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Université Catholique de Lille

In research, Université Catholique de Lille stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,475 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,256 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#645 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Urban Studies and Philosophy (History and Philosophy of Science is 14.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,537
of 22,385 · #3,430 all time
Rank in France
#82
of 517
Research works
3.5k
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Université Catholique de Lille

What is Université Catholique de Lille 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 #1,475 of 9,585 4.3%856 #1770
Social SciencesField #1,256 of 5,988 4.8%542 #1722
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #645 of 2,526 3.1%245 #893
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #391 of 1,187 7.5%120 #777
Health SciencesDomain #3,388 of 9,902 4.5%222 #4289
MedicineField #4,277 of 8,541 5.9%82 #4629
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #481 of 944 3.7%133 #890
Arts and HumanitiesField #982 of 1,896 3.3%181 #1677
Physical SciencesDomain #5,788 of 10,670 5.1%105 #6783
Health ProfessionsField #1,068 of 1,895 3.7%139 #1588

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université Catholique de Lille 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,770 #1,475
  2. Social Sciences#1,722 #1,256
  3. Sociology and Political Science#893 #645
  4. Political Science and International Relations#777 #391
  5. Health Sciences#4,289 #3,388
  6. Medicine#4,629 #4,277
  7. General Health Professions#890 #481
  8. Arts and Humanities#1,677 #982
  9. Physical Sciences#6,783 #5,788
  10. Health Professions#1,588 #1,068
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Université Catholique de Lille work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Université Catholique de Lille is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Health Professions (11%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 907 fractional works · 69.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 573 fractional works · 44.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 261 fractional works · 20.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 126 fractional works · 9.7% of its workUrban Studies: 42 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAnthropology: 36 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLaw: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 193 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPhilosophy: 56 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory: 33 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 29 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReligious studies: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 54 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 33 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 234 fractional works · 18.0% of its workHealth Professions: 142 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 137 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 90 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 115 fractional works · 8.9% of its workComputer Science: 47 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitéCatholique de…1,301fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences70%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences57344.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities19314.8%
    3. Psychology544.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting443.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance352.7%
    6. Decision Sciences80.6%
    1. Health Professions14211.0%
    2. Medicine906.9%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Computer Science473.6%
    2. Engineering252.0%
    3. Environmental Science231.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy70.5%
    5. Mathematics30.3%
    6. Energy30.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
    8. Chemistry20.2%
    9. Materials Science10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences221.7%
    2. Neuroscience131.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology60.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Université Catholique de Lille specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 28.8 works14×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 42.4 works12×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 55.7 works10.0×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 21.6 works9.9×
  5. AnthropologySubfield · 36.4 works9.9×
  6. HistorySubfield · 33.5 works8.0×
  7. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 136.8 works7.6×
  8. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 126.2 works6.5×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.16× its world share, 142 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.13× its world share, 193 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.48× its world share, 573 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.13×193 works
  2. Health Professions4.16×142 works
  3. Social Sciences3.48×573 works
  4. Psychology1.37×54 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.25×35 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×44 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.65×8 works
  8. Neuroscience0.61×13 works
  9. Computer Science0.47×47 works
  10. Veterinary0.46×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×22 works
  12. Environmental Science0.36×23 works
  13. Medicine0.36×90 works
  14. Energy0.28×3 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.24×7 works
  16. Mathematics0.22×3 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×3 works
  18. Nursing0.19×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×3 works
  20. Engineering0.13×26 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.10×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×6 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Université Catholique de Lille?

Ranked on the quality score, Fateh Bélaïd, Brendan Coolsaet and Jean‐Loup Demory lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Catholique de Lille.

  1. 1 Fateh Bélaïd France · #108,985 worldwide 5.3k citations · 169 works
  2. 2 Brendan Coolsaet France · #330,888 worldwide 3k citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Jean‐Loup Demory France · #745,775 worldwide 2.6k citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Sabine Weiland France · #963,208 worldwide 1.1k citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Felix‐Christopher von Nostitz France · #989,099 worldwide 81 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Eleonora Veglianti France · #1,124,816 worldwide 691 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Agathe Houzé de l’Aulnoit France · #1,322,281 worldwide 343 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Jean‐François Budzik France · #1,489,650 worldwide 1.9k citations · 102 works
  9. 9 Giulia Sandri France · #1,572,454 worldwide 824 citations · 157 works
  10. 10 Catherine Hoeffler France · #1,628,396 worldwide 401 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Université Catholique de Lille

What are the most cited papers from Université Catholique de Lille?

