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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology

On research quality in 2022–now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks #12 in the world and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique #13, of 28,054 institutions. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique stands higher in 9 of the 13 fields both publish in, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 4.

Research profiles alike: 0.79very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

France · Paris

World rank, 2022–now
#13
#5 all time
Works, 2022–now
39k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
39%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Mathematical Physics, Theoretical Computer Science, Paleontology.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States · Cambridge

World rank, 2022–now
#12
#3 all time
Works, 2022–now
13k
fractional
Top-10% rate
27.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
36%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Structural Biology, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Who leads in each field?

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique stands higher in 9 of 13 fields, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 4. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 94 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  1. #36Agricultural and Biological Sciences—
  2. #11Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#16
  3. #22Chemistry#61
  4. #58Computer Science#23
  5. #3Earth and Planetary Sciences#30
  6. #74Engineering#63
  7. #9Environmental Science#111
  8. #46Materials Science#48
  9. #3Mathematics#7
  10. #123Medicine#283
  11. —Neuroscience#57
  12. #4Physics and Astronomy#1
  13. #48Social Sciences#184

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022–now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world’s share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.7× 0.2×
  2. Veterinary0.6× 0.2×
  3. Dentistry0.3× 0.1×
  4. Nursing0.4× 0.1×
  5. Arts and Humanities1.2× 0.5×
  6. Chemistry2.5× 1.4×
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.7× 0.5×
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.0× 1.9×
  9. Environmental Science1.2× 0.8×
  10. Medicine0.4× 0.3×
  11. Health Professions0.4× 0.3×
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.9× 0.8×
  13. Social Sciences0.6× 0.5×
  14. Materials Science1.9× 1.7×
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.3× 1.3×
  16. Mathematics2.8× 2.7×
  17. Neuroscience1.4× 1.4×
  18. Psychology0.6× 0.6×
  19. Chemical Engineering2.0× 2.2×
  20. Engineering1.2× 1.6×
  21. Energy1.1× 1.4×
  22. Physics and Astronomy3.5× 4.7×
  23. Computer Science1.1× 1.6×
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.5× 1.1×
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.3× 0.6×
  26. Decision Sciences0.7× 1.7×
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Location quotient in 2022–now: the share of each side’s research in the field over the world’s share. 1× is the world’s balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique leans further are at the top, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

5k10k15kCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique9,185 in 2025Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,956 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique or Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes 3.1× as much research as Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2022–now (39k against 13k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique or Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

27.8% of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.7% for Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

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