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Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre

In research, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,751 of 3,409 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,436 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,588 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry — Forestry is 151.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,459
of 28,054 · #9,570 all time
Rank in France
#791
of 1,422
Research works
1k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,751 of 3,409 1.6%128 #4228
Social SciencesDomain #7,436 of 10,521 10.0%77 #10594
Life SciencesDomain #6,588 of 7,800 1.6%131 #12885
Physical SciencesDomain #12,867 of 12,888 0.3%91 #5653

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,228 #1,751
  2. Social Sciences#10,594 #7,436
  3. Life Sciences#12,885 #6,588
  4. Physical Sciences#5,653 #12,867
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 Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 151.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 48.3 works152×
← 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: 8.78× its world share, 128 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.98× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.82× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.59× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre?

Ranked on the composite score, Michel Korinman, Gilles Montagnac and Philippe Gillet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre.

  1. 1 Michel Korinman France · #389,645 worldwide 3 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Gilles Montagnac France · #404,422 worldwide 197 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Philippe Gillet France · #438,898 worldwide 284 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Yanick Ricard France · #486,911 worldwide 306 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 J. L. Joron France · #1,297,764 worldwide 93 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Claude Dufay France · #1,405,627 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 J. Loriers France · #1,420,168 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Camille Archambaud France · #1,496,367 worldwide 0 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Tsoukalia Carpente France · #1,566,476 worldwide 0 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre

Which keywords describe research at Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Agroforestry, European Union, Silvoarable Systems, Temperate Region and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Sustainable Agriculture54▲ 56×7 topics
  2. Ecosystem Services52▲ 44×6 topics
  3. Biodiversity52▲ 23×9 topics
  4. Agroforestry52▲ 258×3 topics
  5. Sustainability44▲ 5.9×19 topics
  6. European Union42▲ 60×2 topics
  7. Silvoarable Systems41▲ 887×1 topic
  8. Temperate Region41▲ 887×1 topic
  9. Climate Change31▲ 3.7×18 topics
  10. Biodiversity Conservation27▲ 24×8 topics
  11. Forest Management21▲ 115×3 topics
  12. Sustainable Development20▲ 4.0×8 topics
  13. Smallholder Farmers17▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Vegetation16▲ 49×2 topics
  15. Soil Properties16▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Root Reinforcement14▲ 212×1 topic
  17. Slope Stability14▲ 188×1 topic
  18. Agroecology14▲ 30×5 topics
  19. Forest Restoration13▲ 231×2 topics
  20. Optimization13▲ 8.9×3 topics
  21. Supply Chain13▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Livestock Farming12▲ 65×2 topics
  23. Life Cycle Assessment12▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Biomass12▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Logistics12▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Nursery Cultivation12▲ 607×1 topic
  27. Seedling Performance12▲ 607×1 topic
  28. Community Engagement11▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Territorial Governance11▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Multiobjective11▲ 314×1 topic
  31. Uncertainty11▲ 79×1 topic
  32. Food Security11▲ 6.6×6 topics
  33. Public Policy11▲ 7.4×5 topics
  34. Multifunctionality10▲ 63×2 topics
  35. Conservation9▲ 7.1×7 topics
  36. Citizen Participation9▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Environmental Participation9▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Cultural Exchange9▲ 23×6 topics
  39. Adaptation9▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Agricultural Development9▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Tree Root and Stability Studies, Seedling growth and survival studies and Forest Biomass Utilization and Management.

Agroforestry and silvopa…41Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 41 fractional worksTree Root and Stability …14Tree Root and Stability Studies: 14 fractional worksSeedling growth and surv…12Seedling growth and survival studies: 12 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilization and Management: 11 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 9 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…9Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 9 fractional worksComposting and Vermicomposting Techniques: 8 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 7 fractional worksUrban Agriculture and Sustainability: 6 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 6 fractional works
ForestryMechanical EngineeringNature and Landscape ConservationMechanics of Materials4 others

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

  1. 1 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 41 works
  2. 2 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Seedling growth and survival studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  4. 4 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 11 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  7. 7 Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques Soil Science 8 works
  8. 8 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 7 works
  9. 9 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Plant Science 6 works
  10. 10 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 6 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher 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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