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Centre Léon Bérard

In research, Centre Léon Bérard stands highest in Medicine (#1,533 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,171 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,365 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging — Oncology is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,227
of 28,054 · #5,544 all time
Rank in France
#120
of 1,422
Research works
3.1k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
69k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Centre Léon Bérard 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 #1,533 of 10,443 16.9%355 #1590
Health SciencesDomain #2,171 of 11,982 16.6%379 #2057
Life SciencesDomain #3,365 of 7,800 18.0%86 #3187
OncologySubfield #430 of 772 18.1%86 #551
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #710 of 1,144 19.9%61 #609
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,319 of 3,579 17.2%65 #4275

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Léon Bérard 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#1,590 #1,533
  2. Health Sciences#2,057 #2,171
  3. Life Sciences#3,187 #3,365
  4. Oncology#551 #430
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#609 #710
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,275 #3,319
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 Léon Bérard specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 86.3 works14×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 61.1 works7.4×
  3. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 32.9 works6.8×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.27× its world share, 65 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.60× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 355 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 14 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 Léon Bérard?

Ranked on the composite score, Aude Fléchon, Christelle de la Fouchardière and Isabelle Ray‐Coquard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Léon Bérard.

  1. 1 Aude Fléchon · #5,397 worldwide 1.1k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Christelle de la Fouchardière · #10,221 worldwide 920 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Isabelle Ray‐Coquard · #14,912 worldwide 682 citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Alain Viari · #15,444 worldwide 706 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 C. Carrié · #22,060 worldwide 332 citations · 61 works
  6. 6 Éric Pujade-Lauraine · #26,312 worldwide 595 citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Sylvie Négrier · #34,603 worldwide 417 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Jean‐Yves Blay · #43,867 worldwide 1.6k citations · 335 works
  9. 9 Pierre Biron · #47,083 worldwide 283 citations · 93 works
  10. 10 Thomas Bachelot · #49,986 worldwide 510 citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Léon Bérard

Which keywords describe research at Centre Léon Bérard?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Radiotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Clinical Trials, Targeted Therapy and Metastasis.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy73▲ 20×22 topics
  2. Immunotherapy48▲ 13×18 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors44▲ 19×14 topics
  4. Radiotherapy36▲ 18×13 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines34▲ 12×14 topics
  6. Clinical Trials34▲ 9.5×14 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy30▲ 25×5 topics
  8. Cancer29▲ 4.0×41 topics
  9. Quality of Life27▲ 3.5×37 topics
  10. Biomarkers26▲ 7.0×16 topics
  11. Metastasis25▲ 14×11 topics
  12. Tumor Microenvironment24▲ 10×8 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations23▲ 10.0×21 topics
  14. Survival Analysis21▲ 14×7 topics
  15. Breast Cancer20▲ 16×11 topics
  16. Precision Medicine20▲ 7.9×7 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy16▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Genomic Characterization15▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Osteosarcoma15▲ 60×1 topic
  20. Soft Tissue Sarcoma15▲ 52×1 topic
  21. PET Imaging15▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Immune Checkpoint Blockade15▲ 25×1 topic
  23. PD-1 and PD-L115▲ 25×1 topic
  24. Genomic Profiling14▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Dosimetry13▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Medical Imaging13▲ 4.7×8 topics
  27. Genomic Instability12▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Molecular Classification12▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Palliative Care12▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Genomic Analysis11▲ 8.5×6 topics
  31. Prognosis11▲ 6.5×8 topics
  32. Molecular Subtypes11▲ 25×3 topics
  33. Cancer Immunotherapy11▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Cancer Treatment11▲ 8.9×9 topics
  35. Health-related Quality of Life11▲ 8.6×4 topics
  36. Ovarian Cancer11▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization10▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Metastatic Breast Cancer10▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Radiation Therapy10▲ 15×6 topics
  40. Lymphoma10▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Centre Léon Bérard publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 15 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 15 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 9 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 9 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 8 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…8Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 8 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 7 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…6Health, Medicine and Society: 6 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingReproductive Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 15 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 8 works
  6. 6 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 8 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 8 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 8 works
  9. 9 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 7 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre Léon Bérard's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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