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Institut Gustave Roussy

In research, Institut Gustave Roussy stands highest in Medicine (#441 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#651 of 11,982 worldwide) and Oncology (#74 of 772 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Reproductive Medicine — Oncology is 16.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,565
of 28,054 · #1,129 all time
Rank in France
#28
of 1,422
Research works
11k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
420k
37.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Institut Gustave Roussy 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 #441 of 10,443 18.4%813 #245
Health SciencesDomain #651 of 11,982 18.1%842 #317
OncologySubfield #74 of 772 19.7%214 #57
Life SciencesDomain #766 of 7,800 18.6%254 #463
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #161 of 1,144 21.0%137 #93
SurgerySubfield #674 of 1,816 20.4%77 #283
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,436 of 3,579 16.9%201 #546
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,134 of 2,175 18.0%95 #420
Cancer ResearchSubfield #203 of 237 14.7%66 #125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Gustave Roussy 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. Medicine#245 #441
  2. Health Sciences#317 #651
  3. Oncology#57 #74
  4. Life Sciences#463 #766
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#93 #161
  6. Surgery#283 #674
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#546 #1,436
  8. Molecular Biology#420 #1,134
  9. Cancer Research#125 #203
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 Gustave Roussy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 214.0 works16×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 65.9 works13×
  3. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 22.9 works8.6×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 25.1 works7.8×
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 136.8 works7.5×
  6. HematologySubfield · 22.8 works6.4×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.18× its world share, 201 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.16× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 813 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Gustave Roussy?

Ranked on the composite score, Éric Baudin, Caroline Robert and Michel Ducreux lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Gustave Roussy.

  1. 1 Éric Baudin France · #1,303 worldwide 1.7k citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Caroline Robert France · #1,339 worldwide 3.3k citations · 242 works
  3. 3 Michel Ducreux France · #1,875 worldwide 1.6k citations · 174 works
  4. 4 Martin Schlumberger France · #2,230 worldwide 3.1k citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Laurence Zitvogel France · #3,420 worldwide 2k citations · 134 works
  6. 6 Guido Kroemer France · #3,612 worldwide 4.2k citations · 265 works
  7. 7 Alexander M.M. Eggermont France · #4,657 worldwide 1.4k citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Karim Fizazi France · #7,717 worldwide 2k citations · 197 works
  9. 9 Fabrice André France · #10,546 worldwide 2.2k citations · 254 works
  10. 10 M. Spielmann France · #12,495 worldwide 530 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Gustave Roussy

Which keywords describe research at Institut Gustave Roussy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Trials, Tumor Microenvironment, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy155▲ 19×24 topics
  2. Immunotherapy121▲ 14×19 topics
  3. Targeted Therapy98▲ 37×5 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors88▲ 17×14 topics
  5. Clinical Trials88▲ 11×17 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment75▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Cancer69▲ 4.3×47 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines61▲ 9.5×13 topics
  9. Radiotherapy61▲ 13×13 topics
  10. Biomarkers58▲ 7.1×16 topics
  11. Metastasis53▲ 13×12 topics
  12. Genomic Instability50▲ 38×3 topics
  13. Quality of Life49▲ 2.9×32 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations48▲ 9.3×20 topics
  15. Genomic Profiling45▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Breast Cancer44▲ 16×10 topics
  17. Survival Analysis44▲ 14×7 topics
  18. Immune Checkpoint Blockade43▲ 33×1 topic
  19. PD-1 and PD-L143▲ 33×1 topic
  20. Precision Medicine42▲ 7.7×7 topics
  21. Somatic Mutations41▲ 42×2 topics
  22. Cell-Free DNA41▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Cancer Genomics41▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Mutational Signatures41▲ 48×1 topic
  25. Cancer Therapy39▲ 5.8×18 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy35▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Molecular Characterization34▲ 16×6 topics
  28. Treatment Guidelines33▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Cancer Immunotherapy32▲ 18×3 topics
  30. ALK Inhibitors32▲ 44×1 topic
  31. EGFR Mutations32▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Lymphoma32▲ 17×4 topics
  33. PET Imaging31▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Molecular Classification28▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Molecular Subtypes27▲ 28×3 topics
  36. BRAF Mutation27▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Metastatic27▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Tumor Regression27▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Cetuximab26▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Metastatic Breast Cancer25▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut Gustave Roussy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 43 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 41 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…32Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 32 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…20CAR-T cell therapy research: 20 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 19 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…18Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 18 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 16 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 16 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 15 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineReproductive Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 43 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 41 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 32 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 20 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 19 works
  6. 6 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 18 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 16 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 16 works
  10. 10 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 15 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Gustave Roussy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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