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Université de Tours

In research, Université de Tours stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,617 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,871 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,661 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History, History and Philosophy of Science and Anthropology — History is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,416
of 28,054 · #2,725 all time
Rank in France
#70
of 1,422
Research works
11k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
175k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Université de Tours 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,617 of 11,982 11.9%574 #1517
MedicineField #1,871 of 10,443 12.6%462 #1577
Social SciencesDomain #2,661 of 10,521 10.1%861 #2945
Life SciencesDomain #2,276 of 7,800 17.6%296 #1635
Physical SciencesDomain #4,396 of 12,888 11.2%379 #3383
Social SciencesField #3,137 of 6,365 8.9%444 #3351
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,080 of 1,998 8.8%244 #1763
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,998 of 3,579 20.0%113 #1639
PsychologyField #1,275 of 2,181 15.1%99 #980
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,709 of 2,578 8.0%176 #1633

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université de Tours 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. Health Sciences#1,517 #1,617
  2. Medicine#1,577 #1,871
  3. Social Sciences#2,945 #2,661
  4. Life Sciences#1,635 #2,276
  5. Physical Sciences#3,383 #4,396
  6. Social Sciences#3,351 #3,137
  7. Arts and Humanities#1,763 #1,080
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,639 #1,998
  9. Psychology#980 #1,275
  10. Sociology and Political Science#1,633 #1,709
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 Tours specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 49.4 works7.3×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 21.3 works6.5×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 38.7 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: 0.98× its world share, 98 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 114 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 49 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 70 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 104 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.64× its world share, 41 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 39 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 91 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.14× its world share, 462 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.24× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.00× its world share, 244 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 99 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 444 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Université de Tours?

Ranked on the composite score, Guy Barles, Alain Derville and Karl M. Wantzen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université de Tours.

  1. 1 Guy Barles France · #51,473 worldwide 490 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Alain Derville France · #74,602 worldwide 51 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Karl M. Wantzen France · #93,083 worldwide 311 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Maurice Sartre France · #155,110 worldwide 69 citations · 92 works
  5. 5 Catherine Belzung France · #156,557 worldwide 217 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Xavier Bekaert France · #171,050 worldwide 299 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Héctor Giacomini France · #178,103 worldwide 179 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Yvon Lebranchu France · #180,737 worldwide 112 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Ayache Bouakaz France · #191,326 worldwide 135 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Bruno Judic France · #203,649 worldwide 15 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Université de Tours

Which keywords describe research at Université de Tours?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology114▲ 1.37×124 topics
  2. Globalization76▲ 1.85×76 topics
  3. Community Engagement76▲ 11×9 topics
  4. Social Justice73▲ 5.9×15 topics
  5. Territorial Governance73▲ 27×4 topics
  6. Local Development72▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Public Policy70▲ 6.7×11 topics
  8. Mental Health66▲ 2.1×35 topics
  9. Sustainable Development64▲ 1.90×29 topics
  10. Gender62▲ 5.5×35 topics
  11. Identity56▲ 3.6×45 topics
  12. Citizen Participation55▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Colonialism55▲ 5.5×30 topics
  14. Environmental Participation55▲ 33×1 topic
  15. Proximity and Innovation55▲ 33×1 topic
  16. Gender Studies49▲ 15×11 topics
  17. Literature45▲ 3.9×37 topics
  18. Cultural Studies39▲ 4.8×28 topics
  19. History38▲ 2.6×41 topics
  20. Religion38▲ 3.8×27 topics
  21. Migration37▲ 5.2×19 topics
  22. Palliative Care35▲ 10×6 topics
  23. Culture34▲ 3.0×24 topics
  24. Social Determinants of Health33▲ 6.8×6 topics
  25. Psychological Trauma29▲ 21×2 topics
  26. End-of-Life Care29▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Medical Ethics29▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Healthcare Legislation29▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Patient Rights29▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Public Health Policy29▲ 4.8×2 topics
  31. Educational Policies28▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Ethnographic Research28▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Social Change28▲ 11×11 topics
  34. Professional Practices27▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Public Action27▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Sociolinguistics27▲ 6.8×8 topics
  37. Memory26▲ 5.0×17 topics
  38. Family Law23▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Archaeology22▲ 7.7×8 topics
  40. Digital Health21▲ 8.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Université de Tours publish most on?

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

French Urban and Social …55French Urban and Social Studies: 55 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 29 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…27Education, sociology, and vocational training: 27 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…21Healthcare Systems and Practices: 21 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 18 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 17 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…16Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 16 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 14 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 14 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 14 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsHistory and Philosophy of ScienceUrban Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 55 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 29 works
  3. 3 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 21 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 18 works
  6. 6 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 17 works
  7. 7 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  8. 8 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 14 works
  9. 9 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 14 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 14 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 available40.9%not open59.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université de Tours's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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