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École Normale Supérieure

In research, École Normale Supérieure stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,838 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,450 of 5,988 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,732 of 1,896 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology and History (History and Philosophy of Science is 13.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,563
of 22,385 · #8,154 all time
Rank in Burundi
#2
of 3
Research works
4.8k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
88k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
École Normale Supérieure

What is École Normale Supérieure 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,838 of 9,585 10.1%435 #7175
Social SciencesField #5,450 of 5,988 9.9%234 #6727
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,732 of 1,896 10.4%139 #1977
Physics and AstronomyField #1,311 of 1,417 7.1%68 #1987
Computer ScienceField #4,215 of 4,417 7.6%66 #4424
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,438 of 2,526 9.4%99 #3466
Life SciencesDomain #6,248 of 6,403 8.0%74 #9766
Physical SciencesDomain #10,563 of 10,670 7.9%304 #13101

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where École Normale Supérieure 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. Social Sciences#7,175 #7,838
  2. Social Sciences#6,727 #5,450
  3. Arts and Humanities#1,977 #1,732
  4. Physics and Astronomy#1,987 #1,311
  5. Computer Science#4,424 #4,215
  6. Sociology and Political Science#3,466 #2,438
  7. Life Sciences#9,766 #6,248
  8. Physical Sciences#13,101 #10,563
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 Normale Supérieure work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at École Normale Supérieure is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 494 fractional works · 49.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 265 fractional works · 26.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 109 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAnthropology: 26 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 158 fractional works · 15.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 30 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 25 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory: 23 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 41 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 375 fractional works · 37.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 81 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 30 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 78 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 36 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 70 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 49 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 90 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 28 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 23 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 49 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKÉcole NormaleSupérieure1,009fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences49%

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. Social Sciences26526.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities15815.6%
    3. Psychology414.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance161.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting80.8%
    6. Decision Sciences70.7%
    1. Physics and Astronomy818.0%
    2. Computer Science787.7%
    3. Engineering706.9%
    4. Mathematics494.9%
    5. Environmental Science303.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences252.5%
    7. Materials Science212.1%
    8. Chemistry141.4%
    9. Energy60.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences313.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology282.8%
    3. Neuroscience282.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine333.3%
    2. Health Professions141.4%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does École Normale Supérieure specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 21.3 works14×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 25.6 works9.0×
  3. HistorySubfield · 22.9 works7.1×
  4. PhilosophySubfield · 29.6 works6.8×
← 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: 0.64× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 78 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.14× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.61× its world share, 81 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.42× its world share, 158 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 265 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.42×158 works
  2. Mathematics4.14×49 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.61×81 works
  4. Social Sciences2.07×265 works
  5. Neuroscience1.69×28 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.60×25 works
  7. Psychology1.32×41 works
  8. Computer Science0.99×78 works
  9. Chemistry0.90×14 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×16 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.70×7 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×31 works
  13. Environmental Science0.61×30 works
  14. Energy0.60×6 works
  15. Materials Science0.60×21 works
  16. Health Professions0.54×14 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×28 works
  18. Engineering0.46×70 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×1 works
  20. Nursing0.28×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×3 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×8 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.17×1 works
  24. Medicine0.17×33 works
  25. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at École Normale Supérieure?

Ranked on the quality score, Jules Haag, Joseph INDJENDJE MUKEBA NGUIA and Mathias Beer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Normale Supérieure.

  1. 1 Jules Haag Burundi · #6,493,236 worldwide 124 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Joseph INDJENDJE MUKEBA NGUIA Burundi · #6,748,301 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Mathias Beer Burundi · #7,343,008 worldwide 139 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at École Normale Supérieure

What are the most cited papers from École Normale Supérieure?

The most cited paper from École Normale Supérieure is "Planck 2018 results" (N. Aghanim et al., 2020), with 14,737 citations. Next come "Water Dynamics in the Hydration Shells of Biomolecules" (939) and "Global Carbon Budget 2024" (695).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Planck 2018 results N. Aghanim et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access181 authors 3 Apr 2020 14,737
2 Water Dynamics in the Hydration Shells of Biomolecules Damien Laage, Thomas Elsaesser, James T. Hynes · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access Mar 2017 939
3 Global Carbon Budget 2024 Pierre Friedlingstein et al. · Earth system science data Open access121 authors 14 Mar 2025 695
4 On the dynamics of polynomial-like mappings Adrien Douady, John Hamal Hubbard · Annales Scientifiques de l École Normale Supérieure Open access 1985 679
5 Support union recovery in high-dimensional multivariate regression Guillaume Obozinski, Martin J. Wainwright, Michael I. Jordan · The Annals of Statistics Open access 3 Dec 2010 366
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at École Normale Supérieure?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Justice, Community Engagement, Public Policy, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Gender, Citizen Participation and Environmental Participation.

▲ 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. Globalization47▲ 2.4×73 topics
  2. Social Justice44▲ 7.3×22 topics
  3. Community Engagement40▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Public Policy39▲ 8.1×14 topics
  5. Gender38▲ 7.0×39 topics
  6. Territorial Governance38▲ 33×4 topics
  7. Local Development37▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Sustainable Development37▲ 2.3×27 topics
  9. History36▲ 5.1×49 topics
  10. Identity33▲ 4.5×51 topics
  11. Colonialism32▲ 6.6×33 topics
  12. Education31▲ 1.78×59 topics
  13. Citizen Participation29▲ 25×1 topic
  14. Environmental Participation29▲ 41×1 topic
  15. Gender Studies26▲ 17×8 topics
  16. Religion24▲ 5.1×25 topics
  17. Social Movements23▲ 7.9×16 topics
  18. Literature22▲ 4.0×38 topics
  19. Ethics22▲ 4.3×30 topics
  20. Sociolinguistics20▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Cultural Studies19▲ 5.2×24 topics
  22. Migration18▲ 5.4×14 topics
  23. Philosophy18▲ 4.1×28 topics
  24. Culture18▲ 3.4×25 topics
  25. Ethnographic Research18▲ 35×3 topics
  26. Democracy17▲ 4.9×12 topics
  27. Nationalism17▲ 3.8×18 topics
  28. Sociological Analysis17▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Professional Practices17▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Public Action17▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Archaeology16▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Social Change16▲ 12×10 topics
  33. Islam15▲ 7.3×5 topics
  34. Cultural Diversity14▲ 6.4×13 topics
  35. Pragmatics14▲ 8.8×5 topics
  36. Entanglement14▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. North Africa13▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Rhetoric13▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Multilingualism12▲ 7.5×5 topics
  40. Roman Economy12▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does École Normale Supérieure publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis and Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender.

French Urban and Social …29French Urban and Social Studies: 29 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 17 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 11 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 11 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 10 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 10 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…10Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 10 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 9 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 8 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhilosophyPolitical Science and International RelationsClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 11 works
  4. 4 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  5. 5 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 10 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 10 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  8. 8 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 9 works
  9. 9 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 8 works
  10. 10 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 8 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.7%domestic only43.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has École Normale Supérieure's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Normale Supérieure as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%École Normale Supérieure0.0043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of École Normale Supérieure 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025École Normale Supérieure7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2005.

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