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Institut Pasteur

In research, Institut Pasteur stands highest in Life Sciences (#347 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#301 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,779 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Microbiology — Endocrinology is 30.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,178
of 28,054 · #323 all time
Rank in France
#24
of 1,422
Research works
21k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
50.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Institut Pasteur 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 #347 of 7,800 27.9%496 #69
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #301 of 3,579 27.7%295 #79
MedicineField #1,779 of 10,443 22.9%349 #296
Health SciencesDomain #2,454 of 11,982 21.9%383 #388
Molecular BiologySubfield #489 of 2,175 26.5%161 #99
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #105 of 345 26.4%80 #20
Physical SciencesDomain #6,239 of 12,888 22.4%118 #1892
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #340 of 682 29.8%95 #49
EpidemiologySubfield #490 of 976 24.9%68 #79
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #496 of 828 25.6%67 #87

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Pasteur 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#69 #347
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#79 #301
  3. Medicine#296 #1,779
  4. Health Sciences#388 #2,454
  5. Molecular Biology#99 #489
  6. Infectious Diseases#20 #105
  7. Physical Sciences#1,892 #6,239
  8. Immunology and Microbiology#49 #340
  9. Epidemiology#79 #490
  10. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#87 #496
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 Pasteur specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology takes 30.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EndocrinologySubfield · 26.6 works30×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 79.7 works10×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 94.8 works8.4×
← 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: 0.97× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.93× its world share, 295 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.38× its world share, 95 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.84× its world share, 52 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 349 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.95× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Pasteur?

Ranked on the composite score, Luc Montagnier, Jacques Monod and Stewart T. Cole lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Pasteur.

  1. 1 Luc Montagnier France · #3,714 worldwide 1.6k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Jacques Monod France · #10,275 worldwide 2k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Stewart T. Cole France · #11,800 worldwide 658 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Sylvie van der Werf France · #13,617 worldwide 842 citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Antoine Danchin France · #15,640 worldwide 729 citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Ara G. Hovanessian France · #18,136 worldwide 610 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Olivier Schwartz France · #18,930 worldwide 732 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Simon Cauchemez France · #20,538 worldwide 437 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Sylvain Brisse France · #21,631 worldwide 529 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Patrick A. D. Grimont France · #22,646 worldwide 1.4k citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Pasteur

Which keywords describe research at Institut Pasteur?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Vaccine, Immune Response, Antibiotic Resistance, Immunity and Genomics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology228▲ 5.1×114 topics
  2. Pathogenesis72▲ 13×22 topics
  3. Vaccine Development71▲ 25×11 topics
  4. Vaccine58▲ 13×11 topics
  5. Immune Response52▲ 8.1×21 topics
  6. Public Health51▲ 3.1×42 topics
  7. Diagnosis42▲ 4.1×36 topics
  8. Antibiotic Resistance41▲ 9.5×14 topics
  9. Immunity38▲ 8.5×9 topics
  10. Genomics38▲ 11×9 topics
  11. Treatment36▲ 2.6×38 topics
  12. Vector Control34▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Evolution31▲ 11×9 topics
  14. Virulence Factors28▲ 17×8 topics
  15. Global Burden27▲ 4.5×10 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-226▲ 7.0×6 topics
  17. Virus25▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity24▲ 4.8×12 topics
  19. Arboviral Diseases23▲ 31×1 topic
  20. Zika Virus23▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Antimicrobial Resistance22▲ 10.0×9 topics
  22. Phylogenetic Analysis22▲ 6.4×11 topics
  23. ACE2 Receptor20▲ 7.4×3 topics
  24. Innate Immunity20▲ 5.7×11 topics
  25. Metagenomics20▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Biofilm Formation20▲ 26×4 topics
  27. Genome Sequence20▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Ecology19▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Microbiome19▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Antifungal Therapy19▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Viral Transmission18▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Gene Regulation18▲ 18×5 topics
  33. RNA-Seq18▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Mutation18▲ 8.6×5 topics
  35. Pathogenicity18▲ 25×5 topics
  36. Bacterial Pathogenesis18▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Virulence18▲ 25×4 topics
  38. Therapy18▲ 8.0×5 topics
  39. Bacteriophage17▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Marine17▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut Pasteur publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Malaria Research and Control and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Mosquito-borne diseases …23Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 23 fractional worksBacteriophages and micro…17Bacteriophages and microbial interactions: 17 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 16 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 14 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 14 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 13 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 12 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and B…11Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 11 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 11 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research studies: 10 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEcologyMolecular BiologyInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 23 works
  2. 2 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 17 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 14 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 14 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 13 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 12 works
  8. 8 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 11 works
  9. 9 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 11 works
  10. 10 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 10 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-authors27.8%domestic only72.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Pasteur's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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