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Centre Occitanie-Montpellier

In research, Centre Occitanie-Montpellier stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,810 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,950
of 28,054 · #13,470 all time
Rank in France
#592
of 1,422
Research works
626
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Centre Occitanie-Montpellier 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,810 of 7,800 24.4%84 #6704

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Occitanie-Montpellier 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 Occitanie-Montpellier specialise in?

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

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 38.6 works14×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 59.4 works8.1×
← 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: 8.12× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.26× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.66× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 1.81× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre Occitanie-Montpellier?

Ranked on the composite score, Thierry Marc lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Occitanie-Montpellier.

  1. 1 Thierry Marc France · #1,171,824 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Occitanie-Montpellier

Which keywords describe research at Centre Occitanie-Montpellier?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plant Immunity, Genomics, Climate Change, Biological Control, Small RNAs, Gene Silencing, Viral RNA Silencing and Host Specificity.

▲ 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. Climate Change11▲ 2.6×44 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▲ 1.51×68 topics
  3. Plant Immunity9▲ 62×2 topics
  4. Genomics7▲ 16×11 topics
  5. Biological Control6▲ 27×8 topics
  6. Small RNAs6▲ 67×2 topics
  7. Genetics6▲ 5.6×13 topics
  8. Gene Silencing6▲ 38×1 topic
  9. Viral RNA Silencing6▲ 97×1 topic
  10. Host Specificity6▲ 32×4 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity5▲ 6.8×18 topics
  12. Host Recognition5▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Nitrogen Fixation4▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Microbiome4▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Genome Analysis4▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 8.4×11 topics
  18. Type III Secretion System4▲ 44×3 topics
  19. Bacterial Blight4▲ 114×1 topic
  20. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria4▲ 114×1 topic
  21. Diversity4▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Drought Tolerance4▲ 16×8 topics
  23. Symbiosis4▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services3▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Fungal Pathogens3▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Root Exudates3▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Transcriptome Analysis3▲ 34×3 topics
  28. Legumes3▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Microbial Pathogens3▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Pattern Recognition Receptors3▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Rhizobium3▲ 60×1 topic
  32. Systemic Acquired Resistance3▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  34. Adaptation3▲ 6.6×8 topics
  35. Genetic Mapping3▲ 24×5 topics
  36. Plant Defense3▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Quantitative Trait Loci3▲ 33×3 topics
  38. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles3▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Jasmonate Signaling3▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Disease Resistance2▲ 32×3 topics

Which research topics does Centre Occitanie-Montpellier publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Virus Research Studies, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Plant Virus Research Stu…6Plant Virus Research Studies: 6 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 4 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…3Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 3 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing S…3Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 3 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 3 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 2 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Interactions Research: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCell Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 6 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 4 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 3 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 3 works
  6. 6 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Plant and Fungal Interactions Research Endocrinology 2 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.0%domestic only62.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre Occitanie-Montpellier's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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