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Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse

In research, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,430 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#6,460 of 7,800 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,519 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematics — Mathematics is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,730
of 28,054 · #4,551 all time
Rank in France
#283
of 1,422
Research works
2.8k
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse 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 #5,430 of 12,888 10.0%248 #2886
Life SciencesDomain #6,460 of 7,800 13.7%62 #7253
EngineeringField #5,519 of 6,636 8.2%92 #3060

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse 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#2,886 #5,430
  2. Life Sciences#7,253 #6,460
  3. Engineering#3,060 #5,519
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 des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematics takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MathematicsField · 29.0 works6.9×
← 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: 0.78× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.39× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.49× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.68× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.35× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.73× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.71× its world share, 92 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.89× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.86× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.91× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Bertrand Tondu, Corinne Cabassud and R. Ben Aïm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse.

  1. 1 Bertrand Tondu France · #53,438 worldwide 334 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Corinne Cabassud France · #200,257 worldwide 260 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 R. Ben Aïm France · #244,301 worldwide 187 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Alain Liné France · #249,372 worldwide 194 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Pierre Monsan France · #261,670 worldwide 207 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Jean‐Pierre Ollivier France · #264,419 worldwide 118 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Stéphanie Laborie France · #426,808 worldwide 110 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 J. C. Maso France · #473,019 worldwide 61 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Étienne Sicard France · #519,172 worldwide 127 citations · 76 works
  10. 10 Ligia Tiruta-Barna France · #532,322 worldwide 129 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Environmental Impact, Constraint-Based Models, Genome-Scale Models, Enzymatic Hydrolysis, Lignocellulosic Biomass and Bioethanol Production.

▲ 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. Machine Learning13◆ 1.12×47 topics
  2. Environmental Impact13▲ 2.1×29 topics
  3. Deep Learning10▼ 0.84×42 topics
  4. Sustainability10◆ 1.15×34 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications10▲ 2.4×26 topics
  6. Metabolic Engineering8▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Synthetic Biology7▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency6▲ 1.91×20 topics
  9. Constraint-Based Models6▲ 41×1 topic
  10. Genome-Scale Models6▲ 41×1 topic
  11. Enzymatic Hydrolysis6▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Nanocomposites6▲ 2.1×18 topics
  13. Lignocellulosic Biomass6▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Bioethanol Production6▲ 28×1 topic
  15. Pretreatment6▲ 28×1 topic
  16. Cultural Heritage5▲ 2.5×9 topics
  17. CFD Simulation5▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Genomics5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  19. Turbulent Flows5▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Bioenergy4▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Circular Economy4▲ 4.4×6 topics
  22. Desalination4▲ 19×1 topic
  23. Membrane Technology4▲ 15×1 topic
  24. Microbial Processes4▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Stability4▲ 4.9×5 topics
  26. Bioreactor4▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Biotechnological Applications4▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Fluid-Structure Interaction4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  29. Microbial Enzymes4▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Scale-up4▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Signal Transduction4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. Chaos4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Industrial Applications3▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Biomass3▲ 8.1×4 topics
  35. Sustainability Assessment3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  36. Porous Media3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  37. Dynamical Systems3▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Symplectic Geometry3▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Membrane Proteins3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Healthcare Legislation3▲ 13×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Biofuel production and bioconversion, Membrane Separation Technologies and Enzyme Production and Characterization.

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 6 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 6 fractional worksMembrane Separation Tech…4Membrane Separation Technologies: 4 fractional worksEnzyme Production and Ch…4Enzyme Production and Characterization: 4 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Mixing: 4 fractional worksBioeconomy and Sustainability Development: 3 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…3Health, Medicine and Society: 3 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 3 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyBiomedical EngineeringWater Science and TechnologyBiotechnology5 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 6 works
  2. 2 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  4. 4 Enzyme Production and Characterization Biotechnology 4 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Mixing Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 3 works
  9. 9 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.7%domestic only70.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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