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Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté

In research, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté stands highest in Physical Sciences (#365 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#905 of 7,800 worldwide) and Engineering (#833 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics and Astronomy and Organic Chemistry — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#488
of 28,054 · #745 all time
Rank in France
#6
of 1,422
Research works
7.7k
▲ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
275k
35.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté 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 #365 of 12,888 27.1%1,171 #557
Life SciencesDomain #905 of 7,800 25.9%348 #1675
EngineeringField #833 of 6,636 23.4%369 #961
Social SciencesDomain #1,415 of 10,521 26.2%262 #2232
Health SciencesDomain #1,800 of 11,982 25.6%287 #3544
ChemistryField #203 of 1,330 27.7%120 #359
Physics and AstronomyField #318 of 1,646 33.5%204 #449
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #89 of 443 39.5%108 #130
MedicineField #2,174 of 10,443 26.1%237 #3613
Materials ScienceField #577 of 2,468 25.9%149 #516

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté 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#557 #365
  2. Life Sciences#1,675 #905
  3. Engineering#961 #833
  4. Social Sciences#2,232 #1,415
  5. Health Sciences#3,544 #1,800
  6. Chemistry#359 #203
  7. Physics and Astronomy#449 #318
  8. Astronomy and Astrophysics#130 #89
  9. Medicine#3,613 #2,174
  10. Materials Science#516 #577
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 Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 107.9 works10×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 203.9 works4.4×
  3. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 65.5 works4.2×
  4. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 20.1 works3.9×
← 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: 1.42× its world share, 139 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 142 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.90× its world share, 21 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.69× its world share, 120 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 83 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.30× its world share, 44 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 369 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 123 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.06× its world share, 149 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.43× its world share, 204 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 237 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 91 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté?

Ranked on the composite score, Marilena Vecco, Isabelle Marinone and Houari Maïdi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté.

  1. 1 Marilena Vecco · #379,598 worldwide 48 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Isabelle Marinone · #467,371 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Houari Maïdi · #564,582 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Nicolae Stef · #823,219 worldwide 71 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Marc Pilkington · #1,176,898 worldwide 29 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Arvind Ashta · #1,329,315 worldwide 24 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 U Vivian · #1,393,427 worldwide 53 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté

Which keywords describe research at Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Star Formation, Climate Change, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Biomedical Applications, Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields.

▲ 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. Climate Change76▲ 1.36×83 topics
  2. Catalysis56▲ 4.0×27 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications52▲ 2.1×35 topics
  4. Nanoparticles50▲ 1.91×38 topics
  5. Sustainability49◆ 0.98×60 topics
  6. Nanomaterials44▲ 1.99×18 topics
  7. Environmental Impact41▲ 1.17×46 topics
  8. Star Formation33▲ 30×2 topics
  9. Nanocomposites32▲ 1.94×22 topics
  10. Biosensors30▲ 2.8×12 topics
  11. Graphene30▲ 2.1×12 topics
  12. Exoplanets27▲ 33×1 topic
  13. Stellar Astrophysics27▲ 33×1 topic
  14. Metal-Organic Frameworks27▲ 3.1×6 topics
  15. Accretion Disks25▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Black Holes25▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Magnetic Fields25▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Drug Delivery24▲ 2.2×15 topics
  19. Electrocatalysis24▲ 4.2×5 topics
  20. Self-Assembly23▲ 3.5×12 topics
  21. Water Splitting22▲ 2.9×4 topics
  22. Catalysts21▲ 5.1×3 topics
  23. Power Electronics21▲ 3.0×8 topics
  24. Turbulence19▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Molecular Clouds17▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Protoplanetary Disks17▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Dark Matter17▲ 7.2×4 topics
  28. Cosmology16▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Gravitational Waves16▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Astronomical Instrumentation15▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Spectrograph15▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Galaxies15▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Stellar Populations15▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Supernovae15▲ 8.9×2 topics
  35. Methane Storage15▲ 5.6×2 topics
  36. Transition Metal Catalysis15▲ 8.6×4 topics
  37. Nucleosynthesis13▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions13▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Gamma-Ray Bursts13▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Neutron Stars13▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 27 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 17 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…15Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 15 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…15Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 15 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 13 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 12 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…12Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 12 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 11 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 9 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 8 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstronomy and Astrophysics 27 works
  2. 2 Astrophysics and Star Formation StudiesAstronomy and Astrophysics 17 works
  3. 3 Astronomy and Astrophysical ResearchInstrumentation 15 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaAstronomy and Astrophysics 15 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovaeAstronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  6. 6 Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  8. 8 Astro and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9 works
  10. 10 CO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 8 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 available46.9%not open53.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.5%domestic only30.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 100% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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