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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne

In research, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne stands highest in Medicine (#1,742 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,427 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,742
of 28,054 · #8,355 all time
Rank in France
#235
of 1,422
Research works
3k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne 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 #1,742 of 10,443 12.7%339 #1711
Health SciencesDomain #2,427 of 11,982 12.3%362 #2167

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne 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).

What does Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 29.7 works5.8×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 51.6 works4.5×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.61× its world share, 339 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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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 Saint-Étienne?

Ranked on the composite score, Hervé Decousus, Silvy Laporte and Élisabeth Botelho-Nevers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne.

  1. 1 Hervé Decousus France · #88,721 worldwide 223 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Silvy Laporte France · #93,616 worldwide 208 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Élisabeth Botelho-Nevers France · #101,878 worldwide 191 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Patrick Mismetti France · #117,519 worldwide 163 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 P. Berthelot France · #125,378 worldwide 161 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Jacques Tostain France · #132,038 worldwide 156 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Karl Isaaz France · #132,993 worldwide 130 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Amandine Gagneux‐Brunon France · #165,799 worldwide 157 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Jean–Marc Phelip France · #194,426 worldwide 128 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Bernard Tardy France · #216,366 worldwide 144 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne

Which keywords describe research at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology70▲ 3.6×115 topics
  2. Treatment30▲ 5.1×41 topics
  3. Risk Factors28▲ 5.2×30 topics
  4. Diagnosis25▲ 5.4×38 topics
  5. Inflammation20▲ 1.97×60 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 6.3×14 topics
  7. Quality of Life17▲ 2.4×43 topics
  8. Chemotherapy17▲ 4.8×23 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors14▲ 6.7×14 topics
  10. Immunotherapy14▲ 4.1×19 topics
  11. Management14▲ 3.6×25 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations13▲ 6.0×23 topics
  13. Guidelines12▲ 5.2×13 topics
  14. Prevention12▲ 5.6×15 topics
  15. Clinical Trials11▲ 3.5×19 topics
  16. Injury Prevention11▲ 18×3 topics
  17. Autoantibodies10▲ 8.7×8 topics
  18. Genetics10▲ 2.9×18 topics
  19. Pathogenesis10▲ 4.0×22 topics
  20. Surgical Management10▲ 4.9×19 topics
  21. Complications10▲ 3.9×15 topics
  22. Prophylaxis9▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Atrial Fibrillation9▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Global Burden9▲ 3.4×12 topics
  25. Radiotherapy9▲ 4.8×13 topics
  26. Antithrombotic Therapy9▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Muscle Injuries9▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Sports Injury9▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Catheter Ablation8▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Rehabilitation8▲ 4.3×11 topics
  31. Biomechanics8▲ 5.3×9 topics
  32. Deep Vein Thrombosis8▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Pulmonary Embolism7▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Survival Analysis7▲ 5.4×6 topics
  35. Venous Thromboembolism7▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Endothelial Dysfunction7▲ 6.2×5 topics
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy7▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Fibrosis6▲ 6.9×6 topics
  39. High-Intensity Interval Training6▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention6▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports injuries and prevention, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

Sports injuries and prevention: 9 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 4 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…4Healthcare Systems and Practices: 4 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 4 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 3 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…3Corneal surgery and disorders: 3 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineInternal MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne's research output changed?

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

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