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Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier

In research, Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,763 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,347
of 28,054 · #13,765 all time
Rank in France
#710
of 1,422
Research works
536
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier 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 #8,763 of 12,888 10.9%71 #8813

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier 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: 1.59× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.88× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.00× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier?

Ranked on the composite score, Thierry Lebel, Christophe Peugeot and Luc Neppel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier.

  1. 1 Thierry Lebel France · #116,744 worldwide 260 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Christophe Peugeot France · #172,483 worldwide 72 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Luc Neppel France · #176,942 worldwide 182 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 B. Cappelaere France · #178,911 worldwide 139 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Hervé Jourde France · #192,496 worldwide 213 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Guillaume Favreau France · #280,516 worldwide 136 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet France · #333,250 worldwide 131 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Pierre Genthon France · #335,212 worldwide 70 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Sylvie Galle France · #409,869 worldwide 92 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Claude Casellas France · #529,959 worldwide 46 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier

Which keywords describe research at Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Remote Sensing, Groundwater, Water Quality, Environmental Impact, Water Resources and Sediment Transport.

▲ 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. Climate Change19▲ 6.7×33 topics
  2. Remote Sensing8▲ 6.6×13 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling8▲ 34×5 topics
  4. Environmental Impact8▲ 4.6×25 topics
  5. Groundwater8▲ 89×5 topics
  6. Water Quality7▲ 16×9 topics
  7. Water Resources6▲ 22×6 topics
  8. Public Health5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  9. Land Use Change5▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Sediment Transport5▲ 30×4 topics
  11. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.9×9 topics
  12. Geochemistry5▲ 73×3 topics
  13. Global Hydrology4▲ 59×1 topic
  14. Model Evaluation4▲ 32×1 topic
  15. Precipitation4▲ 86×2 topics
  16. Toxicity4▲ 8.2×9 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 8.7×6 topics
  18. Social Justice4▲ 5.7×2 topics
  19. Microbial Communities3▲ 7.7×6 topics
  20. Infectious Diseases3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  21. Mediterranean3▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Monitoring3▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Risk Perception3▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Contamination3▲ 33×3 topics
  25. Global Warming3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  26. Modeling3▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Public Policy3▲ 6.0×2 topics
  28. Geohazards3▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Hydrogeology3▲ 134×2 topics
  30. Isotopes3▲ 91×1 topic
  31. Karst3▲ 410×1 topic
  32. Remediation3▲ 39×2 topics
  33. Stable3▲ 105×1 topic
  34. Ecotoxicity3▲ 48×2 topics
  35. Flood Inundation Modeling3▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Flood Risk3▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Satellite Imagery3▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Surface Water Mapping3▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Horizontal Gene Transfer3▲ 40×2 topics
  40. Antibiotics3▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Hydrology and Watershed …4Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 4 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope …3Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 3 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrog…3Karst Systems and Hydrogeology: 3 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…3Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 3 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…2Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksGroundwater flow and contamination studies: 2 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…2Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis: 2 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyGeochemistry and PetrologyEarth-Surface ProcessesGlobal and Planetary Change6 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  2. 2 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 3 works
  3. 3 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 3 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 3 works
  6. 6 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide Geophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  9. 9 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis Industrial and Manufacturing 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.9%domestic only74.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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