17 Centrale Nantes researchers among the World's Top 2% Scientists named by Stanford University in 2024

The Stanford ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database for 2023 and includes more than 100,000 researchers from the more than 8 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields taken into account. Career-long data is updated to the end of 2023, while data for a single recent year refer to citations received during 2023.

17 Centrale Nantes researchers feature in the newly released ranking for the past year, underlining the quality of the school's scientific research:
 

• Aurélien Babarit, Researcher, Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
• Alain Bernard, Emeritus Professor at Centrale Nantes, Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Damien Chablat (CNRS), Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Christine Chevallereau (CNRS), Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Pierre Ferrant, Professor at Centrale Nantes, Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
• Emmanuel Guilmineau, Researcher, Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
• Pierre-Yves Hicher, Emeritus Professor at Centrale Nantes, Centrale Nantes
• Bertrand Huneau, Associate Professor, Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Jérôme Idier (CNRS), Researcher, Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• David Le Touzé Professor at Centrale Nantes, Head of the Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
• Ahmed Loukili, Professor at Centrale Nantes, Head of Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Nicolas Moës, Professor at Centrale Nantes, Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Anthony Nouy, Professor at Centrale Nantes, Jean Leray Mathematical Institute
• Franck Plestan, Professor and Dean of Research at Centrale Nantes, Centrale Nantes, Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Julien Réthoré, (CNRS), Researcher in the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Erwan Verron, Professor at Centrale Nantes, Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Philippe Wenger (CNRS), Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)

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