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Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment

In research, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,784 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Building and Construction (Building and Construction is 23.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,789
of 22,385 · #10,356 all time
Rank in France
#343
of 517
Research works
928
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment

What is Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment 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 #6,784 of 10,670 2.9%103 #5297

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment 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 fields of science does Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (41%), Environmental Science (28%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 116 fractional works · 79.6% of its workEngineering: 59 fractional works · 40.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 21 fractional works · 14.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 41 fractional works · 28.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 9.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCentreScientifique et…146fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences11%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5940.6%
    2. Environmental Science4128.0%
    3. Materials Science42.4%
    4. Computer Science32.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering21.5%
    7. Energy21.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    9. Chemistry10.5%
    1. Social Sciences75.1%
    2. Psychology32.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Health Professions53.3%
    2. Medicine43.1%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.3%
    2. Neuroscience10.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Building and Construction takes 23.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 20.8 works23×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.40× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.70× its world share, 59 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.64× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science5.64×41 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.40×2 works
  3. Engineering2.70×59 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.45×3 works
  5. Health Professions1.26×5 works
  6. Energy1.20×2 works
  7. Veterinary0.84×0 works
  8. Psychology0.76×3 works
  9. Materials Science0.70×4 works
  10. Neuroscience0.56×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.46×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.40×8 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.38×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.31×4 works
  16. Chemistry0.29×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.29×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×2 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  20. Medicine0.16×4 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  22. Nursing0.10×0 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment?

Ranked on the quality score, Pierre Pimienta, Bertrand Ruot and Hébert Sallee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment.

  1. 1 Pierre Pimienta France · #663,315 worldwide 1.6k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Bertrand Ruot France · #1,065,527 worldwide 1.4k citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Hébert Sallee France · #1,147,063 worldwide 1.7k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Wenjuan Wei France · #1,420,013 worldwide 2k citations · 74 works
  5. 5 Corinne Mandin France · #1,466,849 worldwide 8.5k citations · 312 works
  6. 6 Mickaël Derbez France · #1,513,412 worldwide 1.1k citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Jacques Ribéron France · #1,584,637 worldwide 1.5k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Daniel A. Quenard France · #1,715,473 worldwide 2.7k citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Jacques Chevalier France · #1,928,102 worldwide 1k citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Guillaume Wyart France · #2,203,517 worldwide 546 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment

What are the most cited papers from Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment?

The most cited paper from Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment is "A first overview of textile fibers, including microplastics, in indoor and outdoor environments" (Rachid Dris, Johnny Gaspéri, Cécile Mirande et al., 2016), with 1,608 citations. Next come "Microplastics in air: Are we breathing it in?" (1,177) and "High-temperature behaviour of HPC with polypropylene fibres" (758).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A first overview of textile fibers, including microplastics, in indoor and outdoor environments Rachid Dris, Johnny Gaspéri, Cécile Mirande et al. · Environmental Pollution 16 Dec 2016 1,608
2 Microplastics in air: Are we breathing it in? Johnny Gaspéri, Stephanie Wright, Rachid Dris et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health ReviewOpen access 14 Dec 2017 1,177
3 High-temperature behaviour of HPC with polypropylene fibres Pierre Kalifa, Grégoire Chêne, Christophe Gallé · Cement and Concrete Research Oct 2001 758
4 Spalling and pore pressure in HPC at high temperatures Pierre Kalifa, François-Dominique Menneteau, Daniel A. Quenard · Cement and Concrete Research Dec 2000 702
5 August 2003 Heat Wave in France: Risk Factors for Death of Elderly People Living at Home Stéphanie Vandentorren, Philippe Bretin, Abdelkrim Zeghnoun et al. · European Journal of Public Health Open access 6 Oct 2006 633
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Thermal Comfort, Energy Efficiency, Artificial Neural Networks, Climate Change Impact, Model Predictive Control, Energy Simulation, Building Energy Consumption and Sustainable Buildings.

▲ 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. Thermal Comfort14▲ 74×2 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency12▲ 8.8×7 topics
  3. Artificial Neural Networks12▲ 17×3 topics
  4. Climate Change Impact11▲ 34×2 topics
  5. Model Predictive Control11▲ 30×3 topics
  6. Energy Simulation11▲ 83×2 topics
  7. Building Energy Consumption11▲ 96×1 topic
  8. Sustainable Buildings11▲ 96×1 topic
  9. Environmental Impact10▲ 4.1×14 topics
  10. Health Effects10▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Climate Change9▲ 2.3×20 topics
  12. Environmental Attitudes8▲ 70×1 topic
  13. Pro-environmental Behavior8▲ 108×1 topic
  14. Remote Sensing8▲ 4.4×8 topics
  15. Mechanical Properties8▲ 5.3×8 topics
  16. Large-Eddy Simulation7▲ 25×4 topics
  17. Turbulent Flow7▲ 39×3 topics
  18. Public Health6▲ 2.7×9 topics
  19. Volatile Organic Compounds5▲ 35×3 topics
  20. CFD Simulation5▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Boundary Layer5▲ 28×3 topics
  22. Air Quality5▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Waste Management5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  24. Pedestrian Wind Comfort5▲ 71×1 topic
  25. Urban Microclimate5▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Sustainable Construction5▲ 42×4 topics
  27. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Indoor Air Quality4▲ 76×2 topics
  29. Sustainability Assessment4▲ 21×6 topics
  30. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Carbon Footprint4▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Circular Economy4▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Vegetation4▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Airborne Microorganisms4▲ 126×1 topic
  35. Mold Exposure4▲ 126×1 topic
  36. Embodied Energy4▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Energy Consumption4▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Water Footprint4▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Wave Propagation4▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Particulate Matter4▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Wind and Air Flow Studies and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure.

Building Energy and Comf…11Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 11 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 8 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies: 5 fractional worksIndoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 4 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksImpact of Light on Environment and Health: 3 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 3 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 3 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 3 fractional works
Building and ConstructionManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEnvironmental EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4 others

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

  1. 1 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 11 works
  2. 2 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  3. 3 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  5. 5 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  7. 7 Impact of Light on Environment and Health Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  8. 8 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political 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 available42.2%not open57.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment's research output changed?

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

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00054% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment 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 Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment3.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.3% in 2016.

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