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Inserm vs Karolinska Institutet

On research quality in 2022-now, Inserm ranks #74 in the world and Karolinska Institutet #121, of 22,385 institutions. Inserm stands higher in 5 of the 8 fields both publish in, Karolinska Institutet in 3.

Research profiles alike: 0.94very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

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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.

Karolinska Institutet

Sweden · Stockholm

World rank, 2022-now
#121
#171 all time
Works, 2022-now
14k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
39%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Developmental Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Immunology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Karolinska Institutet leads on 5 of 8 measures: citation excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, international co-authorship and growth. Inserm leads on 2 of 8 measures: research quality and output. The two are level on open access.

Inserm 21 level5 Karolinska Institutet
  1. #74Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#121
  2. 1.34×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.41×
  3. 26kOutputfractional works, 2022-now14k
  4. 12.4%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited15.9%
  5. 35.0Citations per workall time, per fractional work43.2
  6. 39%Open accessof its works free to read, all time39%
  7. 29%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time30%
  8. -9%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change-2%

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?

Inserm stands higher in 5 of 8 fields, Karolinska Institutet in 3. Inserm leads most in Immunology and Microbiology (#9 against #62); Karolinska Institutet leads most in Health Professions (#24 against #37). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Inserm 53 Karolinska Institutet
  1. #47Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#52
  2. -Dentistry#24
  3. #37Health Professions#24
  4. #9Immunology and Microbiology#62
  5. #10Medicine#19
  6. #25Neuroscience#46
  7. #82Psychology#70
  8. #187Social Sciences#375

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 Inserm rankKarolinska Institutet rank Inserm top 10%Karolinska Institutet top 10% Inserm worksKarolinska Institutet works
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #47 #52 10.9% 14.2% 3.2k 1.3k
Dentistry - #24 - 26.4% - 100
Health Professions #37 #24 12.2% 16.4% 998 591
Immunology and Microbiology #9 #62 12.5% 12.7% 927 464
Medicine #10 #19 13.9% 17.5% 12k 6.6k
Neuroscience #25 #46 11.2% 13.8% 1.3k 529
Psychology #82 #70 11.7% 14.9% 816 651
Social Sciences #187 #375 10.9% 18.4% 888 355

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.1× 0.0×
  2. Arts and Humanities0.4× 0.1×
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.3× 0.1×
  4. Energy0.1× 0.0×
  5. Veterinary1.5× 0.9×
  6. Chemistry0.4× 0.3×
  7. Engineering0.2× 0.1×
  8. Computer Science0.2× 0.1×
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.7× 1.1×
  10. Materials Science0.2× 0.1×
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.3× 0.2×
  12. Neuroscience3.5× 2.8×
  13. Environmental Science0.4× 0.3×
  14. Social Sciences0.3× 0.2×
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.6× 2.2×
  16. Mathematics0.5× 0.5×
  17. Immunology and Microbiology4.0× 3.9×
  18. Decision Sciences0.3× 0.3×
  19. Chemical Engineering0.1× 0.1×
  20. Medicine2.6× 2.9×
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.3× 0.3×
  22. Nursing1.3× 1.6×
  23. Health Professions1.6× 1.9×
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.1× 0.1×
  25. Psychology1.1× 1.9×
  26. Dentistry1.0× 1.7×
InsermKarolinska Institutet

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 Inserm leans further are at the top, Karolinska Institutet'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.

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

Karolinska Institutet

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,444▲ 2.7×132 topics
  2. Inflammation981▲ 3.4×83 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease599▲ 3.9×38 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress521▲ 2.3×61 topics
  5. Quality of Life517▲ 2.6×54 topics
  6. Treatment513▲ 3.1×52 topics
  7. Cancer430▲ 2.4×55 topics
  8. Depression414▲ 3.5×25 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome395▲ 3.6×23 topics
  10. Risk Factors382▲ 2.5×37 topics
  11. Diagnosis356▲ 2.8×41 topics
  12. Public Health348▲ 1.76×60 topics
  13. Biomarkers345▲ 3.6×18 topics
  14. Mental Health343▲ 1.76×42 topics
  15. Genetics337▲ 3.5×23 topics
  16. Obesity321▲ 3.1×24 topics
  17. Chemotherapy285▲ 3.0×25 topics
  18. Aging277▲ 3.7×19 topics
  19. Management274▲ 2.5×33 topics
  20. Immunotherapy274▲ 2.8×19 topics
  21. Global Burden266▲ 3.6×12 topics
  22. Mortality256▲ 3.3×13 topics
  23. Heart Failure254▲ 4.2×13 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders252▲ 3.2×20 topics
  25. Anxiety250▲ 3.9×12 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines249▲ 3.3×14 topics
  27. Guidelines232▲ 3.6×13 topics
  28. Gene Expression232▲ 2.7×18 topics
  29. Clinical Trials229▲ 2.5×19 topics
  30. Prevalence218▲ 3.9×15 topics
  31. Immune Response212▲ 2.7×23 topics
  32. Autoantibodies208▲ 6.5×8 topics
  33. Neurodegeneration201▲ 4.8×11 topics
  34. Neuroimaging196▲ 5.2×11 topics
  35. Cytokines196▲ 5.0×8 topics
  36. Neuroinflammation188▲ 4.8×6 topics
  37. Prognosis178▲ 3.9×9 topics
  38. Cardiovascular Risk171▲ 4.0×9 topics
  39. Cognitive Impairment170▲ 5.0×11 topics
  40. Diagnostic Criteria152▲ 4.9×10 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 Karolinska Institutet every year since 1984, when it overtook it.

still counting2.5k5k7.5kInserm5,900 in 2025Karolinska Institutet2,991 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 2025Karolinska Institutet0.051% 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 counting10%20%Karolinska Institutet15.5% 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, Inserm or Karolinska Institutet?

Inserm publishes 1.9× as much research as Karolinska Institutet in 2022-now (26k against 14k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Inserm or Karolinska Institutet?

15.9% of Karolinska Institutet's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 12.4% for Inserm.

Is Inserm or Karolinska Institutet growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was -2% against 2018-21 for Karolinska Institutet, and -9% for Inserm.

Which has more open access research, Inserm or Karolinska Institutet?

39% of Inserm's research is free to read, against 39% of Karolinska Institutet's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

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

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

Karolinska Institutet

  1. 1 Patrik K. E. Magnusson #1,844 worldwide 120k citations · 734 works
  2. 2 Yihai Cao #4,226 worldwide 42k citations · 452 works
  3. 3 Susanna C. Larsson #4,249 worldwide 44k citations · 962 works
  4. 4 Gianluigi Savarese #6,132 worldwide 26k citations · 590 works
  5. 5 Alicja Wolk #6,787 worldwide 85k citations · 1,116 works