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Research in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are CEA Cadarache.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.5k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.0%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1CEA CadaracheGovernment institution 3,526 #5,502
2Institut de Biosciences et biotechnologies d'Aix-MarseilleGovernment institution 7 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.

What is Saint-Paul-lès-Durance strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance is most concentrated in Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Aerospace Engineering (48.8× the world share in Radiation).

  1. RadiationSubfield · 24.1 works49×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 46.8 works41×
  3. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 55.3 works13×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 91.4 works11×
  5. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 61.2 works8.7×
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Which keywords describe research in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Tokamak, Transport, Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Density Functional Theory, Oxidation Resistance and Hydrogen Embrittlement.

▲ 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. Turbulence34▲ 109×4 topics
  2. Tokamak33▲ 434×1 topic
  3. Transport33▲ 292×1 topic
  4. Molten Salt31▲ 268×1 topic
  5. Nuclear Reactor31▲ 268×1 topic
  6. Density Functional Theory26▲ 71×3 topics
  7. Oxidation Resistance26▲ 69×3 topics
  8. Hydrogen Embrittlement26▲ 86×2 topics
  9. High Temperature Behavior26▲ 121×2 topics
  10. Accident Tolerant Fuels26▲ 196×1 topic
  11. Fuel Cladding26▲ 196×1 topic
  12. Molecular Dynamics Simulations22▲ 141×2 topics
  13. fusion materials22▲ 325×1 topic
  14. radiation damage22▲ 325×1 topic
  15. Tomography20▲ 30×4 topics
  16. Data Analysis18▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Small-Angle Scattering17▲ 89×2 topics
  18. Neutron Activation Analysis17▲ 135×1 topic
  19. Neutron Imaging17▲ 135×1 topic
  20. Critical Current Density11▲ 125×2 topics
  21. Nb3Sn Conductor11▲ 166×1 topic
  22. Superconducting Magnets11▲ 166×1 topic
  23. Solar Wind10▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Negative Ion Sources10▲ 149×1 topic
  25. Superconducting Cavities10▲ 149×1 topic
  26. Electron Acceleration9▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Reliability Evaluation9▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Safety Assessment9▲ 58×2 topics
  29. Passive Systems8▲ 150×1 topic
  30. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis8▲ 150×1 topic
  31. Actinides8▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Ionosphere8▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Magnetosphere8▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Crystal Growth8▲ 7.4×6 topics
  35. Extraction7▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Adsorption6▲ 8.6×4 topics
  37. Bioremediation6▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Lanthanides6▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Sorption6▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Uranium6▲ 49×1 topic

What research is done in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance?

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 33 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 31 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 26 works
  4. 4 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 22 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 17 works
  6. 6 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  10. 10 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 6 works

Research output over time

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