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Fondation de Rothschild

In research, Fondation de Rothschild stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,309 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,420 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Neurology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (Ophthalmology is 59.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,779
of 22,385 · #4,903 all time
Rank in France
#217
of 517
Research works
1.2k
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Fondation de Rothschild

What is Fondation de Rothschild 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 #1,309 of 9,902 10.8%198 #1431
MedicineField #1,420 of 8,541 11.0%191 #1462

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fondation de Rothschild 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 fields of science does Fondation de Rothschild work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Fondation de Rothschild is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (82%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 249 fractional works · 85.5% of its workMedicine: 239 fractional works · 82.1% of its workOphthalmology: 46 fractional works · 15.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 41 fractional works · 14.1% of its workNeurology: 38 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEpidemiology: 31 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFondation deRothschild291fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences1%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine23982.1%
    2. Health Professions62.1%
    3. Nursing31.0%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology165.4%
    2. Neuroscience103.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Engineering41.5%
    2. Environmental Science20.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    4. Computer Science10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology20.6%
    2. Social Sciences10.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fondation de Rothschild specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 59.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 46.1 works59×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 38.4 works23×
  3. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 40.9 works16×
  4. EpidemiologySubfield · 30.5 works7.4×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.02× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.27× its world share, 239 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.27×239 works
  2. Neuroscience2.02×10 works
  3. Nursing2.02×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×16 works
  5. Health Professions0.80×6 works
  6. Dentistry0.70×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.52×2 works
  8. Psychology0.18×2 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×2 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.14×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.12×2 works
  12. Engineering0.10×4 works
  13. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.02×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  23. Energy0.01×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fondation de Rothschild?

Ranked on the quality score, Mathilde Chipaux, Hocine Redjem and Haja Rakotoharinandrasana lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fondation de Rothschild.

  1. 1 Mathilde Chipaux France · #125,052 worldwide 3.9k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Hocine Redjem France · #213,227 worldwide 6.3k citations · 173 works
  3. 3 Haja Rakotoharinandrasana France · #240,669 worldwide 1.2k citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Jean‐Philippe Desilles France · #252,385 worldwide 2.8k citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Michel Piotin France · #254,958 worldwide 19k citations · 541 works
  6. 6 Malek Ben Maacha France · #267,994 worldwide 2.5k citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Guillaume Taylor France · #340,110 worldwide 2.1k citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Candice Sabben France · #349,051 worldwide 2.2k citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Jean‐Philippe Désilles France · #408,671 worldwide 2.2k citations · 87 works
  10. 10 Raphaël Blanc France · #414,275 worldwide 11k citations · 393 works
All ranked researchers at Fondation de Rothschild

What are the most cited papers from Fondation de Rothschild?

The most cited paper from Fondation de Rothschild is "The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission1" (Ingmar Blümcke et al., 2010), with 1,764 citations. Next come "ETHICS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM RESEARCH ON ANIMALS AND HUMAN BEINGS" (1,127) and "Effect of Endovascular Contact Aspiration vs Stent Retriever on Revascularization in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke and Large Vessel Occlusion" (791).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission1 Ingmar Blümcke et al. · Epilepsia Open access 10 Nov 2010 1,764
2 ETHICS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM RESEARCH ON ANIMALS AND HUMAN BEINGS Francesco Portaluppi, Michael H. Smolensky, Yvan Touitou · Chronobiology International 25 Oct 2010 1,127
3 Effect of Endovascular Contact Aspiration vs Stent Retriever on Revascularization in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke and Large Vessel Occlusion Bertrand Lapergue, Raphaël Blanc, Benjamin Gory et al. · JAMA Open access Aug 2017 791
4 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
5 Association between light at night, melatonin secretion, sleep deprivation, and the internal clock: Health impacts and mechanisms of circadian disruption Yvan Touitou, Alain Reinberg, David Touitou · Life Sciences 16 Feb 2017 748
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fondation de Rothschild?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma, Myopia, Endovascular Treatment, Corneal Biomechanics, Keratoconus 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-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. Epidemiology41▲ 3.6×52 topics
  2. Intraocular Pressure25▲ 97×2 topics
  3. Glaucoma24▲ 55×4 topics
  4. Myopia22▲ 115×2 topics
  5. Endovascular Treatment18▲ 110×2 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress18▲ 3.7×25 topics
  7. Corneal Biomechanics18▲ 164×1 topic
  8. Keratoconus18▲ 164×1 topic
  9. Risk Factors18▲ 5.5×11 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations16▲ 13×20 topics
  11. Global Prevalence16▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Refractive Error16▲ 126×1 topic
  13. Visual Impairment16▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Inflammation15▲ 2.4×38 topics
  15. Radiosurgery15▲ 55×4 topics
  16. Optical Coherence Tomography14▲ 49×3 topics
  17. Macular Degeneration13▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders13▲ 7.6×15 topics
  19. Femtosecond Laser12▲ 80×1 topic
  20. Intraocular Lens Implantation12▲ 139×1 topic
  21. Diabetic Retinopathy12▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Neuroprotection12▲ 11×9 topics
  23. Optic Nerve12▲ 41×2 topics
  24. Hemodynamics11▲ 70×2 topics
  25. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage11▲ 105×1 topic
  26. Intracranial Aneurysms11▲ 105×1 topic
  27. Neurodegeneration10▲ 11×8 topics
  28. Intravitreal Injection10▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Surgical Management10▲ 8.0×12 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors9▲ 7.5×5 topics
  31. Wound Healing9▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor9▲ 35×3 topics
  33. Retinal Ganglion Cells8▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Embolization8▲ 43×3 topics
  35. Intracranial Pressure8▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Neuroimaging8▲ 10×10 topics
  37. OCT Imaging8▲ 93×2 topics
  38. Clinical Management8▲ 16×4 topics
  39. Revascularization8▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Choroidal Thickness8▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Fondation de Rothschild publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corneal surgery and disorders, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Intraocular Surgery and Lenses and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications.

Corneal surgery and disorders: 18 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 16 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and …12Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 12 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …11Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 11 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksVascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…7Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 7 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…7Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 7 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…7Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 7 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…7Retinal and Macular Surgery: 7 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyOphthalmologyNeurology

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

  1. 1 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 18 works
  2. 2 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 16 works
  3. 3 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 12 works
  4. 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 11 works
  5. 5 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 8 works
  6. 6 Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 7 works
  7. 7 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 7 works
  8. 8 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 7 works
  10. 10 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fondation de Rothschild's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% higher 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 Fondation de Rothschild as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Fondation de Rothschild0.00092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fondation de Rothschild 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 counting10%20%Fondation de Rothschild13.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.8% in 2021.

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