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Institut Pasteur vs Smithsonian Institution

On research quality in 2022-now, Institut Pasteur ranks #752 in the world and Smithsonian Institution #754, of 22,385 institutions. Institut Pasteur stands higher in 7 of the 12 fields both publish in, Smithsonian Institution in 5.

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Institut Pasteur

France · Paris

World rank, 2022-now
#752
#666 all time
Works, 2022-now
4.6k
fractional
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Endocrinology, Virology, Parasitology.

Smithsonian Institution

United States · Washington

World rank, 2022-now
#754
#515 all time
Works, 2022-now
2.8k
fractional
Top-10% rate
11.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
36%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Institut Pasteur leads on 5 of 8 measures: research quality, output, citations per work, open access and growth. Smithsonian Institution leads on 3 of 8 measures: excellence for its fields, top-10% rate and international co-authorship.

Institut Pasteur 53 Smithsonian Institution
  1. #752Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#754
  2. 1.03×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.20×
  3. 4.6kOutputfractional works, 2022-now2.8k
  4. 10.0%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited11.4%
  5. 39.4Citations per workall time, per fractional work37.4
  6. 46%Open accessof its works free to read, all time36%
  7. 29%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time32%
  8. -8%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change-12%

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, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Institut Pasteur stands higher in 7 of 12 fields, Smithsonian Institution in 5. Institut Pasteur leads most in Medicine (#469 against #2,545); Smithsonian Institution leads most in Arts and Humanities (#503 against #1,368). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Institut Pasteur 75 Smithsonian Institution
  1. #513Agricultural and Biological Sciences#231
  2. #1,368Arts and Humanities#503
  3. #326Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#584
  4. #751Chemistry-
  5. -Earth and Planetary Sciences#112
  6. #3,483Engineering-
  7. #1,462Environmental Science#169
  8. #905Health Professions-
  9. #128Immunology and Microbiology-
  10. #469Medicine#2,545
  11. #346Neuroscience-
  12. #2,050Social Sciences#1,352

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 Institut Pasteur rankSmithsonian Institution rank Institut Pasteur top 10%Smithsonian Institution top 10% Institut Pasteur worksSmithsonian Institution works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #513 #231 9.4% 10.8% 271 507
Arts and Humanities #1,368 #503 9.2% 14.1% 63 125
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #326 #584 9.4% 12.8% 905 250
Chemistry #751 - 7.3% - 76 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences - #112 - 11.5% - 352
Engineering #3,483 - 8.8% - 84 -
Environmental Science #1,462 #169 8.6% 11.7% 127 637
Health Professions #905 - 9.5% - 66 -
Immunology and Microbiology #128 - 10.8% - 340 -
Medicine #469 #2,545 10.4% 10.4% 1.5k 101
Neuroscience #346 - 10.9% - 98 -
Social Sciences #2,050 #1,352 10.2% 12.6% 157 177

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. Medicine1.9× 0.2×
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.0× 0.3×
  3. Immunology and Microbiology8.6× 1.2×
  4. Nursing1.6× 0.2×
  5. Neuroscience1.6× 0.4×
  6. Chemistry1.2× 0.3×
  7. Dentistry0.4× 0.1×
  8. Health Professions0.6× 0.2×
  9. Materials Science0.4× 0.2×
  10. Chemical Engineering0.2× 0.1×
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2× 1.9×
  12. Mathematics0.5× 0.3×
  13. Computer Science0.2× 0.1×
  14. Decision Sciences0.3× 0.2×
  15. Engineering0.1× 0.1×
  16. Energy0.2× 0.2×
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.1× 0.1×
  18. Veterinary3.0× 4.1×
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.2× 0.3×
  20. Social Sciences0.3× 0.5×
  21. Psychology0.2× 0.5×
  22. Arts and Humanities0.6× 1.7×
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.4× 4.4×
  24. Environmental Science0.7× 5.1×
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.1× 1.1×
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.2× 8.9×
Institut PasteurSmithsonian Institution

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 Institut Pasteur leans further are at the top, Smithsonian Institution'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.

