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Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy

In research, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy stands highest in Life Sciences (#627 of 14,347 worldwide), Immunology and Microbiology (#299 of 1,980 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,693 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology — Immunology is 41.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,970
of 28,054 · #1,673 all time
Rank in France
#105
of 1,422
Research works
2k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
98k
49.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #627 of 14,347 29.9%739
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #299 of 1,980 33.6%320
Physical SciencesDomain #3,693 of 21,541 18.9%844
ImmunologySubfield #249 of 1,394 34.1%296
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,461 of 7,814 27.4%318
MedicineField #3,828 of 17,978 30.3%274
Health SciencesDomain #4,865 of 20,462 28.8%314
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,173 of 4,961 25.6%201
Physics and AstronomyField #2,340 of 3,663 20.0%126
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,803 of 2,661 21.4%145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy 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).

What does Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 41.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 20.5 works42×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 21.1 works29×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.51× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 29.47× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.95× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.42× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 29.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy?

Ranked on the composite score, Éric Vivier, Pierre Golstein and Pierre Ferrier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy.

  1. 1 Éric Vivier France · #34,281 worldwide 525 citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Pierre Golstein France · #76,431 worldwide 1.2k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Pierre Ferrier France · #242,871 worldwide 113 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Toby Lawrence France · #250,262 worldwide 123 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Giovanna Chimini France · #258,865 worldwide 201 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Bernard MALISSEN France · #287,801 worldwide 194 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Anne‐Marie Schmitt‐Verhulst France · #355,952 worldwide 144 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Jonathan J. Ewbank France · #393,851 worldwide 71 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Didier Marguet France · #563,054 worldwide 103 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Marie Malissen France · #622,479 worldwide 59 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy

Which keywords describe research at Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Immunity, Innate Immunity, Natural Killer Cells, NK Cell Recognition, Cancer Immunotherapy, Autoimmunity and Cancer.

▲ 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. Inflammation8▲ 5.0×33 topics
  2. Immunity5▲ 19×7 topics
  3. Cancer5▲ 5.2×24 topics
  4. Innate Immunity5▲ 22×7 topics
  5. Epidemiology5▲ 1.72×40 topics
  6. NK Cell Recognition5▲ 101×1 topic
  7. Natural Killer Cells5▲ 101×1 topic
  8. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 42×3 topics
  9. Autoimmunity4▲ 44×4 topics
  10. CD4+CD25+4▲ 166×1 topic
  11. Foxp34▲ 166×1 topic
  12. TGF-ß4▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Dendritic Cells4▲ 56×3 topics
  14. Antigen Presentation3▲ 46×2 topics
  15. Tumor Antigen3▲ 60×1 topic
  16. Vaccine Adjuvants3▲ 60×1 topic
  17. Metabolism2▲ 6.7×8 topics
  18. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.5×9 topics
  19. Lymphoma2▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Cytokines2▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.4×8 topics
  22. Epigenetic Reprogramming2▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Macrophage2▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Activation2▲ 42×1 topic
  25. Gene Expression2▲ 4.1×7 topics
  26. Infectious Diseases2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  27. Polarization2▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Regulatory T Cells2▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Angiogenesis2▲ 7.4×9 topics
  30. Innate Memory2▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Pattern Recognition Receptors2▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Trained Immunity2▲ 108×1 topic
  33. Neurodegeneration2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  34. CAR T Cells2▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Tumor Regression2▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Brain Development1▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Neuroinflammation1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  39. Inflammatory Diseases1▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Pathogen Recognition1▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses and Immune cells in cancer.

Immune Cell Function and…5Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 5 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 4 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 3 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 2 fractional worksImmune responses and vaccinations: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…2CAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksImmune Response and Inflammation: 1 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional worksIL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways: 1 fractional works
ImmunologyOncologyNeurologyMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 5 works
  2. 2 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 4 works
  3. 3 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 3 works
  4. 4 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 2 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 1 works
  8. 8 Immune Response and Inflammation Immunology 1 works
  9. 9 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways Immunology 1 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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