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Communauté urbaine de Lyon

In research, Communauté urbaine de Lyon stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,643 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions (General Health Professions is 12.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,708
of 22,385 · #7,218 all time
Rank in France
#235
of 517
Research works
898
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Communauté urbaine de Lyon

What is Communauté urbaine de Lyon 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,643 of 9,902 4.9%72 #6551

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Communauté urbaine de Lyon 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 Communauté urbaine de Lyon work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Communauté urbaine de Lyon is in Health Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (19%), Health Professions (18%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 79 fractional works · 43.7% of its workMedicine: 46 fractional works · 25.2% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 18.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 17.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 26.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 19.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 8.0% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 20.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCommunautéurbaine de Lyon181fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences27%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4625.2%
    2. Health Professions3318.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences3519.5%
    2. Psychology63.6%
    3. Decision Sciences21.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Environmental Science137.0%
    2. Engineering105.6%
    3. Computer Science84.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    6. Materials Science10.5%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.9%
    3. Neuroscience31.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Communauté urbaine de Lyon specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 12.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 31.1 works12×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 33.3 works7.0×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.99× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.99×33 works
  2. Social Sciences1.54×35 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.43×2 works
  4. Environmental Science1.41×13 works
  5. Medicine1.31×46 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.21×1 works
  7. Psychology1.17×6 works
  8. Neuroscience1.06×3 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.97×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×2 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×6 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×5 works
  14. Computer Science0.59×8 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.39×2 works
  16. Engineering0.37×10 works
  17. Mathematics0.35×1 works
  18. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×2 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.24×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  23. Nursing0.12×0 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Communauté urbaine de Lyon?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul Bougault, Édouard Herriot and P. Dubernard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Communauté urbaine de Lyon.

  1. 1 Paul Bougault France · #1,604,751 worldwide 93 citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Édouard Herriot France · #2,925,690 worldwide 41 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 P. Dubernard France · #4,349,723 worldwide 81 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Guy Roger France · #4,481,935 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Dominique Marginean-Faure France · #4,953,330 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Bertrand Savouré France · #5,073,316 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Etienne Tête France · #5,110,552 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jean-Claude Rolland France · #5,740,548 worldwide 71 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Khady Badiane Devers France · #5,784,213 worldwide 7 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 C Vieville France · #6,119,881 worldwide 11 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Communauté urbaine de Lyon

What are the most cited papers from Communauté urbaine de Lyon?

The most cited paper from Communauté urbaine de Lyon is "Clinical Implications of the p53 Tumor-Suppressor Gene" (Curtis C. Harris, Monica C. Hollstein, 1993), with 1,334 citations. Next come "Burnout in European family doctors: the EGPRN study" (552) and "Cross sectional evaluation of biochemical markers of bone, cartilage, and synovial tissue metabolism in patients with knee osteoarthritis: relations with disease activity and joint damage" (482).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Clinical Implications of the p53 Tumor-Suppressor Gene Curtis C. Harris, Monica C. Hollstein · New England Journal of Medicine 28 Oct 1993 1,334
2 Burnout in European family doctors: the EGPRN study Jean Karl Soler, Hakan Yaman, Magdalena Esteva et al. · Family Practice 12 Jul 2008 552
3 Cross sectional evaluation of biochemical markers of bone, cartilage, and synovial tissue metabolism in patients with knee osteoarthritis: relations with disease activity and joint damage Patrick Garnero, M Piperno, E Gineyts et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access Jun 2001 482
4 Spondylolisthesis, Pelvic Incidence, and Spinopelvic Balance Hubert Labelle, Pierre Roussouly, Éric Berthonnaud et al. · Spine Sep 2004 410
5 Efficacy and Safety of Three Different Cumulative Doses of Intravenous Methylprednisolone for Moderate to Severe and Active Graves' Orbitopathy Luigi Bartalena et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 5 Oct 2012 375
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Communauté urbaine de Lyon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Determinants of Health, Mental Health, Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Primary Care, Public Health and Palliative Care.

▲ 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. Mental Health18▲ 6.9×5 topics
  2. Social Determinants of Health18▲ 45×3 topics
  3. Public Health15▲ 5.8×14 topics
  4. Community Engagement15▲ 26×3 topics
  5. Local Development15▲ 80×2 topics
  6. Territorial Governance15▲ 72×2 topics
  7. Primary Care13▲ 20×6 topics
  8. Palliative Care13▲ 47×3 topics
  9. Digital Health13▲ 61×2 topics
  10. Healthcare Quality Indicators13▲ 123×2 topics
  11. Healthcare Policy13▲ 77×1 topic
  12. Inequalities13▲ 216×1 topic
  13. Medical Ethics12▲ 51×2 topics
  14. Healthcare Legislation11▲ 114×1 topic
  15. Patient Rights11▲ 92×1 topic
  16. Social Innovation11▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Economic Development11▲ 7.4×2 topics
  18. Cooperatives11▲ 79×1 topic
  19. Institutionalization11▲ 64×2 topics
  20. Solidarity Economy11▲ 103×1 topic
  21. Public Policy9▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Healthcare8▲ 4.0×9 topics
  23. Quality of Life8▲ 3.1×20 topics
  24. Healthcare Access6▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Resilience5▲ 6.1×3 topics
  26. Attachment5▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Aging5▲ 5.3×6 topics
  28. Clinical Practice5▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Developmental Trauma5▲ 134×1 topic
  30. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy5▲ 134×1 topic
  31. Social Support5▲ 5.2×3 topics
  32. Welfare Systems5▲ 152×2 topics
  33. Elderly5▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Caregiving5▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Retirement5▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Social Justice5▲ 4.4×3 topics
  37. Family Support Policies5▲ 172×1 topic
  38. Inequality5▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Citizen Participation4▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Environmental Participation4▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Communauté urbaine de Lyon publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Systems and Practices, Health, Medicine and Society, Social Sciences and Governance and Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research.

Healthcare Systems and P…13Healthcare Systems and Practices: 13 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 11 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 11 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 5 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 5 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family5Social Policies and Family: 5 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Scientific Studies: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsUrban StudiesClinical PsychologySociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 13 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 11 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 11 works
  4. 4 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
  5. 5 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 5 works
  6. 6 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  7. 7 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Historical and Scientific Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Communauté urbaine de Lyon's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher 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 Communauté urbaine de Lyon as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00084% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Communauté urbaine de Lyon0.00071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Communauté urbaine de Lyon 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 2025Communauté urbaine de Lyon6.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.2% in 2020.

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