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Le Mans Université

In research, Le Mans Université stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,354 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,153 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,655 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, History and Urban Studies (History and Philosophy of Science is 13.9× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#2,619
of 22,385 · #5,882 all time
Rank in France
#85
of 517
Research works
4.9k
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
68k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%

What is Le Mans 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 #2,354 of 10,670 6.5%349 #3987
Social SciencesDomain #2,153 of 9,585 4.0%448 #4322
Social SciencesField #2,655 of 5,988 3.8%238 #4735
Arts and HumanitiesField #899 of 1,896 6.6%110 #2060
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,272 of 2,526 4.0%97 #2766
EngineeringField #3,111 of 5,901 6.7%118 #2704
Computer ScienceField #3,647 of 4,417 2.4%77 #4507
Health SciencesDomain #8,507 of 9,902 3.9%70 #15131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Le Mans 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#3,987 #2,354
  2. Social Sciences#4,322 #2,153
  3. Social Sciences#4,735 #2,655
  4. Arts and Humanities#2,060 #899
  5. Sociology and Political Science#2,766 #1,272
  6. Engineering#2,704 #3,111
  7. Computer Science#4,507 #3,647
  8. Health Sciences#15,131 #8,507
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 Le Mans Université work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Le Mans Université is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 541 fractional works · 51.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 295 fractional works · 28.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 121 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 54 fractional works · 5.2% of its workUrban Studies: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLaw: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 134 fractional works · 12.7% of its workHistory: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 30 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 23 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 40 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 36 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 381 fractional works · 36.3% of its workEngineering: 129 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 32 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 44 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 36 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 82 fractional works · 7.8% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 43 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLe MansUniversité1,050fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences51%

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. Social Sciences29528.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities13412.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting403.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance363.4%
    5. Psychology323.1%
    6. Decision Sciences30.3%
    1. Engineering12912.3%
    2. Computer Science878.2%
    3. Materials Science444.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy363.4%
    5. Environmental Science323.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences201.9%
    7. Chemistry191.8%
    8. Mathematics80.7%
    9. Energy60.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Health Professions504.8%
    2. Medicine272.6%
    3. Dentistry30.3%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences262.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology131.2%
    3. Neuroscience80.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Le Mans Université specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 22.5 works14×
  2. HistorySubfield · 31.4 works9.3×
  3. Urban StudiesSubfield · 25.2 works8.7×
  4. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 24.7 works5.8×
  5. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 29.8 works5.3×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 87 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 129 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.20× its world share, 44 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.41× its world share, 134 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 295 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.41×134 works
  2. Social Sciences2.22×295 works
  3. Health Professions1.81×50 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×36 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.52×36 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.20×20 works
  7. Materials Science1.20×44 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.18×40 works
  9. Chemistry1.13×18 works
  10. Computer Science1.06×87 works
  11. Psychology1.01×32 works
  12. Engineering0.82×129 works
  13. Energy0.65×6 works
  14. Mathematics0.62×8 works
  15. Environmental Science0.61×32 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.54×2 works
  17. Dentistry0.54×3 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×26 works
  19. Neuroscience0.47×8 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.33×3 works
  21. Nursing0.28×2 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×12 works
  23. Veterinary0.21×0 works
  24. Medicine0.13×27 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Le Mans Université?

Ranked on the quality score, Georgios Theocharis, Taco Nicolaï and Holger Schwenk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Le Mans Université.

  1. 1 Georgios Theocharis France · #232,285 worldwide 6.1k citations · 171 works
  2. 2 Taco Nicolaï France · #292,675 worldwide 15k citations · 364 works
  3. 3 Holger Schwenk France · #391,173 worldwide 38k citations · 203 works
  4. 4 Vassos Achilleos France · #577,239 worldwide 1.9k citations · 114 works
  5. 5 Vincent Pagneux France · #605,723 worldwide 6.3k citations · 299 works
  6. 6 Philippe Lacorre France · #614,181 worldwide 7k citations · 145 works
  7. 7 Loïc Barrault France · #852,407 worldwide 4.5k citations · 126 works
  8. 8 Dominique Durand France · #904,122 worldwide 5.1k citations · 100 works
  9. 9 Saïd Hamadène France · #929,624 worldwide 2.6k citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Mehdi Nekhili France · #994,967 worldwide 3.6k citations · 137 works
All ranked researchers at Le Mans Université

What are the most cited papers from Le Mans Université?

