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IMT Atlantique

In research, IMT Atlantique stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,257 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,422 of 6,636 worldwide) and Computer Science (#2,777 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 14.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,554
of 28,054 · #9,573 all time
Rank in France
#165
of 1,422
Research works
1.8k
▲ 202% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is IMT Atlantique 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 #4,257 of 12,888 11.1%524 #6535
EngineeringField #3,422 of 6,636 9.3%212 #4066
Computer ScienceField #2,777 of 4,667 9.6%162 #3278
Social SciencesDomain #7,110 of 10,521 12.4%135 #8797
Health SciencesDomain #10,096 of 11,982 16.9%64 #15200
Physics and AstronomyField #1,475 of 1,646 24.5%63 #3212
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #2,252 of 2,318 4.5%63 #3296

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IMT Atlantique 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#6,535 #4,257
  2. Engineering#4,066 #3,422
  3. Computer Science#3,278 #2,777
  4. Social Sciences#8,797 #7,110
  5. Health Sciences#15,200 #10,096
  6. Physics and Astronomy#3,212 #1,475
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#3,296 #2,252
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 IMT Atlantique specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 14.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 34.4 works15×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 37.9 works9.8×
  3. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 38.4 works5.8×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.78× its world share, 162 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.89× its world share, 212 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.78× its world share, 63 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 55 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at IMT Atlantique?

Ranked on the composite score, Hugo Brunelière, Riccardo Bruno and Loutfi Nuaymi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IMT Atlantique.

  1. 1 Hugo Brunelière · #115,653 worldwide 183 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Riccardo Bruno · #431,613 worldwide 77 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Loutfi Nuaymi · #453,552 worldwide 183 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Inna Lyubareva · #572,725 worldwide 22 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Sophie Bretesché · #609,474 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Georgios Z. Papadopoulos · #673,491 worldwide 87 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Sao Mai Nguyen · #749,822 worldwide 49 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Patrick Maillé · #867,096 worldwide 110 citations · 105 works
  9. 9 Sary Awad · #912,265 worldwide 39 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Félicie Theron · #921,678 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at IMT Atlantique

Which keywords describe research at IMT Atlantique?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Energy Efficiency, Lattice QCD, 5G Networks, Neural Networks, Anomaly Detection and Dark Matter.

▲ 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. Deep Learning66▲ 2.6×71 topics
  2. Machine Learning48▲ 1.95×67 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency24▲ 3.4×24 topics
  4. Neural Networks22▲ 1.94×31 topics
  5. Sustainability20◆ 1.09×44 topics
  6. Lattice QCD15▲ 33×2 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management14▲ 2.0×17 topics
  8. Internet of Things14▲ 2.1×15 topics
  9. IoT Security13▲ 5.4×3 topics
  10. Anomaly Detection13▲ 5.7×4 topics
  11. Data Mining12▲ 2.2×14 topics
  12. 5G Networks12▲ 7.8×5 topics
  13. Dark Matter11▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Particle Physics11▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Distributed Systems9▲ 7.2×6 topics
  16. Genetic Algorithm9▲ 8.5×6 topics
  17. Hydrodynamics9▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Wireless Networks9▲ 7.7×8 topics
  19. Heavy-Ion Collisions8▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Maxwell's Equations8▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Quark-Gluon Plasma8▲ 44×1 topic
  22. Genetic Algorithms8▲ 7.5×6 topics
  23. Higgs Boson8▲ 20×1 topic
  24. High-Energy Collider8▲ 20×1 topic
  25. Scheduling8▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Local Development8▲ 8.8×2 topics
  27. Territorial Governance8▲ 8.0×2 topics
  28. Wireless Communication7▲ 6.5×4 topics
  29. Ant Colony Optimization7▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Multi-Objective Optimization7▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Assembly Planning7▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Channel Estimation7▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Design for Manufacture7▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Massive MIMO7▲ 11×3 topics
  35. QCD6▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Spectral Efficiency6▲ 13×2 topics
  37. charmonium6▲ 25×1 topic
  38. DDoS Attacks6▲ 7.0×1 topic
  39. Assembly Line Balancing6▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Optimization Methods6▲ 73×1 topic

Which research topics does IMT Atlantique publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

High-Energy Particle Col…8High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 8 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…8Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 8 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 7 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 6 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 6 fractional worksAssembly Line Balancing Optimization: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 6 fractional worksScheduling and Optimizat…6Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 6 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 5 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 5 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  3. 3 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  6. 6 Assembly Line Balancing Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IMT Atlantique's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 202% 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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