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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

In research, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice stands highest in Health Sciences (#859 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#818 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#452 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology, Rheumatology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Dermatology is 11.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,018
of 22,385 · #2,221 all time
Rank in France
#100
of 517
Research works
7.1k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
127k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

What is Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #859 of 9,902 9.4%600 #909
MedicineField #818 of 8,541 9.3%545 #826
SurgerySubfield #452 of 1,532 11.2%108 #497
Life SciencesDomain #1,972 of 6,403 7.7%101 #1912

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#909 #859
  2. Medicine#826 #818
  3. Surgery#497 #452
  4. Life Sciences#1,912 #1,972
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 678 fractional works · 77.5% of its workMedicine: 617 fractional works · 70.5% of its workSurgery: 125 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 52 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 46 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOncology: 31 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 30 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 28 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 28 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDermatology: 27 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 46 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 32 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 113 fractional works · 12.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 61 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCentreHospitalier…874fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine61770.5%
    2. Health Professions465.3%
    3. Dentistry111.2%
    4. Nursing30.3%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology616.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology222.6%
    3. Neuroscience222.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    1. Psychology202.3%
    2. Social Sciences151.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities91.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.4%
    5. Decision Sciences20.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.2%
    1. Engineering111.2%
    2. Computer Science91.1%
    3. Environmental Science70.8%
    4. Mathematics30.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    6. Chemistry10.1%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 26.9 works12×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 27.8 works7.0×
  3. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 30.0 works6.6×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 124.8 works6.1×
  5. NeurologySubfield · 28.5 works5.7×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.54× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.52× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 617 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.67×617 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.54×22 works
  3. Dentistry2.52×11 works
  4. Health Professions2.00×46 works
  5. Veterinary1.56×2 works
  6. Neuroscience1.55×22 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.30×61 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×3 works
  9. Psychology0.75×20 works
  10. Nursing0.63×3 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.36×9 works
  12. Mathematics0.28×3 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.19×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.16×7 works
  16. Computer Science0.14×9 works
  17. Social Sciences0.13×15 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×5 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×1 works
  20. Engineering0.08×11 works
  21. Chemistry0.07×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×2 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice?

Ranked on the quality score, Xavier Hébuterne, Charles‐Hugo Marquette and Barbara Seitz‐Polski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice.

  1. 1 Xavier Hébuterne France · #121,224 worldwide 6.9k citations · 175 works
  2. 2 Charles‐Hugo Marquette France · #179,952 worldwide 20k citations · 425 works
  3. 3 Barbara Seitz‐Polski France · #245,543 worldwide 4.1k citations · 139 works
  4. 4 Hervé Quintard France · #276,776 worldwide 6.1k citations · 217 works
  5. 5 Michael L. Loschi France · #298,203 worldwide 3.3k citations · 169 works
  6. 6 Michel Lantéri‐Minet France · #300,840 worldwide 21k citations · 378 works
  7. 7 Sonia Boyer‐Suavet France · #304,320 worldwide 1.3k citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Thomas Cluzeau France · #351,934 worldwide 7.9k citations · 518 works
  9. 9 Vincent L.M. Esnault France · #374,711 worldwide 7.3k citations · 198 works
  10. 10 Sylvie Leroy France · #380,419 worldwide 11k citations · 334 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

What are the most cited papers from Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice?

The most cited paper from Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice is "Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis" (Alfonso José Cruz-Jentoft et al., 2018), with 14,151 citations. Next come "Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis" (11,720) and "Research criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: revising the NINCDS–ADRDA criteria" (4,440).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis Alfonso José Cruz-Jentoft et al. · Age and Ageing Open access 24 Sep 2018 14,151
2 Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis Alfonso José Cruz-Jentoft, Jean‐Pierre Baeyens, Jürgen Martin Bauer et al. · Age and Ageing Open access 13 Apr 2010 11,720
3 Research criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: revising the NINCDS–ADRDA criteria Bruno Dubois, Howard Feldman, Claudia Jacova et al. · The Lancet Neurology 10 Jul 2007 4,440
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access1,270 authors Apr 2012 4,068
5 FOLFIRINOX or Gemcitabine as Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer Thierry Conroy et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 19 Dec 2018 2,918
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Treatment, Rehabilitation, Diagnosis, Autoantibodies 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-now 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. Epidemiology115▲ 3.3×122 topics
  2. Quality of Life43▲ 3.4×44 topics
  3. Inflammation41▲ 2.2×72 topics
  4. Treatment40▲ 3.8×44 topics
  5. Complications36▲ 8.3×16 topics
  6. Diagnosis33▲ 4.0×38 topics
  7. Rehabilitation27▲ 7.8×11 topics
  8. Public Health25▲ 1.98×39 topics
  9. Mental Health24▲ 1.93×18 topics
  10. Surgical Management22▲ 6.3×20 topics
  11. Autoantibodies22▲ 11×8 topics
  12. Immunotherapy22▲ 3.4×19 topics
  13. Management21▲ 3.0×30 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders20▲ 4.1×19 topics
  15. Shoulder Function20▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors18▲ 4.8×14 topics
  17. Diagnostic Criteria18▲ 8.7×9 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations18▲ 4.6×22 topics
  19. Clinical Trials17▲ 3.0×17 topics
  20. Prognosis17▲ 5.9×9 topics
  21. Palliative Care16▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Mortality16▲ 3.2×13 topics
  23. Cognitive Impairment16▲ 7.1×9 topics
  24. Pathogenesis16▲ 3.5×21 topics
  25. Guidelines15▲ 3.7×12 topics
  26. Healthcare Legislation15▲ 31×1 topic
  27. Patient Rights15▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Rotator Cuff Tears15▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Shoulder Pathology15▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Immunosuppressive Therapy14▲ 8.5×8 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction14▲ 5.0×8 topics
  32. Targeted Therapy13▲ 6.6×5 topics
  33. Revision Surgery12▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Total Hip Replacement12▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Distal Radius Fractures11▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Flexor Tendon Repair11▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Arthroplasty11▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Digital Health11▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Healthcare Quality Indicators10▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Multiple Sclerosis10▲ 31×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Health, Medicine and Society, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies.

Health, Medicine and Society: 15 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 15 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…11Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 11 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Resea…10Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 10 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 10 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 10 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …8Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 8 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 6 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 6 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 15 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 15 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 11 works
  4. 4 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 10 works
  6. 6 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 10 works
  7. 7 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 8 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 6 works
  10. 10 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 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 available18.6%not open81.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice0.0034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.8% in 2025.

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