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Computational Mechanics research in France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Computational Mechanics research in 2022-now (#14 worldwide), followed by Université Paris-Saclay and Université Paris Sciences et Lettres.

France's world rank
#5
of 52 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
4.5k
Top-10% rate
6.6%
Ranked institutions
10

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Computational Mechanics in France?

Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computational Mechanics, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Computational Mechanics researchers in France?

Thierry J. Poinsot, Pierre Sagaut and David Quéré rank highest among researchers based in France, on their papers in Computational Mechanics that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Thierry J. Poinsot#94,564 worldwide overall55.4 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Pierre Sagaut#331,285 worldwide overall48.0 of 191 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3David Quéré#62,763 worldwide overall28.7 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Stéphane Zaleski#343,267 worldwide overall30.7 of 93 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Stéphane Popinet#93,585 worldwide overall21.3 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Philippe Dagaut#297,811 worldwide overall26.2 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Sébastien Candel#268,395 worldwide overall28.3 of 110 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Jacques Magnaudet#133,714 worldwide overall20.0 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Thierry Schuller#207,654 worldwide overall26.8 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10David Le Touzé#1,216,551 worldwide overall29.6 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Mostafa Safdari Shadloo#68,176 worldwide overall18.5 of 57 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Richard Saurel#138,788 worldwide overall18.2 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Pierre Alliez#62,540 worldwide overall16.0 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Christophe Clanet#472,402 worldwide overall16.0 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Olivier Pouliquen#67,531 worldwide overall13.8 of 30 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in France on their work in Computational Mechanics alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How France compares with other countries in Computational Mechanics