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Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes

In research, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,652 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#2,282 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#2,653 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Civil and Structural Engineering is 6.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,186
of 22,385 · #3,733 all time
Rank in France
#208
of 517
Research works
1.7k
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes

What is Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,652 of 10,670 7.0%256 #1543
EngineeringField #2,282 of 5,901 7.1%133 #1202
Computer ScienceField #2,653 of 4,417 6.9%64 #1763

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,543 #2,652
  2. Engineering#1,202 #2,282
  3. Computer Science#1,763 #2,653
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Computer Science (22%), Materials Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 282 fractional works · 87.6% of its workEngineering: 145 fractional works · 45.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 35 fractional works · 10.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 23 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 71 fractional works · 22.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 6.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut Nationaldes Sciences…322fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering14545.0%
    2. Computer Science7122.1%
    3. Materials Science299.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy113.4%
    5. Environmental Science82.5%
    6. Mathematics72.2%
    7. Chemistry51.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.0%
    9. Energy20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Social Sciences72.2%
    2. Psychology41.3%
    3. Decision Sciences30.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    1. Medicine103.1%
    2. Health Professions30.9%
    1. Neuroscience51.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 23.5 works6.2×
  2. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 21.7 works5.3×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.85× its world share, 71 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.00× its world share, 145 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.62× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.54× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.00×145 works
  2. Computer Science2.85×71 works
  3. Materials Science2.62×29 works
  4. Mathematics1.88×7 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.54×11 works
  6. Chemistry0.93×5 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.88×3 works
  8. Neuroscience0.87×5 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×3 works
  10. Energy0.59×2 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.50×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.49×8 works
  13. Psychology0.44×4 works
  14. Health Professions0.34×3 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.25×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×2 works
  17. Social Sciences0.18×7 works
  18. Medicine0.16×10 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes?

Ranked on the quality score, Yi Zhang, Fékri Meftah and Luc Le Magoarou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes.

  1. 1 Yi Zhang France · #937,041 worldwide 999 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Fékri Meftah France · #1,055,619 worldwide 1.2k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Luc Le Magoarou France · #1,358,760 worldwide 502 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Mohammed Hjiaj France · #1,460,976 worldwide 3k citations · 148 works
  5. 5 Noël Challamel France · #1,462,810 worldwide 449 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Wojciech Wideł France · #1,498,781 worldwide 228 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 André Lecerf France · #1,655,838 worldwide 1k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Lu Zhang France · #1,816,214 worldwide 3k citations · 233 works
  9. 9 Samuel Masson France · #1,987,388 worldwide 321 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Pierre-Yves Glorennec France · #2,096,207 worldwide 2.1k citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes

What are the most cited papers from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes?

The most cited paper from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes is "Tunneling between ferromagnetic films" (M. Julliere, 1975), with 3,982 citations. Next come "High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells" (3,384) and "Nonlinear black-box modeling in system identification: a unified overview" (1,937).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tunneling between ferromagnetic films M. Julliere · Physics Letters A Sep 1975 3,982
2 High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells Hsinhan Tsai, Wanyi Nie, Jean‐Christophe Blancon et al. · Nature Open access 5 Jul 2016 3,384
3 Nonlinear black-box modeling in system identification: a unified overview Jonas Sigfrid Sjoberg, Qinghua Zhang, Lennart Ljung et al. · Automatica Open access Dec 1995 1,937
4 Extremely efficient internal exciton dissociation through edge states in layered 2D perovskites Jean‐Christophe Blancon, Hsinhan Tsai, Wanyi Nie et al. · Science Open access 9 Mar 2017 1,104
5 On cloaking for elasticity and physical equations with a transformation invariant form Graeme Walter Milton, Marc Briane, John Raymond Willis · New Journal of Physics Open access 24 Oct 2006 1,044
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Mechanical Properties, Neural Networks, Wireless Communications, Buckling Behavior, Efficiency, Crystal Growth and Artificial Neural Networks.

▲ 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-now 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 Learning30▲ 2.7×61 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties16▲ 5.1×24 topics
  3. Neural Networks14▲ 2.9×29 topics
  4. Machine Learning12◆ 1.11×41 topics
  5. Artificial Neural Networks8▲ 5.8×6 topics
  6. Wireless Communications8▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Buckling Behavior8▲ 35×2 topics
  8. Crystal Growth8▲ 9.0×9 topics
  9. Efficiency8▲ 8.2×4 topics
  10. Stability7▲ 9.9×4 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency7▲ 2.4×16 topics
  12. Semiconductors7▲ 7.6×4 topics
  13. Microstructure7▲ 4.1×13 topics
  14. Light-Emitting Diodes7▲ 14×2 topics
  15. Organometal Halide Perovskites6▲ 18×1 topic
  16. Perovskite Solar Cells6▲ 18×1 topic
  17. Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes6▲ 45×1 topic
  18. Structural Engineering6▲ 40×1 topic
  19. Finite Element Analysis6▲ 8.0×7 topics
  20. Virtual Reality5▲ 3.5×8 topics
  21. Additive Manufacturing5▲ 5.0×6 topics
  22. Convolutional Networks5▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Metamaterial5▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Antenna5▲ 18×1 topic
  25. Construction5▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Geopolymer5▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Microstrip5▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Channel Estimation4▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Video Coding4▲ 64×2 topics
  30. Frequency Selective Surfaces4▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Metasurfaces4▲ 20×1 topic
  32. Unsupervised Learning4▲ 8.4×3 topics
  33. MIMO Systems4▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Massive MIMO4▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Electronic Structure4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  36. Durability Performance4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Microwave Filters4▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Substrate Integrated Waveguide4▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Wireless Networks4▲ 7.8×8 topics
  40. Depth Estimation4▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Perovskite Materials and Applications, Structural Load-Bearing Analysis, Antenna Design and Analysis and Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies.

Perovskite Materials and Applications: 6 fractional worksStructural Load-Bearing Analysis: 6 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…5Antenna Design and Analysis: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Met…4Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 4 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 4 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 3 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…3Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imaging: 3 fractional worksMagnetism in coordination complexes: 3 fractional worksVideo Coding and Compres…3Video Coding and Compression Technologies: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringAerospace EngineeringBuilding and Construction3 others

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

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 3 works
  7. 7 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works
  9. 9 Magnetism in coordination complexes Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 3 works
  10. 10 Video Coding and Compression Technologies Signal Processing 3 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.4%domestic only72.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher 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 Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes6.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2008.

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