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Institut de Chimie Radicalaire

In research, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,844 of 21,541 worldwide), Organic Chemistry (#1,234 of 2,025 worldwide) and Chemistry (#2,100 of 3,369 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 38.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,350
of 28,054 · #9,612 all time
Rank in France
#207
of 1,422
Research works
433
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Institut de Chimie Radicalaire known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #5,844 of 21,541 22.2%314
Organic ChemistrySubfield #1,234 of 2,025 19.3%163
ChemistryField #2,100 of 3,369 19.4%206

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 38.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 20.4 works38×
  2. ChemistryField · 27.2 works24×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.62× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 24.33× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.16× its world share, 10 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.57× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.34× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 24.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut de Chimie Radicalaire?

Ranked on the composite score, Nicolas Ferré, Pierre Thureau and Trang N. T. Phan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut de Chimie Radicalaire.

  1. 1 Nicolas Ferré France · #664,580 worldwide 129 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Pierre Thureau France · #934,559 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Trang N. T. Phan France · #1,428,589 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Thierry Terme France · #1,429,047 worldwide 21 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Sylvia Pietri France · #1,601,399 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Institut de Chimie Radicalaire

Which keywords describe research at Institut de Chimie Radicalaire?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Self-Assembly, Polymerization, Hydrogen Bonding, Click Chemistry, Visible Light, Micelles, Block Copolymers and Living Radical Polymerization.

▲ 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. Self-Assembly6▲ 26×11 topics
  2. Polymerization5▲ 80×4 topics
  3. Click Chemistry4▲ 114×2 topics
  4. Hydrogen Bonding4▲ 72×4 topics
  5. Block Copolymers4▲ 227×2 topics
  6. Micelles4▲ 160×2 topics
  7. Visible Light4▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Cationic4▲ 475×1 topic
  9. Living Radical Polymerization4▲ 280×1 topic
  10. Photoinitiation4▲ 475×1 topic
  11. Thiol-Ene Chemistry4▲ 280×1 topic
  12. Molecular Dynamics4▲ 33×6 topics
  13. Nanoparticles4▲ 4.4×13 topics
  14. Synthesis4▲ 15×15 topics
  15. Medicinal Chemistry4▲ 18×10 topics
  16. Biomedical Applications3▲ 3.7×12 topics
  17. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Enantioselective Synthesis3▲ 63×5 topics
  19. Density Functional Theory3▲ 36×4 topics
  20. Biological Applications3▲ 53×4 topics
  21. Catalysis3▲ 5.5×19 topics
  22. Vibrational Spectroscopy2▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Photosynthesis2▲ 71×1 topic
  24. Quantum Coherence2▲ 108×1 topic
  25. Anticancer Agents2▲ 22×4 topics
  26. Heterocyclic Compounds2▲ 36×4 topics
  27. Molecular Switches2▲ 163×1 topic
  28. Photochromic2▲ 163×1 topic
  29. Biological Evaluation2▲ 50×4 topics
  30. Heterocycles2▲ 30×7 topics
  31. Transition Metal Catalysis2▲ 34×4 topics
  32. Drug Resistance2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  33. Antimicrobial Activity2▲ 15×3 topics
  34. NMR Spectroscopy2▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Organic Synthesis2▲ 23×6 topics
  36. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization2▲ 79×1 topic
  37. Electron Transfer2▲ 99×2 topics
  38. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions2▲ 41×3 topics
  39. Oxidation2▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Solid-State NMR2▲ 150×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut de Chimie Radicalaire publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Photopolymerization techniques and applications, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry.

Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization: 4 fractional worksPhotopolymerization techniques and applications: 4 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum…2Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 2 fractional worksPhotochromic and Fluores…2Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry: 2 fractional worksAdvanced NMR Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies: 2 fractional worksPhotochemistry and Elect…2Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies: 2 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 2 fractional worksSynthesis and Biological Evaluation: 1 fractional worksSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography: 1 fractional works
Organic ChemistryAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMaterials ChemistrySpectroscopy2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization Organic Chemistry 4 works
  2. 2 Photopolymerization techniques and applications Organic Chemistry 4 works
  3. 3 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  4. 4 Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry Materials Chemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Chemical Physics Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  7. 7 Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 2 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and Biological Evaluation Organic Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography Materials Chemistry 1 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Chimie Radicalaire's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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