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Research in Roubaix

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Roubaix, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles and Laboratoire Génie et Matériaux Textiles.

Research institutions
5
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.2k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
60k
18.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Roubaix

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 Roubaix?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du NordUniversity 1,605 #5,702
2Laboratoire Génie et Matériaux TextilesResearch facility 649 #15,811
3École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries TextilesUniversity 523 #14,784
4Centre Hospitalier de RoubaixHospital / health system 373 #18,280 all time
5Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes dans l’Océan IndienResearch facility 42 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.

Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord: 50.3%Laboratoire Génie et Matériaux Textiles: 20.3%École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles: 16.4%Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix: 11.7%1 other listed: 1.3%50%largest
Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord1,605 · 50.3%Laboratoire Génie et Matériaux Textiles649 · 20.3%École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles523 · 16.4%Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix373 · 11.7%1 other listed42 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Roubaix work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Roubaix is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (19%), Social Sciences (15%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (15%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 433 fractional works · 59.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 139 fractional works · 19.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 41 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAccounting: 30 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 111 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 47 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 107 fractional works · 14.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 59 fractional works · 8.2% of its workFinance: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 214 fractional works · 29.5% of its workEngineering: 96 fractional works · 13.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 40 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 56 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 5.8% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRoubaix725fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences60%

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. Business, Management and Accounting13919.2%
    2. Social Sciences11115.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10714.8%
    4. Decision Sciences304.1%
    5. Psychology273.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities192.6%
    1. Engineering9613.3%
    2. Materials Science405.5%
    3. Computer Science364.9%
    4. Environmental Science152.1%
    5. Energy81.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy50.7%
    7. Chemistry50.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.5%
    9. Mathematics30.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine425.8%
    2. Health Professions121.6%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences101.4%
    2. Neuroscience50.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology50.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Roubaix strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Roubaix is most concentrated in Finance, Polymers and Plastics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (19.5× the world share in Finance).

  1. FinanceSubfield · 38.9 works20×
  2. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 23.9 works9.0×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 103.5 works7.3×
  4. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 22.6 works7.2×
  5. AccountingSubfield · 27.6 works6.8×
  6. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 37.8 works6.6×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.39× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 88 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.63× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.92× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.09× its world share, 130 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.09× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.32× its world share, 104 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 99 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.32×104 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting6.09×130 works
  3. Decision Sciences4.09×26 works
  4. Materials Science1.63×38 works
  5. Energy1.39×8 works
  6. Social Sciences1.19×99 works
  7. Psychology1.18×24 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.92×18 works
  9. Engineering0.88×88 works
  10. Computer Science0.57×29 works
  11. Health Professions0.57×10 works
  12. Veterinary0.56×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.42×3 works
  15. Neuroscience0.41×4 works
  16. Environmental Science0.41×13 works
  17. Chemistry0.40×4 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.37×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×3 works
  20. Nursing0.32×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×9 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.29×4 works
  23. Medicine0.29×37 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×1 works
  25. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×4 works
  26. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Roubaix?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Monetary Policy, Sustainability, Social Capital, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, Energy Transition and Community Engagement.

▲ 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. Sustainability46▲ 2.6×40 topics
  2. Corporate Governance37▲ 7.0×16 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence35▲ 3.4×23 topics
  4. Climate Change34▲ 1.72×33 topics
  5. Monetary Policy28▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Innovation28▲ 3.8×24 topics
  7. Social Capital26▲ 7.0×13 topics
  8. Sustainable Development22▲ 1.97×21 topics
  9. Economic Growth22▲ 3.7×16 topics
  10. Entrepreneurship20▲ 7.0×9 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management20▲ 3.0×13 topics
  12. Energy Transition19▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Community Engagement19▲ 8.1×8 topics
  14. Big Data19▲ 2.7×16 topics
  15. Global Warming18▲ 5.6×8 topics
  16. Heat Transfer17▲ 4.9×4 topics
  17. Local Development17▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Territorial Governance17▲ 20×2 topics
  19. Thermal Properties17▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Fabric Comfort17▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Moisture Management17▲ 81×1 topic
  22. Asset Pricing16▲ 26×3 topics
  23. Regulation16▲ 4.2×10 topics
  24. Consumer Behavior16▲ 3.5×14 topics
  25. Risk Management16▲ 4.6×10 topics
  26. Greenhouse Gas Emissions16▲ 7.9×4 topics
  27. Environmental Policy15▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Firm Performance14▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Market Efficiency14▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Investor Sentiment14▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Liquidity14▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Stock Returns14▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Investment14▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Economic Impacts13▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Policy Instruments13▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Business Ethics12▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Finance12▲ 9.3×4 topics
  38. Financial Stability12▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Institutional Theory12▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Product Design11▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Roubaix?

Textile materials and evaluations: 16 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 13 fractional worksClimate Change Policy an…13Climate Change Policy and Economics: 13 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …10French Urban and Social Studies: 10 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 9 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 9 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…8Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 8 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 7 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…7Social Sciences and Governance: 7 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsFinanceEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 16 works
  2. 2 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 13 works
  3. 3 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 9 works
  6. 6 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  7. 7 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 8 works
  8. 8 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  9. 9 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 7 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 counting20%40%Roubaix19.5% 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 32.9% in 2013.

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