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Genethon (France)

In research, Genethon (France) stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,893 of 11,023 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,270 of 5,801 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#1,856 of 3,729 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 10.2× its share of world research).

genethon.frROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#21,148
of 34,923
Rank in France
#641
of 943
Research works
372
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
54.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Genethon (France)

What is Genethon (France) 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 #3,893 of 11,023 11.2%273
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,270 of 5,801 10.7%234
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,856 of 3,729 9.6%150

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Genethon (France) 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 Genethon (France) work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Genethon (France) is in Life Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (54%), Medicine (36%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 22 fractional works · 59.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 54.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 31.1% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 19.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 36.4% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 36.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGenethon (France)37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences60%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences36%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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2054.4%
    2. Neuroscience13.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine1336.4%
    1. Engineering11.7%
    2. Computer Science00.8%
    3. Environmental Science00.2%
    4. Materials Science00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    2. Social Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Genethon (France) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 20.2 works10×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10.20× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 1.89× its world share, 14 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.20×20 works
  2. Neuroscience2.03×1 works
  3. Medicine1.89×14 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.72×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×0 works
  6. Engineering0.12×1 works
  7. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Genethon (France)?

Ranked on the quality score, Federico Mingozzi, Christian Leborgne and Giuseppe Ronzitti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Genethon (France).

  1. 1 Federico Mingozzi France · #42,345 worldwide 24k citations · 207 works
  2. 2 Christian Leborgne France · #228,526 worldwide 5.4k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Giuseppe Ronzitti France · #319,899 worldwide 4.7k citations · 124 works
  4. 4 Fanny Collaud France · #478,217 worldwide 2.1k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Helena Costa Verdera France · #494,208 worldwide 2k citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Laetitia van Wittenberghe France · #567,718 worldwide 2.6k citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Sonia Albini France · #610,501 worldwide 2.2k citations · 75 works
  8. 8 David Israeli France · #664,396 worldwide 12k citations · 99 works
  9. 9 Séverine Charles France · #705,844 worldwide 1.4k citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Amine Meliani France · #738,848 worldwide 1.2k citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Genethon (France)

What are the most cited papers from Genethon (France)?

The most cited paper from Genethon (France) is "Identification and characterization of a spinal muscular atrophy-determining gene" (Suzie Lefebvre, Lydie Bürglen, Sophie Reboullet et al., 1995), with 4,053 citations. Next come "A comprehensive genetic map of the human genome based on 5,264 microsatellites" (2,962) and "Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia" (2,894).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Identification and characterization of a spinal muscular atrophy-determining gene Suzie Lefebvre, Lydie Bürglen, Sophie Reboullet et al. · Cell Open access 1995 4,053
2 A comprehensive genetic map of the human genome based on 5,264 microsatellites Colette Dib, Sabine Fauré, Cécile Fizames et al. · Nature Mar 1996 2,962
3 Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia Vassily Vladimirovich Trubetskoy et al. · Nature Open access613 authors 8 Apr 2022 2,894
4 Notch3 mutations in CADASIL, a hereditary adult-onset condition causing stroke and dementia Anne Joutel, Christophe Corpechot, Anne Ducros et al. · Nature Oct 1996 2,086
5 The 1993–94 Généthon human genetic linkage map Gàbor Gyapay, Jean Morissette, Alain Vignal et al. · Nature Genetics Jun 1994 1,852
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Genethon (France)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Therapy, Genomic Integration, AAV, Viral Vectors, Genetic Mutations, Stem Cells, Muscle Regeneration and Skeletal Muscle Atrophy.

▲ 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Gene Therapy6▲ 88×3 topics
  2. Genomic Integration5▲ 245×2 topics
  3. AAV5▲ 341×1 topic
  4. Viral Vectors5▲ 341×1 topic
  5. Genetic Mutations5▲ 29×7 topics
  6. Stem Cells5▲ 46×4 topics
  7. Muscle Regeneration4▲ 405×1 topic
  8. Skeletal Muscle Atrophy4▲ 405×1 topic
  9. Genome Engineering3▲ 130×1 topic
  10. RNA-Guided3▲ 130×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology3▲ 1.98×13 topics
  12. Epilepsy2▲ 48×2 topics
  13. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 19×7 topics
  14. Metabolism2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  15. Neurodegeneration2▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Fragile X Syndrome2▲ 181×1 topic
  17. Rett Syndrome2▲ 181×1 topic
  18. Glycogen2▲ 365×1 topic
  19. Myoclonic Disorders2▲ 365×1 topic
  20. Insulin Resistance2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  21. Inflammation1▲ 1.72×11 topics
  22. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 16×5 topics
  23. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Neuromuscular Junction1▲ 86×2 topics
  25. SMN11▲ 159×1 topic
  26. Spinal Muscular Atrophy1▲ 159×1 topic
  27. Viral Infection1▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance1▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Heart Failure1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  30. Myocarditis1▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Cancer Immunotherapy1▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Immunotherapy1▲ 3.9×3 topics
  33. Protein Aggregation1▲ 54×3 topics
  34. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 3.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Genethon (France) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Virus-based gene therapy research, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Virus-based gene therapy…5Virus-based gene therapy research: 5 fractional worksMuscle Physiology and Disorders: 4 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 3 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 2 fractional worksGlycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus: 2 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscula…1Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Immunology Research: 1 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 1 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 1 fractional works
GeneticsMolecular BiologyRheumatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 5 works
  2. 2 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus Rheumatology 2 works
  6. 6 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 1 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.8%domestic only57.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Genethon (France)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Genethon (France) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000090% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Genethon (France)0.00012% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Genethon (France) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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