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Institut Cochin

In research, Institut Cochin stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,214 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#4,162 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,547 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology — Immunology is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,150
of 28,054 · #3,110 all time
Rank in France
#115
of 1,422
Research works
2k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
91k
46.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Institut Cochin 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,214 of 7,800 20.9%91 #1242
MedicineField #4,162 of 10,443 22.9%140 #2358
Health SciencesDomain #5,547 of 11,982 22.2%146 #3115

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Cochin 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. Life Sciences#1,242 #2,214
  2. Medicine#2,358 #4,162
  3. Health Sciences#3,115 #5,547
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 Institut Cochin specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 21.5 works12×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 25.8 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: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.03× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.17× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.89× its world share, 140 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Cochin?

Ranked on the composite score, Marc Foretz, Benoı̂t Viollet and Franck Letourneur lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Cochin.

  1. 1 Marc Foretz France · #62,623 worldwide 320 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Benoı̂t Viollet France · #92,364 worldwide 302 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Franck Letourneur France · #307,227 worldwide 88 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Ralf Jockers France · #316,406 worldwide 170 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Rémi Cheynier France · #472,438 worldwide 90 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Stéfano Marullo France · #561,135 worldwide 119 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Agnès Lehuen France · #653,214 worldwide 56 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Carina Prip‐Buus France · #812,944 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Pierre‐Olivier Couraud France · #953,731 worldwide 82 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Karine Perlemoine France · #1,154,951 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Cochin

Which keywords describe research at Institut Cochin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Immunotherapy, Cancer, Autoantibodies, Autoimmunity and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.6×92 topics
  2. Inflammation22▲ 4.3×68 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress17▲ 4.1×43 topics
  4. Cancer15▲ 4.3×43 topics
  5. Immunotherapy13▲ 7.1×18 topics
  6. Diagnosis8▲ 3.5×32 topics
  7. Treatment8▲ 2.7×28 topics
  8. Autoantibodies8▲ 13×8 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.7×20 topics
  10. Autoimmunity7▲ 21×6 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations7▲ 6.7×22 topics
  12. Management7▲ 3.7×21 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.5×26 topics
  14. Genetics7▲ 3.9×14 topics
  15. Metabolism7▲ 5.4×22 topics
  16. Immune Response6▲ 4.4×20 topics
  17. Immunity6▲ 5.9×11 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors6▲ 5.4×14 topics
  19. Aging6▲ 4.1×13 topics
  20. Endothelial Dysfunction5▲ 9.3×7 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance5▲ 4.7×8 topics
  22. Type 1 Diabetes5▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Stem Cells5▲ 7.5×10 topics
  25. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Growth Hormone4▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Microbiota4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 9.4×8 topics
  29. Diabetes Mellitus4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  30. Endoscopic Surgery4▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Fibrosis4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  32. Pulmonary Infections4▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Cystic Fibrosis4▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Hematopoietic Stem Cells4▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Mutation Analysis4▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Bronchiectasis4▲ 55×1 topic
  37. CFTR4▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Regulatory T Cells4▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Cushing's Syndrome4▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Immune Regulation4▲ 14×5 topics

Which research topics does Institut Cochin publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments, Immune Cell Function and Interaction and Pancreatic function and diabetes.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…4Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 4 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorder…4Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 4 fractional worksPancreatic function and …4Pancreatic function and diabetes: 4 fractional worksDiabetes and associated …3Diabetes and associated disorders: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 3 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 3 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…2T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismImmunologySurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  3. 3 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 4 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 3 works
  6. 6 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 3 works
  7. 7 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 2 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 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 available48.7%not open51.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Cochin's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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