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École Centrale de Nantes

In research, École Centrale de Nantes stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,319 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,811 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#3,381 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics and Control and Systems Engineering (Computational Mechanics is 10.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,979
of 22,385 · #4,438 all time
Rank in France
#165
of 517
Research works
2.2k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
45k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
École Centrale de Nantes

What is École Centrale de Nantes 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 #2,319 of 10,670 7.5%335 #2487
EngineeringField #1,811 of 5,901 7.4%209 #1151
Computer ScienceField #3,381 of 4,417 6.6%61 #2894

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where École Centrale de Nantes 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#2,487 #2,319
  2. Engineering#1,151 #1,811
  3. Computer Science#2,894 #3,381
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 Nantes work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at École Centrale de Nantes is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Computer Science (16%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 372 fractional works · 85.1% of its workEngineering: 230 fractional works · 52.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 37 fractional works · 8.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 28 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 27 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 18 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 68 fractional works · 15.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKÉcole Centrale deNantes438fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences7%

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. Engineering23052.6%
    2. Computer Science6815.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences214.8%
    4. Environmental Science194.3%
    5. Materials Science132.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy81.9%
    7. Mathematics61.4%
    8. Energy40.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.6%
    10. Chemistry10.2%
    1. Social Sciences92.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting71.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities51.2%
    4. Decision Sciences51.1%
    5. Psychology40.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    1. Medicine143.2%
    2. Health Professions40.9%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology81.9%
    2. Neuroscience61.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does École Centrale de Nantes specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 27.1 works11×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 36.9 works7.8×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.00× its world share, 68 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.03× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.50× its world share, 230 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.50×230 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.03×21 works
  3. Computer Science2.00×68 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.69×3 works
  5. Mathematics1.21×6 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.10×5 works
  7. Energy0.96×4 works
  8. Environmental Science0.87×19 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.84×8 works
  10. Materials Science0.82×13 works
  11. Neuroscience0.81×6 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×7 works
  13. Veterinary0.42×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.42×5 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×8 works
  16. Health Professions0.32×4 works
  17. Psychology0.26×4 works
  18. Medicine0.17×14 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×1 works
  20. Social Sciences0.16×9 works
  21. Chemistry0.14×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×2 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×1 works
  24. Nursing0.07×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at École Centrale de Nantes?

Ranked on the quality score, Wisama Khalil, Pierre-Yves Hicher and P. Y. Hicher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Centrale de Nantes.

  1. 1 Wisama Khalil France · #542,871 worldwide 5.3k citations · 183 works
  2. 2 Pierre-Yves Hicher France · #768,349 worldwide 1.2k citations · 31 works
  3. 3 P. Y. Hicher France · #827,533 worldwide 1.7k citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Jean‐Marie Normand France · #835,978 worldwide 2.8k citations · 98 works
  5. 5 Francisco Chinesta France · #885,291 worldwide 749 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Franck Plestan France · #1,523,984 worldwide 7.7k citations · 337 works
  7. 7 José Vicente Aguado France · #1,567,018 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Benjamin Bouscasse France · #1,777,814 worldwide 1.8k citations · 134 works
  9. 9 Surendar K. Marya France · #1,876,278 worldwide 1.8k citations · 80 works
  10. 10 F. Plestan France · #2,018,232 worldwide 432 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at École Centrale de Nantes

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

The most cited paper from École Centrale de Nantes is "CHOP-like chemotherapy plus rituximab versus CHOP-like chemotherapy alone in young patients with good-prognosis diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma: a randomised controlled trial by the MabThera International Trial (MInT) Group" (Michael G. Pfreundschuh et al., 2006), with 2,098 citations. Next come "Design for Additive Manufacturing: Trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints" (2,013) and "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (1,130).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 CHOP-like chemotherapy plus rituximab versus CHOP-like chemotherapy alone in young patients with good-prognosis diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma: a randomised controlled trial by the MabThera International Trial (MInT) Group Michael G. Pfreundschuh et al. · The Lancet Oncology 7 Apr 2006 2,098
2 Design for Additive Manufacturing: Trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints Mary Kathryn Thompson, Giovanni Moroni, Tom Vaneker et al. · CIRP Annals Open access 2016 2,013
3 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
4 Wave energy in Europe: current status and perspectives Alain Clément, Pat McCullen, António F.O. Falcão et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Oct 2002 1,022
5 Asymptotically stable walking for biped robots: analysis via systems with impulse effects J.W. Grizzle, Gabriel Abba, Franck Plestan · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2001 1,004
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at École Centrale de Nantes?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Control Strategies, Numerical Simulation, Mechanical Properties, Power Electronics and Neural Networks.

▲ 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 Learning39▲ 2.6×62 topics
  2. Renewable Energy27▲ 4.2×25 topics
  3. Machine Learning22▲ 1.48×55 topics
  4. Neural Networks19▲ 2.8×30 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties18▲ 4.1×28 topics
  6. Fluid-Structure Interaction17▲ 26×6 topics
  7. Environmental Impact16▲ 2.2×22 topics
  8. Control Strategies14▲ 23×5 topics
  9. Numerical Simulation13▲ 10×10 topics
  10. Power Electronics12▲ 8.6×7 topics
  11. Nonlinear Systems11▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Heat Transfer11▲ 5.0×12 topics
  13. Power Take-Off11▲ 119×1 topic
  14. Wave Energy11▲ 119×1 topic
  15. Additive Manufacturing10▲ 7.5×5 topics
  16. Geopolymer9▲ 14×2 topics
  17. Robotic Manipulators8▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Renewable Energy Integration8▲ 5.8×5 topics
  19. Adaptive Control8▲ 14×6 topics
  20. Turbulent Flow8▲ 16×4 topics
  21. Feedback Control8▲ 11×7 topics
  22. Wave Modeling8▲ 35×2 topics
  23. 3D Printing8▲ 7.9×3 topics
  24. CO2 Sequestration8▲ 8.7×3 topics
  25. Dynamic Modeling6▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Nanotechnology6▲ 8.2×2 topics
  27. Finite Element Analysis6▲ 6.5×6 topics
  28. Cementitious Materials6▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Fly Ash6▲ 13×1 topic
  30. CFD Simulation6▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Aerodynamics6▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Kinematic Analysis6▲ 64×1 topic
  33. Robot Manipulators6▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Smart Grid Applications6▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Tropical Cyclones6▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Free-Surface Flows6▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Soft Robotics6▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Adaptive Mesh Refinement6▲ 21×2 topics
  39. SPH Method6▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics6▲ 45×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Wave and Wind Energy Systems, Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions.

Wave and Wind Energy Sys…11Wave and Wind Energy Systems: 11 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…6Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 6 fractional worksRobotic Mechanisms and D…6Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics: 6 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulatio…6Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 6 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applications: 5 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis: 5 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote S…5Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing: 5 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 4 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 4 fractional worksWind Energy Research and…4Wind Energy Research and Development: 4 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 11 works
  2. 2 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics Control and Systems Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 6 works
  5. 5 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis Computational Mechanics 5 works
  7. 7 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 5 works
  8. 8 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace 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 available44.9%not open55.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.9%domestic only69.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has École Centrale de Nantes'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 École Centrale de Nantes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%École Centrale de Nantes0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of École Centrale de Nantes 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025École Centrale de Nantes8.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.8% in 2010.

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