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Mines Saint-Étienne

In research, Mines Saint-Étienne stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,610 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#4,604 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,268 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 17.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,167
of 28,054 · #4,141 all time
Rank in France
#313
of 1,422
Research works
3.1k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
60k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Mines Saint-Étienne 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 #6,610 of 12,888 11.1%228 #2810
EngineeringField #4,604 of 6,636 11.5%122 #2067
Social SciencesDomain #9,268 of 10,521 11.3%69 #3110

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mines Saint-Étienne 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. Physical Sciences#2,810 #6,610
  2. Engineering#2,067 #4,604
  3. Social Sciences#3,110 #9,268
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 Mines Saint-Étienne specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 17.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 33.9 works18×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.73× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.18× its world share, 122 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.93× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.81× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mines Saint-Étienne?

Ranked on the composite score, Xiaolan Xie, Bernard Guilhot and Alexandre Dolgui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mines Saint-Étienne.

  1. 1 Xiaolan Xie France · #70,736 worldwide 476 citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Bernard Guilhot France · #104,688 worldwide 241 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Alexandre Dolgui France · #111,238 worldwide 1.4k citations · 298 works
  4. 4 Stéphane Avril France · #134,073 worldwide 268 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Eric Piatyszek France · #187,586 worldwide 31 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Alexandre Govin France · #190,981 worldwide 110 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Yves Surrel France · #207,020 worldwide 217 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Jean‐Michel Herri France · #207,527 worldwide 178 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Valérie Laforest France · #217,787 worldwide 105 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 F. Thévenot France · #246,840 worldwide 363 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Mines Saint-Étienne

Which keywords describe research at Mines Saint-Étienne?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Genetic Algorithm, Citizen Participation, Environmental Participation, Proximity and Innovation 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. Deep Learning18▲ 1.43×50 topics
  2. Sustainability18▲ 1.93×35 topics
  3. Community Engagement14▲ 11×4 topics
  4. Local Development14▲ 32×2 topics
  5. Territorial Governance14▲ 29×2 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties12▲ 3.3×23 topics
  7. Genetic Algorithm11▲ 20×5 topics
  8. Sustainable Development10▲ 1.73×13 topics
  9. Social Justice10▲ 4.5×4 topics
  10. Public Policy10▲ 5.3×2 topics
  11. Microstructure9▲ 4.8×14 topics
  12. Citizen Participation9▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Environmental Participation9▲ 31×1 topic
  14. Proximity and Innovation9▲ 31×1 topic
  15. Supply Chain Management8▲ 2.4×13 topics
  16. Scheduling8▲ 31×4 topics
  17. Dynamic Scheduling7▲ 47×2 topics
  18. Flexible Electronics7▲ 10×3 topics
  19. Manufacturing7▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Agent-based Control6▲ 58×1 topic
  21. Flexible Job-shop6▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Order Picking6▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Warehouse Design6▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Circular Economy6▲ 5.8×4 topics
  25. Health Monitoring6▲ 7.6×2 topics
  26. Energy Harvesting6▲ 8.2×3 topics
  27. Social Innovation5▲ 9.2×4 topics
  28. Sintering5▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Nanogenerators5▲ 10×1 topic
  30. Wearable5▲ 10×1 topic
  31. Composite Materials5▲ 6.6×7 topics
  32. Software Engineering5▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Institutionalization5▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Cooperatives5▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Solidarity Economy5▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Citizenship5▲ 10×1 topic
  37. Participative Evaluation5▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Side-Channel Attacks5▲ 27×3 topics
  39. Agent-Based Modeling5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  40. Grain Refinement4▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Mines Saint-Étienne publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms, Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials.

French Urban and Social Studies: 9 fractional worksScheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing a…6Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…5Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 5 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 5 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 4 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psych…4Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 4 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 3 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 3 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringUrban Studies2 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 5 works
  6. 6 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  9. 9 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 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 available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mines Saint-Étienne's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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