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Safran (France)

In research, Safran (France) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,231 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,915 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics of Materials (Computational Mechanics is 14.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,369
of 22,385 · #8,965 all time
Rank in France
#230
of 517
Research works
858
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Safran (France)

What is Safran (France) 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 #3,231 of 10,670 5.1%303 #3105
EngineeringField #1,915 of 5,901 5.2%230 #2064

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Safran (France) 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 fields of science does Safran (France) work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at Safran (France) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (71%), Computer Science (7%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 317 fractional works · 94.3% of its workEngineering: 239 fractional works · 71.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 14.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 38 fractional works · 11.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 36 fractional works · 10.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 28 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 23 fractional works · 6.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 24 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSafran (France)336fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences3%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering23971.1%
    2. Computer Science247.2%
    3. Materials Science247.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy113.4%
    5. Environmental Science72.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering51.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.8%
    8. Mathematics30.8%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Energy10.2%
    1. Decision Sciences51.4%
    2. Social Sciences20.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Psychology10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine51.4%
    2. Health Professions20.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    2. Neuroscience00.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Safran (France) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 27.6 works14×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 37.8 works9.6×
  3. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 22.7 works9.5×
  4. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 47.3 works7.7×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.32× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.74× its world share, 239 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.03× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.74×239 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.32×5 works
  3. Materials Science2.03×24 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.52×11 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.46×5 works
  6. Computer Science0.93×24 works
  7. Mathematics0.67×3 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.52×3 works
  9. Environmental Science0.39×7 works
  10. Energy0.25×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.24×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.13×1 works
  14. Psychology0.12×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  16. Medicine0.07×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.06×2 works
  19. Neuroscience0.05×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Safran (France)?

Ranked on the quality score, Axel Barrau, Dany Abboud and Julien Cortial lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Safran (France).

  1. 1 Axel Barrau France · #869,592 worldwide 2.3k citations · 88 works
  2. 2 Dany Abboud France · #992,950 worldwide 831 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Julien Cortial France · #1,516,866 worldwide 1.8k citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Nicola Piccirelli France · #1,519,598 worldwide 490 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Arturo Mendoza France · #1,723,873 worldwide 734 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Felipe Bordeu France · #1,793,376 worldwide 969 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Lionel Marcin France · #1,835,890 worldwide 629 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Oscar D’Almeida France · #2,065,319 worldwide 318 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 David Grange France · #2,206,794 worldwide 368 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Thomas Billot France · #2,302,840 worldwide 352 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Safran (France)

What are the most cited papers from Safran (France)?

The most cited paper from Safran (France) is "Vehicle detection in aerial imagery : A small target detection benchmark" (Sébastien Razakarivony, Frédéric Jurie, 2015), with 906 citations. Next come "The Invariant Extended Kalman Filter as a Stable Observer" (636) and "Breaking Cryptographic Implementations Using Deep Learning Techniques" (527).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vehicle detection in aerial imagery : A small target detection benchmark Sébastien Razakarivony, Frédéric Jurie · Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation 18 Nov 2015 906
2 The Invariant Extended Kalman Filter as a Stable Observer Axel Barrau, Silvère Bonnabel · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 27 Jul 2016 636
3 Breaking Cryptographic Implementations Using Deep Learning Techniques Houssem Maghrebi, Thibault Portigliatti, Emmanuel Prouff · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2016 527
4 Optimization of a dielectric barrier discharge actuator by stationary and non-stationary measurements of the induced flow velocity: application to airflow control Maxime Forte, J. Jolibois, Jérôme Pons et al. · Experiments in Fluids Open access 31 Jul 2007 504
5 Convolutional Neural Networks with Data Augmentation Against Jitter-Based Countermeasures Eleonora Cagli, Cécile Dumas, Emmanuel Prouff · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2017 366
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Safran (France)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Additive Manufacturing, Chemical Kinetics, Vibration Analysis and Boundary Layer.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer31▲ 19×13 topics
  2. Large-Eddy Simulation26▲ 41×5 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties20▲ 6.1×27 topics
  4. Microstructure16▲ 9.2×14 topics
  5. Machine Learning16▲ 1.39×28 topics
  6. Deep Learning15▲ 1.28×28 topics
  7. Additive Manufacturing13▲ 13×8 topics
  8. Chemical Kinetics12▲ 40×2 topics
  9. Vibration Analysis11▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Boundary Layer10▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Nonlinear Dynamics9▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Separation Control9▲ 97×2 topics
  13. Composite Materials9▲ 13×8 topics
  14. Combustion Instabilities9▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Film Cooling9▲ 171×1 topic
  16. Turbine9▲ 171×1 topic
  17. Emissions8▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Microstructural Evolution8▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Numerical Simulation8▲ 8.0×9 topics
  20. Thermal Management8▲ 6.9×8 topics
  21. Premixed Combustion8▲ 56×1 topic
  22. Turbulent Flames8▲ 56×1 topic
  23. Vortex Dynamics7▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Polymer Composites7▲ 8.0×6 topics
  25. Turbulent Flows7▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Detection7▲ 7.3×4 topics
  27. Power Electronics7▲ 6.2×8 topics
  28. Sparse Representation7▲ 11×5 topics
  29. 3D Printing7▲ 8.8×2 topics
  30. Finite Element Analysis7▲ 8.7×5 topics
  31. Fluid Dynamics6▲ 14×5 topics
  32. Tribological Performance6▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Wavelet Transform6▲ 8.1×6 topics
  34. Turbulent Flow6▲ 15×4 topics
  35. Boundary Layer Transition6▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Particle Image Velocimetry6▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Friction Reduction5▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Laser Surface Texturing5▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Phase Stability5▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Ballistic Impact5▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Safran (France) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization, Combustion and flame dynamics, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows and Tribology and Lubrication Engineering.

Turbomachinery Performan…9Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 9 fractional worksCombustion and flame dyn…8Combustion and flame dynamics: 8 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…6Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 6 fractional worksTribology and Lubricatio…5Tribology and Lubrication Engineering: 5 fractional worksInfrared Target Detection Methodologies: 5 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engi…5Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 5 fractional worksHigh Temperature Alloys and Creep: 4 fractional worksMechanical Behavior of Composites: 4 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…4Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 4 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsMechanical EngineeringAutomotive Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 8 works
  3. 3 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 6 works
  4. 4 Tribology and Lubrication Engineering Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 5 works
  8. 8 High Temperature Alloys and Creep Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  10. 10 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 4 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.0%domestic only73.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Safran (France)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Safran (France) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Safran (France)0.00092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Safran (France) 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 2025Safran (France)4.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2016.

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