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Inserm

In research, Inserm stands highest in Medicine (#17 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#20 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#23 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Transplantation and Immunology and Allergy — Endocrine and Autonomic Systems is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#111
of 28,054 · #99 all time
Rank in France
#2
of 1,422
Research works
100k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
4M
39.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Inserm 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 #17 of 10,443 20.7%6,414 #29
Health SciencesDomain #20 of 11,982 20.3%7,008 #31
Life SciencesDomain #23 of 7,800 22.8%3,345 #24
EpidemiologySubfield #9 of 976 23.0%498 #19
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #37 of 3,579 22.6%1,855 #32
SurgerySubfield #22 of 1,816 19.1%584 #25
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #15 of 1,144 19.6%606 #26
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #11 of 682 24.5%535 #15
NeuroscienceField #20 of 1,168 21.9%733 #23
Molecular BiologySubfield #46 of 2,175 22.1%1,064 #37

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Inserm 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#29 #17
  2. Health Sciences#31 #20
  3. Life Sciences#24 #23
  4. Epidemiology#19 #9
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#32 #37
  6. Surgery#25 #22
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#26 #15
  8. Immunology and Microbiology#15 #11
  9. Neuroscience#23 #20
  10. Molecular Biology#37 #46
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 Inserm specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 61.9 works6.0×
  2. TransplantationSubfield · 32.3 works6.0×
  3. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 51.3 works5.3×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 428.4 works5.1×
  5. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 29.8 works5.0×
  6. HematologySubfield · 178.4 works4.9×
  7. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 179.3 works4.8×
  8. GeneticsSubfield · 153.2 works4.6×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 159 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.87× its world share, 1,855 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.39× its world share, 535 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.73× its world share, 733 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 64 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 83 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 170 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 297 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 199 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 82 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 60 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 56 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 64 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 433 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.75× its world share, 6,414 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 75 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 72 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 379 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 248 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Inserm?

Ranked on the composite score, François Alla, Christophe Tzourio and Pierre Chambon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Inserm.

  1. 1 François Alla · #853 worldwide 5.1k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Christophe Tzourio · #2,383 worldwide 1.4k citations · 117 works
  3. 3 Pierre Chambon · #2,606 worldwide 1.8k citations · 98 works
  4. 4 Lorenzo Galluzzi · #2,837 worldwide 2.3k citations · 116 works
  5. 5 Anne‐Paule Gimenez‐Roqueplo · #3,372 worldwide 1.8k citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Éric Van Belle · #4,230 worldwide 1.1k citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Marie‐Geneviève Mattéi · #4,241 worldwide 823 citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Pascal Chanez · #4,347 worldwide 778 citations · 109 works
  9. 9 Élisabeth Brambilla · #5,093 worldwide 958 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 Hinrich Gronemeyer · #5,860 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Inserm

Which keywords describe research at Inserm?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Diagnosis, Neurological Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,223▲ 2.5×139 topics
  2. Inflammation842▲ 3.3×83 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress472▲ 2.4×62 topics
  4. Cancer444▲ 2.7×57 topics
  5. Treatment434▲ 3.0×52 topics
  6. Diagnosis371▲ 3.3×41 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease370▲ 2.8×38 topics
  8. Quality of Life324▲ 1.86×54 topics
  9. Public Health318▲ 1.80×62 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders296▲ 4.3×20 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome286▲ 2.9×24 topics
  12. Immunotherapy282▲ 3.3×19 topics
  13. Genetics262▲ 3.1×27 topics
  14. Management256▲ 2.7×33 topics
  15. Biomarkers254▲ 3.1×18 topics
  16. Risk Factors254▲ 1.91×37 topics
  17. Immune Response250▲ 3.6×23 topics
  18. Chemotherapy227▲ 2.7×25 topics
  19. Obesity225▲ 2.5×27 topics
  20. Clinical Trials206▲ 2.5×19 topics
  21. Aging206▲ 3.2×18 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations204▲ 3.9×23 topics
  23. Global Burden189▲ 2.9×12 topics
  24. Immunity189▲ 3.9×11 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines184▲ 2.8×14 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance183▲ 3.3×10 topics
  27. Heart Failure179▲ 3.4×13 topics
  28. Pathogenesis179▲ 2.9×24 topics
  29. Tumor Microenvironment174▲ 3.2×8 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors172▲ 3.3×14 topics
  31. Cancer Therapy170▲ 2.5×20 topics
  32. Mitochondrial Dysfunction161▲ 4.5×12 topics
  33. Innate Immunity158▲ 4.1×11 topics
  34. Autoantibodies151▲ 5.4×8 topics
  35. Vaccine150▲ 3.1×11 topics
  36. Neurodegeneration142▲ 3.9×11 topics
  37. Thrombosis137▲ 4.0×7 topics
  38. Hypertension135▲ 3.9×16 topics
  39. Cytokines131▲ 3.8×8 topics
  40. Cancer Immunotherapy108▲ 5.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Inserm publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Medicine and Society, Healthcare Systems and Practices, Immune Cell Function and Interaction and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Health, Medicine and Soc…76Health, Medicine and Society: 76 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…74Healthcare Systems and Practices: 74 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…68Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 68 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…67Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 67 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 49 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 47 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…45Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 45 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 44 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 42 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …42Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 42 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsImmunologyOncologyCellular and Molecular Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and SocietyGeneral Health Professions 76 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and PracticesGeneral Health Professions 74 works
  3. 3 Immune Cell Function and InteractionImmunology 68 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 67 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune ResponsesImmunology 49 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 47 works
  7. 7 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchCellular and Molecular Neuroscience 45 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 44 works
  9. 9 T-cell and B-cell ImmunologyImmunology 42 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 42 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.0%domestic only72.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Inserm's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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