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Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique

In research, Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,398 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,805
of 28,054 · #22,479 all time
Rank in France
#1,309
of 1,422
Research works
1k
▼ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique 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 #12,398 of 12,888 4.6%81 #13764

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique 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).

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.85× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.67× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.24× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.48× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.27× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique?

Ranked on the composite score, Pierre Suquet, Jean‐Claude Michel and Dimitri Komatitsch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique.

  1. 1 Pierre Suquet France · #19,801 worldwide 808 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Jean‐Claude Michel France · #73,994 worldwide 422 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Dimitri Komatitsch France · #86,340 worldwide 411 citations · 99 works
  4. 4 Richard Kronland-Martinet France · #86,464 worldwide 428 citations · 97 works
  5. 5 Jean‐Claude Risset France · #101,580 worldwide 68 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Hervé Moulinec France · #132,740 worldwide 296 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Ginette Saracco France · #222,997 worldwide 58 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Jean Michel France · #256,563 worldwide 217 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Bruno Cochelin France · #356,898 worldwide 198 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Goran Pavić France · #448,057 worldwide 57 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique

Which keywords describe research at Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Wave Propagation, Machine Learning, Vibration Control, Elastic Waves, Acoustic Metamaterials, Phononic Crystals, Gesture Recognition and Interactive Evolutionary Computation.

▲ 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 Learning12▲ 4.0×12 topics
  2. Wave Propagation9▲ 90×4 topics
  3. Vibration Control7▲ 129×3 topics
  4. Elastic Waves6▲ 146×2 topics
  5. Acoustic Metamaterials6▲ 173×1 topic
  6. Phononic Crystals6▲ 173×1 topic
  7. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 4.4×2 topics
  8. Gesture Recognition6▲ 80×2 topics
  9. Interactive Evolutionary Computation5▲ 267×1 topic
  10. Music Generation5▲ 267×1 topic
  11. Acoustic Techniques4▲ 147×1 topic
  12. Non-Destructive Testing4▲ 48×3 topics
  13. Seafloor Mapping4▲ 147×1 topic
  14. Composite Materials3▲ 17×6 topics
  15. Nonlinear Dynamics3▲ 15×7 topics
  16. Mechanical Properties3▲ 3.3×14 topics
  17. Turbulent Flow3▲ 26×3 topics
  18. Elastic Properties3▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Size-Dependent Behavior3▲ 115×2 topics
  20. Damage Detection2▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Piezoelectric Sensors2▲ 64×2 topics
  22. Additive Manufacturing2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  23. Guided Lamb Waves2▲ 70×1 topic
  24. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring2▲ 70×1 topic
  25. Tomography2▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Material Modeling2▲ 97×2 topics
  28. Flow Control2▲ 44×2 topics
  29. Nanostructures2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  30. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  31. Fluid-Structure Interaction2▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Speech Perception2▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Heterogeneous Materials2▲ 153×1 topic
  34. Multi-Scale2▲ 153×1 topic
  35. Fracture2▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Geophysical Surveys2▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Finite Element2▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Hearing Loss2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Seismic Noise2▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Surface Wave2▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research, Music Technology and Sound Studies, Underwater Acoustics Research and Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation.

Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 6 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 5 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 4 fractional worksUltrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation: 2 fractional worksComposite Material Mechanics: 2 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 2 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 2 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 2 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionOceanographyMechanics of Materials5 others

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

  1. 1 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  3. 3 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 4 works
  4. 4 Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  5. 5 Composite Material Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  6. 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  9. 9 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% lower than in 2013–2017.

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