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Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon

In research, Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,826 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy — Physics and Astronomy is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,645
of 28,054 · #4,439 all time
Rank in France
#278
of 1,422
Research works
711
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
32.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon 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 #4,826 of 12,888 16.6%94 #2726

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon 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).

What does Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 35.6 works14×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.72× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.77× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.34× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.23× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.32× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 14.45× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 14.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon?

Ranked on the composite score, G. Gauquelin and C Gharib lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon.

  1. 1 G. Gauquelin France · #1,206,370 worldwide 19 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 C Gharib France · #1,227,760 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon

Which keywords describe research at Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantum Gravity, Entanglement, Black Holes, Quantum Entanglement, String Theory, Field Theories, Holographic and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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. Quantum Gravity7▲ 78×3 topics
  2. Entanglement6▲ 33×4 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications5▲ 4.1×19 topics
  4. Black Holes5▲ 44×2 topics
  5. Quantum Entanglement4▲ 60×2 topics
  6. String Theory4▲ 69×2 topics
  7. Field Theories4▲ 83×1 topic
  8. Holographic4▲ 83×1 topic
  9. Large-Eddy Simulation4▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Self-Assembly4▲ 10×9 topics
  11. Heat Transfer3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  12. Nanoparticles3▲ 2.4×14 topics
  13. Vortex Dynamics3▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Renormalization Group3▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Cosmological Parameters3▲ 45×1 topic
  16. Dark Energy3▲ 39×1 topic
  17. General Relativity3▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Rheology3▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Supernovae3▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Turbulent Flows3▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Boundary Layer Transition3▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Particle Image Velocimetry3▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Quantum Information3▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Topological Order3▲ 49×2 topics
  25. Data Assimilation2▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Lorentz Violation2▲ 150×1 topic
  27. Noncommutative Field Theory2▲ 150×1 topic
  28. Dynamics2▲ 48×2 topics
  29. Many-Body Localization2▲ 98×1 topic
  30. Multiphase Flow2▲ 23×4 topics
  31. Quantum Thermalization2▲ 98×1 topic
  32. Boundary Layer2▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Optical Lattices2▲ 31×3 topics
  34. Superconducting Circuits2▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Turbulence2▲ 23×4 topics
  36. Colloidal Particles2▲ 33×3 topics
  37. Polymer Films2▲ 29×3 topics
  38. Quantum Simulation2▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Ocean Circulation2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Surfactants2▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories.

Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 4 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…3Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 3 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quant…2Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 2 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 2 fractional worksQuantum Information and …2Quantum Information and Cryptography: 2 fractional worksParticle Dynamics in Fluid Flows: 2 fractional worksMaterial Dynamics and Properties: 2 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 1 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsComputational MechanicsStatistical and Nonlinear Physics4 others

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

  1. 1 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  3. 3 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 3 works
  4. 4 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  5. 5 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  7. 7 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows Ocean Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Material Dynamics and Properties Materials Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 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 available64.0%not open36.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower 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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