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École Centrale de Lille

In research, École Centrale de Lille stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,299 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,295 of 5,901 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,119 of 2,176 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanics of Materials (Mechanics of Materials is 5.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,098
of 22,385 · #4,716 all time
Rank in France
#141
of 517
Research works
4.1k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
94k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
École Centrale de Lille

What is École Centrale de Lille 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 #2,299 of 10,670 8.3%632 #2429
EngineeringField #1,295 of 5,901 9.4%297 #1373
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,119 of 2,176 8.8%72 #1567
Materials ScienceField #1,173 of 2,276 6.1%94 #970
Computer ScienceField #2,859 of 4,417 7.6%104 #2922

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where École Centrale de Lille 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#2,429 #2,299
  2. Engineering#1,373 #1,295
  3. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,567 #1,119
  4. Materials Science#970 #1,173
  5. Computer Science#2,922 #2,859
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 École Centrale de Lille work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at École Centrale de Lille is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (39%), Computer Science (14%), Materials Science (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 696 fractional works · 84.9% of its workEngineering: 324 fractional works · 39.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 77 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 44 fractional works · 5.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 40 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 29 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 118 fractional works · 14.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 38 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 104 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 58 fractional works · 7.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 42 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 39 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKÉcole Centrale deLille819fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences5%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering32439.5%
    2. Computer Science11814.4%
    3. Materials Science10412.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy425.1%
    5. Chemistry394.8%
    6. Environmental Science182.2%
    7. Energy151.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering141.7%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences121.5%
    10. Mathematics101.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology222.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences101.2%
    3. Neuroscience101.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    1. Social Sciences141.7%
    2. Decision Sciences131.6%
    3. Psychology60.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting50.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities40.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.2%
    1. Medicine273.3%
    2. Health Professions50.6%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does École Centrale de Lille specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanics of Materials takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 29.2 works5.0×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.74× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.06× its world share, 39 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.85× its world share, 118 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.93× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.63× its world share, 324 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.65× its world share, 104 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.03× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.31× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering4.74×14 works
  2. Materials Science3.65×104 works
  3. Chemistry3.06×39 works
  4. Engineering2.63×324 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.31×42 works
  6. Energy1.93×14 works
  7. Computer Science1.85×118 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.61×13 works
  9. Mathematics1.03×10 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.97×12 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.72×10 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×22 works
  14. Environmental Science0.45×18 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×10 works
  16. Psychology0.25×6 works
  17. Health Professions0.24×5 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×5 works
  19. Dentistry0.18×1 works
  20. Medicine0.17×27 works
  21. Veterinary0.17×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.17×4 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×1 works
  24. Nursing0.14×1 works
  25. Social Sciences0.14×14 works
  26. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×2 works

Who are the top researchers at École Centrale de Lille?

Ranked on the quality score, Wilfrid Perruquetti, Thierry Floquet and Patrick Bartholomeüs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Centrale de Lille.

  1. 1 Wilfrid Perruquetti France · #433,316 worldwide 12k citations · 400 works
  2. 2 Thierry Floquet France · #940,860 worldwide 4.4k citations · 176 works
  3. 3 Patrick Bartholomeüs France · #1,180,248 worldwide 1.6k citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Zoubeir Lafhaj France · #1,256,390 worldwide 3.4k citations · 174 works
  5. 5 Ahmed Rahmani France · #1,280,020 worldwide 2.8k citations · 169 works
  6. 6 Frédéric Semet France · #1,304,717 worldwide 8k citations · 235 works
  7. 7 Li Zhang France · #1,343,262 worldwide 453 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Laurentiu Hetel France · #1,385,844 worldwide 3.9k citations · 172 works
  9. 9 Philippe Le Moigne France · #1,664,899 worldwide 2.3k citations · 89 works
  10. 10 Gérard Degallaix France · #2,162,509 worldwide 1.1k citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at École Centrale de Lille

What are the most cited papers from École Centrale de Lille?

