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Institut de Biologie Structurale

In research, Institut de Biologie Structurale stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,191 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,851
of 28,054 · #5,341 all time
Rank in France
#292
of 1,422
Research works
1.1k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
48.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Institut de Biologie Structurale 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 #4,191 of 7,800 18.3%67 #2773

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut de Biologie Structurale 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 Structurale specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 36.8 works9.9×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.21× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.81× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.12× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.15× its world share, 9 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 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, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut de Biologie Structurale?

Ranked on the composite score, Martin J. Field, Hugues Lortat‐Jacob and Thierry Vernet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut de Biologie Structurale.

  1. 1 Martin J. Field France · #44,739 worldwide 1.9k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Hugues Lortat‐Jacob France · #51,466 worldwide 235 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Thierry Vernet France · #53,931 worldwide 297 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Antoine Royant France · #188,160 worldwide 173 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Martin Blackledge France · #232,023 worldwide 191 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Robert L. Margolis France · #290,641 worldwide 193 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Nicole M. Thielens France · #292,185 worldwide 125 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Franck Fieschi France · #310,204 worldwide 89 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Giorgio Schirò France · #311,931 worldwide 82 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Juan C. Fontecilla‐Camps France · #340,499 worldwide 131 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institut de Biologie Structurale

Which keywords describe research at Institut de Biologie Structurale?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Therapy, Pathogenesis, Small-Angle Scattering, Enzyme Structure, Macromolecular Crystallography, Structure Solution, Epidemiology and Enzyme Catalysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.2×43 topics
  2. Cancer Therapy7▲ 9.8×12 topics
  3. Cancer7▲ 4.1×24 topics
  4. Pathogenesis6▲ 9.7×12 topics
  5. Small-Angle Scattering6▲ 89×2 topics
  6. Enzyme Structure6▲ 182×2 topics
  7. Macromolecular Crystallography6▲ 251×1 topic
  8. Structure Solution6▲ 251×1 topic
  9. Enzyme Catalysis5▲ 105×2 topics
  10. Molecular Dynamics5▲ 25×4 topics
  11. Genomics5▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Prediction4▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Protein4▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Force Field4▲ 105×1 topic
  15. Structure4▲ 80×1 topic
  16. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 8.9×7 topics
  17. Signal Transduction4▲ 22×7 topics
  18. Vaccine4▲ 8.0×8 topics
  19. Virus4▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Immune Response4▲ 5.3×15 topics
  21. Nanoparticles4▲ 2.4×12 topics
  22. Glycosylation3▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Immunity3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  24. Chromatin3▲ 52×2 topics
  25. Evolution3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  26. DNA Damage3▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Homologous Recombination3▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Membrane Proteins3▲ 32×3 topics
  29. Metagenomics3▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Genomic Instability3▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Repair3▲ 98×1 topic
  32. Cell Signaling3▲ 14×8 topics
  33. Ecology2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Virulence Factors2▲ 14×7 topics
  35. Drug Discovery2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  36. Gene Regulation2▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Ribosome2▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Translation2▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Microbiome2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Therapy2▲ 8.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut de Biologie Structurale publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Enzyme Structure and Function, Protein Structure and Dynamics, DNA Repair Mechanisms and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Enzyme Structure and Fun…6Enzyme Structure and Function: 6 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 4 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms3DNA Repair Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 2 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 2 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis …2Microtubule and mitosis dynamics: 2 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 2 fractional worksGlycosylation and Glycoproteins Research: 2 fractional worksPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research: 2 fractional works
Materials ChemistryMolecular BiologyEcologyCell Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 6 works
  2. 2 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 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 available49.0%not open51.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Biologie Structurale's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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