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Université Grenoble Alpes

In research, Université Grenoble Alpes stands highest in Physical Sciences (#424 of 12,888 worldwide), Medicine (#1,050 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,263 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Anthropology and Condensed Matter Physics — Linguistics and Language is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#591
of 28,054 · #588 all time
Rank in France
#8
of 1,422
Research works
31k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
479k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Université Grenoble Alpes 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 #424 of 12,888 15.3%3,067 #458
MedicineField #1,050 of 10,443 14.4%663 #1105
Health SciencesDomain #1,263 of 11,982 13.1%849 #1337
EngineeringField #774 of 6,636 12.2%1,088 #661
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #145 of 1,209 23.6%229 #247
Physics and AstronomyField #198 of 1,646 23.6%368 #330
Social SciencesDomain #1,405 of 10,521 7.4%2,282 #1305
Life SciencesDomain #1,068 of 7,800 20.2%503 #1096
Computer ScienceField #760 of 4,667 12.4%485 #344
Environmental ScienceField #693 of 3,551 23.8%263 #606

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université Grenoble Alpes 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#458 #424
  2. Medicine#1,105 #1,050
  3. Health Sciences#1,337 #1,263
  4. Engineering#661 #774
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#247 #145
  6. Physics and Astronomy#330 #198
  7. Social Sciences#1,305 #1,405
  8. Life Sciences#1,096 #1,068
  9. Computer Science#344 #760
  10. Environmental Science#606 #693
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 Grenoble Alpes specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 53.9 works7.0×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 96.9 works5.2×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 53.3 works5.0×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 48.6 works4.7×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 116 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 227 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 120 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 95 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 485 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 229 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 68 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 1,088 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 263 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.28× its world share, 300 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.85× its world share, 146 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.47× its world share, 368 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 174 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 664 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.11× its world share, 602 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 112 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 122 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 198 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 1,210 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Université Grenoble Alpes?

Ranked on the composite score, Antoine Girard, C. Combet and D. Santos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Grenoble Alpes.

  1. 1 Antoine Girard France · #17,306 worldwide 896 citations · 84 works
  2. 2 C. Combet France · #26,383 worldwide 1.8k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 D. Santos France · #30,166 worldwide 930 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Karteek Alahari France · #39,965 worldwide 638 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Laurent Charlet France · #40,616 worldwide 810 citations · 78 works
  6. 6 Olivier Richard France · #59,966 worldwide 343 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 L. Perotto France · #60,412 worldwide 775 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Björn Reineking France · #62,483 worldwide 539 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Frédéric‐Victor Donzé France · #68,707 worldwide 197 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Philippe Kahane France · #71,891 worldwide 265 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Université Grenoble Alpes

Which keywords describe research at Université Grenoble Alpes?

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, 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. Climate Change233▲ 1.29×99 topics
  2. Globalization221▲ 1.68×118 topics
  3. Public Policy205▲ 6.2×23 topics
  4. Community Engagement204▲ 9.2×16 topics
  5. Territorial Governance196▲ 23×4 topics
  6. Social Justice196▲ 5.0×33 topics
  7. Local Development192▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Sustainable Development181▲ 1.70×58 topics
  9. Gender154▲ 4.2×48 topics
  10. Identity148▲ 3.0×63 topics
  11. Citizen Participation144▲ 17×2 topics
  12. Environmental Participation142▲ 27×1 topic
  13. Proximity and Innovation142▲ 27×1 topic
  14. Gender Studies130▲ 13×15 topics
  15. Colonialism124▲ 3.9×44 topics
  16. Literature106▲ 2.9×49 topics
  17. Sociolinguistics99▲ 7.8×9 topics
  18. Migration94▲ 4.2×24 topics
  19. Ethnographic Research84▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Educational Policies83▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Sociological Analysis83▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Professional Practices83▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Public Action83▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Institutionalization82▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Historiography81▲ 9.6×12 topics
  26. European Union78▲ 5.1×21 topics
  27. Pragmatics78▲ 7.2×6 topics
  28. Discourse Analysis74▲ 4.3×10 topics
  29. Social Determinants of Health72▲ 4.8×5 topics
  30. Rhetoric71▲ 9.7×6 topics
  31. Argumentation67▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Ethos67▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Artistic Expression63▲ 29×4 topics
  34. Citizenship61▲ 7.5×11 topics
  35. Archaeology60▲ 6.6×9 topics
  36. Digital Communication57▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Open Access56▲ 8.6×5 topics
  38. Documentary Practices55▲ 30×2 topics
  39. New Media55▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Web Technologies54▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Université Grenoble Alpes publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis and Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts.

French Urban and Social …142French Urban and Social Studies: 142 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 83 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 67 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 54 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Analyses: 51 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 50 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…50Healthcare Systems and Practices: 50 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 46 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 41 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 40 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhilosophyComputer Networks and CommunicationsLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 142 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 83 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 67 works
  4. 4 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 54 works
  5. 5 Historical and Literary Analyses Literature and Literary Theory 51 works
  6. 6 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 50 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 50 works
  8. 8 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 46 works
  9. 9 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 41 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 40 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 available52.9%not open47.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université Grenoble Alpes's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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