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Research in Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are École Centrale de Lille.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
367k
13.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Villeneuve-d'Ascq

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 Villeneuve-d'Ascq?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1École Centrale de LilleUniversity 4,056 #5,098
2Centre d'Etudes en Civilisations, Langues et Littératures EtrangèresResearch facility 471 #23,248 all time
3Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et CommunicationResearch facility 233 #28,627 all time
4École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de LilleUniversity 131 #33,869 all time
5Systèmes d'Information à Référence Spatiale (France)Company 113 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.

École Centrale de Lille: 81.1%Centre d'Etudes en Civilisations, Langues et Littératures Etrangères: 9.4%Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et Communication: 4.7%École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Lille: 2.6%1 other listed: 2.3%81%largest
École Centrale de Lille4,056 · 81.1%Centre d'Etudes en Civilisations, Langues et Littératures Etrangères471 · 9.4%Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et Communication233 · 4.7%École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Lille131 · 2.6%1 other listed113 · 2.3%

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

Which fields of science does Villeneuve-d'Ascq work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Villeneuve-d'Ascq is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Social Sciences (14%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,788 fractional works · 57.1% of its workEngineering: 1,106 fractional works · 22.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 328 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 166 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 141 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 78 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 73 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 51 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 418 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 247 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 63 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 318 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 105 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 67 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 221 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 96 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 178 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 94 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 170 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 108 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 105 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 85 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 80 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 80 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCatalysis: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,408 fractional works · 28.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 688 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 325 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 83 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 72 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 439 fractional works · 9.0% of its workHistory: 82 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 70 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 70 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 62 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 61 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 163 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 387 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 161 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 99 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 134 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 300 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedicine: 181 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 99 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 83 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVilleneuve-d'Ascq4,883fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences29%

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. Engineering1,10622.6%
    2. Materials Science4188.6%
    3. Computer Science3186.5%
    4. Chemistry2214.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1783.6%
    6. Environmental Science1703.5%
    7. Mathematics1082.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1052.1%
    9. Energy851.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering801.6%
  2. Social Sciences1,40828.8%
    1. Social Sciences68814.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities4399.0%
    3. Psychology1633.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting430.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance430.9%
    6. Decision Sciences330.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1613.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1342.7%
    3. Neuroscience651.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology140.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.3%
    1. Medicine1813.7%
    2. Health Professions992.0%
    3. Nursing120.3%
    4. Veterinary40.1%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Villeneuve-d'Ascq strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Villeneuve-d'Ascq is most concentrated in History and Philosophy of Science, Catalysis and Linguistics and Language (8.6× the world share in History and Philosophy of Science).

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 60.3 works8.6×
  2. CatalysisSubfield · 43.2 works6.4×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 31.4 works6.0×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 69.7 works5.4×
  5. HistorySubfield · 79.2 works5.4×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 122 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 144 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.73× its world share, 75 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.87× its world share, 205 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 290 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 98 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.86× its world share, 78 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.51× its world share, 1,030 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 159 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.42× its world share, 385 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.79× its world share, 96 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.62× its world share, 164 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 96 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 167 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.21× its world share, 423 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 31 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 152 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 658 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering4.73×75 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.21×423 works
  3. Chemistry2.87×205 works
  4. Materials Science2.42×385 works
  5. Energy1.86×78 works
  6. Mathematics1.79×96 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.62×164 works
  8. Engineering1.51×1,030 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.38×98 works
  10. Social Sciences1.14×658 works
  11. Psychology1.09×152 works
  12. Computer Science0.82×290 works
  13. Health Professions0.80×96 works
  14. Neuroscience0.79×58 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×12 works
  16. Environmental Science0.70×159 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.70×31 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×144 works
  19. Veterinary0.59×4 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×122 works
  21. Nursing0.52×12 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×41 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×12 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×39 works
  25. Medicine0.19×167 works
  26. Dentistry0.12×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Villeneuve-d'Ascq?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Public Policy, Social Justice, Citizen Participation, Environmental Participation and Proximity and Innovation.

▲ 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. Community Engagement180▲ 11×11 topics
  2. Territorial Governance176▲ 31×3 topics
  3. Local Development174▲ 34×2 topics
  4. Public Policy167▲ 7.2×13 topics
  5. Social Justice165▲ 5.7×20 topics
  6. Catalysis155▲ 4.8×28 topics
  7. Sustainable Development149▲ 1.95×36 topics
  8. Citizen Participation134▲ 24×2 topics
  9. Environmental Participation134▲ 38×1 topic
  10. Proximity and Innovation134▲ 38×1 topic
  11. Nanoparticles125▲ 2.0×42 topics
  12. Globalization111▲ 1.16×88 topics
  13. Nanocomposites105▲ 2.7×20 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications100▲ 1.72×36 topics
  15. Nanomaterials95▲ 1.87×21 topics
  16. History91▲ 2.7×45 topics
  17. Gender88▲ 3.4×41 topics
  18. Gender Studies80▲ 11×12 topics
  19. Energy Storage70▲ 2.2×12 topics
  20. Colonialism65▲ 2.8×36 topics
  21. Cathode Materials63▲ 3.4×3 topics
  22. Historical Narratives52▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Ionic Liquids52▲ 3.8×10 topics
  24. Ethnographic Research52▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Professional Practices52▲ 29×1 topic
  26. Public Action52▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Sociolinguistics51▲ 5.7×9 topics
  28. Global Perspectives51▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Social Determinants of Health50▲ 4.8×5 topics
  30. Cultural Impact49▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Scientific History48▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Technological Development48▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Pragmatics47▲ 6.1×6 topics
  34. Social Innovation45▲ 6.0×6 topics
  35. Citizenship45▲ 7.6×9 topics
  36. Institutionalization41▲ 9.1×4 topics
  37. Cooperatives41▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Solidarity Economy41▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Participative Evaluation41▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Historiography40▲ 6.8×8 topics

What research is done in Villeneuve-d'Ascq?

French Urban and Social …133French Urban and Social Studies: 133 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…51Education, sociology, and vocational training: 51 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…48Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 48 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 40 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 32 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 32 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 28 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 27 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 27 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 26 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of ScienceUrban StudiesMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 133 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 51 works
  3. 3 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 48 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 40 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 32 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 32 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 28 works
  8. 8 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 27 works
  9. 9 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 27 works
  10. 10 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 26 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%Villeneuve-d'Ascq15.0% 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 19.2% in 2013.

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