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CEA Cadarache

In research, CEA Cadarache stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,263 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,594 of 6,636 worldwide) and Materials Science (#1,562 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Aerospace Engineering — Radiation is 49.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,502
of 28,054 · #2,013 all time
Rank in France
#126
of 1,422
Research works
3.5k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
71k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is CEA Cadarache known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,263 of 12,888 23.9%329 #1353
EngineeringField #3,594 of 6,636 20.3%130 #1340
Materials ScienceField #1,562 of 2,468 21.9%64 #779
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,072 of 1,556 22.6%61 #532
Physics and AstronomyField #1,275 of 1,646 35.8%91 #1035

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where CEA Cadarache 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,353 #3,263
  2. Engineering#1,340 #3,594
  3. Materials Science#779 #1,562
  4. Materials Chemistry#532 #1,072
  5. Physics and Astronomy#1,035 #1,275
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does CEA Cadarache specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 49.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 24.1 works49×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 46.8 works41×
  3. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 55.3 works13×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 91.3 works11×
  5. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 61.1 works8.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.54× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.41× its world share, 130 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.10× its world share, 64 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 11.46× its world share, 91 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at CEA Cadarache?

Ranked on the composite score, H.P.L. de Esch, L.-G. Eriksson and R. Hemsworth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CEA Cadarache.

  1. 1 H.P.L. de Esch France · #97,460 worldwide 303 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 L.-G. Eriksson France · #108,818 worldwide 333 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 R. Hemsworth France · #137,294 worldwide 212 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Jean‐François Dozol France · #143,025 worldwide 154 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 A. Bécoulet France · #220,275 worldwide 145 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 J. C. Fardeau France · #247,255 worldwide 142 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Y. Peysson France · #381,590 worldwide 239 citations · 72 works
  8. 8 B. Saoutic France · #428,400 worldwide 66 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 P. Chappuis France · #448,439 worldwide 97 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 J. Bucalossi France · #460,358 worldwide 137 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at CEA Cadarache

Which keywords describe research at CEA Cadarache?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Tokamak, Transport, Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Density Functional Theory, Oxidation Resistance and Hydrogen Embrittlement.

▲ 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. Turbulence34▲ 110×4 topics
  2. Tokamak33▲ 436×1 topic
  3. Transport33▲ 293×1 topic
  4. Molten Salt31▲ 270×1 topic
  5. Nuclear Reactor31▲ 270×1 topic
  6. Density Functional Theory26▲ 71×3 topics
  7. Oxidation Resistance26▲ 69×3 topics
  8. Hydrogen Embrittlement26▲ 86×2 topics
  9. High Temperature Behavior26▲ 122×2 topics
  10. Accident Tolerant Fuels26▲ 196×1 topic
  11. Fuel Cladding26▲ 196×1 topic
  12. Molecular Dynamics Simulations22▲ 141×2 topics
  13. fusion materials22▲ 327×1 topic
  14. radiation damage22▲ 327×1 topic
  15. Tomography20▲ 30×4 topics
  16. Data Analysis18▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Small-Angle Scattering17▲ 89×2 topics
  18. Neutron Activation Analysis17▲ 136×1 topic
  19. Neutron Imaging17▲ 136×1 topic
  20. Critical Current Density11▲ 125×2 topics
  21. Nb3Sn Conductor11▲ 167×1 topic
  22. Superconducting Magnets11▲ 167×1 topic
  23. Solar Wind10▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Negative Ion Sources10▲ 149×1 topic
  25. Superconducting Cavities10▲ 149×1 topic
  26. Electron Acceleration9▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Reliability Evaluation9▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Safety Assessment9▲ 58×2 topics
  29. Passive Systems8▲ 151×1 topic
  30. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis8▲ 151×1 topic
  31. Actinides8▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Ionosphere8▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Magnetosphere8▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Crystal Growth8▲ 7.4×6 topics
  35. Extraction7▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Adsorption6▲ 8.6×4 topics
  37. Bioremediation6▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Lanthanides6▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Sorption6▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Uranium6▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does CEA Cadarache publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties and Fusion materials and technologies.

Magnetic confinement fusion research: 33 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 31 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 26 fractional worksFusion materials and technologies: 22 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 17 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…11Superconducting Materials and Applications: 11 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 10 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 8 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 8 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 6 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAerospace EngineeringMaterials ChemistryRadiation3 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 33 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 31 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 26 works
  4. 4 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 22 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 17 works
  6. 6 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  10. 10 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 6 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 available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has CEA Cadarache's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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