Research in Toulouse
Science Explorer records 72 research institutions in Toulouse, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier and Université de Toulouse.
- Research institutions
- 72 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 149k ▲ 5% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 3.2M 21.7 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 12.9% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Toulouse?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Toulouse work in?
In 2022-now, 41% of research in Toulouse is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (14%).
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
- Physical Sciences11k41.4%
- Engineering3,63214.2%
- Computer Science1,7226.7%
- Environmental Science1,4225.6%
- Physics and Astronomy9843.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences9103.6%
- Materials Science7923.1%
- Chemistry4801.9%
- Mathematics3901.5%
- Energy1340.5%
- Chemical Engineering1250.5%
- Social Sciences7,51929.4%
- Social Sciences3,65814.3%
- Arts and Humanities2,1238.3%
- Psychology6372.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting4501.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3961.5%
- Decision Sciences2551.0%
- Health Sciences4,66218.2%
- Medicine3,73614.6%
- Health Professions7322.9%
- Veterinary810.3%
- Nursing650.3%
- Dentistry490.2%
- Life Sciences2,81411.0%
What is Toulouse strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Toulouse is most concentrated in Archeology, Linguistics and Language and Archeology (9.7× the world share in Archeology).
- ArcheologySubfield · 34.6 works9.7×
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 161.3 works6.0×
- ArcheologySubfield · 409.9 works5.8×
- ClassicsSubfield · 75.6 works5.4×
- AnthropologySubfield · 338.0 works5.1×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 156.0 works4.3×
- HistorySubfield · 321.8 works4.3×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities3.03×2,050 works
- Veterinary2.26×72 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.14×788 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.66×865 works
- Chemical Engineering1.41×115 works
- Mathematics1.28×352 works
- Chemistry1.20×441 works
- Social Sciences1.17×3,464 works
- Health Professions1.11×684 works
- Environmental Science1.08×1,257 works
- Decision Sciences1.02×230 works
- Engineering0.96×3,381 works
- Materials Science0.90×732 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.86×203 works
- Computer Science0.86×1,575 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×1,049 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×908 works
- Neuroscience0.81×308 works
- Psychology0.81×578 works
- Medicine0.74×3,318 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×368 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×49 works
- Energy0.57×124 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.54×409 works
- Nursing0.51×59 works
- Dentistry0.37×42 works
Which keywords describe research in Toulouse?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Climate Change, Public Policy, Social Justice, Gender Studies and Citizen Participation.
- Solidarity Economy
- Institutionalization
- Healthcare Legislation
- Patient Rights
- Historiography
- End-of-Life Care
- Palliative Care
- Social Determinants of Health
- Public Action
- Sociological Analysis
- Ethnographic Research
- History
- Proximity and Innovation
- Citizen Participation
- Identity
- Gender
- Public Policy
- Territorial Governance
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Community Engagement
- Social Justice
- Local Development
- Sustainable Development
- Remote Sensing
- Gender Studies
- Environmental Participation
- Colonialism
- Cultural Heritage
- Educational Policies
- Professional Practices
- Archaeology
- Sociolinguistics
- Medical Ethics
- Citizenship
- Psychological Trauma
- Ethical Practices
- Professional Responsibility
- Cooperatives
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
- Climate Change1,180▲ 1.70×116 topics
- Epidemiology728▼ 0.71×138 topics
- Community Engagement646▲ 7.7×20 topics
- Globalization633▲ 1.26×147 topics
- Social Justice626▲ 4.1×45 topics
- Territorial Governance612▲ 21×4 topics
- Local Development608▲ 23×2 topics
- Public Policy603▲ 5.0×26 topics
- Sustainable Development558▲ 1.39×88 topics
- Gender467▲ 3.4×56 topics
- Remote Sensing465▲ 1.49×38 topics
- Identity450▲ 2.4×74 topics
- Gender Studies449▲ 12×15 topics
- Citizen Participation440▲ 15×2 topics
- Environmental Participation434▲ 24×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation434▲ 24×1 topic
- Colonialism418▲ 3.5×51 topics
- History380▲ 2.1×63 topics
- Cultural Heritage327▲ 2.4×38 topics
- Ethnographic Research294▲ 23×3 topics
- Educational Policies292▲ 11×3 topics
- Sociological Analysis291▲ 20×2 topics
- Professional Practices289▲ 31×1 topic
- Public Action289▲ 31×1 topic
- Archaeology271▲ 8.2×11 topics
- Social Determinants of Health267▲ 4.8×8 topics
- Sociolinguistics265▲ 5.7×9 topics
- Palliative Care240▲ 6.1×6 topics
- Medical Ethics204▲ 6.4×7 topics
- End-of-Life Care202▲ 7.0×4 topics
- Citizenship200▲ 6.5×11 topics
- Historiography198▲ 6.3×15 topics
- Psychological Trauma198▲ 13×2 topics
- Patient Rights197▲ 11×2 topics
- Ethical Practices196▲ 13×2 topics
- Healthcare Legislation196▲ 14×1 topic
- Professional Responsibility196▲ 14×1 topic
- Institutionalization185▲ 7.8×4 topics
- Cooperatives181▲ 9.6×3 topics
- Solidarity Economy177▲ 12×2 topics
What research is done in Toulouse?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 430 works
- 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 280 works
- 3 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 186 works
- 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 170 works
- 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 153 works
- 6 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 153 works
- 7 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 138 works
- 8 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 135 works
- 9 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 115 works
- 10 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 107 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.4% in 2016.
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