The most cited paper from Le Mans Université is "Learning Phrase Representations using RNN Encoder-Decoder for Statistical Machine Translation" (Kyunghyun Cho, Bart van Merriënboer, Çağlar Gülçehre et al., 2014), with 3,559 citations. Next come "Ab-initio structure determination of LiSbWO6 by X-ray powder diffraction" (2,678) and "Crystallography Open Database – an open-access collection of crystal structures" (1,854).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Learning Phrase Representations using RNN Encoder-Decoder for Statistical Machine Translation Kyunghyun Cho, Bart van Merriënboer, Çağlar Gülçehre et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 3 Jun 2014 3,559
2 Ab-initio structure determination of LiSbWO6 by X-ray powder diffraction Armel Le Bail, H. Duroy, J.L. Fourquet · Materials Research Bulletin Mar 1988 2,678
3 Crystallography Open Database – an open-access collection of crystal structures S. Gražulis, Daniel Chateigner, Robert T. Downs et al. · Journal of Applied Crystallography Open access 29 May 2009 1,854
4 Synthesis and catalytic properties of MIL-100(Fe), an iron( iii ) carboxylate with large pores Patricia Horcajada, Suzy Surblé, Christian Serre et al. · Chemical Communications 2007 1,524
5 Whole powder pattern decomposition methods and applications: A retrospection Armel Le Bail · Powder Diffraction Open access Dec 2005 790
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Le Mans Université?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Public Policy, Social Justice, Colonialism, Gender and Globalization.

▲ 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. Globalization60▲ 2.9×63 topics
  2. Community Engagement57▲ 17×6 topics
  3. Local Development55▲ 51×2 topics
  4. Territorial Governance55▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Public Policy54▲ 11×7 topics
  6. Social Justice49▲ 7.8×14 topics
  7. Gender42▲ 7.5×31 topics
  8. Sustainable Development42▲ 2.5×22 topics
  9. Colonialism41▲ 8.3×24 topics
  10. Identity37▲ 4.9×37 topics
  11. Citizen Participation31▲ 26×1 topic
  12. Environmental Participation31▲ 41×1 topic
  13. Migration30▲ 8.4×16 topics
  14. Social Determinants of Health30▲ 13×3 topics
  15. History30▲ 4.0×32 topics
  16. Economic Development29▲ 3.5×11 topics
  17. Institutionalization26▲ 27×3 topics
  18. Gender Studies26▲ 16×10 topics
  19. Cooperatives26▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Literature26▲ 4.4×32 topics
  21. Social Innovation26▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Healthcare Access25▲ 8.9×5 topics
  23. Citizenship25▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Solidarity Economy25▲ 41×2 topics
  25. Participative Evaluation24▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Wave Propagation24▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Palliative Care22▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Social Change21▲ 16×10 topics
  29. Vibration Control21▲ 31×3 topics
  30. Medical Ethics20▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Patient Rights20▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Inequality20▲ 8.4×7 topics
  33. Public Health Policy20▲ 7.4×2 topics
  34. Ethical Practices20▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Global Perspectives20▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Healthcare Legislation20▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Psychological Trauma20▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Community Development20▲ 10×6 topics
  39. Historical Narratives20▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Cultural Impact19▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Le Mans Université publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Social Sciences and Governance, Health, Medicine and Society and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 24 works
  3. 3 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 20 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 19 works
  5. 5 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 18 works
  6. 6 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 13 works
  8. 8 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  9. 9 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  10. 10 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 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 available24.8%not open75.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Le Mans Université's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% 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 Le Mans Université as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0050% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Le Mans Université0.0034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Le Mans 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Le Mans Université5.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.3% in 2003.

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