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Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse

In research, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,971 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,921 of 5,901 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,490 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics (Computational Mechanics is 6.6× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#5,193
of 22,385 · #2,433 all time
Rank in France
#143
of 517
Research works
4.6k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
126k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse

What is Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse 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 #2,971 of 10,670 7.0%396 #1710
EngineeringField #1,921 of 5,901 7.2%202 #1228
Life SciencesDomain #2,490 of 6,403 12.1%80 #1819

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut National Polytechnique 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 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#1,710 #2,971
  2. Engineering#1,228 #1,921
  3. Life Sciences#1,819 #2,490
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 Polytechnique de Toulouse work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (36%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 421 fractional works · 71.9% of its workEngineering: 212 fractional works · 36.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 56 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 22 fractional works · 3.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 51 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 48 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 44 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 86 fractional works · 14.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 56 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPlant Science: 18 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 4.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut NationalPolytechnique de…586fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences7%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering21236.1%
    2. Environmental Science518.6%
    3. Materials Science488.2%
    4. Computer Science447.6%
    5. Chemistry203.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy172.9%
    7. Energy101.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences91.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering61.1%
    10. Mathematics50.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences569.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology234.0%
    3. Neuroscience30.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Social Sciences173.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting122.0%
    3. Decision Sciences30.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.4%
    6. Psychology20.4%
    1. Medicine284.8%
    2. Health Professions40.7%
    3. Veterinary30.5%
    4. Nursing20.4%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 22.5 works6.6×
← 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: 2.02× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.02× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.16× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.41× its world share, 212 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.74× its world share, 50 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.35× its world share, 48 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.29× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.87× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.87×3 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.02×6 works
  3. Engineering2.41×212 works
  4. Materials Science2.35×48 works
  5. Chemistry2.16×20 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.02×56 works
  7. Energy1.88×10 works
  8. Environmental Science1.74×50 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.29×17 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×9 works
  11. Computer Science0.97×44 works
  12. Nursing0.81×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×23 works
  15. Mathematics0.68×5 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×12 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.54×3 works
  18. Dentistry0.37×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×2 works
  20. Neuroscience0.29×3 works
  21. Health Professions0.27×4 works
  22. Medicine0.25×28 works
  23. Social Sciences0.24×17 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×2 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.17×3 works
  26. Psychology0.13×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse?

Ranked on the quality score, Camille Dumat, Monique Heughebaert and Laurent Gentzbittel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse.

  1. 1 Camille Dumat France · #637,703 worldwide 16k citations · 255 works
  2. 2 Monique Heughebaert France · #998,256 worldwide 2k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Laurent Gentzbittel France · #1,061,110 worldwide 4.8k citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Philippe Kalck France · #1,061,567 worldwide 8.5k citations · 258 works
  5. 5 Martin Blödt France · #1,239,559 worldwide 1.4k citations · 16 works
  6. 6 J.C. Heughebaert France · #1,282,540 worldwide 2.2k citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Thierry Louge France · #1,341,617 worldwide 579 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Françoise Silvestre France · #1,376,652 worldwide 3.5k citations · 46 works
  9. 9 H. Foch France · #1,727,105 worldwide 3.6k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Nicolas Dobigeon France · #1,826,994 worldwide 10k citations · 362 works
All ranked researchers at Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse

What are the most cited papers from Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse?

The most cited paper from Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse is "The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops" (Serge Savary, Laetitia Willocquet, Sarah Jane Pethybridge et al., 2019), with 4,298 citations. Next come "The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution" (3,442) and "Hyperspectral Unmixing Overview: Geometrical, Statistical, and Sparse Regression-Based Approaches" (2,835).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops Serge Savary, Laetitia Willocquet, Sarah Jane Pethybridge et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution Open access 4 Feb 2019 4,298
2 The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution Hideki Hirakawa et al. · Nature Open access271 authors May 2012 3,442
3 Hyperspectral Unmixing Overview: Geometrical, Statistical, and Sparse Regression-Based Approaches José M. Bioucas‐Dias, Antonio Plaza, Nicolas Dobigeon et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing Open access Apr 2012 2,835
4 Uniting the classification of cultured and uncultured bacteria and archaea using 16S rRNA gene sequences Pablo Yarza, Pelin Yilmaz, Elmar Pruesse et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 14 Aug 2014 2,706
5 Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment Steve Allen, Deonie Allen, Vernon R. Phoenix et al. · Nature Geoscience Open access 15 Apr 2019 2,428
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Mechanical Properties, Biomedical Applications, Heat Transfer, Environmental Impact, Nanocomposites and Additive Manufacturing.

▲ 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. Climate Change32▲ 2.0×75 topics
  2. Sustainability31▲ 2.2×52 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications22▲ 3.1×30 topics
  4. Environmental Impact21▲ 2.1×40 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties21▲ 3.7×30 topics
  6. Deep Learning18◆ 0.90×52 topics
  7. Machine Learning18◆ 0.91×57 topics
  8. Heat Transfer16▲ 5.5×16 topics
  9. Nanocomposites16▲ 3.4×19 topics
  10. Nanoparticles14▲ 1.89×37 topics
  11. Catalysis11▲ 2.9×25 topics
  12. Additive Manufacturing9▲ 5.1×8 topics
  13. Thermal Management9▲ 4.5×8 topics
  14. Microstructure8▲ 2.8×17 topics
  15. Power Electronics8▲ 4.4×8 topics
  16. Smallholder Farmers8▲ 6.4×5 topics
  17. Community Engagement7▲ 3.8×6 topics
  18. Renewable Energy Integration7▲ 3.7×6 topics
  19. Turbulent Flows7▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Local Development7▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Territorial Governance7▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Adaptation7▲ 4.0×10 topics
  23. Agroecology6▲ 7.9×4 topics
  24. Electric Propulsion6▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Multiphase Flow6▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Hydrogenation6▲ 6.3×5 topics
  27. Livestock Farming6▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Agricultural Development6▲ 6.8×3 topics
  29. Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 5.6×4 topics
  30. Multifunctionality6▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Diversity6▲ 5.8×3 topics
  32. Plasma Etching6▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Semiconductor Industry6▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Work Organization6▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Vortex Dynamics6▲ 8.6×4 topics
  36. Fluid Mechanics5▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas5▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Citizen Participation5▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Plasma Medicine5▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Environmental Participation5▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plasma Diagnostics and Applications, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Plasma Applications and Diagnostics and French Urban and Social Studies.

  1. 1 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  3. 3 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 5 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 3 works
  10. 10 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Polytechnique de Toulouse as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse 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%Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 2011.

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