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École Supérieure du Bois

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Research works
52
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
858
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
École Supérieure du Bois

Not ranked overall: École Supérieure du Bois is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does École Supérieure du Bois work in?

In all years, 68% of research at École Supérieure du Bois is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Materials Science (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 67.9% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 38.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKÉcole Supérieuredu Bois52fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2038.2%
    2. Materials Science713.6%
    3. Environmental Science59.3%
    4. Computer Science12.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.2%
    6. Chemistry12.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences611.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences36.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities35.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    4. Psychology00.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Medicine12.5%
    2. Dentistry00.4%
    3. Nursing00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.06× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.82× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science4.82×2 works
  2. Engineering3.06×4 works
  3. Environmental Science2.13×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.91×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.43×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.33×0 works
  7. Chemistry1.23×0 works
  8. Psychology0.63×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.53×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×0 works
  11. Medicine0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at École Supérieure du Bois?

Ranked on the quality score, H. D. Mansfield-Williams, Mark Irle and Franck Michaud lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Supérieure du Bois.

  1. 1 H. D. Mansfield-Williams France · #2,598,759 worldwide 276 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Mark Irle France · #2,757,382 worldwide 1.5k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Franck Michaud France · #3,025,576 worldwide 482 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Clément Boudaud France · #4,125,335 worldwide 118 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Christophe Belloncle France · #4,881,574 worldwide 688 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 C. Jacquiot France · #4,919,067 worldwide 288 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at École Supérieure du Bois

What are the most cited papers from École Supérieure du Bois?

The most cited paper from École Supérieure du Bois is "Color stability of heat-treated wood during artificial weathering" (N. Ayadi, Fabienne Lejeune, F. Charrier et al., 2003), with 246 citations. Next come "The water vapour sorption properties of thermally modified and densified wood" (168) and "Control of Foodborne Biological Hazards by Ionizing Radiations" (121).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Color stability of heat-treated wood during artificial weathering N. Ayadi, Fabienne Lejeune, F. Charrier et al. · European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 7 May 2003 246
2 The water vapour sorption properties of thermally modified and densified wood Callum A. S. Hill, James Arthur Ramsay, Barbara A. Keating et al. · Journal of Materials Science 5 Dec 2011 168
3 Control of Foodborne Biological Hazards by Ionizing Radiations Muhammad Tanveer Munir, Michel Fédérighi · Foods Open access 3 Jul 2020 121
4 Nanocellulose and Graphene Oxide Aerogels for Adsorption and Removal Methylene Blue from an Aqueous Environment Vy Tuong Nguyen, Lam Q. Ha, Tu Dinh Nguyen et al. · ACS Omega Open access 20 Dec 2021 97
5 Processing roughness of sanded wood surfaces Lidia Gurău, H. D. Mansfield-Williams, Mark Irle · European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 25 Nov 2004 93
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at École Supérieure du Bois?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Environmental Impact, FTIR Analysis, Wood Chemistry, Biomedical Applications, Polymeric Materials, Natural Fibers and Catalytic Transformation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Mechanical Properties7▲ 14×6 topics
  2. Environmental Impact5▲ 6.6×9 topics
  3. FTIR Analysis4▲ 452×1 topic
  4. Wood Chemistry4▲ 452×1 topic
  5. Biomedical Applications3▲ 5.7×7 topics
  6. Natural Fibers2▲ 106×2 topics
  7. Polymeric Materials2▲ 72×2 topics
  8. Catalytic Transformation2▲ 163×1 topic
  9. Climate Change2▲ 1.69×13 topics
  10. Lignin Valorization2▲ 163×1 topic
  11. Biodegradable Polymers2▲ 33×4 topics
  12. Ionic Liquids2▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Sustainability2▲ 2.2×10 topics
  14. Composites2▲ 50×1 topic
  15. Cultural Heritage2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  16. Nanocomposites2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  17. Reinforced Polymers2▲ 116×1 topic
  18. Machine Vision2▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Aboveground Biomass2▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Biomass Estimation2▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Forest Management2▲ 49×4 topics
  22. Image Processing2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  23. Allometric Models1▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Carbon Stocks1▲ 80×1 topic
  25. Recycling1▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Roughness Measurement1▲ 82×1 topic
  27. Surface Characterization1▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Antimicrobial1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  29. Biomechanics1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  30. Sustainable Production1▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Vegetation1▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Biomass1▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Cellulose Nanocrystals1▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Nanocellulose1▲ 69×1 topic
  35. Root Reinforcement1▲ 106×1 topic
  36. Slope Stability1▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Environmental Impacts1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  38. Hispanic World1▲ 104×1 topic
  39. Independence1▲ 104×1 topic
  40. Life Cycle Assessment1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does École Supérieure du Bois publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wood Treatment and Properties, Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Environmental Impact and Sustainability and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Wood Treatment and Prope…1Wood Treatment and Properties: 1 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry0Lignin and Wood Chemistry: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and…0Environmental Impact and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…0Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 0 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 0 fractional worksTree Root and Stability …0Tree Root and Stability Studies: 0 fractional worksPolymer composites and s…0Polymer composites and self-healing: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Cellulose Resea…0Advanced Cellulose Research Studies: 0 fractional worksVibration and Dynamic An…0Vibration and Dynamic Analysis: 0 fractional works
Building and ConstructionBiomedical EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 1 works
  2. 2 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  6. 6 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Polymer composites and self-healing Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 0 works
  10. 10 Vibration and Dynamic Analysis Control and Systems Engineering 0 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.0%domestic only59.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has École Supérieure du Bois's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Supérieure du Bois as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000029% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%École Supérieure du Bois0.000023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of École Supérieure du Bois over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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