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CEA CESTA

In research, CEA CESTA stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,712 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,560 of 3,551 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,377 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,997
of 28,054 · #7,838 all time
Rank in France
#485
of 1,422
Research works
1.8k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is CEA CESTA 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 #7,712 of 12,888 10.6%188 #5732
Environmental ScienceField #2,560 of 3,551 15.3%68 #1587
Social SciencesDomain #9,377 of 10,521 5.4%66 #9377
EngineeringField #6,171 of 6,636 6.4%69 #5830

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where CEA CESTA 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#5,732 #7,712
  2. Environmental Science#1,587 #2,560
  3. Social Sciences#9,377 #9,377
  4. Engineering#5,830 #6,171
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.

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: 2.71× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.42× its world share, 69 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.22× its world share, 68 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.81× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at CEA CESTA?

Ranked on the composite score, Denis Loustau, Mario Lepage and Sylvain Le Berre lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CEA CESTA.

  1. 1 Denis Loustau France · #6,006 worldwide 1.2k citations · 120 works
  2. 2 Mario Lepage France · #66,088 worldwide 343 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Sylvain Le Berre France · #312,969 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Caitríona Carter France · #376,513 worldwide 23 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Pierre‐Henri Maire France · #381,638 worldwide 109 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 D. Penninckx France · #472,672 worldwide 55 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Pierre Élie France · #530,147 worldwide 72 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Michel Coste France · #548,229 worldwide 129 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Christian Rigaud France · #681,861 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Patrick Williot France · #689,692 worldwide 111 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at CEA CESTA

Which keywords describe research at CEA CESTA?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Sustainable Development, Social Justice, Public Policy and Citizen Participation.

▲ 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. Climate Change52▲ 6.0×65 topics
  2. Sustainable Development33▲ 6.5×15 topics
  3. Community Engagement32▲ 30×5 topics
  4. Territorial Governance31▲ 76×3 topics
  5. Local Development30▲ 82×2 topics
  6. Social Justice29▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Public Policy29▲ 18×5 topics
  8. Citizen Participation29▲ 72×2 topics
  9. Environmental Participation28▲ 111×1 topic
  10. Proximity and Innovation28▲ 111×1 topic
  11. Sustainability24▲ 3.1×36 topics
  12. Invasive Species22▲ 16×18 topics
  13. Biodiversity14▲ 5.8×20 topics
  14. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.2×27 topics
  15. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 17×5 topics
  16. Livestock Farming11▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Agroecology10▲ 22×4 topics
  18. Adaptation10▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Multifunctionality10▲ 62×2 topics
  20. Diversity10▲ 18×3 topics
  21. Remote Sensing10▲ 2.5×20 topics
  22. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Agricultural Development10▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Work Organization10▲ 71×1 topic
  25. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 7.2×11 topics
  26. Fisheries Sustainability9▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Frequency Conversion8▲ 63×3 topics
  28. Conservation8▲ 6.0×18 topics
  29. Global Warming7▲ 5.6×11 topics
  30. Biological Invasions7▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Population Dynamics7▲ 8.2×11 topics
  32. Ecosystem Services7▲ 5.3×9 topics
  33. Nonlinear Optics6▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Freshwater Biodiversity6▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Genetic Algorithms6▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Global Change6▲ 7.0×5 topics
  37. Leak Detection6▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Water Distribution Networks6▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Laser Ablation5▲ 46×2 topics
  40. Femtosecond Laser5▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does CEA CESTA publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Water Systems and Optimization and Laser Material Processing Techniques.

French Urban and Social …28French Urban and Social Studies: 28 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 10 fractional worksWater Systems and Optimization: 6 fractional worksLaser Material Processing Techniques: 5 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 5 fractional worksSolid State Laser Technologies: 4 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 4 fractional worksDiatoms and Algae Research: 4 fractional worksLaser Design and Applications: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCivil and Structural EngineeringComputational Mechanics5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  3. 3 Water Systems and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Laser Material Processing Techniques Computational Mechanics 5 works
  5. 5 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  6. 6 Solid State Laser Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  8. 8 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 4 works
  9. 9 Diatoms and Algae Research Biomaterials 4 works
  10. 10 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has CEA CESTA's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.