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Institut Curie

In research, Institut Curie stands highest in Medicine (#1,439 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,175 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,066 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cancer Research is 15.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,516
of 28,054 · #1,382 all time
Rank in France
#41
of 1,422
Research works
7.9k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
313k
39.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Institut Curie 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 #1,439 of 10,443 16.6%444 #1054
Life SciencesDomain #1,175 of 7,800 21.9%252 #572
Health SciencesDomain #2,066 of 11,982 16.3%462 #1363
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,348 of 3,579 20.3%205 #561
Physical SciencesDomain #5,544 of 12,888 19.9%64 #2552
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #500 of 1,144 18.9%81 #627
OncologySubfield #348 of 772 18.0%102 #275
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,117 of 2,175 21.0%103 #415

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Curie 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#1,054 #1,439
  2. Life Sciences#572 #1,175
  3. Health Sciences#1,363 #2,066
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#561 #1,348
  5. Physical Sciences#2,552 #5,544
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#627 #500
  7. Oncology#275 #348
  8. Molecular Biology#415 #1,117
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 Curie specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 15.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 53.2 works15×
  2. OncologySubfield · 102.3 works11×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 81.3 works6.6×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 25.6 works6.2×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.83× its world share, 205 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.83× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.89× its world share, 444 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 8 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, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Curie?

Ranked on the composite score, Philip Poortmans, Laurence Desjardins and Sergio Roman‐Roman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Curie.

  1. 1 Philip Poortmans · #9,044 worldwide 734 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Laurence Desjardins · #10,516 worldwide 840 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Sergio Roman‐Roman · #13,783 worldwide 1.6k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Marc‐Henri Stern · #14,697 worldwide 1.2k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Xavier Sastre · #15,463 worldwide 1.3k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Anne Vincent‐Salomon · #16,645 worldwide 901 citations · 139 works
  7. 7 Nicolas Girard · #21,718 worldwide 809 citations · 157 works
  8. 8 Étienne Brain · #24,197 worldwide 608 citations · 82 works
  9. 9 Véronique Dièras · #24,423 worldwide 599 citations · 78 works
  10. 10 Jacques Prost · #33,370 worldwide 668 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Curie

Which keywords describe research at Institut Curie?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Breast Cancer, Prognostic Factors, Cancer and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy77▲ 14×23 topics
  2. Radiotherapy60▲ 20×13 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines55▲ 13×14 topics
  4. Cancer55▲ 5.2×43 topics
  5. Immunotherapy52▲ 9.1×18 topics
  6. Breast Cancer49▲ 26×11 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors47▲ 14×14 topics
  8. Survival Analysis42▲ 20×7 topics
  9. Gene Expression42▲ 8.7×17 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy37▲ 21×5 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy34▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Clinical Trials32▲ 6.0×16 topics
  13. Quality of Life32▲ 2.8×32 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations30▲ 8.6×19 topics
  15. Molecular Subtypes28▲ 42×3 topics
  16. Tumor Microenvironment28▲ 7.8×8 topics
  17. Prognostic Markers27▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Metastasis26▲ 9.6×12 topics
  19. Metastatic Breast Cancer26▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Biomarkers25▲ 4.6×15 topics
  21. Breast Tumours25▲ 67×1 topic
  22. Treatment Response25▲ 67×1 topic
  23. Genomic Instability24▲ 27×3 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy24▲ 5.3×16 topics
  25. Radiation Therapy23▲ 22×5 topics
  26. Precision Medicine21▲ 5.6×7 topics
  27. Molecular Classification19▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Cell-Free DNA17▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Cancer Genomics17▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Mutational Signatures17▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Cancer Immunotherapy16▲ 13×3 topics
  32. PET Imaging16▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Genomic Profiling15▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Lymphoma15▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Ovarian Cancer15▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Immune Checkpoint Blockade15▲ 17×1 topic
  37. PD-1 and PD-L115▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Cell Cycle Control15▲ 61×2 topics
  39. CDK4/6 Inhibitors14▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Palbociclib14▲ 73×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut Curie publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies.

Breast Cancer Treatment …25Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 25 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…17Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 17 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…15Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer T…14Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 14 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 11 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…11Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 11 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Rese…10HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…9Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 9 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carci…9Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 9 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiation1 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesCancer Research 25 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Research 17 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 15 works
  4. 4 Advanced Breast Cancer TherapiesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  5. 5 Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  6. 6 Cancer Treatment and PharmacologyOncology 11 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  8. 8 HER2/EGFR in Cancer ResearchOncology 10 works
  9. 9 Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesRadiation 9 works
  10. 10 Breast Lesions and CarcinomasPathology and Forensic Medicine 9 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 available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Curie'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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