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Mathematics research in France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Mathematics research in 2022-now (#3 worldwide), followed by Sorbonne Université and Université Paris-Saclay.

France's world rank
#5
of 80 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
9.4k
Top-10% rate
8.8%
Ranked institutions
26

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Mathematics in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #384.28.2%4,131
2Sorbonne UniversitéParis #5043.810.5%338
3Université Paris-SaclayGif-sur-Yvette #5442.79.9%384
4Université Paris CitéParis #7937.29.2%256
5Université Paris Sciences et LettresParis #9534.514.8%170
6Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesParis #11132.317.0%75
7Institut des Hautes Études ScientifiquesBures-sur-Yvette #19724.115.3%72
8InsermParis #21322.912.8%132
9Université Grenoble AlpesSaint-Martin-d'Hères #22422.29.1%168
10Université Toulouse III - Paul SabatierToulouse #28218.97.7%86
11École PolytechniquePalaiseau #28718.78.4%115
12Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille #29218.47.8%112
13Université de LyonLyon #30517.88.6%212
14Université de BordeauxBordeaux #30817.68.2%94
15Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-PyrénéesToulouse #31817.216.0%62
16Université de Caen NormandieCaen #36915.010.5%110
17Université Sorbonne Paris NordVilletaneuse #38714.48.5%65
18Université Lille Nord de FranceLille #45412.15.3%152
19Institut Polytechnique de BordeauxBordeaux #45712.07.1%75
20Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg #49011.07.7%88
21Université Côte d'AzurNice #5269.96.2%83
22Université de MontpellierMontpellier #5329.87.7%102
23Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numériqueLe Chesnay-Rocquencourt #5369.79.9%111
24Université de LorraineNancy #5379.64.7%136
25Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementParis #5688.89.6%72
26Université de RennesRennes #5918.38.3%65

Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Mathematics, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Mathematics researchers in France?

Haïm Brézis, Alain Connes and Satya N. Majumdar rank highest among researchers based in France, on their papers in Mathematics that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Haïm Brézis#10,716 worldwide overall57.3 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Alain Connes#62,429 worldwide overall56.4 of 150 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Satya N. Majumdar#35,545 worldwide overall48.0 of 117 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Stanislas Dehaene#2,288 worldwide overall44.3 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Pierre‐Louis Lions#16,005 worldwide overall44.4 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Frank Merle#16,627 worldwide overall39.5 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Raphaël Danchin#48,289 worldwide overall35.5 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Cédric Villani#166,208 worldwide overall30.5 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Benoı̂t Perthame#299,119 worldwide overall39.9 of 125 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Grégory Schehr#60,530 worldwide overall26.9 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Dennis Sullivan#64,537 worldwide overall29.2 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Jean‐Michel Coron#68,672 worldwide overall28.7 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Henri Berestycki#96,976 worldwide overall27.7 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Gilles Pisier#124,393 worldwide overall30.2 of 109 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Arnaud Guillin#180,427 worldwide overall25.7 of 64 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in France on their work in Mathematics alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

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What are the best universities for mathematics in France?

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Mathematics research in 2022-now (#3 worldwide), followed by Sorbonne Université and Université Paris-Saclay.

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