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Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule

In research, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,335 of 7,800 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,763 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 10.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,556
of 28,054 · #10,948 all time
Rank in France
#226
of 1,422
Research works
416
▲ 114% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule 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 #3,335 of 7,800 20.4%91 #4893
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,763 of 3,579 18.6%69 #3225

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule 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).

What does Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 47.1 works11×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 69.0 works8.9×
← 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: 2.10× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.89× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.67× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.06× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.93× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule?

Ranked on the composite score, Pavel Müller, Peter Mergaert and Olivier Namy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule.

  1. 1 Pavel Müller France · #458,935 worldwide 119 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Peter Mergaert France · #680,234 worldwide 66 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Olivier Namy France · #1,260,249 worldwide 31 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Olivier Lespinet France · #1,396,515 worldwide 9 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Paloma F. Varela France · #1,604,927 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule

Which keywords describe research at Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Signal Transduction, Gene Regulation, Genomics, Antibiotic Resistance, Cancer Therapy, Phylogenetic Analysis, Membrane Proteins and RNA Regulation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 1.77×46 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress7▲ 3.1×27 topics
  3. Signal Transduction7▲ 34×5 topics
  4. Cancer7▲ 3.6×29 topics
  5. Gene Regulation7▲ 53×5 topics
  6. Genomics6▲ 15×9 topics
  7. Cancer Therapy6▲ 7.4×15 topics
  8. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 11×7 topics
  9. Nanoparticles6▲ 3.3×17 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 13×10 topics
  11. Membrane Proteins6▲ 53×2 topics
  12. RNA Regulation5▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Chromatin5▲ 72×2 topics
  14. Microbiome5▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Bacterial Physiology5▲ 155×1 topic
  16. Cellular Homeostasis5▲ 87×1 topic
  17. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 7.8×10 topics
  18. Evolution4▲ 12×8 topics
  19. Metagenomics4▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Ribosome4▲ 53×1 topic
  21. Translation4▲ 17×1 topic
  22. Gene Expression4▲ 4.6×17 topics
  23. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 17×5 topics
  24. Cancer Progression4▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Electron Transport4▲ 31×3 topics
  26. Virus4▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Cell Death4▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Ecology4▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.0×14 topics
  30. Bacteriophage4▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Light Harvesting4▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Marine4▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Photosystem II4▲ 64×1 topic
  34. DNA Damage3▲ 30×3 topics
  35. Homologous Recombination3▲ 49×2 topics
  36. Functional Genomics3▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Genomic Instability3▲ 19×3 topics
  38. ATM and ATR Kinases3▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Drug Discovery3▲ 9.3×6 topics
  40. RNA-Seq3▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Bacterial Genetics and B…5Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 5 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…4RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 4 fractional worksBacteriophages and micro…4Bacteriophages and microbial interactions: 4 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…4Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…2RNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 2 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 2 fractional works
GeneticsMolecular BiologyEcology

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

  1. 1 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 5 works
  2. 2 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 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 available70.5%not open29.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.7%domestic only65.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 114% higher than in 2013–2017.

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