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Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives

In research, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,326 of 14,347 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,771 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 19.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,492
of 28,054 · #12,574 all time
Rank in France
#516
of 1,422
Research works
312
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
33.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,326 of 14,347 25.9%149
Health SciencesDomain #13,771 of 20,462 29.4%128

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives 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 des Maladies Neurodégénératives specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 19.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 26.2 works19×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 19.03× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.32× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 19.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives?

Ranked on the composite score, Wassilios G. Meissner, Thomas Boraud and Erwan Bézard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives.

  1. 1 Wassilios G. Meissner France · #81,926 worldwide 210 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Thomas Boraud France · #191,499 worldwide 110 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Erwan Bézard France · #200,924 worldwide 196 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Abdelhamid Benazzouz France · #266,467 worldwide 100 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Pierre Burbaud France · #1,299,700 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives

Which keywords describe research at Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Parkinson's Disease, Neurological Disorders, Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Diagnostic Criteria, Dopaminergic Neurons and Epilepsy.

▲ 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. Parkinson's Disease13▲ 62×8 topics
  2. Neurological Disorders13▲ 26×17 topics
  3. Neurodegeneration11▲ 44×9 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress11▲ 7.8×19 topics
  5. Mitochondrial Dysfunction8▲ 33×6 topics
  6. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 35×5 topics
  7. Dopaminergic Neurons6▲ 117×2 topics
  8. Epilepsy6▲ 68×4 topics
  9. Genetic Risk Factors6▲ 140×1 topic
  10. Neuroimaging6▲ 27×9 topics
  11. a-Synuclein6▲ 140×1 topic
  12. Basal Ganglia6▲ 118×2 topics
  13. Deep Brain Stimulation5▲ 92×3 topics
  14. Treatment-Resistant Depression5▲ 97×2 topics
  15. Neuromodulation5▲ 98×2 topics
  16. Dystonia5▲ 150×1 topic
  17. Subthalamic Nucleus5▲ 150×1 topic
  18. Neuroinflammation5▲ 20×6 topics
  19. Synaptic Plasticity5▲ 25×5 topics
  20. Brain Development4▲ 28×6 topics
  21. Functional Connectivity3▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Brain Connectivity3▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Prefrontal Cortex3▲ 45×3 topics
  24. Neurobiology3▲ 13×6 topics
  25. Neuronal Circuits3▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Dendritic Spines3▲ 41×2 topics
  27. GABAergic3▲ 64×1 topic
  28. Neurotransmission3▲ 64×1 topic
  29. Aging3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  30. Genetics3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  31. Neural Plasticity3▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Neuronal Plasticity3▲ 59×2 topics
  33. Diffusion MRI3▲ 99×1 topic
  34. White Matter3▲ 99×1 topic
  35. Default Mode Network2▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Resting-State fMRI2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  38. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  39. Amyloid Hypothesis2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Tau Pathology2▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neurological disorders and treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications.

Parkinson's Disease Mech…6Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 6 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 5 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…2Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural Engineering: 2 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Treatments: 2 fractional works
NeurologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCognitive Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 6 works
  2. 2 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 5 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  4. 4 Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  10. 10 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 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 available59.1%not open40.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.9%domestic only62.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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