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Université Bretagne Loire

In research, Université Bretagne Loire stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,107 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 11.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,799
of 22,385 · #5,816 all time
Rank in France
#344
of 517
Research works
893
▼ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.6k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Université Bretagne Loire

What is Université Bretagne Loire 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 #5,107 of 9,585 12.9%108 #3669

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

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Université Bretagne Loire is in Social Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Arts and Humanities (33%), Engineering (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 110 fractional works · 75.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 38.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 17.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 48 fractional works · 33.0% of its workHistory: 18 fractional works · 12.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% 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 · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitéBretagne Loire146fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences75%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5738.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities4833.0%
    3. Psychology31.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering63.8%
    2. Computer Science43.1%
    3. Environmental Science32.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.2%
    6. Chemistry10.8%
    7. Materials Science10.8%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine53.7%
    2. Health Professions42.8%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Université Bretagne Loire specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 48.2 works11×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.06× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 11.42× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.06× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities11.42×48 works
  2. Veterinary3.06×1 works
  3. Social Sciences3.06×57 works
  4. Health Professions1.08×4 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.85×2 works
  6. Psychology0.63×3 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.53×2 works
  8. Chemistry0.49×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.45×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.40×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×3 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×1 works
  14. Engineering0.25×6 works
  15. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  17. Medicine0.20×6 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  19. Nursing0.18×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université Bretagne Loire?

Ranked on the quality score, Léon Fleuriot, Jean Guiffan and Sarah Gallien lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Bretagne Loire.

  1. 1 Léon Fleuriot France · #3,293,482 worldwide 291 citations · 138 works
  2. 2 Jean Guiffan France · #3,323,703 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Sarah Gallien France · #4,191,827 worldwide 103 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Marie-Laure Malingre France · #4,214,429 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Terence Hamilton-Smith France · #4,427,143 worldwide 128 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Françoise Grudé France · #5,811,869 worldwide 233 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Michel Duchein France · #7,535,695 worldwide 264 citations · 332 works
All ranked researchers at Université Bretagne Loire

What are the most cited papers from Université Bretagne Loire?

The most cited paper from Université Bretagne Loire is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Design for Additive Manufacturing: Trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints" (2,013) and "Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: what we know and what we need to know" (1,544).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
2 Design for Additive Manufacturing: Trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints Mary Kathryn Thompson, Giovanni Moroni, Tom Vaneker et al. · CIRP Annals Open access 2016 2,013
3 Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: what we know and what we need to know Martin Wagner, Christian Scherer, Diana Álvarez‐Muñoz et al. · Environmental Sciences Europe Open access 8 Jul 2014 1,544
4 High-quality de novo assembly of the apple genome and methylome dynamics of early fruit development Nicolas Daccord et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 5 Jun 2017 1,084
5 Clinical outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis C after direct-acting antiviral treatment: a prospective cohort study Fabrice Carrat et al. · The Lancet Open access 11 Feb 2019 638
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université Bretagne Loire?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Colonialism, Public Policy, Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Gender and Identity.

▲ 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. Globalization18▲ 6.3×20 topics
  2. Colonialism15▲ 22×13 topics
  3. Public Policy14▲ 20×8 topics
  4. Community Engagement13▲ 27×3 topics
  5. Local Development13▲ 85×2 topics
  6. Territorial Governance13▲ 77×2 topics
  7. Gender12▲ 15×14 topics
  8. Identity12▲ 11×16 topics
  9. Social Movements12▲ 27×8 topics
  10. Nationalism11▲ 17×10 topics
  11. Social Justice11▲ 13×4 topics
  12. History10▲ 10×14 topics
  13. Cultural Impact10▲ 131×2 topics
  14. Sustainable Development10▲ 4.3×4 topics
  15. Citizen Participation10▲ 56×1 topic
  16. Environmental Participation10▲ 91×1 topic
  17. Historical Narratives9▲ 115×2 topics
  18. Innovation9▲ 6.0×2 topics
  19. Politics9▲ 24×6 topics
  20. Scientific History9▲ 158×1 topic
  21. Technological Development9▲ 158×1 topic
  22. Memory8▲ 23×5 topics
  23. Culture8▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Gender Studies8▲ 35×6 topics
  25. Heritage7▲ 157×3 topics
  26. Tourism7▲ 53×3 topics
  27. Ethnology7▲ 231×1 topic
  28. French Revolution6▲ 285×1 topic
  29. Napoleonic Wars6▲ 285×1 topic
  30. Religion6▲ 9.2×9 topics
  31. Cultural Identity6▲ 7.7×8 topics
  32. Occupation5▲ 59×3 topics
  33. Cultural Studies5▲ 9.7×10 topics
  34. Sociopolitical5▲ 101×2 topics
  35. Literature5▲ 6.1×9 topics
  36. Memory Studies5▲ 52×3 topics
  37. France5▲ 193×1 topic
  38. Resistance5▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Decolonization4▲ 35×5 topics
  40. Ethnography4▲ 16×5 topics

Which research topics does Université Bretagne Loire publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Cultural Identity and Heritage and European Political History Analysis.

French Urban and Social Studies: 10 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 9 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 7 fractional worksEuropean Political History Analysis: 6 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 5 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…3Social Sciences and Governance: 3 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 3 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 3 fractional worksPolitical and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksLiterature and Culture Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of ScienceArcheologyHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 9 works
  3. 3 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 7 works
  4. 4 European Political History Analysis History 6 works
  5. 5 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 5 works
  6. 6 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 3 works
  7. 7 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 3 works
  9. 9 Political and Social Issues Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 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 available52.2%not open47.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université Bretagne Loire's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% lower 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 Université Bretagne Loire as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Université Bretagne Loire0.00070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université Bretagne Loire 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 counting10%20%Université Bretagne Loire16.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.1% in 2025.

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