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Alphabio

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Research works
96
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
37.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Alphabio

Not ranked overall: Alphabio is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Alphabio work in?

In all years, 68% of research at Alphabio is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 65 fractional works · 68.0% of its workMedicine: 64 fractional works · 66.4% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 18.3% of its workHepatology: 16 fractional works · 16.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKAlphabio96fractional works, all years
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6466.4%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology88.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology66.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.1%
    5. Neuroscience10.9%
    1. Environmental Science33.1%
    2. Chemistry11.1%
    3. Computer Science11.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    5. Engineering00.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences32.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    3. Psychology11.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.39× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.11× its world share, 8 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology9.40×1 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.67×0 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.45×0 works
  4. Medicine3.11×8 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.39×2 works
  6. Chemistry1.73×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.59×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.43×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.25×0 works
  12. Psychology0.16×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.14×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  15. Engineering0.12×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.08×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.07×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alphabio?

Ranked on the quality score, Philippe Halfon, Sabine Camiade and Christophe Renou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alphabio.

  1. 1 Philippe Halfon France · #1,096,261 worldwide 11k citations · 385 works
  2. 2 Sabine Camiade France · #1,159,546 worldwide 1.2k citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Christophe Renou France · #1,958,933 worldwide 4.8k citations · 165 works
  4. 4 Guillaume Pénaranda France · #2,351,799 worldwide 4.1k citations · 214 works
  5. 5 Anne Plauzolles France · #2,981,633 worldwide 278 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Claire Camus France · #2,990,197 worldwide 382 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Thierry Benderitter France · #3,527,881 worldwide 366 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 S. Ghione France · #4,175,816 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Sofiane Mohamed France · #4,306,265 worldwide 270 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Phillippe Halfon France · #4,493,028 worldwide 1.8k citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Alphabio

What are the most cited papers from Alphabio?

The most cited paper from Alphabio is "Consensus Proposals for a Unified System of Nomenclature of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes *" (Peter Simmonds et al., 2005), with 1,514 citations. Next come "Drug-resistance genotyping in HIV-1 therapy: the VIRAD APT randomi sed controlled trial" (761) and "CpG Methylation Controls Reactivation of HIV from Latency" (335).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consensus Proposals for a Unified System of Nomenclature of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes * Peter Simmonds et al. · Hepatology Open access 7 Sep 2005 1,514
2 Drug-resistance genotyping in HIV-1 therapy: the VIRAD APT randomi sed controlled trial Jacques Durant, Philippe Albert Clevenbergh, Philippe Halfon et al. · The Lancet Jun 1999 761
3 CpG Methylation Controls Reactivation of HIV from Latency Jana Blažková, Kateřina Trejbalová, Françoise Gondois‐Rey et al. · PLoS Pathogens Open access 20 Aug 2009 335
4 Meta-analyses of FibroTest diagnostic value in chronic liver disease Thierry Poynard, Rachel Morra, Philippe Halfon et al. · BMC Gastroenterology Open access 15 Oct 2007 320
5 Hepatitis C virus resistance to protease inhibitors Philippe Halfon, Stephen Locarnini · Journal of Hepatology Open access 2 Feb 2011 306
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alphabio?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immune Response, Epidemiology, Antiviral Therapy, Liver Disease, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Treatment, Genetic Variation and Hepatitis C Virus.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology23▲ 6.0×41 topics
  2. Immune Response21▲ 36×12 topics
  3. Antiviral Therapy17▲ 118×3 topics
  4. Liver Disease17▲ 129×2 topics
  5. Hepatocellular Carcinoma14▲ 70×3 topics
  6. Treatment13▲ 11×13 topics
  7. Genetic Variation11▲ 36×5 topics
  8. Hepatitis C Virus10▲ 206×1 topic
  9. Ribavirin10▲ 206×1 topic
  10. Global Burden9▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Insulin Resistance8▲ 17×5 topics
  12. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 34×4 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 8.4×7 topics
  14. Chronic Hepatitis B7▲ 133×1 topic
  15. Hepatitis B Virus7▲ 133×1 topic
  16. NAFLD6▲ 59×1 topic
  17. NASH6▲ 59×1 topic
  18. Vaccine6▲ 14×8 topics
  19. Inflammation4▲ 1.84×25 topics
  20. Diagnosis4▲ 3.9×11 topics
  21. HIV Infection4▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Management4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  23. Human Papillomavirus3▲ 28×3 topics
  24. Cervical Cancer3▲ 34×3 topics
  25. Cancer Incidence3▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Drug Resistance3▲ 9.3×2 topics
  27. Integrase Inhibitors3▲ 69×1 topic
  28. Nucleoside Analogues3▲ 69×1 topic
  29. HIV3▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Cytology Screening3▲ 53×1 topic
  31. HIV Transmission3▲ 32×2 topics
  32. HPV Vaccination3▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Immune Activation3▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.9×10 topics
  35. Viral Oncoproteins3▲ 38×2 topics
  36. AIDS2▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Antibodies2▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  39. Pregnancy2▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Survival2▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Alphabio publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Extracellular vesicles in disease, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies.

Reproductive Biology and…0Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 0 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles i…0Extracellular vesicles in disease: 0 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…0Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 0 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…0Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 0 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 0 fractional worksGastrointestinal motility and disorders: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…0COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 0 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 0 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMolecular BiologyHepatologySurgery5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  2. 2 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 0 works
  4. 4 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 0 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 0 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 0 works
  10. 10 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available42.2%not open57.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alphabio's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Alphabio as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000054% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Alphabio0.000066% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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