The most cited paper from École Centrale de Lille is "Time-delay systems: an overview of some recent advances and open problems" (Jean‐Pierre Richard, 2003), with 3,346 citations. Next come "Advances in the Development of Novel Cobalt Fischer−Tropsch Catalysts for Synthesis of Long-Chain Hydrocarbons and Clean Fuels" (2,378) and "FiLM: Visual Reasoning with a General Conditioning Layer" (2,021).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Time-delay systems: an overview of some recent advances and open problems Jean‐Pierre Richard · Automatica 3 Sep 2003 3,346
2 Advances in the Development of Novel Cobalt Fischer−Tropsch Catalysts for Synthesis of Long-Chain Hydrocarbons and Clean Fuels Andreï Y. Khodakov, Wei Chu, Pascal Fongarland · Chemical Reviews Review May 2007 2,378
3 FiLM: Visual Reasoning with a General Conditioning Layer Ethan Perez, Florian Strub, Harm de Vries et al. · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence Conference paperOpen access 29 Apr 2018 2,021
4 Robust sampled-data stabilization of linear systems: an input delay approach Emilia Fridman, Alexandre Seuret, Jean‐Pierre Richard · Automatica Open access 23 Apr 2004 1,242
5 Thermodynamic characterization of metal dissolution and inhibitor adsorption processes in mild steel/2,5-bis(n-thienyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazoles/hydrochloric acid system Fouad Bentiss, M. Lebrini, M. Lagrenée · Corrosion Science 26 Aug 2005 1,033
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at École Centrale de Lille?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanoparticles, Deep Learning, Power Electronics, Nanocomposites, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications and Nanomaterials.

▲ 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. Deep Learning42▲ 1.50×69 topics
  2. Machine Learning41▲ 1.49×64 topics
  3. Catalysis33▲ 6.1×26 topics
  4. Nanoparticles30▲ 2.9×39 topics
  5. Nanocomposites24▲ 3.7×20 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications24▲ 2.5×30 topics
  7. Nanomaterials22▲ 2.5×19 topics
  8. Neural Networks20▲ 1.60×30 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties19▲ 2.4×32 topics
  10. Power Electronics18▲ 7.0×8 topics
  11. Graphene16▲ 2.9×11 topics
  12. Renewable Energy Integration14▲ 5.3×5 topics
  13. Self-Assembly14▲ 5.1×12 topics
  14. Ionic Liquids13▲ 5.7×9 topics
  15. Nonlinear Systems12▲ 6.7×7 topics
  16. Nanostructures12▲ 3.6×17 topics
  17. Hydrogenation12▲ 8.5×5 topics
  18. Smart Grid12▲ 3.9×8 topics
  19. Fracture11▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Electric Vehicles11▲ 4.5×4 topics
  21. Semiconductor10▲ 3.9×6 topics
  22. Heterogeneous Catalysts10▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Model Predictive Control10▲ 4.8×6 topics
  24. Large-Eddy Simulation10▲ 6.4×5 topics
  25. Oxidation10▲ 7.7×3 topics
  26. Stability Analysis10▲ 7.4×5 topics
  27. Dynamic Behavior9▲ 9.4×3 topics
  28. Heterogeneous Catalysis9▲ 5.8×5 topics
  29. Rock Mechanics9▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Superconductivity9▲ 6.1×8 topics
  31. Catalytic8▲ 8.7×5 topics
  32. Distributed Control8▲ 9.6×3 topics
  33. Selective Oxidation8▲ 7.9×2 topics
  34. Energy Storage Systems8▲ 7.2×2 topics
  35. Ceria8▲ 8.7×1 topic
  36. Gold8▲ 8.7×1 topic
  37. Wave Propagation8▲ 8.7×4 topics
  38. Smart Grid Applications8▲ 7.1×2 topics
  39. Acoustic Emission7▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Numerical Modelling7▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does École Centrale de Lille publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Microgrid Control and Optimization and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

Catalytic Processes in M…8Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 8 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Model…7Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 7 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…6Microgrid Control and Optimization: 6 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…5Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 5 fractional worksCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies: 5 fractional worksCatalysis for Biomass Co…4Catalysis for Biomass Conversion: 4 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 4 fractional worksModel Reduction and Neural Networks: 4 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applic…4Soft Robotics and Applications: 4 fractional works
Materials ChemistryMechanics of MaterialsControl and Systems EngineeringComputational Mechanics5 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 8 works
  2. 2 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 7 works
  3. 3 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 5 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  6. 6 Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Catalysis for Biomass Conversion Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Model Reduction and Neural Networks Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works
  10. 10 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 4 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 available35.7%not open64.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has École Centrale de Lille's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% 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 École Centrale de Lille as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%École Centrale de Lille0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of École Centrale de Lille 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 2025École Centrale de Lille8.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 2008.

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