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Bicêtre Hospital

In research, Bicêtre Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,735 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,417 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,227 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology and Neurology — Rheumatology is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,655
of 28,054 · #2,848 all time
Rank in France
#131
of 1,422
Research works
7.4k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
189k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Bicêtre Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #1,735 of 10,443 13.2%458 #810
Health SciencesDomain #2,417 of 11,982 12.9%486 #1071
Life SciencesDomain #3,227 of 7,800 16.3%94 #1272

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bicêtre Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#810 #1,735
  2. Health Sciences#1,071 #2,417
  3. Life Sciences#1,272 #3,227
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Bicêtre Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 21.1 works7.5×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 25.9 works7.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.76× its world share, 58 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.92× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 458 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bicêtre Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Patrice Nordmann, Laurent Poirel and Xavier Jaïs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bicêtre Hospital.

  1. 1 Patrice Nordmann France · #4,194 worldwide 1.6k citations · 119 works
  2. 2 Laurent Poirel France · #4,906 worldwide 1.3k citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Xavier Jaïs France · #10,979 worldwide 490 citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Franck Carbonnel France · #23,600 worldwide 391 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Florence Parent France · #23,669 worldwide 287 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Thierry Naas France · #24,430 worldwide 666 citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Olivier Sitbon France · #32,452 worldwide 595 citations · 143 works
  8. 8 David Adams France · #42,756 worldwide 793 citations · 108 works
  9. 9 Claude Ecoffey France · #45,987 worldwide 405 citations · 106 works
  10. 10 Jean‐François Delfraissy France · #48,375 worldwide 388 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Bicêtre Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Bicêtre Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Chronic Kidney Disease, Echocardiography, Endothelial Dysfunction, Treatment Guidelines and Inflammation.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology78▲ 3.2×112 topics
  2. Treatment47▲ 6.3×45 topics
  3. Inflammation40▲ 3.1×73 topics
  4. Diagnosis39▲ 6.9×39 topics
  5. Chronic Kidney Disease30▲ 20×8 topics
  6. Echocardiography30▲ 18×8 topics
  7. Endothelial Dysfunction29▲ 20×8 topics
  8. Treatment Guidelines26▲ 20×6 topics
  9. Pulmonary Hypertension25▲ 29×3 topics
  10. Management25▲ 5.2×25 topics
  11. Right Heart Assessment22▲ 91×1 topic
  12. Survival Prediction22▲ 91×1 topic
  13. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 3.0×34 topics
  14. Guidelines20▲ 7.2×11 topics
  15. Risk Factors20▲ 3.0×28 topics
  16. Heart Failure19▲ 7.0×13 topics
  17. Quality of Life18▲ 2.0×32 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations18▲ 6.7×22 topics
  19. Immunotherapy16▲ 3.7×18 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors16▲ 5.8×14 topics
  21. Biomarkers15▲ 3.5×14 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 4.3×13 topics
  23. Chemotherapy14▲ 3.3×23 topics
  24. Surgical Management14▲ 5.7×17 topics
  25. Autoantibodies14▲ 9.7×8 topics
  26. Lymphoma13▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Diagnostic Criteria13▲ 9.4×9 topics
  28. Prognosis12▲ 6.1×9 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 6.4×8 topics
  30. Global Burden12▲ 3.5×11 topics
  31. Pathogenesis12▲ 3.7×19 topics
  32. Renal Function11▲ 18×4 topics
  33. Pregnancy10▲ 8.1×9 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Therapy9▲ 8.2×8 topics
  35. Autoimmune Disease9▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Rheumatology9▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Inflammatory Bowel Disease9▲ 12×5 topics
  38. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide8▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Hospital Readmission8▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Rituximab8▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Bicêtre Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions and Healthcare Systems and Practices.

Pulmonary Hypertension R…22Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 22 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …8Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 8 fractional worksSalivary Gland Disorders…8Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions: 8 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 7 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 6 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…5Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 5 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 4 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 22 works
  2. 2 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions Physiology 8 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 7 works
  5. 5 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 6 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  10. 10 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 4 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 available19.7%not open80.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bicêtre Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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