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Université Rennes 2

In research, Université Rennes 2 stands highest in Social Sciences (#608 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#152 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#803 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Linguistics and Language and History (History and Philosophy of Science is 20.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,555
of 22,385 · #1,560 all time
Rank in France
#57
of 517
Research works
6.3k
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Université Rennes 2

What is Université Rennes 2 known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #608 of 9,585 4.4%1,411 #617
Arts and HumanitiesField #152 of 1,896 3.7%550 #237
Social SciencesField #803 of 5,988 4.6%711 #785
Health SciencesDomain #2,058 of 9,902 10.3%177 #1955
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #537 of 2,526 5.0%283 #567
MedicineField #2,170 of 8,541 10.7%104 #2022
Physical SciencesDomain #3,942 of 10,670 5.6%165 #2563
PsychologyField #952 of 2,121 7.6%99 #726
Cultural StudiesSubfield #117 of 249 5.3%106 #281
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #206 of 406 5.4%145 #437

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université Rennes 2 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#617 #608
  2. Arts and Humanities#237 #152
  3. Social Sciences#785 #803
  4. Health Sciences#1,955 #2,058
  5. Sociology and Political Science#567 #537
  6. Medicine#2,022 #2,170
  7. Physical Sciences#2,563 #3,942
  8. Psychology#726 #952
  9. Cultural Studies#281 #117
  10. Literature and Literary Theory#437 #206
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Université Rennes 2 work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Université Rennes 2 is in Social Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Arts and Humanities (30%), Medicine (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,486 fractional works · 76.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 753 fractional works · 38.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 297 fractional works · 15.3% of its workCultural Studies: 112 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 78 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAnthropology: 68 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 53 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 46 fractional works · 2.4% of its workUrban Studies: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 574 fractional works · 29.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 151 fractional works · 7.8% of its workHistory: 109 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhilosophy: 66 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 62 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArcheology: 60 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 50 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClassics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 105 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 57 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 204 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 126 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 73 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 56 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 190 fractional works · 9.8% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 45 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversité Rennes21,937fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences77%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,48676.7%
    1. Social Sciences75338.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities57429.6%
    3. Psychology1055.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance311.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting180.9%
    6. Decision Sciences50.2%
    1. Medicine1266.5%
    2. Health Professions733.8%
    3. Dentistry30.1%
    4. Nursing20.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Computer Science874.5%
    2. Engineering321.7%
    3. Environmental Science301.5%
    4. Chemistry100.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences90.5%
    6. Materials Science80.4%
    7. Mathematics50.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy40.2%
    9. Energy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences231.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology160.8%
    3. Neuroscience130.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Université Rennes 2 specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 20.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 62.4 works21×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 45.7 works21×
  3. HistorySubfield · 108.9 works18×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 151.3 works15×
  5. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 111.8 works14×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 67.9 works12×
  7. ArcheologySubfield · 60.0 works10×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 87 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 73 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 126 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 10.25× its world share, 574 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 105 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.07× its world share, 753 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities10.25×574 works
  2. Social Sciences3.07×753 works
  3. Psychology1.78×105 works
  4. Health Professions1.42×73 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×31 works
  6. Computer Science0.58×87 works
  7. Neuroscience0.43×13 works
  8. Veterinary0.39×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×2 works
  10. Chemistry0.34×10 works
  11. Medicine0.34×126 works
  12. Environmental Science0.31×30 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×9 works
  14. Dentistry0.29×3 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×18 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×23 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.25×5 works
  18. Mathematics0.21×5 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.19×1 works
  20. Nursing0.18×2 works
  21. Energy0.17×3 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×16 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×3 works
  24. Materials Science0.12×8 works
  25. Engineering0.11×32 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.10×4 works

Who are the top researchers at Université Rennes 2?

Ranked on the quality score, Hassane Zouhal, Fatma Rhibi and Richard Kulpa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Rennes 2.

