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École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

In research, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,435 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,523 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,047 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology, History and Philosophy of Science and Linguistics and Language — Anthropology is 13.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,897
of 28,054 · #1,098 all time
Rank in France
#35
of 1,422
Research works
8.8k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
230k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is École Normale Supérieure de Lyon 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 #1,435 of 12,888 15.1%632 #863
Social SciencesDomain #2,523 of 10,521 7.4%799 #2547
Life SciencesDomain #2,047 of 7,800 25.9%154 #1319
Social SciencesField #1,894 of 6,365 8.2%391 #2296
MedicineField #3,744 of 10,443 21.3%91 #4083
Physics and AstronomyField #649 of 1,646 21.9%123 #520
Health SciencesDomain #5,027 of 11,982 17.1%124 #5541
Computer ScienceField #2,403 of 4,667 13.4%134 #811
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,085 of 1,998 5.9%339 #1194
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,944 of 3,579 23.8%86 #1317

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where École Normale Supérieure de Lyon 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#863 #1,435
  2. Social Sciences#2,547 #2,523
  3. Life Sciences#1,319 #2,047
  4. Social Sciences#2,296 #1,894
  5. Medicine#4,083 #3,744
  6. Physics and Astronomy#520 #649
  7. Health Sciences#5,541 #5,027
  8. Computer Science#811 #2,403
  9. Arts and Humanities#1,194 #1,085
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,317 #1,944
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 de Lyon specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 65.6 works14×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 31.1 works12×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 20.8 works11×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 89.1 works9.8×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 86 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.34× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.39× its world share, 37 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 134 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 90 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 57 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.40× its world share, 68 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.24× its world share, 123 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.86× its world share, 339 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 392 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon?

Ranked on the composite score, Patrick Flandrin, Cédric Villani and Frédéric Desprez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Normale Supérieure de Lyon.

  1. 1 Patrick Flandrin France · #22,829 worldwide 981 citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Cédric Villani France · #32,280 worldwide 475 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Frédéric Desprez France · #43,272 worldwide 437 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Omar Fawzi France · #44,122 worldwide 749 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Janne Blichert‐Toft France · #53,254 worldwide 826 citations · 93 works
  6. 6 Damien Stehlé France · #60,342 worldwide 347 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Francis Albarède France · #60,769 worldwide 1.2k citations · 159 works
  8. 8 Michel Peyrard France · #69,661 worldwide 317 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Simon M.F. Sheppard France · #70,384 worldwide 569 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Étienne Ghys France · #131,136 worldwide 106 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Which keywords describe research at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Colonialism, Social Justice, Gender Studies, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development and Literature.

▲ 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. Gender77▲ 8.3×44 topics
  2. Globalization71▲ 2.1×77 topics
  3. Colonialism68▲ 8.4×42 topics
  4. Social Justice68▲ 6.8×20 topics
  5. Identity64▲ 5.1×55 topics
  6. Gender Studies62▲ 23×12 topics
  7. Literature61▲ 6.6×50 topics
  8. Community Engagement60▲ 11×8 topics
  9. History60▲ 5.0×50 topics
  10. Public Policy58▲ 6.9×15 topics
  11. Territorial Governance58▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Local Development57▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Archaeology49▲ 21×10 topics
  14. Philosophy49▲ 6.5×34 topics
  15. Citizen Participation46▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Environmental Participation46▲ 34×1 topic
  17. Proximity and Innovation46▲ 34×1 topic
  18. Religion43▲ 5.3×30 topics
  19. Cultural Studies42▲ 6.5×29 topics
  20. Roman Economy42▲ 59×2 topics
  21. Sociolinguistics42▲ 13×8 topics
  22. Pompeii41▲ 111×1 topic
  23. Urban Workshops41▲ 111×1 topic
  24. Historiography40▲ 19×11 topics
  25. Culture39▲ 4.3×31 topics
  26. Nationalism37▲ 4.7×26 topics
  27. Pragmatics37▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Educational Policies35▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Ethnographic Research35▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Professional Practices35▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Public Action35▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Artistic Expression34▲ 62×2 topics
  33. Discourse Analysis32▲ 7.5×7 topics
  34. Rhetoric31▲ 16×5 topics
  35. Gender Roles30▲ 15×5 topics
  36. Cultural Evolution30▲ 36×3 topics
  37. Argumentation30▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Educational Practices30▲ 29×3 topics
  39. Ethos30▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Literary History30▲ 61×2 topics

Which research topics does École Normale Supérieure de Lyon publish most on?

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

French Urban and Social Studies: 46 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 41 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…35Education, sociology, and vocational training: 35 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…30Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 30 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Analyses: 29 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 24 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psych…19Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 19 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 15 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 13 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAnthropologyPhilosophyLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  2. 2 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 41 works
  3. 3 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 35 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 30 works
  5. 5 Historical and Literary Analyses Literature and Literary Theory 29 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 24 works
  7. 7 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 19 works
  8. 8 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 15 works
  9. 9 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 13 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 12 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has École Normale Supérieure de Lyon's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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