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La Rochelle Université

In research, La Rochelle Université stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,065 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,284 of 9,585 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,708 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology (Ecology is 5.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,921
of 22,385 · #2,749 all time
Rank in France
#97
of 517
Research works
3.3k
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
56k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
La Rochelle Université

What is La Rochelle Université 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 #2,065 of 10,670 7.7%352 #1775
Social SciencesDomain #3,284 of 9,585 6.3%215 #3507
Computer ScienceField #1,708 of 4,417 9.5%120 #2117
Social SciencesField #2,644 of 5,988 7.3%124 #2964
EngineeringField #2,775 of 5,901 5.7%94 #2003
Environmental ScienceField #1,610 of 3,334 7.6%75 #1055

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 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#1,775 #2,065
  2. Social Sciences#3,507 #3,284
  3. Computer Science#2,117 #1,708
  4. Social Sciences#2,964 #2,644
  5. Engineering#2,003 #2,775
  6. Environmental Science#1,055 #1,610
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 La Rochelle Université work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at La Rochelle Université is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Computer Science (19%), Engineering (15%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 385 fractional works · 55.6% of its workComputer Science: 129 fractional works · 18.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 44 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 35 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 103 fractional works · 14.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 82 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEcology: 31 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMetals and Alloys: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 231 fractional works · 33.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 134 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 56 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 33 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 61 fractional works · 8.9% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLa RochelleUniversité693fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences33%

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. Computer Science12918.6%
    2. Engineering10314.9%
    3. Environmental Science8211.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences233.3%
    5. Materials Science202.8%
    6. Mathematics101.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy101.4%
    8. Chemistry50.7%
    9. Energy20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences13419.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities618.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting152.2%
    4. Psychology91.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.2%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences233.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology162.3%
    3. Neuroscience30.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine202.8%
    2. Health Professions121.7%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does La Rochelle Université specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 30.7 works5.6×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.40× its world share, 129 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 103 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.39× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.07× its world share, 62 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 134 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.07×62 works
  2. Computer Science2.40×129 works
  3. Environmental Science2.39×82 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.08×23 works
  5. Social Sciences1.53×134 works
  6. Mathematics1.27×10 works
  7. Engineering0.99×103 works
  8. Materials Science0.81×20 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.71×23 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×15 works
  11. Health Professions0.65×12 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.63×10 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×8 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.49×3 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.44×5 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×16 works
  18. Psychology0.42×9 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.39×1 works
  20. Energy0.37×2 works
  21. Nursing0.29×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.23×3 works
  23. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.17×1 works
  26. Medicine0.15×20 works

Who are the top researchers at La Rochelle Université?

Ranked on the quality score, Thierry Bouwmans, Guy Wöppelmann and Philippe Turcry lead among researchers whose main affiliation is La Rochelle Université.

  1. 1 Thierry Bouwmans France · #223,610 worldwide 7.8k citations · 197 works
  2. 2 Guy Wöppelmann France · #472,329 worldwide 5.3k citations · 238 works
  3. 3 Philippe Turcry France · #535,257 worldwide 2.8k citations · 130 works
  4. 4 Vincent Ridoux France · #559,666 worldwide 9k citations · 199 works
  5. 5 Andrews Sobral France · #568,214 worldwide 1.4k citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Médéric Gravelle France · #664,949 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Alice Carravieri France · #674,724 worldwide 1.5k citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Fida El Baf France · #703,816 worldwide 1.5k citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Rafik Belarbi France · #725,814 worldwide 6.1k citations · 255 works
  10. 10 Abdelkarim Aït‐Mokhtar France · #951,251 worldwide 3k citations · 140 works
All ranked researchers at La Rochelle Université

What are the most cited papers from La Rochelle Université?

The most cited paper from La Rochelle Université is "Traditional and recent approaches in background modeling for foreground detection: An overview" (Thierry Bouwmans, 2014), with 679 citations. Next come "marmap: A Package for Importing, Plotting and Analyzing Bathymetric and Topographic Data in R" (661) and "A comprehensive review of background subtraction algorithms evaluated with synthetic and real videos" (660).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Traditional and recent approaches in background modeling for foreground detection: An overview Thierry Bouwmans · Computer Science Review May 2014 679
2 marmap: A Package for Importing, Plotting and Analyzing Bathymetric and Topographic Data in R Eric Pante, Benoît Simon-Bouhet · PLoS ONE Open access 3 Sep 2013 661
3 A comprehensive review of background subtraction algorithms evaluated with synthetic and real videos Andrews Sobral, Antoine Vacavant · Computer Vision and Image Understanding 31 Mar 2014 660
4 A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change Lea Berrang‐Ford et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access126 authors 28 Oct 2021 657
5 Multiplex polymerase chain reaction: A practical approach Panayotis Markoulatos, Nikolaos Siafakas, Maurice L.J. Moncany · Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis Open access 2002 657
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at La Rochelle Université?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Climate Change, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Deep Learning, Public Policy, Social Justice 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-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 Learning52▲ 2.2×59 topics
  2. Climate Change51▲ 2.7×61 topics
  3. Neural Networks32▲ 3.0×25 topics
  4. Sustainable Development31▲ 2.8×19 topics
  5. Community Engagement31▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Local Development30▲ 41×2 topics
  7. Territorial Governance30▲ 37×2 topics
  8. Machine Learning29▲ 1.25×57 topics
  9. Globalization28▲ 2.0×35 topics
  10. Social Justice27▲ 6.6×8 topics
  11. Public Policy26▲ 8.0×5 topics
  12. Citizen Participation24▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Environmental Participation23▲ 48×1 topic
  14. Proximity and Innovation23▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Migration20▲ 8.6×12 topics
  16. Religion20▲ 6.3×8 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks19▲ 3.8×11 topics
  18. Gender19▲ 5.0×15 topics
  19. History17▲ 3.5×22 topics
  20. Population Dynamics15▲ 8.5×10 topics
  21. Conservation15▲ 4.9×10 topics
  22. Democracy13▲ 5.5×4 topics
  23. Social Change13▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Colonialism13▲ 4.0×18 topics
  25. Cultural Heritage13▲ 3.6×15 topics
  26. Information Retrieval13▲ 8.5×4 topics
  27. Culture12▲ 3.5×12 topics
  28. Islam12▲ 8.3×3 topics
  29. Reform12▲ 26×3 topics
  30. North Africa12▲ 46×2 topics
  31. Family Law11▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Acoustic Communication11▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Political Islam10▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Text Classification10▲ 9.1×3 topics
  35. Predator-Prey Interactions10▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Bioaccumulation10▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Anthropogenic Noise9▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Marine Mammals9▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Gender Studies9▲ 8.4×7 topics
  40. Corrosion9▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does La Rochelle Université publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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: 9 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 8 fractional worksHandwritten Text Recognition Techniques: 8 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 7 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…6Social Sciences and Governance: 6 fractional worksMedieval and Early Modern Justice: 6 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 6 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 9 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 8 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  7. 7 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 6 works
  8. 8 Medieval and Early Modern Justice Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  9. 9 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 6 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has La Rochelle Université's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 La Rochelle Université as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%La Rochelle Université0.0032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of La Rochelle Université 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 2025La Rochelle Université7.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 2011.

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