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Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière

In research, Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,929 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,039 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,277
of 28,054 · #8,327 all time
Rank in France
#886
of 1,422
Research works
1.1k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière 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 #9,929 of 12,888 14.6%74 #5096
Social SciencesDomain #10,039 of 10,521 7.5%74 #9135

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière 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).

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: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.54× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.28× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.06× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.93× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière?

Ranked on the composite score, Z. Altamimi, Clément Mallet and Bruno Vallet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière.

  1. 1 Z. Altamimi France · #68,495 worldwide 287 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Clément Mallet France · #139,664 worldwide 177 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Bruno Vallet France · #166,130 worldwide 123 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Pascal Willis France · #180,487 worldwide 182 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Mathieu Brédif France · #229,297 worldwide 107 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Cécile Duchêne France · #246,806 worldwide 61 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Bénédicte Bucher France · #254,986 worldwide 47 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Joëlle Smadja France · #288,626 worldwide 1 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Martine Bulard France · #329,573 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Sidonie Christophe France · #379,745 worldwide 29 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière

Which keywords describe research at Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière?

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

▲ 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. Public Policy20▲ 24×7 topics
  2. Community Engagement18▲ 33×4 topics
  3. Social Justice18▲ 18×4 topics
  4. Local Development18▲ 94×2 topics
  5. Territorial Governance18▲ 86×3 topics
  6. Sustainable Development17▲ 6.3×6 topics
  7. Citizen Participation17▲ 81×2 topics
  8. Environmental Participation16▲ 121×1 topic
  9. Proximity and Innovation16▲ 121×1 topic
  10. Remote Sensing13▲ 6.2×23 topics
  11. Semantic Web12▲ 81×2 topics
  12. Climate Change11▲ 2.5×34 topics
  13. Citizen Science11▲ 67×2 topics
  14. Geospatial Crowdsourcing11▲ 335×1 topic
  15. Volunteered Geographic Information11▲ 335×1 topic
  16. Cultural Heritage9▲ 10×10 topics
  17. Sustainability8▲ 1.90×18 topics
  18. Migration7▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Terrestrial Laser Scanning7▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Globalization7▲ 2.0×18 topics
  21. Gender5▲ 5.9×2 topics
  22. Democracy5▲ 8.8×2 topics
  23. Social Change5▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Family Law5▲ 65×1 topic
  25. Reform5▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 8.2×9 topics
  27. 3D Reconstruction5▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Biomass Estimation5▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Point Clouds5▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Web Technologies4▲ 88×2 topics
  31. Photogrammetry4▲ 41×1 topic
  32. UAV4▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Colonialism4▲ 5.2×3 topics
  34. Urban Development4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Data Integration4▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Aboveground Biomass4▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Gender Studies4▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Open Access4▲ 22×4 topics
  39. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  40. Sociolinguistics3▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Geographic Information Systems Studies, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage.

French Urban and Social …16French Urban and Social Studies: 16 fractional worksGeographic Information S…11Geographic Information Systems Studies: 11 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 5 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 4 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 3 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 3 fractional worksData Management and Algorithms: 3 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 3 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International RelationsGeology6 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  2. 2 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 11 works
  3. 3 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  4. 4 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 4 works
  5. 5 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 3 works
  7. 7 Data Management and Algorithms Signal Processing 3 works
  8. 8 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 3 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017.

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