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Institut du Cerveau

In research, Institut du Cerveau stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,393 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#4,211 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,513 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 18.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,763
of 28,054 · #5,545 all time
Rank in France
#99
of 1,422
Research works
1k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
33.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Institut du Cerveau 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 #2,393 of 7,800 25.4%120 #2443
MedicineField #4,211 of 10,443 25.2%120 #5106
Health SciencesDomain #5,513 of 11,982 24.5%127 #6705
NeuroscienceField #714 of 1,168 24.1%80 #894

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut du Cerveau 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. Life Sciences#2,443 #2,393
  2. Medicine#5,106 #4,211
  3. Health Sciences#6,705 #5,513
  4. Neuroscience#894 #714
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 du Cerveau specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 18.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 41.2 works18×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 30.5 works17×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 79.8 works16×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.14× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 15.83× its world share, 80 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.47× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut du Cerveau?

Ranked on the composite score, Olivier Colliot, Stanley Durrleman and Luc Mallet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut du Cerveau.

  1. 1 Olivier Colliot France · #424,502 worldwide 176 citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Stanley Durrleman France · #517,553 worldwide 96 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Luc Mallet France · #791,914 worldwide 51 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Nathalie George France · #797,293 worldwide 102 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Sara Fernández-Vidal France · #869,285 worldwide 54 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Ninon Burgos France · #965,574 worldwide 55 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Vincent Trybou France · #1,026,292 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Laurent Hugueville France · #1,115,907 worldwide 13 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Mario Chávez France · #1,145,747 worldwide 45 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Marie‐Constance Corsi France · #1,359,182 worldwide 5 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Institut du Cerveau

Which keywords describe research at Institut du Cerveau?

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

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders28▲ 16×18 topics
  2. Neurodegeneration26▲ 28×9 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress25▲ 5.0×31 topics
  4. Mitochondrial Dysfunction22▲ 25×9 topics
  5. Parkinson's Disease18▲ 25×8 topics
  6. Neuroimaging16▲ 19×11 topics
  7. Deep Learning16▲ 1.46×30 topics
  8. Diagnostic Criteria14▲ 20×8 topics
  9. Neuroinflammation14▲ 16×6 topics
  10. Immunotherapy12▲ 5.2×17 topics
  11. Aging10▲ 6.2×13 topics
  12. Functional Connectivity10▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Epilepsy10▲ 30×4 topics
  14. Dopaminergic Neurons10▲ 49×2 topics
  15. Genetics10▲ 4.4×14 topics
  16. Brain Development9▲ 17×5 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations9▲ 6.6×18 topics
  18. Genetic Risk Factors9▲ 54×1 topic
  19. a-Synuclein9▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Alzheimer's Disease8▲ 9.6×8 topics
  21. Radiotherapy8▲ 6.8×4 topics
  22. Deep Brain Stimulation8▲ 37×3 topics
  23. Molecular Classification8▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Cognitive Impairment8▲ 9.7×9 topics
  25. Glioblastoma7▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Temozolomide7▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Therapeutic Strategies7▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Amyloid Hypothesis7▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Tau Pathology7▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Neurobiology7▲ 8.6×10 topics
  31. Neuronal Oscillations7▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Protein Aggregation7▲ 42×3 topics
  33. Cognitive Functions7▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Emotion Regulation7▲ 6.9×6 topics
  35. Circadian Rhythms6▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Treatment-Resistant Depression6▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Working Memory6▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Default Mode Network6▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Resting-State fMRI6▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Cognitive Training6▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut du Cerveau publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Parkinson's Disease Mech…9Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 9 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…7Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 7 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 6 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 6 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 6 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 6 fractional worksNeurological disorders a…6Neurological disorders and treatments: 6 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 5 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 4 fractional works
NeurologyGeneticsPhysiologyCognitive Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 9 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 7 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 7 works
  4. 4 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  5. 5 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  6. 6 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  7. 7 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  8. 8 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 6 works
  9. 9 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  10. 10 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 4 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 available59.8%not open40.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.5%domestic only54.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut du Cerveau's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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