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What is the best university for Computer Science in France?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
| 1 | Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis |
#20 | 64.3 | 6.8% | 10,196 |
| 2 | Université Paris Sciences et LettresParis |
#205 | 36.6 | 7.9% | 676 |
| 3 | Université Paris CitéParis |
#234 | 35.0 | 8.0% | 528 |
| 4 | Université de LyonLyon |
#252 | 34.1 | 7.1% | 735 |
| 5 | Université Paris-SaclayGif-sur-Yvette |
#270 | 33.3 | 7.2% | 1,075 |
| 6 | Sorbonne UniversitéParis |
#280 | 32.9 | 7.8% | 710 |
| 7 | Université Grenoble AlpesSaint-Martin-d'Hères |
#318 | 31.4 | 6.1% | 741 |
| 8 | Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numériqueLe Chesnay-Rocquencourt |
#343 | 30.5 | 8.9% | 1,002 |
| 9 | Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesParis |
#418 | 28.1 | 7.1% | 554 |
| 10 | InsermParis |
#446 | 27.3 | 8.4% | 401 |
| 11 | Université Côte d'AzurNice |
#537 | 25.1 | 7.2% | 260 |
| 12 | Institut Polytechnique de ParisPalaiseau |
#603 | 23.7 | 10.1% | 255 |
| 13 | École PolytechniquePalaiseau |
#616 | 23.5 | 7.6% | 210 |
| 14 | Institut Mines-TélécomPalaiseau |
#662 | 22.6 | 7.4% | 1,101 |
| 15 | Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg |
#692 | 22.1 | 7.0% | 223 |
| 16 | Université Bourgogne Franche-ComtéBesançon |
#769 | 20.8 | 15.4% | 83 |
| 17 | Université de LorraineNancy |
#774 | 20.8 | 6.0% | 517 |
| 18 | Université de RennesRennes |
#906 | 18.9 | 6.4% | 334 |
| 19 | Université de BordeauxBordeaux |
#914 | 18.8 | 7.8% | 220 |
| 20 | Université Toulouse III - Paul SabatierToulouse |
#944 | 18.4 | 5.7% | 216 |
| 21 | Université de Technologie de CompiègneCompiègne |
#963 | 18.1 | 12.3% | 94 |
| 22 | Université de MontpellierMontpellier |
#1,000 | 17.7 | 6.4% | 270 |
| 23 | Institut Polytechnique de BordeauxBordeaux |
#1,008 | 17.6 | 6.1% | 242 |
| 24 | Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille |
#1,041 | 17.2 | 5.6% | 321 |
| 25 | Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-PyrénéesToulouse |
#1,042 | 17.2 | 6.4% | 214 |
| 26 | Université Sorbonne NouvelleParis |
#1,079 | 16.8 | 8.6% | 110 |
| 27 | Université Lille Nord de FranceLille |
#1,117 | 16.4 | 6.6% | 563 |
| 28 | Nantes UniversitéNantes |
#1,184 | 15.7 | 5.9% | 229 |
| 29 | Université Sorbonne Paris NordVilletaneuse |
#1,185 | 15.7 | 5.5% | 153 |
| 30 | Institut Universitaire de FranceParis |
#1,197 | 15.6 | 7.6% | 92 |
| 31 | Université Gustave EiffelChamps-sur-Marne |
#1,211 | 15.4 | 7.8% | 275 |
| 32 | Université de Haute-AlsaceMulhouse |
#1,277 | 14.8 | 10.6% | 121 |
| 33 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneParis |
#1,425 | 13.5 | 8.1% | 138 |
| 34 | Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementParis |
#1,431 | 13.4 | 7.9% | 285 |
| 35 | Sorbonne Paris CitéParis |
#1,455 | 13.2 | 8.8% | 92 |
| 36 | Huawei Technologies (France)Boulogne-Billancourt |
#1,634 | 11.9 | 11.2% | 103 |
| 37 | CY Cergy Paris UniversitéCergy-Pontoise |
#1,636 | 11.8 | 7.3% | 105 |
| 38 | Université de Bretagne OccidentaleBrest |
#1,685 | 11.5 | 4.4% | 163 |
| 39 | La Rochelle UniversitéLa Rochelle |
#1,708 | 11.3 | 9.4% | 120 |
| 40 | Université Paris 8Paris |
#1,755 | 11.0 | 4.9% | 193 |
