18 researchers among the World's Top 2% Scientists named by Stanford University in 2025

The Stanford ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database for 2024 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 2024, while data for a single recent year refer to citations received during 2024.

18 researchers are in this year ranking, underlining the quality of the school's scientific research.

16 researchers feature in the newly released ranking for the past year :

• Aurélien Babarit, Researcher at Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
• Andrea Cherubini Professor at Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Stéphane Caro (CNRS), Senior Researcher at Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Damien Chablat (CNRS), Senior Researcher at Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Christine Chevallereau (CNRS), Senior Researcher at Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Carlo Cossu (CNRS), Senior Researcher at Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
• Emmanuel Guilmineau (CNRS), Researcher at Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
• Bertrand Huneau, Associate Professor at Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Jérôme Idier (CNRS), Senior Researcher at Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• David Le Touzé Professor and Head of the Research at Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
• Ahmed Loukili, Professor and Head of Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Anthony Nouy, Professor at Jean Leray Mathematical Institute (LMJL)
• Franck Plestan, Professor at Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Julien Réthoré (CNRS), Senior Researcher at Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)
• Erwan Verron, Professor at Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Philippe Wenger (CNRS), Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)

 

2 Emeritus and Honorary professors

• Alain Bernard, Honorary professor à Centrale Nantes
• Pierre-Yves Hicher, Emeritus Professor at Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)

 

4 adjunct professors  at Centrale Nantes are also in Stanford Ranking

• Suresh Advani, Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Andrea Colagrossi, Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
• Michael Ortiz, Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)
• Yuri Shtessel, Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)

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