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Sciences Po Lyon

In research, Sciences Po Lyon stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,622 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,307 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations (Sociology and Political Science is 8.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,216
of 22,385 · #13,381 all time
Rank in France
#279
of 517
Research works
651
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Sciences Po Lyon

What is Sciences Po Lyon 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,622 of 9,585 6.7%166 #4007
Social SciencesField #3,307 of 5,988 6.7%119 #3345

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sciences Po Lyon 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 Sciences Po Lyon work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Sciences Po Lyon is in Social Sciences, 7% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (61%), Arts and Humanities (14%), Computer Science (5%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 174 fractional works · 85.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 125 fractional works · 61.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 59 fractional works · 29.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 24 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 13.9% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSciences Po Lyon203fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences86%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12561.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities2813.9%
    3. Psychology104.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Computer Science115.4%
    2. Engineering20.9%
    3. Environmental Science10.5%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Energy00.1%
    1. Health Professions104.7%
    2. Medicine21.1%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    2. Neuroscience00.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sciences Po Lyon specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 59.1 works8.1×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 23.7 works7.8×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.69× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.81× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.86× its world share, 125 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.86×125 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.81×28 works
  3. Health Professions1.78×10 works
  4. Psychology1.61×10 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×6 works
  6. Computer Science0.69×11 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×4 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.50×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.11×1 works
  15. Nursing0.11×0 works
  16. Energy0.09×0 works
  17. Engineering0.06×2 works
  18. Medicine0.06×2 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sciences Po Lyon?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrick Rayou, Samadia Sadouni and Emmanuelle Retaillaud lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sciences Po Lyon.

  1. 1 Patrick Rayou France · #2,805,098 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Samadia Sadouni France · #2,933,785 worldwide 155 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Emmanuelle Retaillaud France · #3,805,631 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Marc Frangi France · #4,034,041 worldwide 13 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Liliane Pelletier France · #4,198,953 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Jacky Buffet France · #4,275,633 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Maya Collombon France · #4,394,036 worldwide 34 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Bernard Comte France · #4,637,618 worldwide 162 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Alejandro Pérez-Olivares García France · #5,098,459 worldwide 35 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Stéphane Corcuff France · #5,746,944 worldwide 87 citations · 78 works
All ranked researchers at Sciences Po Lyon

What are the most cited papers from Sciences Po Lyon?

The most cited paper from Sciences Po Lyon is "Dendritic Cells Infiltrating Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Are Blocked at Immature Stage" (Ivan Perrot, Dominique Blanchard, N. Freymond et al., 2007), with 267 citations. Next come "The Costs of Agglomeration: House and Land Prices in French Cities" (264) and "The many ways of coping with pressure" (231).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dendritic Cells Infiltrating Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Are Blocked at Immature Stage Ivan Perrot, Dominique Blanchard, N. Freymond et al. · The Journal of Immunology Open access Mar 2007 267
2 The Costs of Agglomeration: House and Land Prices in French Cities Pierre‐Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon · The Review of Economic Studies Open access 17 Oct 2018 264
3 The many ways of coping with pressure Philippe Oger, Mohamed Jebbar · Research in Microbiology Open access 29 Oct 2010 231
4 Neanderthal language revisited: not only us Dan Dediu, Stephen C. Levinson · Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences ReviewOpen access 3 Feb 2018 227
5 Understanding food systems drivers: A critical review of the literature Christophe Béné, Steven D. Prager, Harold Achicanoy et al. · Global Food Security Open access 29 May 2019 215
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sciences Po Lyon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender Studies, Educational Policies, Professional Practices, Public Action, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development and Public Policy.

▲ 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. Gender Studies24▲ 78×5 topics
  2. Educational Policies23▲ 104×2 topics
  3. Professional Practices23▲ 310×1 topic
  4. Public Action23▲ 310×1 topic
  5. Community Engagement19▲ 28×5 topics
  6. Territorial Governance18▲ 76×3 topics
  7. Local Development18▲ 84×2 topics
  8. Public Policy17▲ 18×8 topics
  9. Globalization16▲ 4.1×37 topics
  10. Religion16▲ 17×13 topics
  11. Social Justice16▲ 13×10 topics
  12. Gender14▲ 13×15 topics
  13. Education13▲ 3.6×29 topics
  14. Islam12▲ 30×5 topics
  15. Migration12▲ 17×9 topics
  16. Sustainable Development11▲ 3.5×6 topics
  17. Democracy11▲ 15×8 topics
  18. Economic Development11▲ 6.6×7 topics
  19. Citizen Participation10▲ 44×2 topics
  20. Environmental Participation10▲ 70×1 topic
  21. Proximity and Innovation10▲ 70×1 topic
  22. Social Change10▲ 38×5 topics
  23. North Africa10▲ 130×2 topics
  24. Political Islam9▲ 80×2 topics
  25. History9▲ 6.4×21 topics
  26. Social Innovation9▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Citizenship8▲ 35×4 topics
  28. Institutionalization8▲ 45×4 topics
  29. Family Law8▲ 94×1 topic
  30. Reform8▲ 64×1 topic
  31. Colonialism8▲ 8.5×16 topics
  32. Cooperatives8▲ 55×3 topics
  33. Solidarity Economy8▲ 70×2 topics
  34. Participative Evaluation8▲ 116×1 topic
  35. Cultural Diversity8▲ 16×8 topics
  36. Gender Equality7▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Intercultural Communication7▲ 78×2 topics
  38. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 16×5 topics
  39. Community Development7▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Nationalism7▲ 7.6×14 topics

Which research topics does Sciences Po Lyon publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, sociology, and vocational training, French Urban and Social Studies, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender and Social Sciences and Governance.

Education, sociology, an…23Education, sociology, and vocational training: 23 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …10French Urban and Social Studies: 10 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…8Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 8 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 8 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 6 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family4Social Policies and Family: 4 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 4 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 4 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 4 fractional worksPhilosophy, Sociology, Political Theory: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsUrban StudiesComputer Networks and Communications3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  3. 3 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 8 works
  5. 5 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  6. 6 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 4 works
  8. 8 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory Sociology and Political Science 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sciences Po Lyon's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Sciences Po Lyon as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Sciences Po Lyon0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sciences Po Lyon 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 2025Sciences Po Lyon5.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 2021.

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