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Université d'Orléans

In research, Université d'Orléans stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,307 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,956 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,771 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology, History and Literature and Literary Theory — Anthropology is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,256
of 28,054 · #2,283 all time
Rank in France
#60
of 1,422
Research works
8.2k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
149k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Université d'Orléans 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,307 of 12,888 16.0%539 #1671
Social SciencesDomain #2,956 of 10,521 11.1%516 #3227
Social SciencesField #2,771 of 6,365 6.5%226 #4266
EngineeringField #3,417 of 6,636 13.2%163 #1848
Health SciencesDomain #6,229 of 11,982 15.2%124 #7357
MedicineField #5,547 of 10,443 17.7%90 #8228
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #974 of 1,775 30.0%68 #940
Life SciencesDomain #4,444 of 7,800 18.7%110 #3910
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,586 of 1,998 7.8%161 #1949
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,198 of 2,578 6.3%95 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université d'Orléans 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. Physical Sciences#1,671 #2,307
  2. Social Sciences#3,227 #2,956
  3. Social Sciences#4,266 #2,771
  4. Engineering#1,848 #3,417
  5. Health Sciences#7,357 #6,229
  6. Medicine#8,228 #5,547
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#940 #974
  8. Life Sciences#3,910 #4,444
  9. Arts and Humanities#1,949 #1,586
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 d'Orléans specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 24.2 works6.7×
  2. HistorySubfield · 22.9 works5.5×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 37.5 works5.5×
← 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: 0.65× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.05× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.53× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 87 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.32× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 163 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.26× its world share, 57 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.95× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.76× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.32× its world share, 161 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.45× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 226 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Université d'Orléans?

Ranked on the composite score, Christophe Rault, E. Franklin Frazier and Jacques Charvet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université d'Orléans.

  1. 1 Christophe Rault · #60,703 worldwide 319 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 E. Franklin Frazier · #67,198 worldwide 93 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Jacques Charvet · #67,731 worldwide 480 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Marc Feix · #104,370 worldwide 177 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 F. Bergaya · #125,507 worldwide 266 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Julián González Fernández · #192,814 worldwide 24 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Françoise Michaud-Fréjaville · #240,598 worldwide 3 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Christophe Hano · #258,722 worldwide 175 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Matthieu Robineau · #291,734 worldwide 0 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 François Lieutier · #301,420 worldwide 130 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Université d'Orléans

Which keywords describe research at Université d'Orléans?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Territorial Governance, Community Engagement, 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. Social Justice47▲ 6.2×11 topics
  2. Community Engagement44▲ 10×6 topics
  3. Territorial Governance44▲ 27×3 topics
  4. Local Development44▲ 29×2 topics
  5. Sustainable Development43▲ 2.1×34 topics
  6. Globalization42▲ 1.67×56 topics
  7. Public Policy42▲ 6.6×12 topics
  8. Citizen Participation32▲ 20×2 topics
  9. Environmental Participation32▲ 31×1 topic
  10. Proximity and Innovation32▲ 31×1 topic
  11. Gender31▲ 4.5×33 topics
  12. Identity31▲ 3.3×37 topics
  13. Colonialism30▲ 4.9×29 topics
  14. Economic Growth28▲ 2.5×21 topics
  15. Sociolinguistics26▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Cultural Heritage26▲ 3.7×20 topics
  17. History26▲ 2.8×31 topics
  18. Chemical Kinetics25▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Literature24▲ 3.5×31 topics
  20. Gender Studies24▲ 12×9 topics
  21. Pragmatics21▲ 10.0×5 topics
  22. Discourse Analysis20▲ 6.1×6 topics
  23. Emissions19▲ 7.5×6 topics
  24. Rhetoric19▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Historiography18▲ 11×7 topics
  26. Argumentation17▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Ethos17▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Monetary Policy16▲ 5.3×8 topics
  29. Cultural Diversity16▲ 5.7×10 topics
  30. Oxidation Mechanism16▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Multilingualism16▲ 7.2×5 topics
  32. Biofuels15▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Combustion15▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Internal Combustion Engines15▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Soot Formation15▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Archaeology14▲ 8.3×10 topics
  37. Social Innovation14▲ 7.2×6 topics
  38. Gender Roles14▲ 9.5×5 topics
  39. Citizenship14▲ 9.1×6 topics
  40. Artistic Expression14▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Université d'Orléans publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

French Urban and Social …32French Urban and Social Studies: 32 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 15 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 12 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Analyses: 12 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 12 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…12Social Sciences and Governance: 12 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 11 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 10 fractional worksFrench Language Learning…10French Language Learning Methods: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhilosophyFluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social StudiesSociology and Political Science 32 works
  2. 2 Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisPhilosophy 17 works
  3. 3 Advanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesFluid Flow and Transfer Processes 15 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisHistory and Philosophy of Science 12 works
  5. 5 Historical and Literary AnalysesLiterature and Literary Theory 12 works
  6. 6 Education, sociology, and vocational trainingSociology and Political Science 12 works
  7. 7 Social Sciences and GovernanceUrban Studies 12 works
  8. 8 Historical and Literary StudiesAnthropology 11 works
  9. 9 Combustion and flame dynamicsComputational Mechanics 10 works
  10. 10 French Language Learning MethodsLinguistics and Language 10 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université d'Orléans's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.