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Ball (France)

In research, Ball (France) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,270 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#6,028 of 11,412 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,008 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,491
of 28,054 · #16,802 all time
Rank in France
#793
of 1,422
Research works
681
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.8k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Ball (France) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #10,270 of 21,541 16.0%336
EngineeringField #6,028 of 11,412 22.3%168
Social SciencesDomain #12,008 of 16,945 15.4%165

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ball (France) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.87× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.02× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ball (France)?

Ranked on the composite score, Birgitte Beck Pristed, Elizabeth Craig and W. M. Beauchamp lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ball (France).

  1. 1 Birgitte Beck Pristed France · #855,553 worldwide 1 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Elizabeth Craig France · #909,633 worldwide 36 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 W. M. Beauchamp France · #1,207,116 worldwide 7 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Naomi Saphra France · #1,527,424 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Štefan France · #1,565,477 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Ball (France)

Which keywords describe research at Ball (France)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Climate Change, Ethical Considerations, Deep Learning, History, Social Impact, Market Structure and Sustainability.

▲ 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 institution'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. Machine Learning7▲ 1.72×22 topics
  2. Deep Learning5▲ 1.21×14 topics
  3. Climate Change5▲ 1.42×23 topics
  4. Epidemiology5◆ 0.94×27 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 1.41×14 topics
  6. Environmental Impact4▲ 1.58×13 topics
  7. History3▲ 3.1×7 topics
  8. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  9. Ethics2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  10. Social Impact2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  11. Literature2▲ 3.1×4 topics
  12. Financial Performance2▲ 2.8×4 topics
  13. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  14. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 3.7×7 topics
  15. Market Structure2▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Teaching Strategies2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  17. Thermal Analysis2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  18. Anthropocene2▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  20. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  21. CubeSat1▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Environmental Effects1▲ 10×2 topics
  23. small satellite1▲ 58×1 topic
  24. Active Learning1▲ 5.6×2 topics
  25. Beamforming1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  26. Catastrophe Bonds1▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Emerging Markets1▲ 15×1 topic
  28. Environmental Justice1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  29. Frugal Innovation1▲ 19×1 topic
  30. India1▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Insurance1▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Cognitive Performance1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  33. Ecocriticism1▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Gender Bias1▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Marxism1▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Postcolonialism1▲ 7.2×1 topic
  37. Smart Farming1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Internet of Things (IoT)1▲ 7.5×1 topic
  39. Microplastics1▲ 8.5×1 topic
  40. Plant Disease Detection1▲ 8.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Ball (France) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Insurance and Financial Risk Management, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development and Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature.

Spacecraft Design and Te…1Spacecraft Design and Technology: 1 fractional worksInsurance and Financial …1Insurance and Financial Risk Management: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environmental Literature: 1 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 1 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 1 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 1 fractional worksLexicography and Languag…1Lexicography and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksMethodologies in Health Research and Practice: 1 fractional worksCollaborative Teaching and Inclusion: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringEconomics and EconometricsBusiness and International ManagementLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 1 works
  4. 4 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 1 works
  7. 7 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 1 works
  9. 9 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 1 works
  10. 10 Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion Education 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ball (France)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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