Institut Pasteur

▲ 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. Epidemiology948▲ 5.2×136 topics
  2. Pathogenesis285▲ 12×23 topics
  3. Vaccine Development269▲ 23×11 topics
  4. Vaccine264▲ 14×11 topics
  5. Immune Response254▲ 9.7×23 topics
  6. Diagnosis217▲ 5.0×41 topics
  7. Inflammation215▲ 2.2×83 topics
  8. Public Health211▲ 3.1×55 topics
  9. Treatment192▲ 3.4×52 topics
  10. Immunity178▲ 9.6×11 topics
  11. Antibiotic Resistance160▲ 8.8×15 topics
  12. Cancer157▲ 2.5×59 topics
  13. Vector Control145▲ 27×4 topics
  14. Drug Resistance136▲ 10×9 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress132▲ 1.75×62 topics
  16. Pandemic131▲ 2.9×11 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity124▲ 6.2×19 topics
  18. SARS-CoV-2121▲ 8.7×6 topics
  19. Global Burden111▲ 4.4×12 topics
  20. Genomics103▲ 7.6×11 topics
  21. Innate Immunity98▲ 6.6×11 topics
  22. ACE2 Receptor97▲ 9.3×3 topics
  23. Genome Sequence87▲ 23×4 topics
  24. Virulence Factors86▲ 13×8 topics
  25. Neurological Manifestations83▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Coronavirus83▲ 9.1×3 topics
  27. Arboviral Diseases83▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Zika Virus83▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Viral Transmission82▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Evolution80▲ 6.5×15 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases79▲ 5.2×9 topics
  32. Mutation77▲ 9.2×5 topics
  33. Antimicrobial Resistance72▲ 7.6×10 topics
  34. Infection72▲ 6.2×10 topics
  35. Virus67▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Insecticide Resistance64▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Virulence63▲ 20×5 topics
  38. antibody63▲ 14×1 topic
  39. spike protein63▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Host-Pathogen Interactions62▲ 16×5 topics

Smithsonian Institution

▲ 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. Climate Change558▲ 7.2×88 topics
  2. Biodiversity359▲ 17×31 topics
  3. Invasive Species276▲ 23×21 topics
  4. Biogeography274▲ 35×20 topics
  5. Conservation254▲ 21×23 topics
  6. Population Dynamics213▲ 29×12 topics
  7. Molecular Phylogeny204▲ 44×12 topics
  8. Phylogeny195▲ 41×17 topics
  9. Evolution184▲ 24×16 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis168▲ 19×16 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation165▲ 27×5 topics
  12. Global Change149▲ 20×7 topics
  13. DNA Barcoding140▲ 28×9 topics
  14. Taxonomy136▲ 33×14 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services122▲ 11×12 topics
  16. Morphology119▲ 23×9 topics
  17. Cretaceous96▲ 137×2 topics
  18. Marine Ecosystems95▲ 61×2 topics
  19. Conservation Biology92▲ 30×4 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning91▲ 16×7 topics
  21. Ecology86▲ 18×9 topics
  22. Phylogenetics82▲ 58×3 topics
  23. Ocean Acidification81▲ 38×3 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity76▲ 6.2×19 topics
  25. Biological Invasions76▲ 29×3 topics
  26. Plant-Animal Interactions74▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Pollinator Decline74▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Ecosystem72▲ 24×4 topics
  29. Trophic Cascades71▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Adaptive Radiation68▲ 75×2 topics
  31. Benthic Communities68▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Marine Biodiversity68▲ 39×2 topics
  33. Habitat Selection68▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Fisheries65▲ 52×2 topics
  35. Community Ecology63▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Diversification60▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Biological Control60▲ 14×9 topics
  38. Dinosaur54▲ 135×1 topic
  39. Paleontology54▲ 135×1 topic
  40. Ecosystem Resilience54▲ 12×5 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?

Institut Pasteur has out-published Smithsonian Institution every year since 1982, when it overtook it.

still counting5001k1.5kInstitut Pasteur956 in 2025Smithsonian Institution725 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 counting0.050%0.10%Institut Pasteur0.016% in 2025Smithsonian Institution0.012% 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%Institut Pasteur10.1% in 2025Smithsonian Institution9.7% 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, Institut Pasteur or Smithsonian Institution?

Institut Pasteur publishes 1.6× as much research as Smithsonian Institution in 2022-now (4.6k against 2.8k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Institut Pasteur or Smithsonian Institution?

11.4% of Smithsonian Institution's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 10.0% for Institut Pasteur.

Is Institut Pasteur or Smithsonian Institution growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was -8% against 2018-21 for Institut Pasteur, and -12% for Smithsonian Institution.

Which has more open access research, Institut Pasteur or Smithsonian Institution?

46% of Institut Pasteur's research is free to read, against 36% of Smithsonian Institution's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

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

Institut Pasteur

  1. 1 Eduardo P. C. Rocha #3,896 worldwide 36k citations · 365 works
  2. 2 Mart Krupovìč #5,126 worldwide 29k citations · 478 works
  3. 3 Lluís Quintana‐Murci #9,575 worldwide 39k citations · 422 works
  4. 4 Pascale Cossart #11,615 worldwide 53k citations · 613 works
  5. 5 Thomas Bourgeron #11,920 worldwide 33k citations · 826 works

Smithsonian Institution

  1. 1 Nancy Knowlton #15,939 worldwide 42k citations · 214 works
  2. 2 Anna K. Behrensmeyer #35,146 worldwide 15k citations · 215 works
  3. 3 Scott L. Wing #66,738 worldwide 20k citations · 302 works
  4. 4 David L. Swofford #66,949 worldwide 26k citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Ted R. Schultz #77,919 worldwide 11k citations · 152 works