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École Normale Supérieure

In research, École Normale Supérieure stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,256 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,645 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#839 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology and Philosophy — Anthropology is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,293
of 28,054 · #2,315 all time
Rank in Burundi
#1
of 3
Research works
4.8k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
88k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is École Normale Supérieure known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,256 of 12,888 16.3%304 #1619
Social SciencesDomain #3,645 of 10,521 8.1%435 #2915
Physics and AstronomyField #839 of 1,646 26.4%68 #1058
Life SciencesDomain #4,314 of 7,800 18.1%74 #3478
Social SciencesField #4,553 of 6,365 6.9%234 #3304
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,566 of 1,998 9.0%139 #1238
Computer ScienceField #3,711 of 4,667 17.1%66 #917
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,224 of 2,578 6.4%99 #2389

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,619 #2,256
  2. Social Sciences#2,915 #3,645
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,058 #839
  4. Life Sciences#3,478 #4,314
  5. Social Sciences#3,304 #4,553
  6. Arts and Humanities#1,238 #1,566
  7. Computer Science#917 #3,711
  8. Sociology and Political Science#2,389 #2,224
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does École Normale Supérieure specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 24.4 works10×
  2. PhilosophySubfield · 26.2 works7.1×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 56 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.13× its world share, 42 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.54× its world share, 68 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.62× its world share, 139 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 234 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at École Normale Supérieure?

Ranked on the composite score, Sophie Roux, Pierre Boyancé and Béatrice Didier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Normale Supérieure.

  1. 1 Sophie Roux · #12,787 worldwide 312 citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Pierre Boyancé · #132,725 worldwide 43 citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Béatrice Didier · #240,286 worldwide 10 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Benoît de L’Estoile · #246,420 worldwide 48 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Michel Offerlé · #299,634 worldwide 3 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Karol Beffa · #306,345 worldwide 0 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Bruno Blanchet · #359,417 worldwide 204 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Françoise Autrand · #366,062 worldwide 36 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 François Menant · #384,305 worldwide 4 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Dominique Combe · #394,561 worldwide 1 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at École Normale Supérieure

Which keywords describe research at École Normale Supérieure?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Social Justice40▲ 8.0×19 topics
  2. Globalization39▲ 2.3×64 topics
  3. Community Engagement39▲ 14×9 topics
  4. Public Policy38▲ 9.0×13 topics
  5. Territorial Governance38▲ 35×4 topics
  6. Local Development37▲ 37×2 topics
  7. Sustainable Development35▲ 2.6×22 topics
  8. Gender33▲ 7.2×37 topics
  9. History31▲ 5.2×44 topics
  10. Identity30▲ 4.8×49 topics
  11. Citizen Participation29▲ 28×1 topic
  12. Environmental Participation29▲ 43×1 topic
  13. Colonialism28▲ 7.0×32 topics
  14. Education26▲ 1.79×53 topics
  15. Gender Studies24▲ 18×8 topics
  16. Social Movements22▲ 8.7×16 topics
  17. Religion20▲ 5.0×19 topics
  18. Sociolinguistics19▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Ethics18▲ 4.5×27 topics
  20. Cultural Studies18▲ 5.7×24 topics
  21. Literature18▲ 4.0×34 topics
  22. Migration17▲ 6.0×13 topics
  23. Nationalism16▲ 4.2×18 topics
  24. Ethnographic Research16▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Sociological Analysis16▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Professional Practices16▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Public Action16▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Democracy15▲ 5.0×11 topics
  29. Archaeology15▲ 13×8 topics
  30. Social Change13▲ 13×8 topics
  31. Pragmatics13▲ 9.3×5 topics
  32. Discourse Analysis13▲ 5.9×5 topics
  33. Islam13▲ 7.1×4 topics
  34. Cultural Diversity12▲ 6.5×11 topics
  35. Rhetoric12▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 6.4×3 topics
  37. Entanglement12▲ 9.2×4 topics
  38. Roman Economy12▲ 33×2 topics
  39. North Africa12▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Diversity11▲ 7.5×6 topics

Which research topics does École Normale Supérieure publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis and Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research.

French Urban and Social …29French Urban and Social Studies: 29 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 16 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 10 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 10 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 10 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 10 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…10Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 10 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 8 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 8 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 7 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhilosophyClinical PsychologyHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social StudiesSociology and Political Science 29 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational trainingSociology and Political Science 16 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisPhilosophy 10 works
  4. 4 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology ResearchClinical Psychology 10 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisHistory and Philosophy of Science 10 works
  6. 6 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderPolitical Science and International Relations 10 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  8. 8 Historical and Literary StudiesAnthropology 8 works
  9. 9 Social Sciences and GovernanceUrban Studies 8 works
  10. 10 Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesLanguage and Linguistics 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has École Normale Supérieure's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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