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Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère

In research, Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,453 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,770
of 28,054 · #3,893 all time
Rank in France
#345
of 1,422
Research works
711
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère 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 #5,453 of 12,888 23.2%89 #2434

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère 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: 3.34× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.25× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.49× its world share, 50 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère?

Ranked on the composite score, Dominique Guyon, Gérard Dedieu and Ahmad Al Bitar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère.

  1. 1 Dominique Guyon France · #44,271 worldwide 330 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Gérard Dedieu France · #45,056 worldwide 541 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Ahmad Al Bitar France · #115,818 worldwide 384 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Thuy Le Toan France · #140,619 worldwide 617 citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Delphine Leroux France · #141,281 worldwide 201 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Jordi Inglada France · #211,169 worldwide 430 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Olivier Merlin France · #227,139 worldwide 294 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Yann H. Kerr France · #227,395 worldwide 1.3k citations · 252 works
  9. 9 Michel Le Page France · #265,225 worldwide 224 citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Rémy Fieuzal France · #267,273 worldwide 64 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère

Which keywords describe research at Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Biomass Estimation, Validation, Climate, Global Change and Soil Moisture.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing38▲ 26×24 topics
  2. Climate Change37▲ 12×48 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling15▲ 54×5 topics
  4. Biomass Estimation13▲ 75×3 topics
  5. Machine Learning13▲ 3.4×12 topics
  6. Validation10▲ 97×2 topics
  7. Climate10▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Sustainability10▲ 3.3×19 topics
  9. Global Change9▲ 30×3 topics
  10. Soil Moisture9▲ 110×3 topics
  11. Phenology9▲ 125×1 topic
  12. Vegetation Monitoring9▲ 125×1 topic
  13. Land Use Change9▲ 25×4 topics
  14. Satellite Observations8▲ 73×3 topics
  15. Data Assimilation8▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Hydrology8▲ 54×4 topics
  17. Global Monitoring7▲ 265×1 topic
  18. Microwave Retrieval7▲ 265×1 topic
  19. Drought6▲ 56×3 topics
  20. Evapotranspiration6▲ 67×2 topics
  21. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 35×5 topics
  22. Urban Heat Island6▲ 51×2 topics
  23. Water Resources5▲ 19×7 topics
  24. Carbon Balance5▲ 92×1 topic
  25. Tree Mortality5▲ 92×1 topic
  26. Global Warming5▲ 10×9 topics
  27. Sea Level Rise5▲ 31×3 topics
  28. Sediment Transport4▲ 23×4 topics
  29. Spatial Interpolation4▲ 95×2 topics
  30. Glacier4▲ 84×1 topic
  31. Water Availability4▲ 84×1 topic
  32. Aboveground Biomass4▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Thermal Comfort4▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Arctic4▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Energy Consumption4▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Model Evaluation4▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Green Roofs4▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Land Surface Temperature4▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Precipitation4▲ 70×2 topics
  40. Vegetation4▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 9 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 7 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 5 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 4 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…3Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 3 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar…3Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 3 fractional worksClimate change and perma…3Climate change and permafrost: 3 fractional worksPrecipitation Measuremen…3Precipitation Measurement and Analysis: 3 fractional works
EcologyEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 9 works
  2. 2 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  4. 4 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 4 works
  5. 5 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 3 works
  10. 10 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 3 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.5%domestic only56.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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