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La Rochelle Université

In research, La Rochelle Université stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,532 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,627 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,539 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology — Ecology is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,828
of 28,054 · #5,741 all time
Rank in France
#243
of 1,422
Research works
3.3k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
56k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is La Rochelle Université 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 #5,532 of 12,888 16.9%352 #3667
Social SciencesDomain #5,627 of 10,521 5.9%215 #7372
Social SciencesField #3,539 of 6,365 5.7%124 #5342
Computer ScienceField #3,143 of 4,667 19.9%120 #3851
EngineeringField #4,736 of 6,636 13.9%94 #2937
Environmental ScienceField #2,786 of 3,551 15.9%75 #2160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where La Rochelle Université 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#3,667 #5,532
  2. Social Sciences#7,372 #5,627
  3. Social Sciences#5,342 #3,539
  4. Computer Science#3,851 #3,143
  5. Engineering#2,937 #4,736
  6. Environmental Science#2,160 #2,786
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 La Rochelle Université specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 28.4 works5.7×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.43× its world share, 120 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.40× its world share, 76 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.21× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at La Rochelle Université?

Ranked on the composite score, Jean‐Loup Guillaume, Thierry Bouwmans and Thierry Besson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is La Rochelle Université.

  1. 1 Jean‐Loup Guillaume France · #21,562 worldwide 3.6k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Thierry Bouwmans France · #47,700 worldwide 472 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Thierry Besson France · #195,908 worldwide 170 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 X. Feaugas France · #196,533 worldwide 325 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Laurent Picot France · #231,730 worldwide 99 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Carl Frélicot France · #262,368 worldwide 135 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Nibal Nayef France · #274,158 worldwide 134 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Jean-Christophe Burie France · #281,871 worldwide 174 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Xavier Bertin France · #287,991 worldwide 230 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Stéphanie Hourdeau France · #303,350 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at La Rochelle Université

Which keywords describe research at La Rochelle Université?

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

▲ 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. Deep Learning46▲ 2.1×55 topics
  2. Climate Change45▲ 2.6×59 topics
  3. Sustainable Development30▲ 3.0×19 topics
  4. Community Engagement29▲ 14×5 topics
  5. Neural Networks28▲ 2.9×23 topics
  6. Local Development28▲ 38×2 topics
  7. Territorial Governance28▲ 35×2 topics
  8. Machine Learning27▲ 1.29×55 topics
  9. Social Justice26▲ 6.9×7 topics
  10. Globalization24▲ 1.96×32 topics
  11. Public Policy24▲ 7.8×4 topics
  12. Citizen Participation23▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Environmental Participation23▲ 45×1 topic
  14. Proximity and Innovation23▲ 45×1 topic
  15. Religion20▲ 6.6×8 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks18▲ 3.8×11 topics
  17. Gender17▲ 5.0×13 topics
  18. Migration16▲ 7.8×12 topics
  19. History16▲ 3.6×20 topics
  20. Democracy13▲ 5.9×4 topics
  21. Population Dynamics13▲ 8.3×10 topics
  22. Social Change13▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Conservation13▲ 4.7×10 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage13▲ 3.7×15 topics
  25. Information Retrieval12▲ 8.7×4 topics
  26. Islam12▲ 8.9×3 topics
  27. North Africa12▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Family Law11▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Reform11▲ 27×3 topics
  30. Political Islam10▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Text Classification10▲ 9.6×3 topics
  32. Acoustic Communication10▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Bioaccumulation9▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Predator-Prey Interactions9▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Corrosion8▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Anthropogenic Noise8▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Archaeology8▲ 9.7×8 topics
  38. Historical Narratives8▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Marine Mammals8▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Gender Studies8▲ 8.2×6 topics

Which research topics does La Rochelle Université publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Marine animal studies overview and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

French Urban and Social …23French Urban and Social Studies: 23 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 10 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 8 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 8 fractional worksHandwritten Text Recognition Techniques: 7 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 7 fractional worksMedieval and Early Moder…6Medieval and Early Modern Justice: 6 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 6 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 5 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEcologyHistory and Philosophy of Science4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  2. 2 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 8 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 8 works
  5. 5 Handwritten Text Recognition Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 7 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  7. 7 Medieval and Early Modern Justice Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  8. 8 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  9. 9 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 5 works
  10. 10 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 5 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has La Rochelle Université's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.