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Université de Lille

In research, Université de Lille stands highest in Social Sciences (#629 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#952 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,093 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology, Archeology and Urban Studies — Anthropology is 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,001
of 28,054 · #1,074 all time
Rank in France
#19
of 1,422
Research works
28k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
384k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Université de Lille 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
Social SciencesDomain #629 of 10,521 7.9%3,242 #920
Physical SciencesDomain #952 of 12,888 11.5%1,877 #1079
MedicineField #1,093 of 10,443 17.3%743 #1039
Health SciencesDomain #1,303 of 11,982 13.9%1,073 #1055
Social SciencesField #762 of 6,365 6.7%1,691 #950
Business, Management and AccountingField #378 of 2,578 14.0%194 #674
Life SciencesDomain #1,202 of 7,800 16.2%480 #1065
EngineeringField #1,230 of 6,636 12.0%682 #1271
Arts and HumanitiesField #468 of 1,998 6.0%908 #573
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #634 of 2,578 6.0%710 #794

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université 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 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. Social Sciences#920 #629
  2. Physical Sciences#1,079 #952
  3. Medicine#1,039 #1,093
  4. Health Sciences#1,055 #1,303
  5. Social Sciences#950 #762
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#674 #378
  7. Life Sciences#1,065 #1,202
  8. Engineering#1,271 #1,230
  9. Arts and Humanities#573 #468
  10. Sociology and Political Science#794 #634
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 de Lille specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 178.0 works9.5×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 170.4 works8.5×
  3. Urban StudiesSubfield · 152.1 works8.3×
  4. ClassicsSubfield · 32.0 works8.1×
  5. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 80.8 works7.9×
  6. HistorySubfield · 144.3 works6.7×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 119 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 206 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 39 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 103 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 84 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 399 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 108 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 682 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 162 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 160 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.46× its world share, 115 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 125 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 301 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 743 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.71× its world share, 908 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 194 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 169 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 232 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 1,691 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Université de Lille?

Ranked on the composite score, Claude Brezinski, Mathilde Caron and Didier Leys lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université de Lille.

  1. 1 Claude Brezinski · #5,795 worldwide 1.1k citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Mathilde Caron · #22,550 worldwide 723 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Didier Leys · #36,837 worldwide 612 citations · 137 works
  4. 4 Alain Duhamel · #56,516 worldwide 312 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Julien Labreuche · #68,624 worldwide 401 citations · 86 works
  6. 6 Kathy Dujardin · #71,692 worldwide 210 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 P. Bulois · #93,906 worldwide 201 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Monique Sommé · #103,255 worldwide 40 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Paul Cary · #117,509 worldwide 65 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Marie Danet · #118,613 worldwide 55 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Université de Lille

Which keywords describe research at Université de Lille?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Public Policy, Social Justice, Gender, Gender Studies and Citizen Participation.

▲ 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. Community Engagement339▲ 15×14 topics
  2. Territorial Governance334▲ 40×4 topics
  3. Local Development331▲ 43×2 topics
  4. Public Policy287▲ 8.7×21 topics
  5. Globalization270▲ 2.1×115 topics
  6. Social Justice247▲ 6.3×37 topics
  7. Sustainable Development237▲ 2.2×61 topics
  8. Gender227▲ 6.3×53 topics
  9. Gender Studies199▲ 19×15 topics
  10. Identity197▲ 4.1×71 topics
  11. Citizen Participation194▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Environmental Participation191▲ 36×1 topic
  13. Proximity and Innovation191▲ 36×1 topic
  14. Mental Health188▲ 1.92×41 topics
  15. Colonialism185▲ 5.8×47 topics
  16. Social Determinants of Health165▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Economic Development164▲ 3.0×28 topics
  18. Religion158▲ 5.0×39 topics
  19. History151▲ 3.2×61 topics
  20. Citizenship149▲ 18×9 topics
  21. Institutionalization146▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Social Innovation146▲ 14×9 topics
  23. Cooperatives142▲ 27×3 topics
  24. Solidarity Economy141▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Participative Evaluation140▲ 59×1 topic
  26. Educational Policies136▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Ethnographic Research135▲ 38×3 topics
  28. Sociological Analysis135▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Professional Practices134▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Public Action134▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Migration115▲ 5.1×27 topics
  32. Archaeology112▲ 12×10 topics
  33. Palliative Care105▲ 9.8×6 topics
  34. Social Change95▲ 12×14 topics
  35. Sociolinguistics95▲ 7.5×8 topics
  36. Healthcare Quality Indicators93▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Digital Health92▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Healthcare Management92▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Healthcare Policy91▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Inequalities91▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Université de Lille publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Social Sciences and Governance, Education, sociology, and vocational training and Healthcare Systems and Practices.

French Urban and Social Studies: 191 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 140 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…134Education, sociology, and vocational training: 134 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…91Healthcare Systems and Practices: 91 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 87 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 80 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…68Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 68 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family: 66 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 65 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 56 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesGeneral Health ProfessionsComputer Networks and Communications3 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social StudiesSociology and Political Science 191 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and GovernanceUrban Studies 140 works
  3. 3 Education, sociology, and vocational trainingSociology and Political Science 134 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and PracticesGeneral Health Professions 91 works
  5. 5 Health, Medicine and SocietyGeneral Health Professions 87 works
  6. 6 Cultural Insights and Digital ImpactsComputer Networks and Communications 80 works
  7. 7 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderPolitical Science and International Relations 68 works
  8. 8 Social Policies and FamilySociology and Political Science 66 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisPhilosophy 65 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisHistory and Philosophy of Science 56 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université de Lille's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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