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Institut Curie

In research, Institut Curie stands highest in Health Sciences (#531 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#544 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#625 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Cell Biology (Cancer Research is 15.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,389
of 22,385 · #1,167 all time
Rank in France
#54
of 517
Research works
7.9k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
313k
39.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Institut Curie

What is Institut Curie known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #531 of 9,902 12.6%462 #634
MedicineField #544 of 8,541 12.7%444 #638
Life SciencesDomain #625 of 6,403 11.1%252 #508
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #496 of 2,964 10.8%205 #449
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #254 of 1,037 14.9%81 #357
Molecular BiologySubfield #504 of 1,880 9.9%103 #458
OncologySubfield #210 of 755 10.7%102 #260
Physical SciencesDomain #3,039 of 10,670 11.6%64 #3793

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#634 #531
  2. Medicine#638 #544
  3. Life Sciences#508 #625
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#449 #496
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#357 #254
  6. Molecular Biology#458 #504
  7. Oncology#260 #210
  8. Physical Sciences#3,793 #3,039
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Institut Curie work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Institut Curie is in Health Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (25%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 532 fractional works · 58.4% of its workMedicine: 512 fractional works · 56.2% of its workOncology: 118 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 91 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSurgery: 47 fractional works · 5.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 35 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 30 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 284 fractional works · 31.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 231 fractional works · 25.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 112 fractional works · 12.3% of its workCancer Research: 61 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCell Biology: 23 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 35 fractional works · 3.9% of its workImmunology: 33 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 71 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiation: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut Curie910fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences58%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine51256.2%
    2. Health Professions151.7%
    3. Dentistry20.3%
    4. Nursing20.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23125.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology353.9%
    3. Neuroscience90.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences80.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Engineering212.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy192.1%
    3. Computer Science101.1%
    4. Materials Science60.7%
    5. Mathematics40.5%
    6. Chemistry40.5%
    7. Environmental Science40.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences90.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities40.4%
    4. Psychology20.2%
    5. Decision Sciences20.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut Curie specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 61.3 works16×
  2. OncologySubfield · 118.3 works12×
  3. Cell BiologySubfield · 22.5 works8.1×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 91.2 works6.5×
  5. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 30.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.76× its world share, 231 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.85× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.96× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.92× its world share, 512 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 9 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.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.76×231 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.85×35 works
  3. Medicine2.92×512 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy0.96×19 works
  5. Health Professions0.63×15 works
  6. Neuroscience0.58×9 works
  7. Dentistry0.55×2 works
  8. Nursing0.45×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.40×4 works
  11. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×7 works
  13. Chemistry0.29×4 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.21×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.19×6 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×8 works
  17. Engineering0.16×21 works
  18. Computer Science0.15×10 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.14×4 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×1 works
  22. Environmental Science0.08×4 works
  23. Psychology0.08×2 works
  24. Social Sciences0.07×9 works
  25. Energy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut Curie?

Ranked on the quality score, Graça Raposo, Clotilde Théry and Sebastián Amigorena lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Curie.

  1. 1 Graça Raposo France · #4,898 worldwide 106k citations · 363 works
  2. 2 Clotilde Théry France · #8,230 worldwide 92k citations · 247 works
  3. 3 Sebastián Amigorena France · #8,437 worldwide 61k citations · 413 works
  4. 4 Fatima Mechta‐Grigoriou France · #13,589 worldwide 21k citations · 203 works
  5. 5 Odette Mariani France · #13,599 worldwide 46k citations · 248 works
  6. 6 Geneviève Almouzni France · #14,991 worldwide 26k citations · 346 works
  7. 7 Matthieu Piel France · #20,305 worldwide 20k citations · 263 works
  8. 8 François‐Clément Bidard France · #21,048 worldwide 17k citations · 551 works
  9. 9 Anne Vincent‐Salomon France · #21,106 worldwide 63k citations · 1,129 works
  10. 10 Sergio Roman‐Roman France · #22,270 worldwide 55k citations · 372 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Curie

What are the most cited papers from Institut Curie?

The most cited paper from Institut Curie is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer" (10,284) and "Extracellular vesicles: Exosomes, microvesicles, and friends" (8,242).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
2 Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative et al. · Nature Open access 14 Aug 2013 10,284
3 Extracellular vesicles: Exosomes, microvesicles, and friends Graça Raposo, Willem Stoorvogel · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access 18 Feb 2013 8,242
4 Biological effects of essential oils – A review Fadil Bakkali, Simone Averbeck, Dietrich Averbeck et al. · Food and Chemical Toxicology Open access Oct 2007 7,885
5 Epithelial–mesenchymal transitions in tumour progression Jean Paul Thiery · Nature reviews. Cancer Review Jun 2002 6,738
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut Curie?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Breast Cancer, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Gene Expression and Cancer.

▲ 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-now 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. Chemotherapy88▲ 14×23 topics
  2. Radiotherapy72▲ 20×13 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines64▲ 13×14 topics
  4. Breast Cancer60▲ 26×11 topics
  5. Cancer60▲ 4.9×43 topics
  6. Immunotherapy57▲ 8.7×19 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors54▲ 14×14 topics
  8. Gene Expression49▲ 8.7×17 topics
  9. Survival Analysis49▲ 20×7 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy40▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy40▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Quality of Life37▲ 2.8×35 topics
  13. Clinical Trials35▲ 5.7×16 topics
  14. Molecular Subtypes34▲ 43×3 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations34▲ 8.6×20 topics
  16. Prognostic Markers33▲ 32×3 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment32▲ 7.9×8 topics
  18. Metastatic Breast Cancer31▲ 58×2 topics
  19. Breast Tumours30▲ 67×1 topic
  20. Treatment Response30▲ 67×1 topic
  21. Cancer Therapy29▲ 5.6×16 topics
  22. Metastasis29▲ 9.3×12 topics
  23. Biomarkers28▲ 4.4×15 topics
  24. Genomic Instability27▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Radiation Therapy26▲ 21×5 topics
  26. Precision Medicine23▲ 5.2×7 topics
  27. Molecular Classification21▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Cell-Free DNA19▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Lymphoma19▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Cell Cycle Control19▲ 60×2 topics
  31. Cancer Genomics19▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Mutational Signatures19▲ 29×1 topic
  33. CDK4/6 Inhibitors18▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Palbociclib18▲ 71×1 topic
  35. PET Imaging18▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Cancer Immunotherapy18▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Immune Checkpoint Blockade18▲ 17×1 topic
  38. PD-1 and PD-L118▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Ovarian Cancer17▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Genomic Profiling16▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut Curie publish most on?

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

Breast Cancer Treatment …30Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 30 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…19Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 19 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer T…18Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 18 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…18Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 18 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 16 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 13 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pha…12Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 12 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…12Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 12 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carci…10Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 10 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…10Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyPathology and Forensic Medicine

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

  1. 1 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 30 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 19 works
  3. 3 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 18 works
  5. 5 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  6. 6 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 13 works
  7. 7 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 12 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  9. 9 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 works
  10. 10 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut Curie's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institut Curie as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Institut Curie0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut Curie over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Institut Curie10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.2% in 2013.

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