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Diafir (France)

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Research works
7
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
45
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Diafir (France)

Not ranked overall: Diafir (France) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Diafir (France) work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Diafir (France) is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Medicine (21%).

Physical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 48.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 25.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 19.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 14.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 26.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 20.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 19.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 25.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workALL ITS WORKDiafir (France)7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences25%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering225.8%
    2. Materials Science117.4%
    3. Chemistry05.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology120.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences05.9%
    1. Medicine120.6%
    2. Veterinary04.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Who are the top researchers at Diafir (France)?

Ranked on the quality score, Hugues Tariel and Maëna Le Corvec lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Diafir (France).

  1. 1 Hugues Tariel France · #4,857,686 worldwide 286 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Maëna Le Corvec France · #5,231,342 worldwide 157 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Diafir (France)

What are the most cited papers from Diafir (France)?

The most cited paper from Diafir (France) is "Chalcogenide optical fibers for mid-infrared sensing" (Bruno Bureau, Catherine Boussard‐Plédel, Shuo Cui et al., 2014), with 72 citations. Next come "Shaping of Looped Miniaturized Chalcogenide Fiber Sensing Heads for Mid-Infrared Sensing" (39) and "A novel method for a fast diagnosis of septic arthritis using mid infrared and deported spectroscopy" (30).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chalcogenide optical fibers for mid-infrared sensing Bruno Bureau, Catherine Boussard‐Plédel, Shuo Cui et al. · Optical Engineering Open access 6 Feb 2014 72
2 Shaping of Looped Miniaturized Chalcogenide Fiber Sensing Heads for Mid-Infrared Sensing Patrick Houizot, Marie-Laure Anne, Catherine Boussard‐Plédel et al. · Sensors Open access 26 Sep 2014 39
3 A novel method for a fast diagnosis of septic arthritis using mid infrared and deported spectroscopy Jean-David Albert, Valérie Monbet, Anne Jolivet‐Gougeon et al. · Joint Bone Spine 12 Dec 2015 30
4 Selenide and telluride glasses for mid-infrared bio-sensing Shuo Cui, Radwan Chahal, Yaroslav Shpotyuk et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 20 Feb 2014 29
5 Mid-infrared spectroscopy of serum, a promising non-invasive method to assess prognosis in patients with ascites and cirrhosis Maëna Le Corvec, Caroline Jézequel, Valérie Monbet et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 11 Oct 2017 25
All 36 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Diafir (France) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Graphene research and applications and Semiconductor materials and devices.

Advancements in Semicond…0Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 0 fractional worksDiamond and Carbon-based…0Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research: 0 fractional worksGraphene research and ap…0Graphene research and applications: 0 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 0 fractional worksSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence: 0 fractional worksPhotonic Crystal and Fib…0Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 0 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 0 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 0 fractional worksPhase-change materials and chalcogenides: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials Chemistry

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research Materials Chemistry 0 works
  3. 3 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence Materials Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Phase-change materials and chalcogenides Materials Chemistry 0 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 available40.9%not open59.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Diafir (France)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower 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 Diafir (France) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000057% in 2023.

0.000010%0.000020%0.000030%Diafir (France)0.000016% in 20242020

Fractional works of Diafir (France) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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