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Forêt Méditerranéenne

In research, Forêt Méditerranéenne stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,760 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,487
of 34,923
Rank in France
#564
of 943
Research works
288
▼ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Forêt Méditerranéenne

What is Forêt Méditerranéenne 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,760 of 11,023 5.5%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Forêt Méditerranéenne 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 Forêt Méditerranéenne work in?

In all years, 42% of research at Forêt Méditerranéenne is in Life Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (37%), Social Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 122 fractional works · 42.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 107 fractional works · 37.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 56 fractional works · 19.5% of its workForestry: 19 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHorticulture: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 67 fractional works · 23.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 36 fractional works · 12.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 22.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 14.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 12.3% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKForêtMéditerranéenne288fractional works, all years
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10737.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology113.8%
    3. Neuroscience31.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science3612.4%
    2. Engineering186.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.7%
    4. Computer Science30.9%
    5. Mathematics10.5%
    6. Materials Science10.4%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences4214.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities103.6%
    3. Psychology41.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Medicine269.0%
    2. Health Professions82.9%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 4.21× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.45× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.81× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.81×0 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.21×3 works
  3. Environmental Science2.45×2 works
  4. Psychology2.09×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.61×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.44×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.43×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.97×1 works
  9. Medicine0.88×3 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.87×0 works
  11. Engineering0.73×2 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.72×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.35×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.29×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.14×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Forêt Méditerranéenne?

Ranked on the quality score, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, M. Jappiot and C. Ripert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Forêt Méditerranéenne.

  1. 1 Joseph Pitton de Tournefort France · #2,412,648 worldwide 559 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 M. Jappiot France · #3,219,747 worldwide 1k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 C. Ripert France · #4,107,445 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Estelle Morel France · #4,433,325 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Caroline Gutleben France · #4,449,524 worldwide 10 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Patrick Pastuszka France · #4,727,574 worldwide 16 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Marielle Aulagnier France · #5,106,862 worldwide 218 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Jean Thévenet France · #5,266,351 worldwide 775 citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Anne Sophie Brinquin France · #5,388,013 worldwide 7 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Marianne Corréard France · #5,576,220 worldwide 610 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Forêt Méditerranéenne

What are the most cited papers from Forêt Méditerranéenne?

The most cited paper from Forêt Méditerranéenne is "Spatial validation reveals poor predictive performance of large-scale ecological mapping models" (Pierre Ploton, Frédéric Mortier, Maxime Réjou‐Méchain et al., 2020), with 846 citations. Next come "A Spatial Statistical Model for Landscape Genetics" (707) and "EgMYB2, a new transcriptional activator from Eucalyptus xylem, regulates secondary cell wall formation and lignin biosynthesis" (372).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spatial validation reveals poor predictive performance of large-scale ecological mapping models Pierre Ploton, Frédéric Mortier, Maxime Réjou‐Méchain et al. · Nature Communications Open access 11 Sep 2020 846
2 A Spatial Statistical Model for Landscape Genetics G. Guillot, Arnaud Estoup, Frédéric Mortier et al. · Genetics 2 Nov 2004 707
3 EgMYB2, a new transcriptional activator from Eucalyptus xylem, regulates secondary cell wall formation and lignin biosynthesis Monica Goicoechea, Éric Lacombe, Sylvain Legay et al. · The Plant Journal Open access 25 Jul 2005 372
4 Immune-suppression by OsHV-1 viral infection causes fatal bacteraemia in Pacific oysters Julien de Lorgeril et al. · Nature Communications Open access 5 Oct 2018 322
5 DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED MULTICENTRE TRIAL OF ACAMPROSATE IN MAINTAINING ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOL François Paillé, Julien Daniel Guelfi, Alan Christopher Perkins et al. · Alcohol and Alcoholism Mar 1995 273
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Forêt Méditerranéenne?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Agricultural Development, Adaptation, Diversity, Multifunctionality and Livestock Farming.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change71▲ 9.2×39 topics
  2. Smallholder Farmers65▲ 165×3 topics
  3. Sustainability56▲ 11×21 topics
  4. Agricultural Development48▲ 153×3 topics
  5. Adaptation48▲ 57×6 topics
  6. Diversity48▲ 92×3 topics
  7. Multifunctionality47▲ 289×2 topics
  8. Livestock Farming47▲ 295×1 topic
  9. Work Organization47▲ 402×1 topic
  10. Sustainable Development28▲ 8.4×9 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation27▲ 34×8 topics
  12. Community Engagement26▲ 30×4 topics
  13. Local Development25▲ 65×2 topics
  14. Public Policy25▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Territorial Governance25▲ 61×2 topics
  16. Social Justice24▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Citizen Participation24▲ 73×1 topic
  18. Environmental Participation24▲ 91×1 topic
  19. Agroforestry21▲ 157×3 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture20▲ 25×6 topics
  21. Indigenous Fruits17▲ 334×1 topic
  22. Tree Domestication17▲ 334×1 topic
  23. Invasive Species17▲ 10×17 topics
  24. Biodiversity14▲ 6.5×18 topics
  25. Conservation10▲ 7.6×13 topics
  26. Biomass Estimation9▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Aboveground Biomass8▲ 40×2 topics
  28. Climate Change Impact8▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Tropical Forests8▲ 69×2 topics
  30. Allometric Models8▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Carbon Stocks8▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Global Change7▲ 8.2×6 topics
  33. Ecosystem Services7▲ 7.2×9 topics
  34. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 7.6×3 topics
  35. Biological Invasions6▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Phylogeny6▲ 12×9 topics
  37. Ecosystem5▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Community Ecology5▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Vegetation5▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Forest Management4▲ 26×4 topics

Which research topics does Forêt Méditerranéenne publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research and Agriculture and Rural Development Research.

French Urban and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 1 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psych…1Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…1Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 0 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 0 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in …0Ethics and bioethics in healthcare: 0 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 0 fractional worksAir Traffic Management and Optimization: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  5. 5 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 0 works
  9. 9 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 0 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Forêt Méditerranéenne's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Forêt Méditerranéenne as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000043% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Forêt Méditerranéenne0.000045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Forêt Méditerranéenne over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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