The most cited paper from Université Catholique de Lille is "A Review of Gaucher Disease Pathophysiology, Clinical Presentation and Treatments" (Jérôme Stirnemann, Nadia Belmatoug, Fabrice Camou et al., 2017), with 887 citations. Next come "The role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in effective and equitable conservation" (876) and "Not always co‐creation: introducing interactional co‐destruction of value in service‐dominant logic" (872).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Review of Gaucher Disease Pathophysiology, Clinical Presentation and Treatments Jérôme Stirnemann, Nadia Belmatoug, Fabrice Camou et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 17 Feb 2017 887
2 The role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in effective and equitable conservation Neil M. Dawson, Brendan Coolsaet, Eleanor Jane Sterling et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2021 876
3 Not always co‐creation: introducing interactional co‐destruction of value in service‐dominant logic Loïc Plé, Rubén Chumpitaz · Journal of Services Marketing 14 Sep 2010 872
4 Service quality, relationship satisfaction, trust, commitment and business‐to‐business loyalty Rubén Chumpitaz, Nicholas G. Paparoidamis · European Journal of Marketing 21 Jul 2007 812
5 Screening for Vulnerability in Older Cancer Patients: The ONCODAGE Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study Pierre Soubeyran, Carine A. Bellera, Jean Goyard et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 11 Dec 2014 601
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université Catholique de Lille?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Mental Health, Social Determinants of Health, Palliative Care and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Public Policy101▲ 16×12 topics
  2. Mental Health99▲ 5.3×24 topics
  3. Globalization99▲ 3.9×88 topics
  4. Community Engagement99▲ 23×9 topics
  5. Territorial Governance98▲ 65×3 topics
  6. Local Development97▲ 72×2 topics
  7. Social Determinants of Health81▲ 29×4 topics
  8. Palliative Care79▲ 40×5 topics
  9. Social Justice79▲ 10×31 topics
  10. Sustainable Development74▲ 3.6×28 topics
  11. Religion71▲ 12×30 topics
  12. End-of-Life Care65▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Medical Ethics65▲ 40×5 topics
  14. Psychological Trauma64▲ 81×2 topics
  15. Public Health Policy64▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Healthcare Legislation64▲ 89×1 topic
  17. Patient Rights64▲ 72×1 topic
  18. Migration63▲ 14×20 topics
  19. Citizen Participation61▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Gender60▲ 8.6×29 topics
  21. Environmental Participation58▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Proximity and Innovation58▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Healthcare Access55▲ 15×7 topics
  24. Democracy53▲ 12×20 topics
  25. Economic Development51▲ 4.9×22 topics
  26. Institutionalization49▲ 40×5 topics
  27. Ethics47▲ 7.2×34 topics
  28. Primary Care46▲ 9.5×9 topics
  29. Citizenship45▲ 29×8 topics
  30. Colonialism45▲ 7.3×32 topics
  31. Community Development44▲ 19×5 topics
  32. Digital Health42▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Healthcare Policy42▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Inequalities42▲ 100×1 topic
  35. Gender Studies41▲ 21×9 topics
  36. Gender Equality41▲ 11×10 topics
  37. Inequality41▲ 14×9 topics
  38. Social Change40▲ 25×10 topics
  39. Social Innovation40▲ 20×5 topics
  40. Cooperatives40▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Université Catholique de Lille publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health, Medicine and Society, French Urban and Social Studies, Healthcare Systems and Practices and Social Sciences and Governance.

Health, Medicine and Society: 64 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 58 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…42Healthcare Systems and Practices: 42 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…40Social Sciences and Governance: 40 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family: 38 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 31 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…28Education, sociology, and vocational training: 28 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 21 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 21 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 20 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 64 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 58 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 42 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 40 works
  5. 5 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 38 works
  6. 6 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 31 works
  7. 7 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  8. 8 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 21 works
  9. 9 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 21 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 20 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université Catholique de Lille's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Catholique de Lille as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0067% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Université Catholique de Lille0.0037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université Catholique de Lille 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Université Catholique de Lille6.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.2% in 2004.

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