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Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud

In research, Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud stands highest in Medicine (#10,062 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,506 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,332
of 28,054 · #31,154 all time
Rank in France
#1,227
of 1,422
Research works
518
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud 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
MedicineField #10,062 of 17,978 5.9%257
Health SciencesDomain #12,506 of 20,462 4.9%337

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud 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).

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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.43× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 12.14× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Lamy, Bernard Schmitt and Evelyne MALAQUIN-PAVAN lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud.

  1. 1 R. Lamy France · #213,647 worldwide 141 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Bernard Schmitt France · #340,774 worldwide 52 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Evelyne MALAQUIN-PAVAN France · #690,412 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Évelyne Malaquin-Pavan France · #1,091,723 worldwide 19 citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Jérôme Eggers France · #1,223,550 worldwide 10 citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Pascal Hallouët France · #1,277,133 worldwide 12 citations · 213 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud

Which keywords describe research at Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Binary Black Hole, Gravitational Waves, Quantum Gravity, Epidemiology, Relativity and Unified Field Theories.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.1×52 topics
  2. Cosmological Parameters4▲ 117×1 topic
  3. Dark Energy4▲ 101×1 topic
  4. Binary Black Hole4▲ 200×1 topic
  5. Gravitational Waves4▲ 105×1 topic
  6. Public Health4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  7. Quantum Gravity3▲ 57×2 topics
  8. Relativity3▲ 150×1 topic
  9. Unified Field Theories3▲ 364×1 topic
  10. Black Holes3▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Cosmology2▲ 51×1 topic
  12. Galaxies2▲ 123×1 topic
  13. Pragmatics2▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Astronomical Instrumentation2▲ 114×1 topic
  15. Quality of Life2▲ 2.0×15 topics
  16. Spectrograph2▲ 114×1 topic
  17. Mental Health2▲ 1.94×3 topics
  18. Medical Ethics2▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Palliative Care2▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Healthcare Legislation2▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Patient Rights2▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Sociolinguistics2▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Hispanic Linguistics2▲ 117×1 topic
  24. Language Variation2▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Infectious Diseases1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  26. Pedagogy1▲ 4.0×2 topics
  27. Building Energy Consumption1▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Exoplanets1▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Finite Elements1▲ 60×1 topic
  30. GRACE1▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Microelectronics1▲ 141×1 topic
  32. NURBS1▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Nanotechnologies1▲ 922×1 topic
  34. Scientific History1▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Sea Level Rise1▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Social Skills1▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Stellar Astrophysics1▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Technological Development1▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Thermal Comfort1▲ 11×1 topic
  40. University Students1▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Relativity and Gravitational Theory and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Cosmology and Gravitatio…4Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 4 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 4 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitational Theory: 3 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 2 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 2 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…2Health, Medicine and Society: 2 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Analysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationGeneral Health ProfessionsLanguage and Linguistics3 others

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  2. 2 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  3. 3 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  5. 5 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 2 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  8. 8 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques Computational Mechanics 1 works
  10. 10 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 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 available17.3%not open82.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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