Question 1

What is Université de Lyon known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Université de Lyon stands highest in Social Sciences (#105 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#170 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#107 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology and Linguistics and Language (History and Philosophy of Science is 7.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Université de Lyon rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Université de Lyon ranks #162 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#188 all time), and #6 of 517 in France.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Université de Lyon?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Raphaël Dubois, S.Gz. Zulia Setiyaningrum and Yerlan Kadirzhanovich Akhmetov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université de Lyon.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Université de Lyon?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Université de Lyon is "Geant4—a simulation toolkit" (Stefano Agostinelli et al., 2003), with 25,572 citations. Next come "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (14,545) and "Suspending OpenMP Tasks on Asynchronous Events: Extending the Taskwait Construct" (12,967).

Question 5

Which research topics does Université de Lyon publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Health, Medicine and Society, Education, sociology, and vocational training and Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Université de Lyon?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Public Policy, Social Justice, Citizen Participation, Environmental Participation and Proximity and Innovation.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Université de Lyon work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Université de Lyon is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (13%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Université de Lyon's?

Accepted Answer

City University of New York has the research profile closest to Université de Lyon's (similarity 0.75 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Arts and Humanities, followed by University of Fribourg and Aix-Marseille Université.

Question 9

Is Université de Lyon's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021.