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Centre National d'Études Spatiales

In research, Centre National d'Études Spatiales stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,364 of 10,670 worldwide), Oceanography (#81 of 158 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,939 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Oceanography is 51.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,482
of 22,385 · #4,567 all time
Rank in France
#194
of 517
Research works
4.7k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
80k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Centre National d'Études Spatiales

What is Centre National d'Études Spatiales known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,364 of 10,670 5.5%499 #2787
OceanographySubfield #81 of 158 9.4%80 #218
EngineeringField #3,939 of 5,901 3.5%187 #2173
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #736 of 1,088 8.6%127 #913
Physics and AstronomyField #1,031 of 1,417 7.1%73 #1300
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #577 of 785 3.1%86 #477
Environmental ScienceField #2,538 of 3,334 6.1%61 #2727

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre National d'Études Spatiales 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#2,787 #3,364
  2. Oceanography#218 #81
  3. Engineering#2,173 #3,939
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#913 #736
  5. Physics and Astronomy#1,300 #1,031
  6. Aerospace Engineering#477 #577
  7. Environmental Science#2,727 #2,538
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Centre National d'Études Spatiales work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Centre National d'Études Spatiales is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (23%), Physics and Astronomy (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 560 fractional works · 88.1% of its workEngineering: 204 fractional works · 32.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 95 fractional works · 15.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 42 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 145 fractional works · 22.8% of its workOceanography: 92 fractional works · 14.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 34 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 84 fractional works · 13.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 61 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 71 fractional works · 11.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 23 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 34 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentre Nationald'Études…636fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering20432.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences14522.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy8413.2%
    4. Environmental Science7111.2%
    5. Computer Science345.4%
    6. Materials Science111.8%
    7. Mathematics40.7%
    8. Chemistry30.5%
    9. Energy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Social Sciences203.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities101.6%
    3. Decision Sciences50.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.3%
    6. Psychology20.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology111.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine142.1%
    2. Health Professions20.4%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Centre National d'Études Spatiales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 51.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 92.3 works52×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 61.2 works19×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 145.2 works15×
  4. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 95.5 works13×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 34.3 works12×
  6. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 22.7 works6.6×
  7. Physics and AstronomyField · 83.9 works5.9×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.55× its world share, 145 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.14× its world share, 204 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.26× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.93× its world share, 84 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.55×145 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy5.93×84 works
  3. Environmental Science2.26×71 works
  4. Engineering2.14×204 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.78×5 works
  6. Computer Science0.70×34 works
  7. Mathematics0.59×4 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.54×10 works
  9. Materials Science0.51×11 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.46×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×11 works
  12. Chemistry0.30×3 works
  13. Energy0.26×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.25×20 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×6 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×3 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×2 works
  18. Health Professions0.14×2 works
  19. Medicine0.11×14 works
  20. Psychology0.09×2 works
  21. Neuroscience0.08×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  24. Nursing0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre National d'Études Spatiales?

Ranked on the quality score, A. Bohé, Gérald Dibarboure and O. Mansutti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre National d'Études Spatiales.

  1. 1 A. Bohé France · #2,615 worldwide 64k citations · 129 works
  2. 2 Gérald Dibarboure France · #84,303 worldwide 5.3k citations · 162 works
  3. 3 O. Mansutti France · #122,928 worldwide 7k citations · 296 works
  4. 4 C. Panem France · #214,188 worldwide 14k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Maurice Poncet France · #296,769 worldwide 3.8k citations · 149 works
  6. 6 S. Ligori France · #375,075 worldwide 6.2k citations · 352 works
  7. 7 T. Saifollahi France · #494,752 worldwide 1.1k citations · 75 works
  8. 8 Alain Gaboriaud France · #601,174 worldwide 7.6k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 C.J. Conselice France · #691,698 worldwide 403 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Aurélie Moussi‐Soffys France · #708,225 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Centre National d'Études Spatiales

What are the most cited papers from Centre National d'Études Spatiales?

The most cited paper from Centre National d'Études Spatiales is "Gaia Data Release 2" (A. G. A. Brown et al., 2018), with 8,734 citations. Next come "The Gaia mission" (7,118) and "Sentinel-2: ESA's Optical High-Resolution Mission for GMES Operational Services" (4,842).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gaia Data Release 2 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access453 authors 24 Apr 2018 8,734
2 The Gaia mission T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access625 authors 15 Sep 2016 7,118
3 Sentinel-2: ESA's Optical High-Resolution Mission for GMES Operational Services Matthias Drusch, Umberto Del Bello, Stefane Carlier et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment 28 Feb 2012 4,842
4 THE LARGE AREA TELESCOPE ON THE FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE MISSION W. B. Atwood et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access240 authors 8 May 2009 4,175
5 Gaia Data Release 3 Antonella Vallenari et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access455 authors 10 Jun 2022 4,157
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre National d'Études Spatiales?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Data Assimilation, Ocean Circulation, Sea Level Rise, Geodetic Measurements and Climate Change Impact.

▲ 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-now 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 Change87▲ 5.0×54 topics
  2. Remote Sensing69▲ 8.8×30 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling62▲ 41×5 topics
  4. Data Assimilation51▲ 49×4 topics
  5. Ocean Circulation40▲ 46×3 topics
  6. Sea Level Rise36▲ 45×3 topics
  7. Geodetic Measurements30▲ 45×2 topics
  8. Climate Change Impact30▲ 20×2 topics
  9. Oceanic Modeling30▲ 130×1 topic
  10. Tidal Analysis30▲ 130×1 topic
  11. GRACE29▲ 96×1 topic
  12. groundwater depletion29▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Tropical Cyclones29▲ 79×2 topics
  14. Wave Modeling29▲ 88×2 topics
  15. Rogue Waves26▲ 70×2 topics
  16. Ocean Waves26▲ 175×1 topic
  17. Wind Stress26▲ 175×1 topic
  18. Orbit Determination18▲ 65×2 topics
  19. Satellite Imagery17▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Satellite Observations17▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Validation17▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Thermal Analysis14▲ 17×2 topics
  23. CubeSat14▲ 116×1 topic
  24. small satellite14▲ 116×1 topic
  25. Soil Moisture13▲ 29×4 topics
  26. Spatial Variability13▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Global Monitoring13▲ 80×1 topic
  28. Microwave Retrieval13▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Solar Wind12▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Disaster Management12▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Risk Perception12▲ 6.8×2 topics
  32. Flood Risk11▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Surface Water Mapping11▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Space Policy11▲ 125×1 topic
  35. Space Tourism11▲ 125×1 topic
  36. Pose Estimation10▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Sediment Transport10▲ 10×4 topics
  38. On-Orbit Servicing10▲ 69×1 topic
  39. Space Debris10▲ 69×1 topic
  40. Solar System Abundances10▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre National d'Études Spatiales publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing and Spacecraft Design and Technology.

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 30 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 29 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 26 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 14 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 13 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 11 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 11 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 10 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 10 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 9 fractional works
OceanographyAerospace EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 30 works
  2. 2 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 29 works
  3. 3 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 26 works
  4. 4 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 13 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  7. 7 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  8. 8 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  9. 9 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  10. 10 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 9 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre National d'Études Spatiales's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Centre National d'Études Spatiales as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Centre National d'Études Spatiales0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre National d'Études Spatiales over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Centre National d'Études Spatiales4.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 1992.

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