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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes

In research, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes stands highest in Medicine (#1,538 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,083 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,532 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rheumatology and Surgery — Obstetrics and Gynecology is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,925
of 28,054 · #6,821 all time
Rank in France
#190
of 1,422
Research works
4.2k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
62k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes 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 #1,538 of 10,443 11.1%548 #1536
Health SciencesDomain #2,083 of 11,982 10.4%604 #1935
Life SciencesDomain #4,532 of 7,800 12.8%93 #4069
SurgerySubfield #1,153 of 1,816 11.2%89 #1316

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes 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#1,536 #1,538
  2. Health Sciences#1,935 #2,083
  3. Life Sciences#4,069 #4,532
  4. Surgery#1,316 #1,153
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 Rennes specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 21.6 works9.6×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 30.0 works8.4×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 88.5 works4.8×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.50× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.84× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.64× its world share, 548 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Christophe Leclercq, Erwan Donal and Philippe Mabo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes.

  1. 1 Christophe Leclercq France · #1,197 worldwide 2k citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Erwan Donal France · #15,053 worldwide 886 citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Philippe Mabo France · #15,231 worldwide 613 citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Emmanuel Oger France · #70,345 worldwide 281 citations · 78 works
  5. 5 H. Léna France · #75,746 worldwide 229 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Karim Boudjéma France · #76,614 worldwide 232 citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Bernard Lobel France · #77,621 worldwide 254 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Hervé Breton France · #78,210 worldwide 287 citations · 87 works
  9. 9 Éric Wodey France · #81,743 worldwide 161 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Erwan Flécher France · #89,720 worldwide 171 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes

Which keywords describe research at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology114▲ 3.7×123 topics
  2. Diagnosis45▲ 6.2×39 topics
  3. Quality of Life42▲ 3.7×47 topics
  4. Treatment41▲ 4.3×46 topics
  5. Public Health40▲ 3.5×39 topics
  6. Management34▲ 5.5×30 topics
  7. Immunotherapy30▲ 5.4×18 topics
  8. Inflammation29▲ 1.77×68 topics
  9. Rehabilitation25▲ 8.1×12 topics
  10. Surgery25▲ 9.0×11 topics
  11. Chemotherapy24▲ 4.5×23 topics
  12. Urinary Incontinence24▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Surgical Treatment22▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Complications20▲ 5.1×17 topics
  15. Prevention20▲ 6.1×16 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors20▲ 5.8×14 topics
  17. Guidelines18▲ 5.1×13 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations18▲ 5.4×23 topics
  19. Palliative Care18▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Reconstruction17▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Heart Failure17▲ 5.0×12 topics
  22. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction17▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Pelvic Organ Prolapse17▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Medical Ethics16▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 3.8×14 topics
  26. Public Health Policy16▲ 7.2×2 topics
  27. Healthcare Legislation16▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Patient Rights16▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Molecular Characterization15▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Obstetric Fistula15▲ 107×1 topic
  31. Vesicovaginal Fistula15▲ 107×1 topic
  32. Surgical Management15▲ 4.6×20 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines15▲ 6.4×9 topics
  34. Echocardiography14▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy12▲ 6.4×5 topics
  36. Social Determinants of Health12▲ 6.6×4 topics
  37. Digital Health12▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Healthcare Quality Indicators11▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Healthcare Management11▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Healthcare Policy11▲ 15×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Pelvic floor disorders treatments, Health, Medicine and Society, Ureteral procedures and complications and Healthcare Systems and Practices.

Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 17 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 16 fractional worksUreteral procedures and …15Ureteral procedures and complications: 15 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…11Healthcare Systems and Practices: 11 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 10 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…7Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 7 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 7 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 6 fractional works
RheumatologyGeneral Health ProfessionsObstetrics and GynecologyUrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 17 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 16 works
  3. 3 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 15 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 11 works
  5. 5 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 10 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 7 works
  8. 8 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 7 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 6 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher 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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