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Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale

In research, Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,927 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#6,243 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,690 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,962
of 28,054 · #12,685 all time
Rank in France
#1,082
of 1,422
Research works
1k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #6,927 of 20,462 9.9%484
MedicineField #6,243 of 17,978 10.8%368
Life SciencesDomain #6,690 of 14,347 19.2%192
Social SciencesDomain #14,582 of 16,945 3.6%302
Social SciencesField #8,875 of 10,206 3.7%176

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale 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).

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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.76× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.17× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.52× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale?

Ranked on the composite score, R Scholler, L. Dehennin and Marie-Christine Laznik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale.

  1. 1 R Scholler France · #181,840 worldwide 150 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 L. Dehennin France · #267,345 worldwide 81 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Marie-Christine Laznik France · #803,376 worldwide 12 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 R Wegmann France · #1,389,207 worldwide 10 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale

Which keywords describe research at Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Public Health, Medical Ethics, Social Justice and Public Policy.

▲ 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. Mental Health10▲ 7.2×10 topics
  2. Community Engagement9▲ 29×3 topics
  3. Local Development9▲ 83×2 topics
  4. Territorial Governance9▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Public Health9▲ 6.3×18 topics
  6. Medical Ethics8▲ 60×3 topics
  7. Social Justice8▲ 13×3 topics
  8. Public Policy8▲ 16×3 topics
  9. Palliative Care7▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Environmental Participation7▲ 90×1 topic
  11. Healthcare Legislation7▲ 118×1 topic
  12. Patient Rights7▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Sustainable Development7▲ 4.5×1 topic
  14. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 30×2 topics
  15. Primary Care6▲ 18×5 topics
  16. Healthcare Policy6▲ 67×1 topic
  17. Inequalities6▲ 183×1 topic
  18. Gender5▲ 9.2×6 topics
  19. Ethnographic Research4▲ 77×3 topics
  20. Gender Studies4▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Quality of Life4▲ 2.7×10 topics
  22. Identity4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  23. Professional Practices4▲ 95×1 topic
  24. Public Action4▲ 95×1 topic
  25. Religion4▲ 7.6×2 topics
  26. Colonialism3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  27. Migration3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  28. Memory3▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Democracy3▲ 8.2×2 topics
  30. Social Innovation3▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Aging2▲ 4.8×8 topics
  32. Elderly2▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Family Law2▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Reform2▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Nationalism2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  36. Solidarity Economy2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Caregiving2▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Group Therapy2▲ 60×2 topics
  39. Retirement2▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Clinical Practice2▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Medicine and Society, French Urban and Social Studies, Healthcare Systems and Practices and Education, sociology, and vocational training.

Health, Medicine and Society: 7 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 7 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 6 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 4 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 2 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…2Social Sciences and Governance: 2 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 2 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsUrban Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 7 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 6 works
  4. 4 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 2 works
  7. 7 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  9. 9 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 2 works
  10. 10 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 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 available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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