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Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

In research, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,044 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#932 of 6,636 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,797 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Signal Processing, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Signal Processing is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,426
of 28,054 · #1,081 all time
Rank in Canada
#32
of 403
Research works
11k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
334k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique 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 #1,044 of 12,888 19.4%1,146 #829
EngineeringField #932 of 6,636 19.0%456 #431
Life SciencesDomain #1,797 of 7,800 22.3%175 #1542
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #542 of 2,318 14.6%238 #247
Environmental ScienceField #1,118 of 3,551 19.4%225 #751
Physics and AstronomyField #562 of 1,646 13.6%95 #599
Computer ScienceField #1,797 of 4,667 26.9%120 #2026
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,658 of 3,579 18.4%85 #1846
Materials ScienceField #1,266 of 2,468 20.5%111 #1060
Social SciencesDomain #6,010 of 10,521 21.9%135 #3970

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique 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#829 #1,044
  2. Engineering#431 #932
  3. Life Sciences#1,542 #1,797
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#247 #542
  5. Environmental Science#751 #1,118
  6. Physics and Astronomy#599 #562
  7. Computer Science#2,026 #1,797
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,846 #1,658
  9. Materials Science#1,060 #1,266
  10. Social Sciences#3,970 #6,010
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 Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Signal Processing takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 28.9 works6.2×
  2. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 66.0 works5.9×
  3. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 238.1 works4.3×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.44× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 120 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 54 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.22× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.96× its world share, 456 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.92× its world share, 225 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.05× its world share, 111 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.75× its world share, 95 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 96 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique?

Ranked on the composite score, Yiteng Huang, Brent E. Little and Monique Lacroix lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique.

  1. 1 Yiteng Huang Canada · #28,761 worldwide 660 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Brent E. Little Canada · #46,247 worldwide 527 citations · 88 works
  3. 3 Monique Lacroix Canada · #47,719 worldwide 529 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Jacob Benesty Canada · #51,498 worldwide 1.8k citations · 233 works
  5. 5 Peter G. C. Campbell Canada · #53,419 worldwide 301 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Jean‐Pol Dodelet Canada · #56,822 worldwide 832 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Fiorenzo Vetrone Canada · #64,308 worldwide 537 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 P. Mermelstein Canada · #70,426 worldwide 376 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Martin Maier Canada · #71,665 worldwide 530 citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Marie‐Claude Rousseau Canada · #76,585 worldwide 113 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

Which keywords describe research at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Nanomaterials, Microwave Photonics, Nonlinear Optics, Remote Sensing, Wireless Communications, Integrated Circuits and Water Splitting.

▲ 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. Climate Change103▲ 2.5×61 topics
  2. Deep Learning62▲ 1.17×54 topics
  3. Machine Learning61▲ 1.21×50 topics
  4. Nanomaterials61▲ 3.7×14 topics
  5. Remote Sensing58▲ 3.0×28 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications45▲ 2.4×29 topics
  7. Microwave Photonics41▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Nonlinear Optics40▲ 24×4 topics
  9. Biosensors37▲ 4.6×11 topics
  10. Wireless Communications36▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Water Splitting34▲ 6.1×4 topics
  12. Graphene34▲ 3.2×9 topics
  13. Artificial Neural Networks32▲ 4.3×6 topics
  14. Integrated Circuits31▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Semiconductor31▲ 5.8×7 topics
  16. Fiber Lasers30▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Metamaterial30▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Antenna28▲ 21×1 topic
  19. Microstrip28▲ 21×1 topic
  20. Optical Modulators28▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Raman Lasers27▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Beamforming27▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Microresonators27▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Silicon Photonics26▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Microcavities26▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Nanophotonic Waveguides26▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Whispering Gallery Mode26▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Optical Frequency Combs25▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Ultrafast Lasers25▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Hydrological Modeling25▲ 7.0×5 topics
  31. Water Resources24▲ 6.4×6 topics
  32. Optical Fiber22▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Metamaterials22▲ 10.0×5 topics
  34. Microwave Filters22▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Substrate Integrated Waveguide22▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Visible Light22▲ 6.0×2 topics
  37. Sediment Transport21▲ 8.3×5 topics
  38. Hydrology20▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Frequency Selective Surfaces19▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Metasurfaces19▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antenna Design and Analysis, Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides.

Antenna Design and Analy…28Antenna Design and Analysis: 28 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…26Photonic and Optical Devices: 26 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…25Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 25 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering an…22Microwave Engineering and Waveguides: 22 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 19 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 17 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Process…16Speech and Audio Processing: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 16 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 14 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …14Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 14 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 28 works
  2. 2 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
  3. 3 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 25 works
  4. 4 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  5. 5 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 19 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 17 works
  7. 7 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 16 works
  8. 8 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16 works
  9. 9 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 14 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 available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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