Question 1

What is École Polytechnique known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, École Polytechnique stands highest in Physical Sciences (#585 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,159 of 9,585 worldwide) and Computer Science (#616 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics and Geometry and Topology (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 15.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does École Polytechnique rank in research?

Accepted Answer

École Polytechnique ranks #881 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#851 all time), and #32 of 517 in France.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at École Polytechnique?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, P. Bruel, S. V. Rusakov and G. Selvaggi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Polytechnique.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from École Polytechnique?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from École Polytechnique is "An Introduction To Compressive Sampling" (Emmanuel J. Candès, Michael B. Wakin, 2008), with 10,167 citations. Next come "Advanced capabilities for materials modelling with Q uantum ESPRESSO" (7,842) and "Geant4 developments and applications" (7,047).

Question 5

Which research topics does École Polytechnique publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, French Urban and Social Studies and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at École Polytechnique?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monte Carlo Simulation, Deep Learning, Lattice QCD, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Dark Matter, Entanglement and Evolutionary Algorithms.

Question 7

Which fields of science does École Polytechnique work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 72% of research at École Polytechnique is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Physics and Astronomy (17%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is École Polytechnique's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.