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Research in Palaiseau

Science Explorer records 50 research institutions in Palaiseau, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are École Polytechnique, AgroParisTech and Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies.

Research institutions
50
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
69k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.6%
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 Palaiseau?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1École PolytechniqueUniversity 16,712 #1,592
2Office National d'Études et de Recherches AérospatialesResearch facility 8,580 #6,866
3Télécom ParisUniversity 5,091 #9,081
4AgroParisTechUniversity 4,124 #3,753
5Laboratoire de Synthèse OrganiqueResearch facility 3,534 #6,835
6École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques AvancéesUniversity 1,882 #9,934
7Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l’InformationResearch facility 1,847 #9,779
8Institut Mines-TélécomResearch facility 1,742 #7,811
9Laboratoire de Physique des PlasmasResearch facility 1,732 #15,129
10Laboratoire d'Optique AppliquéeResearch facility 1,715 #13,387
11Laboratoire de Météorologie DynamiqueResearch facility 1,494 #6,802
12Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des TechnologiesGovernment institution 1,483 #8,751
13Centre de Recherche en Économie et StatistiqueResearch facility 1,466 #15,509
14Institut Polytechnique de ParisUniversity 1,363 #4,530
15Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique de l'École polytechniqueResearch facility 1,275 #14,710
16Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'École PolytechniqueResearch facility 1,272 #8,300
17Laboratoire Charles FabryResearch facility 1,257 #5,802
18Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées de l'École polytechniqueResearch facility 1,170 #17,094
19Centre de Nanosciences et de NanotechnologiesResearch facility 1,152 #4,247
20Centre de Physique ThéoriqueResearch facility 933 #9,513
21ENSAE ParisUniversity 877 #18,397
22Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la CelluleResearch facility 861 #13,410 all time
23Centre Inria de SaclayResearch facility 779 #10,284
24Physiologie de la Nutrition et du Comportement AlimentaireResearch facility 746 #24,805
25Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches MincesResearch facility 744 #10,293 all time
26Biologie et gestion des champignons phytopathogènesResearch facility 664 #13,636 all time
27Laboratoire Mécanique des SolidesResearch facility 497 #22,959 all time
28Écologie Fonctionnelle et Écotoxicologie des AgroécosystèmesResearch facility 451 #17,502
29Danone (France)Company 383 #19,968 all time
30Laboratoire Leprince-RinguetResearch facility 350 #18,597
31Institut de Recherche Technologique SystemXResearch facility 332 #24,284
32Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers IntensesResearch facility 330 #8,455 all time
33Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, TerritoiresResearch facility 305 #26,874
34Laboratoire Albert FertResearch facility 288 #3,662 all time
35POEMS: Propagation des Ondes : Etude Mathématique et SimulationanResearch facility 288 #21,063 all time
36Laboratoire Hétéroéléments et CoordinationResearch facility 285 #10,596 all time
37Centre de Mathématiques Laurent SchwartzResearch facility 246 #18,108 all time
38Laboratoire des Solides IrradiésResearch facility 115 not ranked
39École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées ParisUniversity 81 not ranked
40Institut des Sciences de la Mécanique et Applications IndustriellesResearch facility 73 not ranked
41Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-FranceResearch facility 73 not ranked
42Solems (France)Company 38 not ranked
43Quandela (France)Company 34 not ranked
44Paris-Saclay Food and Bioproduct Engineering Research UnitResearch facility 34 not ranked
45Paris-Saclay Applied EconomicsResearch facility 33 not ranked
46Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et StatistiqueResearch facility 15 not ranked
47Ereie (France)Company 8 not ranked
48OpticsValleyResearch facility 6 not ranked
49Laboratoire d'Optique et BiosciencesResearch facility 6 not ranked
50Organisation de Micro-Electronique Générale AvancéeResearch facility 1 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.

École Polytechnique: 24.3%Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales: 12.5%Télécom Paris: 7.4%AgroParisTech: 6.0%46 others listed: 49.8%24%largest
École Polytechnique17k · 24.3%Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales8,580 · 12.5%Télécom Paris5,091 · 7.4%AgroParisTech4,124 · 6.0%46 others listed34k · 49.8%

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

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×
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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 Palaiseau?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Large-Eddy Simulation, Neural Networks 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 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning558▲ 1.76×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning458▲ 1.51×87 topics
  3. Climate Change412▲ 1.65×106 topics
  4. Sustainability286▲ 1.27×92 topics
  5. Neural Networks252▲ 1.77×39 topics
  6. Biosensors141▲ 3.0×12 topics
  7. Community Engagement138▲ 4.5×13 topics
  8. Territorial Governance133▲ 11×3 topics
  9. Local Development132▲ 12×2 topics
  10. Large-Eddy Simulation132▲ 7.4×5 topics
  11. Security125▲ 2.1×22 topics
  12. Heat Transfer123▲ 2.7×16 topics
  13. Smallholder Farmers122▲ 6.0×5 topics
  14. Social Justice120▲ 2.2×24 topics
  15. Adaptation118▲ 4.5×14 topics
  16. Public Policy116▲ 2.5×17 topics
  17. Citizen Participation108▲ 9.5×3 topics
  18. Agroecology108▲ 8.0×6 topics
  19. Environmental Participation106▲ 14×1 topic
  20. Proximity and Innovation106▲ 14×1 topic
  21. Livestock Farming105▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Diversity102▲ 6.3×8 topics
  23. Multifunctionality101▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Agricultural Development100▲ 6.6×5 topics
  25. Work Organization97▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Entanglement95▲ 6.9×4 topics
  27. Monte Carlo Simulation93▲ 5.0×9 topics
  28. Nonlinear Optics88▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Optical Modulators85▲ 6.2×3 topics
  30. Quantum Information77▲ 7.2×3 topics
  31. Raman Lasers77▲ 7.3×2 topics
  32. Integrated Circuits73▲ 5.0×3 topics
  33. Vortex Dynamics69▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Turbulent Flow67▲ 6.1×4 topics
  35. Silicon Photonics67▲ 6.7×2 topics
  36. Microcavities67▲ 6.5×2 topics
  37. Adaptive Mesh Refinement64▲ 11×2 topics
  38. High-Order Schemes64▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Nanophotonic Waveguides63▲ 6.9×1 topic
  40. Radial Basis Functions61▲ 9.3×2 topics

What research is done in Palaiseau?

  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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