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Institut Mérieux (France)

In research, Institut Mérieux (France) stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,832 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#9,103 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,497 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,407
of 42,892
Rank in France
#608
of 2,321
Research works
860
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Institut Mérieux (France) 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 #3,832 of 14,347 17.5%319
MedicineField #9,103 of 17,978 19.0%333
Health SciencesDomain #11,497 of 20,462 18.5%356
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,681 of 7,814 17.1%133
Physical SciencesDomain #14,650 of 21,541 17.0%136

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Mérieux (France) 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).

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: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.65× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.45× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.68× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.84× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Mérieux (France)?

Ranked on the composite score, B Montagnon, M Roumiantzeff and Pierre Bintz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Mérieux (France).

  1. 1 B Montagnon France · #1,132,569 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 M Roumiantzeff France · #1,146,911 worldwide 21 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Pierre Bintz France · #1,200,071 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 N Ajjan France · #1,374,125 worldwide 9 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Mérieux (France)

Which keywords describe research at Institut Mérieux (France)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Ribosome, Translation, Monte Carlo Simulation, Infection and Immune Response.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 4.0×42 topics
  2. Climate Change2▲ 1.55×10 topics
  3. Public Health2▲ 2.9×12 topics
  4. Vaccine2▲ 9.7×7 topics
  5. Pathogenesis1▲ 7.6×12 topics
  6. Ribosome1▲ 69×1 topic
  7. Translation1▲ 22×1 topic
  8. Immune Response1▲ 5.8×8 topics
  9. Monte Carlo Simulation1▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Nanoparticles1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  11. Deep Learning1▼ 0.86×7 topics
  12. Diagnosis1▲ 3.2×8 topics
  13. Immunity1▲ 7.1×4 topics
  14. Infection1▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Cultural Sustainability1▲ 48×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut Mérieux (France) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design, Control Systems and Identification and Quantum chaos and dynamical systems.

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 1 fractional worksProbabilistic and Robust Engineering Design: 1 fractional worksControl Systems and Iden…1Control Systems and Identification: 1 fractional worksQuantum chaos and dynami…1Quantum chaos and dynamical systems: 1 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 1 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 1 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…1Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 0 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 0 fractional worksIndustrial Vision System…0Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyControl and Systems EngineeringStatistical and Nonlinear Physics5 others

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 1 works
  2. 2 Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  3. 3 Control Systems and Identification Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Quantum chaos and dynamical systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  5. 5 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 1 works
  7. 7 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 0 works
  10. 10 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Mérieux (France)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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