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Heidelberg University vs Inserm

On research quality in 2022-now, Inserm ranks #74 in the world and Heidelberg University #77, of 22,385 institutions. Heidelberg University stands higher in 8 of the 12 fields both publish in, Inserm in 4.

Research profiles alike: 0.76very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

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Heidelberg University

Germany · Heidelberg

World rank, 2022-now
#77
#74 all time
Works, 2022-now
18k
fractional
Top-10% rate
12.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
32%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Genetics, Instrumentation, Radiation.

Inserm

France · Paris

World rank, 2022-now
#74
#76 all time
Works, 2022-now
26k
fractional
Top-10% rate
12.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
39%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Transplantation, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Developmental Neuroscience.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Inserm leads on 5 of 8 measures: research quality, output, citations per work, open access and international co-authorship. Heidelberg University leads on 1 of 8 measures: growth. The two are level on citation excellence for its fields and top-10% rate.

Heidelberg University 12 level5 Inserm
  1. #77Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#74
  2. 1.38×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.34×
  3. 18kOutputfractional works, 2022-now26k
  4. 12.6%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited12.4%
  5. 28.9Citations per workall time, per fractional work35.0
  6. 32%Open accessof its works free to read, all time39%
  7. 25%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time29%
  8. -7%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change-9%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, citation excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Heidelberg University stands higher in 8 of 12 fields, Inserm in 4. Heidelberg University leads most in Psychology (#44 against #82); Inserm leads most in Immunology and Microbiology (#9 against #41). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Heidelberg University 84 Inserm
  1. #19Arts and Humanities-
  2. #42Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#47
  3. #185Computer Science-
  4. #82Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  5. #352Engineering-
  6. #57Health Professions#37
  7. #41Immunology and Microbiology#9
  8. #29Medicine#10
  9. -Neuroscience#25
  10. #65Physics and Astronomy-
  11. #44Psychology#82
  12. #116Social Sciences#187

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.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Heidelberg University rankInserm rank Heidelberg University top 10%Inserm top 10% Heidelberg University worksInserm works
Arts and Humanities #19 - 11.8% - 542 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #42 #47 13.0% 10.9% 1.7k 3.2k
Computer Science #185 - 12.6% - 424 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #82 - 14.1% - 189 -
Engineering #352 - 11.2% - 619 -
Health Professions #57 #37 13.8% 12.2% 453 998
Immunology and Microbiology #41 #9 13.4% 12.5% 337 927
Medicine #29 #10 14.0% 13.9% 6.9k 12k
Neuroscience - #25 - 11.2% - 1.3k
Physics and Astronomy #65 - 13.6% - 750 -
Psychology #44 #82 12.7% 11.7% 685 816
Social Sciences #116 #187 10.1% 10.9% 1.3k 888

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. Physics and Astronomy2.1× 0.3×
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.6× 0.1×
  3. Business, Management and Accounting0.3× 0.1×
  4. Arts and Humanities1.1× 0.4×
  5. Chemistry1.1× 0.4×
  6. Social Sciences0.6× 0.3×
  7. Chemical Engineering0.2× 0.1×
  8. Materials Science0.3× 0.2×
  9. Mathematics0.9× 0.5×
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.5× 0.3×
  11. Computer Science0.4× 0.2×
  12. Decision Sciences0.5× 0.3×
  13. Engineering0.3× 0.2×
  14. Energy0.1× 0.1×
  15. Dentistry1.2× 1.0×
  16. Psychology1.4× 1.1×
  17. Medicine2.2× 2.6×
  18. Environmental Science0.3× 0.4×
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.0× 2.6×
  20. Health Professions1.1× 1.6×
  21. Nursing0.9× 1.3×
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.2× 0.3×
  23. Immunology and Microbiology2.1× 4.0×
  24. Neuroscience1.8× 3.5×
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.8× 1.7×
  26. Veterinary0.6× 1.5×
Heidelberg UniversityInserm

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 Heidelberg University leans further are at the top, Inserm's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Heidelberg University