  1. 1 Hassane Zouhal France · #1,217,325 worldwide 6.9k citations · 351 works
  2. 2 Fatma Rhibi France · #1,396,274 worldwide 447 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Richard Kulpa France · #1,491,240 worldwide 3k citations · 186 works
  4. 4 Grégory Wallet France · #1,504,286 worldwide 350 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Pim Verschuuren France · #1,556,805 worldwide 118 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Carole Groussard France · #1,596,401 worldwide 1.6k citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Éric Matzner-Løber France · #1,619,262 worldwide 1.2k citations · 124 works
  8. 8 Sébastien Brault France · #1,626,077 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Jean-Charles David France · #1,670,552 worldwide 104 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Frederic Derbré France · #1,770,467 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Université Rennes 2

What are the most cited papers from Université Rennes 2?

The most cited paper from Université Rennes 2 is "GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2018), with 2,512 citations. Next come "Poisson's ratio and modern materials" (2,389) and "Standardization of left atrial, right ventricular, and right atrial deformation imaging using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: a consensus document of the EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to standardize deformation imaging" (1,701).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,150 authors 15 Oct 2018 2,512
2 Poisson's ratio and modern materials George Neville Greaves, Alan Lindsay Greer, Roderic S. Lakes et al. · Nature Materials 24 Oct 2011 2,389
3 Standardization of left atrial, right ventricular, and right atrial deformation imaging using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: a consensus document of the EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to standardize deformation imaging Luigi Paolo Badano et al. · European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging Open access 27 Feb 2018 1,701
4 Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis Ashley Harris Beecham et al. · Nature Genetics Open access193 authors 29 Sep 2013 1,466
5 Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,148 authors 2 Jan 2019 1,329
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université Rennes 2?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Globalization, Identity, Colonialism, Gender Studies, History, Social Justice and Community Engagement.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization194▲ 5.1×99 topics
  2. Gender167▲ 16×46 topics
  3. Identity150▲ 11×55 topics
  4. Colonialism150▲ 16×42 topics
  5. Gender Studies131▲ 44×16 topics
  6. History131▲ 9.7×54 topics
  7. Social Justice128▲ 11×27 topics
  8. Community Engagement114▲ 18×13 topics
  9. Public Policy112▲ 12×16 topics
  10. Literature110▲ 10×52 topics
  11. Sustainable Development92▲ 3.0×28 topics
  12. Local Development92▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Territorial Governance92▲ 41×2 topics
  14. Cultural Studies91▲ 13×32 topics
  15. Cultural Heritage90▲ 8.8×25 topics
  16. Cultural Identity86▲ 9.0×29 topics
  17. Culture84▲ 8.3×28 topics
  18. Innovation78▲ 3.9×26 topics
  19. Nationalism77▲ 8.8×24 topics
  20. Citizen Participation74▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Environmental Participation74▲ 54×1 topic
  22. Proximity and Innovation74▲ 54×1 topic
  23. Religion70▲ 7.9×29 topics
  24. Memory70▲ 15×20 topics
  25. Historiography67▲ 28×14 topics
  26. Sociopolitical67▲ 102×4 topics
  27. Cultural Diversity66▲ 15×16 topics
  28. Sociolinguistics66▲ 19×9 topics
  29. Global Perspectives66▲ 83×2 topics
  30. Neoliberalism61▲ 8.8×19 topics
  31. Politics61▲ 12×17 topics
  32. Migration61▲ 9.2×19 topics
  33. Ethnographic Research59▲ 61×2 topics
  34. Educational Policies58▲ 28×3 topics
  35. Philosophy58▲ 6.7×32 topics
  36. Professional Practices58▲ 83×1 topic
  37. Public Action58▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Memory Studies56▲ 46×5 topics
  39. Ethnography54▲ 16×9 topics
  40. Sociology53▲ 20×17 topics

Which research topics does Université Rennes 2 publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis and Contemporary art, education, critique.

French Urban and Social …74French Urban and Social Studies: 74 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…58Education, sociology, and vocational training: 58 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 48 fractional worksContemporary art, education, critique: 45 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 44 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 43 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 41 fractional worksCultural Identity and He…39Cultural Identity and Heritage: 39 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 38 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 36 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of ScienceCultural StudiesComputer Networks and Communications4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 74 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 58 works
  3. 3 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 48 works
  4. 4 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 45 works
  5. 5 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 44 works
  6. 6 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 43 works
  7. 7 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 41 works
  8. 8 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 39 works
  9. 9 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 38 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 36 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université Rennes 2's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Université Rennes 2 as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0090% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Université Rennes 20.0071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université Rennes 2 over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Université Rennes 25.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 1996.

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