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Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier

In research, Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,876 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#1,226 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,295 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Plant Science is 26.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,239
of 28,054 · #9,831 all time
Rank in France
#884
of 1,422
Research works
777
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
45.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,876 of 3,409 9.1%82 #1052
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,226 of 1,395 10.6%65 #268
Life SciencesDomain #7,295 of 7,800 8.0%107 #4361

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,052 #2,876
  2. Plant Science#268 #1,226
  3. Life Sciences#4,361 #7,295
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 26.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 64.7 works27×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 81.6 works12×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 106.6 works5.9×
← 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: 12.32× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.08× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.36× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier?

Ranked on the composite score, Claude Grignon, Hervé Sentenac and Christian Dubos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier.

  1. 1 Claude Grignon France · #31,252 worldwide 230 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Hervé Sentenac France · #68,142 worldwide 333 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Christian Dubos France · #96,208 worldwide 653 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Christophe Maurel France · #127,540 worldwide 244 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Jean‐François Briat France · #186,405 worldwide 195 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Benjamin Péret France · #247,157 worldwide 71 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Catherine Curie France · #247,187 worldwide 306 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Jean‐Baptiste Thibaud France · #247,278 worldwide 186 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Benoı̂t Lacombe France · #256,427 worldwide 152 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Alaín Gojon France · #306,091 worldwide 179 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier

Which keywords describe research at Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Metabolism, Phosphorus, Genetic Regulation, Plant Development, Nitrogen, Root Architecture and Food Security.

▲ 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. Gene Expression17▲ 20×8 topics
  2. Metabolism16▲ 23×8 topics
  3. Phosphorus14▲ 119×2 topics
  4. Genetic Regulation14▲ 60×3 topics
  5. Plant Development13▲ 148×3 topics
  6. Nitrogen12▲ 298×1 topic
  7. Root Architecture12▲ 298×1 topic
  8. Food Security12▲ 16×7 topics
  9. Climate Change10▲ 2.7×20 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress9▲ 4.0×15 topics
  11. Transcription Factors8▲ 51×4 topics
  12. Plant Nutrition8▲ 60×3 topics
  13. MicroRNA8▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Biofortification8▲ 139×1 topic
  15. Mineral Elements8▲ 247×1 topic
  16. Antioxidants8▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Development7▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Epigenetic Regulation7▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species7▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Signal Transduction7▲ 36×4 topics
  21. Auxin7▲ 111×1 topic
  22. Drought Resistance7▲ 52×3 topics
  23. Plant7▲ 111×1 topic
  24. Plant Responses7▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Plant Growth6▲ 41×5 topics
  26. Abiotic Stress6▲ 60×2 topics
  27. Salt Tolerance6▲ 83×1 topic
  28. Stress Signaling6▲ 83×1 topic
  29. Antioxidant Activity6▲ 6.2×11 topics
  30. Crop Productivity5▲ 49×3 topics
  31. Regulation5▲ 6.1×5 topics
  32. QTL Mapping4▲ 27×4 topics
  33. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 10×7 topics
  34. Genetic Mapping4▲ 36×5 topics
  35. Drought Tolerance3▲ 17×7 topics
  36. Horticultural Crops3▲ 32×3 topics
  37. Nutrient Uptake3▲ 34×3 topics
  38. Soil Moisture3▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Water Use Efficiency3▲ 71×2 topics
  40. Soil Fertility3▲ 9.8×6 topics

Which research topics does Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, Plant Molecular Biology Research and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Plant nutrient uptake an…12Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 12 fractional worksPlant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects: 8 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 7 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 6 fractional worksPlant responses to elevated CO2: 3 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and…3Irrigation Practices and Water Management: 3 fractional worksBotanical Research and Chemistry: 2 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 2 fractional worksIon Transport and Channel Regulation: 2 fractional worksPhosphorus and nutrient management: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceSoil ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAgronomy and Crop Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 12 works
  2. 2 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 8 works
  3. 3 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 7 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 6 works
  5. 5 Plant responses to elevated CO2 Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 3 works
  7. 7 Botanical Research and Chemistry Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  8. 8 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  9. 9 Ion Transport and Channel Regulation Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Phosphorus and nutrient management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available32.7%not open67.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher 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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