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Hospital / health system · Marseille · France

Hôpital Nord

In research, Hôpital Nord stands highest in Medicine (#2,532 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,204 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,528 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,618
of 28,054 · #6,476 all time
Rank in France
#334
of 1,422
Research works
6.3k
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
81k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Hôpital Nord known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #2,532 of 10,443 7.5%339 #1316
Health SciencesDomain #3,204 of 11,982 7.5%365 #1670
SurgerySubfield #1,528 of 1,816 7.4%68 #1065

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hôpital Nord 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,316 #2,532
  2. Health Sciences#1,670 #3,204
  3. Surgery#1,065 #1,528
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Hôpital Nord specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 47.9 works6.8×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.86× its world share, 339 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hôpital Nord?

Ranked on the composite score, Samuel Lévy, Marc Léone and Laurent Papazian lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hôpital Nord.

  1. 1 Samuel Lévy France · #19,421 worldwide 581 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Marc Léone France · #86,052 worldwide 279 citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Laurent Papazian France · #110,330 worldwide 347 citations · 103 works
  4. 4 F. Berthoux France · #120,115 worldwide 194 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Renaud Touraine France · #141,589 worldwide 157 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Franck Paganelli France · #223,373 worldwide 171 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 J. Albanèse France · #251,459 worldwide 75 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Jean‐Pierre Lavieille France · #257,167 worldwide 46 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 D. Charpin France · #271,443 worldwide 105 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Christine Barthélémy France · #278,306 worldwide 36 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Hôpital Nord

Which keywords describe research at Hôpital Nord?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Autoantibodies and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology62▲ 3.4×112 topics
  2. Treatment26▲ 4.7×42 topics
  3. Diagnosis23▲ 5.4×39 topics
  4. Inflammation21▲ 2.2×56 topics
  5. Chemotherapy17▲ 5.2×23 topics
  6. Immunotherapy16▲ 4.8×18 topics
  7. Complications15▲ 6.7×17 topics
  8. Quality of Life15▲ 2.3×34 topics
  9. Clinical Trials14▲ 4.7×16 topics
  10. Management14▲ 3.9×26 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors13▲ 6.4×14 topics
  12. Autoantibodies12▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations12▲ 6.0×23 topics
  14. Risk Factors11▲ 2.2×24 topics
  15. Mortality11▲ 4.1×11 topics
  16. Surgical Management11▲ 5.8×20 topics
  17. Rehabilitation11▲ 6.0×10 topics
  18. Guidelines11▲ 5.0×12 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.1×14 topics
  20. Immunosuppressive Therapy10▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Biomarkers10▲ 3.0×14 topics
  22. Palliative Care8▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Primary Care8▲ 4.5×11 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.6×9 topics
  25. Medical Ethics8▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Public Health Policy7▲ 5.7×2 topics
  27. Healthcare Legislation7▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Palliative Treatment7▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Patient Rights7▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Targeted Therapy7▲ 7.2×5 topics
  31. Endoscopic Stenting7▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Esophageal Perforation7▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Rituximab7▲ 9.9×4 topics
  34. Survival Analysis7▲ 5.4×6 topics
  35. Prostate Cancer6▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Adjuvant Therapy6▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Tumor Staging6▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Surgical Treatment6▲ 6.9×6 topics
  39. Fibrosis6▲ 7.2×7 topics
  40. Genomic Profiling6▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Hôpital Nord publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Medicine and Society, Esophageal and GI Pathology, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Health, Medicine and Society: 7 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 7 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 3 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…3Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 3 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 3 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…3Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineUrology

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 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 7 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 3 works
  8. 8 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 3 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 available13.6%not open86.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hôpital Nord's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower 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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