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ENSAE Paris

In research, ENSAE Paris stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,879 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,397
of 28,054 · #19,642 all time
Rank in France
#847
of 1,422
Research works
877
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is ENSAE Paris 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,879 of 10,521 20.2%91 #5322

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where ENSAE Paris 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).

What does ENSAE Paris specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 30.4 works9.4×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.39× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.30× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.49× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.18× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.44× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at ENSAE Paris?

Ranked on the composite score, Roger Dachez, Jean‐David Fermanian and Romuald Élie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ENSAE Paris.

  1. 1 Roger Dachez France · #144,855 worldwide 32 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Jean‐David Fermanian France · #583,233 worldwide 149 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Romuald Élie France · #629,964 worldwide 68 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Thibaud Vergé France · #721,647 worldwide 46 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Peter Tankov France · #857,690 worldwide 124 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Pierre Biscourp France · #903,292 worldwide 58 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 D. D. Sokolov France · #1,135,226 worldwide 43 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Caroline Hillairet France · #1,529,636 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Sorana Toma France · #1,559,905 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Laurent Davezies France · #1,562,293 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at ENSAE Paris

Which keywords describe research at ENSAE Paris?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Justice, Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Public Policy, Citizen Participation, Environmental Participation and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development10▲ 4.2×9 topics
  2. Community Engagement9▲ 19×4 topics
  3. Social Justice9▲ 11×6 topics
  4. Local Development9▲ 53×2 topics
  5. Territorial Governance9▲ 49×2 topics
  6. Public Policy9▲ 12×4 topics
  7. Citizen Participation8▲ 44×1 topic
  8. Economic Growth8▲ 6.4×13 topics
  9. Environmental Participation8▲ 68×1 topic
  10. Monetary Policy6▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Risk Management6▲ 8.1×8 topics
  12. Model Selection6▲ 46×4 topics
  13. Social Media5▲ 2.4×11 topics
  14. Cultural Heritage5▲ 5.6×6 topics
  15. Fiscal Policy5▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Convex Optimization4▲ 38×4 topics
  17. Bayesian Methods4▲ 58×2 topics
  18. High-Dimensional Data4▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Lasso4▲ 94×1 topic
  20. Regularization4▲ 94×1 topic
  21. Survival Analysis4▲ 10×2 topics
  22. Variable Selection4▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Digital Communication4▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Information Studies4▲ 120×1 topic
  25. Gender Studies4▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Panel Data Analysis4▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Structural Change4▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Financial Development3▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Multivariate Analysis3▲ 25×2 topics
  30. GARCH Models3▲ 101×1 topic
  31. Volatility3▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Business Cycles3▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Interest Rates3▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Monte Carlo Simulation3▲ 10.0×2 topics
  35. Asset Pricing3▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Liquidity3▲ 25×3 topics
  37. Option Pricing3▲ 81×1 topic
  38. Stochastic Calculus3▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Financial Stability2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  40. Sociolinguistics2▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does ENSAE Paris publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Statistical Methods and Inference, Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts and Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling.

French Urban and Social …8French Urban and Social Studies: 8 fractional worksStatistical Methods and Inference: 4 fractional worksCultural Insights and Di…4Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 4 fractional worksFinancial Risk and Volat…3Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling: 3 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 3 fractional worksStochastic processes and financial applications: 3 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…2Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 2 fractional worksSparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques: 2 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 2 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceStatistics and ProbabilityComputer Networks and CommunicationsFinance4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  2. 2 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 4 works
  3. 3 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  4. 4 Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling Finance 3 works
  5. 5 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 works
  6. 6 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 3 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques Computational Mechanics 2 works
  9. 9 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 2 works
  10. 10 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 2 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.8%domestic only67.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ENSAE Paris's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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