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Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest

In research, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest stands highest in Medicine (#1,922 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,703 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,214 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology and Rheumatology — Dermatology is 14.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,774
of 28,054 · #6,206 all time
Rank in France
#239
of 1,422
Research works
4.2k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest 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 #1,922 of 10,443 10.6%415 #1417
Health SciencesDomain #2,703 of 11,982 9.8%459 #1818
Life SciencesDomain #5,214 of 7,800 12.6%63 #3854

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest 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#1,417 #1,922
  2. Health Sciences#1,818 #2,703
  3. Life Sciences#3,854 #5,214
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 Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 23.4 works15×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 26.8 works9.7×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.82× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.29× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 415 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest?

Ranked on the composite score, Martine Gilard, Dominique Mottier and Jacques Le Goff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest.

  1. 1 Martine Gilard France · #984 worldwide 2.5k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Dominique Mottier France · #6,696 worldwide 866 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Jacques Le Goff France · #7,793 worldwide 218 citations · 169 works
  4. 4 Jacques Mansourati France · #44,982 worldwide 312 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 J Boschat France · #55,535 worldwide 285 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Yannick Le Meur France · #103,956 worldwide 202 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Y Etienne France · #105,630 worldwide 131 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Jean‐Jacques Blanc France · #112,505 worldwide 578 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Jean‐Christophe Gentric France · #123,907 worldwide 123 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Christophe Leroyer France · #126,010 worldwide 145 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest

Which keywords describe research at Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Autoantibodies, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology63▲ 2.6×113 topics
  2. Treatment39▲ 5.3×45 topics
  3. Diagnosis36▲ 6.5×39 topics
  4. Inflammation34▲ 2.7×61 topics
  5. Quality of Life30▲ 3.5×40 topics
  6. Autoantibodies26▲ 18×8 topics
  7. Risk Factors25▲ 3.7×26 topics
  8. Management22▲ 4.6×28 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 6.1×14 topics
  10. Mental Health19▲ 2.2×19 topics
  11. Chemotherapy17▲ 4.1×23 topics
  12. Immunotherapy14▲ 3.3×18 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations14▲ 5.3×22 topics
  14. Immune Dysregulation14▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Complications14▲ 4.5×16 topics
  16. Palliative Care14▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Staphylococcus aureus13▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Filaggrin13▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Skin Microbiome13▲ 42×1 topic
  20. Radiotherapy12▲ 5.2×13 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors12▲ 4.6×14 topics
  22. Healthcare Legislation12▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Medical Ethics12▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Patient Rights12▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Public Health Policy12▲ 7.1×2 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 6.1×9 topics
  27. Guidelines11▲ 4.0×12 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Therapy11▲ 9.9×8 topics
  29. Antithrombotic Therapy11▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Surgical Management11▲ 4.5×20 topics
  31. Prophylaxis10▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Social Determinants of Health10▲ 7.5×4 topics
  33. Prostate Cancer10▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Endothelial Dysfunction9▲ 6.7×6 topics
  35. Autoimmune9▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Deep Vein Thrombosis9▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Rituximab8▲ 9.4×4 topics
  38. Pulmonary Embolism8▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Venous Thromboembolism8▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Biological Therapy8▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Health, Medicine and Society, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Healthcare Systems and Practices.

Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 13 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 12 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…8Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 8 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…8Healthcare Systems and Practices: 8 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 7 fractional worksUrticaria and Related Conditions: 6 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…5Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 5 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 5 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 5 fractional worksSalivary Gland Disorders and Functions: 4 fractional works
DermatologyGeneral Health ProfessionsInternal MedicineRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 13 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 12 works
  3. 3 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 8 works
  5. 5 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 7 works
  6. 6 Urticaria and Related Conditions Rheumatology 6 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  8. 8 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 5 works
  10. 10 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions Physiology 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 available20.0%not open80.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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