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Université Paris-Saclay

In research, Université Paris-Saclay stands highest in Physical Sciences (#200 of 12,888 worldwide), Medicine (#321 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#448 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics and Radiation — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#247
of 28,054 · #532 all time
Rank in France
#5
of 1,422
Research works
22k
▲ 206% vs 2013–17
Citations
435k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Université Paris-Saclay 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 #200 of 12,888 16.6%4,303 #501
MedicineField #321 of 10,443 22.9%1,212 #730
Health SciencesDomain #448 of 11,982 21.5%1,389 #861
Physics and AstronomyField #69 of 1,646 28.0%845 #282
Life SciencesDomain #338 of 7,800 23.7%1,159 #574
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #268 of 3,579 21.9%623 #500
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #104 of 1,144 26.8%157 #378
EngineeringField #635 of 6,636 12.6%1,354 #930
Computer ScienceField #504 of 4,667 13.4%621 #755
Environmental ScienceField #453 of 3,551 23.4%304 #845

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université Paris-Saclay 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#501 #200
  2. Medicine#730 #321
  3. Health Sciences#861 #448
  4. Physics and Astronomy#282 #69
  5. Life Sciences#574 #338
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#500 #268
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#378 #104
  8. Engineering#930 #635
  9. Computer Science#755 #504
  10. Environmental Science#845 #453
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 Paris-Saclay specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 189.5 works7.7×
  2. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 92.4 works7.4×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 55.8 works5.2×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 845.4 works4.8×
  5. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 268.0 works4.8×
  6. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 57.3 works4.5×
  7. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 180.6 works4.4×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 295 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 623 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 75 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 140 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 30 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.87× its world share, 230 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 621 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 170 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 1,354 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 304 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 396 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.24× its world share, 299 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.85× its world share, 845 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 143 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 1,212 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 118 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 96 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 109 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 117 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 489 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Université Paris-Saclay?

Ranked on the composite score, B. Abeloos, B. W. Allen and N. Savić lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Paris-Saclay.

  1. 1 B. Abeloos France · #23,975 worldwide 1.1k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 B. W. Allen France · #28,421 worldwide 918 citations · 75 works
  3. 3 N. Savić France · #31,275 worldwide 642 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 C. C. Peng France · #33,825 worldwide 509 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Q. Wang France · #58,416 worldwide 462 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 A. Peyaud France · #82,356 worldwide 525 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 A. Gascon Bravo France · #92,557 worldwide 492 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 S. Dusko Ehrlich France · #96,786 worldwide 392 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 M. G. Ratti France · #105,007 worldwide 345 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 K. W. Tsang France · #156,861 worldwide 412 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Université Paris-Saclay

Which keywords describe research at Université Paris-Saclay?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Territorial Governance, Local Development, Community Engagement, Deep Learning, Climate Change, Environmental Participation, Proximity and Innovation and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning235◆ 0.88×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning220▼ 0.86×82 topics
  3. Epidemiology212▼ 0.68×133 topics
  4. Climate Change211◆ 1.00×100 topics
  5. Inflammation128▼ 0.79×83 topics
  6. Nanoparticles120▲ 1.22×43 topics
  7. Neural Networks118◆ 0.98×39 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications102◆ 1.10×36 topics
  9. Community Engagement101▲ 3.9×13 topics
  10. Territorial Governance96▲ 9.8×3 topics
  11. Local Development95▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Public Policy81▲ 2.1×17 topics
  13. Heat Transfer78▲ 2.0×17 topics
  14. Biosensors77▲ 1.90×12 topics
  15. Social Justice75▲ 1.64×23 topics
  16. Dark Matter64▲ 7.2×4 topics
  17. Citizen Participation64▲ 6.6×3 topics
  18. Large-Eddy Simulation63▲ 4.2×5 topics
  19. Environmental Participation63▲ 10×1 topic
  20. Proximity and Innovation63▲ 10×1 topic
  21. Monte Carlo Simulation61▲ 3.9×9 topics
  22. Entanglement50▲ 4.2×4 topics
  23. Particle Physics49▲ 8.3×2 topics
  24. Tomography48▲ 3.4×5 topics
  25. Lattice QCD46▲ 9.8×2 topics
  26. Density Functional Theory45▲ 5.5×6 topics
  27. Renormalization Group40▲ 9.3×2 topics
  28. Black Holes40▲ 5.3×3 topics
  29. Higgs Boson36▲ 8.8×1 topic
  30. High-Energy Collider36▲ 8.8×1 topic
  31. Cooperatives35▲ 5.6×3 topics
  32. Electronic Structure Calculations35▲ 6.7×2 topics
  33. Sociological Analysis34▲ 7.4×2 topics
  34. Professional Practices34▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Public Action34▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Solidarity Economy34▲ 6.9×2 topics
  37. Adaptive Mesh Refinement33▲ 6.9×2 topics
  38. High-Order Schemes33▲ 6.9×2 topics
  39. Participative Evaluation33▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Nucleosynthesis32▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Université Paris-Saclay publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training and Social Sciences and Governance.

French Urban and Social …63French Urban and Social Studies: 63 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…36Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 36 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…34Education, sociology, and vocational training: 34 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…33Social Sciences and Governance: 33 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 30 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 28 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…28Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 28 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 27 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 24 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…24Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 24 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceNuclear and High Energy PhysicsUrban StudiesGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 63 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 36 works
  3. 3 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 34 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 33 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 30 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 28 works
  7. 7 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 28 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 27 works
  9. 9 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
  10. 10 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 24 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.8%domestic only62.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université Paris-Saclay's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 206% 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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