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology1,211▲ 1.66×133 topics
  2. Inflammation760▲ 1.95×83 topics
  3. Immunotherapy584▲ 4.4×19 topics
  4. Cancer535▲ 2.2×55 topics
  5. Chemotherapy454▲ 3.5×25 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress440▲ 1.46×60 topics
  7. Treatment419▲ 1.88×51 topics
  8. Quality of Life397▲ 1.50×56 topics
  9. Risk Factors359▲ 1.78×37 topics
  10. Radiotherapy349▲ 4.8×13 topics
  11. Diagnosis346▲ 2.0×41 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors315▲ 4.0×14 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease307▲ 1.47×38 topics
  14. Public Health304◆ 1.14×63 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment291▲ 3.5×8 topics
  16. Depression290▲ 1.81×24 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines289▲ 2.9×14 topics
  18. Management282▲ 1.93×33 topics
  19. Clinical Trials263▲ 2.1×19 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations260▲ 3.2×23 topics
  21. Biomarkers257▲ 2.0×18 topics
  22. Guidelines253▲ 2.9×13 topics
  23. Precision Medicine242▲ 2.7×8 topics
  24. Gene Expression235▲ 2.0×19 topics
  25. Heart Failure232▲ 2.8×13 topics
  26. Cancer Therapy227▲ 2.2×19 topics
  27. Medical Imaging215▲ 2.2×9 topics
  28. Global Burden211▲ 2.1×12 topics
  29. Mortality209▲ 2.0×13 topics
  30. Surgical Management202▲ 2.7×20 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy195▲ 4.5×5 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging184▲ 4.0×8 topics
  33. Prognosis180▲ 3.0×9 topics
  34. Targeted Therapy180▲ 4.4×5 topics
  35. Angiogenesis178▲ 2.9×16 topics
  36. Molecular Classification176▲ 6.3×4 topics
  37. Echocardiography162▲ 3.2×8 topics
  38. Glioblastoma150▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Temozolomide150▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Genetic Testing128▲ 6.0×4 topics

Inserm

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2,615▲ 2.5×140 topics
  2. Inflammation1,730▲ 3.1×83 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress956▲ 2.2×63 topics
  4. Treatment885▲ 2.8×52 topics
  5. Cancer836▲ 2.4×58 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease797▲ 2.6×39 topics
  7. Public Health784▲ 2.0×70 topics
  8. Diagnosis737▲ 3.0×41 topics
  9. Quality of Life721▲ 1.89×59 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome613▲ 2.9×24 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders608▲ 4.0×20 topics
  12. Mental Health584▲ 1.54×45 topics
  13. Genetics581▲ 3.1×27 topics
  14. Immunotherapy561▲ 2.9×19 topics
  15. Risk Factors543▲ 1.86×37 topics
  16. Biomarkers529▲ 2.9×18 topics
  17. Management521▲ 2.5×36 topics
  18. Immune Response499▲ 3.3×23 topics
  19. Obesity493▲ 2.4×28 topics
  20. Chemotherapy468▲ 2.5×25 topics
  21. Aging430▲ 3.0×19 topics
  22. Clinical Trials426▲ 2.4×19 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations424▲ 3.7×23 topics
  24. Pathogenesis414▲ 3.1×24 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines380▲ 2.6×14 topics
  26. Global Burden375▲ 2.6×12 topics
  27. Heart Failure366▲ 3.1×14 topics
  28. Immunity361▲ 3.4×11 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance359▲ 3.0×10 topics
  30. Tumor Microenvironment339▲ 2.8×8 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors333▲ 2.9×14 topics
  32. Mitochondrial Dysfunction321▲ 4.1×12 topics
  33. Innate Immunity307▲ 3.6×11 topics
  34. Autoantibodies296▲ 4.8×8 topics
  35. Thrombosis281▲ 3.8×7 topics
  36. Social Determinants of Health261▲ 4.6×7 topics
  37. Palliative Care239▲ 5.9×6 topics
  38. Healthcare Quality Indicators207▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Psychological Trauma202▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Ethical Practices202▲ 13×2 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Inserm has out-published Heidelberg University every year since 1984, when it overtook it.

still counting2.5k5k7.5kInserm5,900 in 2025Heidelberg University3,937 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Inserm0.10% in 2025Heidelberg University0.067% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%15%Heidelberg University12.5% in 2025Inserm12.5% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Which publishes more research, Heidelberg University or Inserm?

Inserm publishes 1.4× as much research as Heidelberg University in 2022-now (26k against 18k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Heidelberg University or Inserm?

12.6% of Heidelberg University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 12.4% for Inserm.

Is Heidelberg University or Inserm growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was -7% against 2018-21 for Heidelberg University, and -9% for Inserm.

Which has more open access research, Heidelberg University or Inserm?

39% of Inserm's research is free to read, against 32% of Heidelberg University's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Heidelberg University

  1. 1 Stefan M. Pfister #1,589 worldwide 131k citations · 2,084 works
  2. 2 Axel Dreher #1,880 worldwide 26k citations · 436 works
  3. 3 Volker Hovestadt #2,222 worldwide 49k citations · 372 works
  4. 4 Jakob Nikolas Kather #3,109 worldwide 22k citations · 653 works
  5. 5 Bernd Bukau #3,219 worldwide 47k citations · 397 works

Inserm

  1. 1 Lorenzo Galluzzi #480 worldwide 121k citations · 1,017 works
  2. 2 Pierre Chambon #1,058 worldwide 147k citations · 843 works
  3. 3 Sandrine Henri #1,472 worldwide 14k citations · 8,401 works
  4. 4 Marc Bajénoff #1,566 worldwide 9.5k citations · 8,368 works
  5. 5 Shen‐Ying Zhang #2,179 worldwide 25k citations · 223 works