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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand

In research, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,060 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,923 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,788 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology — Rheumatology is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,764
of 28,054 · #6,686 all time
Rank in France
#176
of 1,422
Research works
4.7k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,060 of 11,982 9.3%492 #1892
MedicineField #1,923 of 10,443 9.4%420 #1771
Life SciencesDomain #4,788 of 7,800 10.1%82 #3942

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand 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. Health Sciences#1,892 #2,060
  2. Medicine#1,771 #1,923
  3. Life Sciences#3,942 #4,788
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 Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 21.7 works7.2×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.75× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.75× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.18× its world share, 55 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 420 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand?

Ranked on the composite score, Pascal Motreff, Jeannot Schmidt and B Dalens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand.

  1. 1 Pascal Motreff France · #10,305 worldwide 1.1k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Jeannot Schmidt France · #17,667 worldwide 403 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 B Dalens France · #75,435 worldwide 165 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 G. Mage France · #103,590 worldwide 137 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Michel Canis France · #118,418 worldwide 306 citations · 144 works
  6. 6 Pierre Clavelou France · #139,384 worldwide 280 citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Sachiko Matsuzaki France · #140,410 worldwide 303 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 K. Slim France · #142,869 worldwide 170 citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Armand Abergel France · #156,948 worldwide 189 citations · 72 works
  10. 10 G Vanneuville France · #162,785 worldwide 107 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand

Which keywords describe research at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Palliative Care, Management and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology85▲ 3.2×118 topics
  2. Inflammation42▲ 3.0×70 topics
  3. Quality of Life38▲ 4.0×44 topics
  4. Treatment32▲ 4.0×43 topics
  5. Mental Health29▲ 3.0×28 topics
  6. Diagnosis28▲ 4.5×37 topics
  7. Public Health26▲ 2.7×30 topics
  8. Management26▲ 4.9×27 topics
  9. Palliative Care21▲ 20×6 topics
  10. Risk Factors19▲ 2.6×29 topics
  11. Medical Ethics18▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 2.4×32 topics
  13. Public Health Policy17▲ 9.2×2 topics
  14. Healthcare Legislation17▲ 43×1 topic
  15. Patient Rights17▲ 35×1 topic
  16. Neurological Disorders17▲ 4.6×17 topics
  17. Clinical Trials17▲ 3.8×17 topics
  18. Primary Care17▲ 6.8×11 topics
  19. Genetics16▲ 3.4×18 topics
  20. Social Determinants of Health16▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 4.2×14 topics
  22. Autoantibodies14▲ 9.1×8 topics
  23. Digital Health14▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Aging14▲ 3.9×14 topics
  25. Healthcare Quality Indicators13▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Healthcare Management13▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Healthcare Policy13▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Inequalities13▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Global Burden13▲ 3.6×12 topics
  30. Prognosis13▲ 5.8×9 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors12▲ 4.2×14 topics
  32. Pathogenesis12▲ 3.5×21 topics
  33. Surgical Management11▲ 4.1×17 topics
  34. Diagnostic Criteria11▲ 7.5×9 topics
  35. Pathophysiology10▲ 5.3×11 topics
  36. Chronic Pain10▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment10▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. Psychological Factors10▲ 6.8×5 topics
  39. Inflammatory Bowel Disease9▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Pregnancy9▲ 6.8×9 topics

Which research topics does Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Medicine and Society, Healthcare Systems and Practices, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Health, Medicine and Soc…17Health, Medicine and Society: 17 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 13 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 6 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 6 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 5 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsRheumatologyGeneticsClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 17 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 13 works
  3. 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 6 works
  4. 4 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 6 works
  5. 5 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  7. 7 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 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 available24.1%not open75.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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