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Institut du Thorax

In research, Institut du Thorax stands highest in Medicine (#5,363 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,192 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 11.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,568
of 28,054 · #15,438 all time
Rank in France
#517
of 1,422
Research works
677
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Institut du Thorax 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
MedicineField #5,363 of 10,443 14.2%126 #6654
Health SciencesDomain #6,192 of 11,982 13.9%133 #8471

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut du Thorax 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 du Thorax specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 24.0 works12×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 22.6 works7.6×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.19× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.21× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 126 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut du Thorax?

Ranked on the composite score, Vincent Probst, Christian Dina and Richard Redon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut du Thorax.

  1. 1 Vincent Probst France · #32,063 worldwide 494 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Christian Dina France · #66,022 worldwide 349 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Richard Redon France · #94,964 worldwide 228 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Jean‐Noël Trochu France · #141,578 worldwide 227 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Jean‐Jacques Schott France · #322,836 worldwide 266 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Thierry Le Tourneau France · #332,092 worldwide 184 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Perrine Paul‐Gilloteaux France · #370,349 worldwide 44 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Nicolas Piriou France · #397,188 worldwide 121 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 A. Magnan France · #446,911 worldwide 137 citations · 82 works
  10. 10 Florent Autrusseau France · #465,269 worldwide 109 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Institut du Thorax

Which keywords describe research at Institut du Thorax?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Clinical Trials, Inflammation, Ion Channels, Metabolic Syndrome, Epidemiology, Arrhythmias, Heart Failure and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.0×63 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 3.4×61 topics
  3. Clinical Trials10▲ 7.4×8 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 5.9×17 topics
  5. Ion Channels9▲ 43×4 topics
  6. Treatment9▲ 3.9×26 topics
  7. Cancer8▲ 3.2×43 topics
  8. Obesity8▲ 5.3×19 topics
  9. Arrhythmias8▲ 43×2 topics
  10. Heart Failure8▲ 9.1×12 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.5×29 topics
  12. Chemotherapy7▲ 5.5×18 topics
  13. Echocardiography7▲ 14×8 topics
  14. Sudden Cardiac Death7▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Atherosclerosis7▲ 13×11 topics
  16. Calcium Signaling7▲ 48×4 topics
  17. Targeted Therapy7▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Diagnosis6▲ 3.6×20 topics
  19. Genetic Testing6▲ 29×3 topics
  20. Cardiac Electrophysiology6▲ 77×1 topic
  21. Long-QT Syndrome6▲ 77×1 topic
  22. Diabetes6▲ 6.5×17 topics
  23. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.4×13 topics
  24. Treatment Guidelines6▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance6▲ 6.3×10 topics
  26. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.8×16 topics
  29. Genetic Variants4▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Statins4▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Cholesterol4▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Fibrosis4▲ 11×8 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  34. ALK Inhibitors4▲ 33×1 topic
  35. C-Reactive Protein4▲ 27×2 topics
  36. EGFR Mutations4▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Cell Signaling4▲ 13×9 topics
  38. Endovascular Repair4▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 8.6×5 topics
  40. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut du Thorax publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health.

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…4Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…3Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…2Asthma and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksIon channel regulation and function: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Ion channel regulation and function Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available40.4%not open59.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut du Thorax's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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