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Château Gombert

In research, Château Gombert stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,975 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 24.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,484
of 28,054 · #8,663 all time
Rank in France
#271
of 1,422
Research works
1.1k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
21.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Château Gombert 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 #4,975 of 12,888 15.9%139 #5238

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

What does Château Gombert specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 24.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 20.0 works25×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 36.2 works10×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.12× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 9.79× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 10.45× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Château Gombert?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Bouchakour, Dominique Morvan and Frédéric Mangolte lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Château Gombert.

  1. 1 R. Bouchakour France · #1,254,395 worldwide 35 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Dominique Morvan France · #1,302,546 worldwide 23 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Frédéric Mangolte France · #1,521,682 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Sofiane Méradji France · #1,601,725 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Château Gombert

Which keywords describe research at Château Gombert?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Star Formation, Turbulence, Black Holes, Vortex Dynamics, Turbulent Flows and Fluid-Structure Interaction.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer10▲ 12×13 topics
  2. Large-Eddy Simulation7▲ 24×4 topics
  3. Star Formation6▲ 71×2 topics
  4. Turbulence6▲ 42×5 topics
  5. Black Holes5▲ 35×3 topics
  6. Vortex Dynamics4▲ 25×4 topics
  7. Turbulent Flows4▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Cosmology4▲ 40×3 topics
  9. Dark Matter4▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Fluid-Structure Interaction4▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Galaxies4▲ 91×1 topic
  12. Stellar Populations4▲ 91×1 topic
  13. Supernovae4▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Astronomical Instrumentation4▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Boundary Layer Transition4▲ 35×1 topic
  16. Gravitational Waves4▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Particle Image Velocimetry4▲ 35×1 topic
  18. Spectrograph4▲ 95×1 topic
  19. Multiphase Flow4▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Porous Media4▲ 17×5 topics
  21. Turbulent Flow4▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Gamma-Ray Bursts3▲ 81×1 topic
  23. Neutron Stars3▲ 81×1 topic
  24. Nucleosynthesis3▲ 44×3 topics
  25. Kinetic Theory3▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Accretion Disks3▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Magnetic Fields3▲ 31×3 topics
  28. Exoplanets3▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Stellar Astrophysics3▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Numerical Simulation3▲ 6.2×9 topics
  31. Numerical Methods3▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Adaptive Optics2▲ 121×1 topic
  33. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 7.6×7 topics
  34. Wavefront Sensing2▲ 121×1 topic
  35. Adaptive Mesh Refinement2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Flow Control2▲ 27×2 topics
  37. High-Order Schemes2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Solar Wind2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Tokamak2▲ 64×1 topic
  40. Transport2▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Château Gombert publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Galaxies: Formation, Evo…4Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 4 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…4Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 4 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…4Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 4 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…3Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 3 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 3 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 2 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fus…2Magnetic confinement fusion research: 2 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 2 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 2 fractional worksLattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationComputational MechanicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics1 others

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

  1. 1 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 4 works
  3. 3 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 4 works
  4. 4 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  7. 7 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  8. 8 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  10. 10 Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies Computational Mechanics 2 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Château Gombert's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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