

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. Engineering2,50924.5%
    2. Computer Science1,81817.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1,03710.1%
    4. Environmental Science5215.1%
    5. Materials Science3973.9%
    6. Mathematics3743.7%
    7. Chemistry2422.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences2412.3%
    9. Energy730.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering420.4%
  2. Social Sciences1,36813.4%
    1. Social Sciences5675.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2442.4%
    3. Decision Sciences1611.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1601.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities1341.3%
    6. Psychology1021.0%
  3. Life Sciences1,07610.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5455.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4074.0%
    3. Neuroscience900.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology190.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.1%
    1. Medicine4164.1%
    2. Health Professions960.9%
    3. Nursing230.2%
    4. Veterinary70.1%
    5. Dentistry20.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Palaiseau strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Palaiseau is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mathematical Physics (6.7× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 195.6 works6.7×
  2. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 388.3 works5.8×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 77.5 works5.3×
  4. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 269.7 works5.0×
  5. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 49.2 works4.7×
  6. Physics and AstronomyField · 944.5 works4.6×
  7. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 164.7 works4.2×
← 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: 1.15× its world share, 507 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 360 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 76 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 35 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.42× its world share, 207 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.28× its world share, 1,644 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 212 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 60 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.65× its world share, 2,288 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 451 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.09× its world share, 351 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.18× its world share, 347 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.59× its world share, 944 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 89 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 362 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 125 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 146 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 147 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 231 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 90 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 527 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.59×944 works
  2. Mathematics3.18×347 works
  3. Computer Science2.28×1,644 works
  4. Engineering1.65×2,288 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.64×147 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.46×212 works
  7. Chemistry1.42×207 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.17×231 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.15×507 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.09×35 works
  11. Materials Science1.09×351 works
  12. Environmental Science0.98×451 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×360 works
  14. Energy0.70×60 works
  15. Neuroscience0.51×76 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×146 works
  17. Nursing0.47×22 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.47×125 works
  19. Social Sciences0.45×527 works
  20. Veterinary0.43×5 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×13 works
  22. Health Professions0.37×89 works
  23. Psychology0.32×90 works
  24. Medicine0.20×362 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×15 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Palaiseau?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Large-Eddy Simulation, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Neural Networks and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Deep Learning621▲ 1.76×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning509▲ 1.49×87 topics
  3. Climate Change454▲ 1.63×108 topics
  4. Sustainability305▲ 1.22×98 topics
  5. Neural Networks284▲ 1.80×39 topics
  6. Remote Sensing171▲ 1.37×38 topics
  7. Biosensors151▲ 3.0×12 topics
  8. Large-Eddy Simulation149▲ 7.8×5 topics
  9. Community Engagement141▲ 4.2×13 topics
  10. Security137▲ 2.0×24 topics
  11. Heat Transfer136▲ 2.7×17 topics
  12. Territorial Governance134▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Local Development134▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Smallholder Farmers125▲ 5.8×5 topics
  15. Adaptation124▲ 4.0×14 topics
  16. Public Policy118▲ 2.4×19 topics
  17. Agroecology110▲ 7.6×6 topics
  18. Citizen Participation109▲ 9.3×3 topics
  19. Livestock Farming107▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Environmental Participation106▲ 15×1 topic
  21. Proximity and Innovation106▲ 15×1 topic
  22. Entanglement105▲ 6.8×4 topics
  23. Diversity104▲ 5.8×9 topics
  24. Multifunctionality103▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Agricultural Development101▲ 6.5×5 topics
  26. Monte Carlo Simulation101▲ 4.9×9 topics
  27. Work Organization99▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Nonlinear Optics92▲ 8.4×4 topics
  29. Optical Modulators90▲ 6.2×3 topics
  30. Quantum Information82▲ 6.9×3 topics
  31. Raman Lasers81▲ 7.5×2 topics
  32. Turbulent Flow78▲ 6.4×4 topics
  33. Integrated Circuits77▲ 5.2×3 topics
  34. Vortex Dynamics75▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Adaptive Mesh Refinement74▲ 12×2 topics
  36. High-Order Schemes74▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Silicon Photonics70▲ 6.8×2 topics
  38. Microcavities70▲ 6.5×2 topics
  39. Radial Basis Functions69▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Model Checking65▲ 14×3 topics

What research is done in Palaiseau?

French Urban and Social Studies: 106 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 97 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…63Photonic and Optical Devices: 63 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…53Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 53 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 48 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 44 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…42Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 42 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 34 fractional worksCryptography and Data Security: 33 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 31 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 106 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 97 works
  3. 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 63 works
  4. 4 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 53 works
  5. 5 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 48 works
  6. 6 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 44 works
  7. 7 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 42 works
  8. 8 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 34 works
  9. 9 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 33 works
  10. 10 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 31 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%Palaiseau15.4% 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 28.4% in 2012.

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