| 41 | Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsToulouse |
#1,772 | 10.9 | 5.5% | 214 |
| 42 | Université Savoie Mont BlancChambéry |
#1,780 | 10.8 | 6.2% | 70 |
| 43 | Université de Caen NormandieCaen |
#1,820 | 10.6 | 6.5% | 138 |
| 44 | Institut d'Etudes Politiques de ParisParis |
#1,921 | 9.9 | 10.1% | 69 |
| 45 | Thales (France)Paris |
#1,942 | 9.8 | 6.8% | 204 |
| 46 | European Space AgencyParis |
#2,037 | 9.2 | 8.1% | 139 |
| 47 | Normandie UniversitéCaen |
#2,058 | 9.1 | 8.5% | 96 |
| 48 | Université Toulouse-I-CapitoleToulouse |
#2,064 | 9.1 | 5.1% | 116 |
| 49 | Université d'OrléansOrléans |
#2,095 | 8.9 | 5.3% | 147 |
| 50 | Université Paris-Est CréteilCréteil |
#2,115 | 8.8 | 7.0% | 149 |
| 51 | Orange (France)Paris |
#2,120 | 8.8 | 6.6% | 171 |
| 52 | École des hautes études en sciences socialesParis |
#2,169 | 8.5 | 11.5% | 65 |
| 53 | Université de ToulonLa Garde |
#2,240 | 8.1 | 7.1% | 80 |
| 54 | Conservatoire National des Arts et MétiersParis |
#2,281 | 7.9 | 7.2% | 197 |
| 55 | Université de BourgogneDijon |
#2,312 | 7.7 | 7.6% | 137 |
| 56 | Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de LyonLyon |
#2,338 | 7.6 | 5.2% | 175 |
| 57 | Université Le Havre NormandieLe Havre |
#2,358 | 7.5 | 11.8% | 123 |
| 58 | Université de technologie de belfort-montbéliardBelfort |
#2,428 | 7.1 | 8.1% | 66 |
| 59 | Arts et MétiersParis |
#2,570 | 6.4 | 10.0% | 84 |
| 60 | Université de Pau et des Pays de l'AdourPau |
#2,599 | 6.3 | 3.9% | 86 |
Who are the top Computer Science researchers in France?
Cordelia Schmid, David Pointcheval and Davide Balzarotti rank highest among researchers based in France, on their papers in Computer Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Cordelia Schmid#3,844 worldwide overall139.4 of 277 papers here in the top 10%
- 2David Pointcheval#107,937 worldwide overall80.7 of 246 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Davide Balzarotti#41,519 worldwide overall68.2 of 149 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Hoeteck Wee#26,279 worldwide overall60.4 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Ivan Laptev#36,011 worldwide overall59.6 of 142 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Serge Abiteboul#198,394 worldwide overall73.6 of 288 papers here in the top 10%
- 7Joseph Sifakis#124,493 worldwide overall57.8 of 221 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Themis Palpanas#113,475 worldwide overall58.0 of 177 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Oded Maler#116,362 worldwide overall47.2 of 140 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Karthikeyan Bhargavan#63,713 worldwide overall43.5 of 109 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Damien Stehlé#68,573 worldwide overall44.2 of 113 papers here in the top 10%
- 12Olivier D. Faugeras#125,882 worldwide overall49.7 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
- 13Jakob J. Verbeek#70,001 worldwide overall42.7 of 116 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Didier Dubois#326,204 worldwide overall76.7 of 457 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Emmanuel Prouff#89,456 worldwide overall40.0 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
How France compares with other countries in Computer Science