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Supélec

In research, Supélec stands highest in Engineering (#2,004 of 9,532 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,605 of 17,446 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,269 of 3,725 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, 2022-now
#18,144
of 22,385 · #7,918 all time
Rank in France
#411
of 517
Research works
4.3k
▼ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
76k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%

What is Supélec known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #2,004 of 9,532 8.5%1,877
Physical SciencesDomain #5,605 of 17,446 7.9%3,398
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,269 of 3,725 9.4%756
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #694 of 1,960 9.0%557
Computer ScienceField #2,886 of 6,336 7.4%858
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #1,013 of 1,775 9.6%259
Social SciencesDomain #10,619 of 14,833 6.0%558
Physics and AstronomyField #2,196 of 2,917 6.8%263
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #2,159 of 2,786 5.2%207
Materials ScienceField #3,061 of 3,771 6.6%150

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

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Supélec is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Computer Science (13%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 64.5% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 28.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 13.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 8.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSupélec85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences18%

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. Engineering2428.8%
    2. Computer Science1113.3%
    3. Environmental Science89.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy33.9%
    5. Materials Science33.2%
    6. Mathematics33.0%
    7. Energy11.2%
    8. Chemistry11.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences66.9%
    2. Psychology33.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities22.9%
    4. Decision Sciences11.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    1. Medicine78.6%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.0%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.70× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.92× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.54× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.76× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.94×0 works
  2. Mathematics2.54×2 works
  3. Engineering1.92×24 works
  4. Environmental Science1.91×8 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.80×2 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.76×3 works
  7. Computer Science1.70×11 works
  8. Energy1.31×1 works
  9. Psychology1.08×3 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.01×2 works
  11. Materials Science0.91×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×3 works
  13. Chemistry0.69×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.64×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.61×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×2 works
  18. Social Sciences0.55×6 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×1 works
  20. Medicine0.45×7 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.23×0 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  26. Nursing0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Supélec?

Ranked on the quality score, Arthur Tenenhaus, Elizaveta Kuznetsova and Ejder Baştuǧ lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Supélec.

  1. 1 Arthur Tenenhaus France · #940,831 worldwide 1.8k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Elizaveta Kuznetsova France · #986,781 worldwide 932 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Ejder Baştuǧ France · #1,414,993 worldwide 3.5k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Emmanuel Marode France · #1,843,369 worldwide 2.7k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Romeo S. Ortega France · #1,863,155 worldwide 34k citations · 975 works
  6. 6 F Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue France · #2,091,399 worldwide 803 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Boubekeur Boukhezzar France · #2,093,242 worldwide 1.8k citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Mari Kobayashi France · #2,172,042 worldwide 4.5k citations · 167 works
  9. 9 Mérouane Debbah France · #2,330,458 worldwide 65k citations · 1,692 works
  10. 10 Wanying Huang France · #2,757,748 worldwide 333 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Supélec

What are the most cited papers from Supélec?

The most cited paper from Supélec is "Influence of partially known parameter on flaw characterization in Eddy Current Testing by using a random walk MCMC method based on metamodeling" (Caifang Cai, Thomas Rodet, Marc Antoine Lambert, 2014), with 12,195 citations. Next come "Natural Language Processing (almost) from Scratch" (5,163) and "Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How it Works, State of Research, and Road Ahead" (3,385).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Influence of partially known parameter on flaw characterization in Eddy Current Testing by using a random walk MCMC method based on metamodeling Caifang Cai, Thomas Rodet, Marc Antoine Lambert · Journal of Physics Conference Series Conference paperOpen access 21 Oct 2014 12,195
2 Natural Language Processing (almost) from Scratch Ronan Collobert, Jason Weston, Léon Bottou et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 2 Mar 2011 5,163
3 Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How it Works, State of Research, and Road Ahead Marco Di Renzo, Alessio Zappone, Mérouane Debbah et al. · Aaltodoc (Aalto University) Open access 2020 3,385
4 Character-level Convolutional Networks for Text Classification Xiang Zhang, Junbo Zhao, Yann LeCun · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 4 Sep 2015 3,278
5 Flatness and defect of non-linear systems: introductory theory and examples Michel Fliess, Jean Lévine, Philippe Martin et al. · International Journal of Control Jun 1995 3,133
All 55 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Supélec?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Sustainability, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Assessment, Image Classification and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

▲ 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. Deep Learning6▲ 2.0×36 topics
  2. Sustainability5▲ 2.3×19 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 1.79×26 topics
  4. Machine Learning4▲ 1.32×22 topics
  5. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.4×11 topics
  6. Environmental Impact3▲ 1.85×11 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.3×7 topics
  8. Neural Networks2▲ 1.63×16 topics
  9. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  10. Sustainability Assessment2▲ 13×2 topics
  11. Health Effects2▲ 3.0×5 topics
  12. Image Classification2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  13. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress2◆ 1.04×11 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 1.16×7 topics
  16. Remote Sensing1▲ 1.32×10 topics
  17. Constraint Handling1▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Sustainable Development1◆ 1.01×6 topics
  19. Carbon Footprint1▲ 21×1 topic
  20. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 1.87×7 topics
  21. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Psychological Interventions1▲ 10×2 topics
  23. Water Footprint1▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Artificial Neural Networks1▲ 2.9×4 topics
  25. Circular Economy1▲ 4.6×3 topics
  26. Convolutional Neural Network1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  27. Nonlinear Systems1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  28. Policy1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  29. Psychotherapy Outcome1▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Quantitative Analysis1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  31. Therapeutic Alliance1▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Video Analysis1▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Air Pollution1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Disease1◆ 1.09×4 topics
  35. Differential Evolution1▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Experimental Tools1▲ 90×1 topic
  37. Model Predictive Control1▲ 4.8×3 topics
  38. Particle Swarm Optimization1▲ 10.0×1 topic
  39. Smartphones1▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Structural Optimization1▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Supélec publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies and Advanced Technologies in Various Fields.

  1. 1 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced Technologies in Various Fields Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds Biomaterials 1 works
  8. 8 Structural Analysis and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Environmental Policies and Emissions Pollution 1 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 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 available27.2%not open72.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.2%domestic only60.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Supélec's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Supélec as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Supélec0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Supélec 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%Supélec11.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2016.

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