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Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences

In research, Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,267 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#9,710 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,014 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 13.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,658
of 28,054 · #13,264 all time
Rank in France
#467
of 1,422
Research works
446
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
30.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences 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 #6,267 of 14,347 25.5%168
MedicineField #9,710 of 17,978 25.4%203
Health SciencesDomain #12,014 of 20,462 25.8%212

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences 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 Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 27.1 works14×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.33× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 13.88× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.39× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 13.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Michel Dojat, Boudewijn van der Sanden and Emmanuel Barbier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences.

  1. 1 Michel Dojat France · #4,107 worldwide 1.3k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Boudewijn van der Sanden France · #603,942 worldwide 50 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Emmanuel Barbier France · #990,110 worldwide 27 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Benjamin Lemasson France · #1,427,071 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences

Which keywords describe research at Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Epilepsy, Oxidative Stress, Neurodegeneration, Deep Brain Stimulation and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders11▲ 17×19 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▲ 1.81×41 topics
  3. Parkinson's Disease8▲ 27×8 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress8▲ 4.0×24 topics
  5. Mitochondrial Dysfunction7▲ 21×7 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 2.4×40 topics
  7. Epilepsy6▲ 45×4 topics
  8. Neurodegeneration5▲ 15×8 topics
  9. Deep Brain Stimulation5▲ 58×3 topics
  10. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.0×17 topics
  12. Functional Connectivity4▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Synaptic Plasticity4▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Treatment-Resistant Depression4▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Basal Ganglia4▲ 61×1 topic
  16. Neuroinflammation4▲ 12×6 topics
  17. Neuromodulation4▲ 53×2 topics
  18. Subthalamic Nucleus4▲ 83×1 topic
  19. Mortality4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  20. Neurobiology4▲ 12×7 topics
  21. Genetics4▲ 4.2×13 topics
  22. Diagnostic Criteria4▲ 13×6 topics
  23. Chaperones3▲ 49×2 topics
  24. Huntington's Disease3▲ 91×1 topic
  25. Perfusion Imaging3▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Polyglutamine3▲ 91×1 topic
  27. Protein Aggregation3▲ 52×2 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  29. Neural Plasticity3▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Dopaminergic Neurons3▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Brain Development3▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Genetic Risk Factors3▲ 42×1 topic
  33. a-Synuclein3▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Dendritic Spines2▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Hypertension2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  36. Neuroimaging2▲ 7.7×8 topics
  37. Astrocyte Function2▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Functional MRI2▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Obstructive Sleep Apnea2▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Sleep-Disordered Breathing2▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neurological disorders and treatments, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research.

Neurological disorders a…4Neurological disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerativ…3Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 3 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…3Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea …2Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 2 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques …2Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…2EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 2 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…2Neural dynamics and brain function: 2 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…2Epilepsy research and treatment: 2 fractional works
NeurologyCellular and Molecular NeurosciencePhysiologyCognitive Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 4 works
  2. 2 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 3 works
  4. 4 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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