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Istituto Pasteur

In research, Istituto Pasteur stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,336 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,988
of 28,054 · #5,437 all time
Rank in Italy
#170
of 618
Research works
1.2k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
50.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Istituto 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 #2,336 of 7,800 27.9%84 #2062

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto 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).

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: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.43× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 11.99× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.96× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.50× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.56× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Istituto Pasteur?

Ranked on the composite score, Maurizio Gatti and Maria Luisa Mangoni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto Pasteur.

  1. 1 Maurizio Gatti Italy · #408,829 worldwide 180 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Maria Luisa Mangoni Italy · #988,209 worldwide 61 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto Pasteur

Which keywords describe research at Istituto Pasteur?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Cancer Therapy, Inflammation, Innate Immunity, Epidemiology, Immunity, Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis.

▲ 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. Cancer15▲ 7.9×31 topics
  2. Epidemiology13▲ 2.4×42 topics
  3. Inflammation12▲ 4.1×45 topics
  4. Cancer Therapy10▲ 12×16 topics
  5. Innate Immunity8▲ 19×9 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.5×28 topics
  7. Immunity6▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Apoptosis5▲ 12×12 topics
  9. Immune Response5▲ 6.2×16 topics
  10. Pathogenesis5▲ 6.8×14 topics
  11. Pandemic5▲ 3.1×4 topics
  12. Vaccine5▲ 8.2×9 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-24▲ 9.4×5 topics
  14. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 8.0×8 topics
  15. Gene Expression4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  16. Metabolism4▲ 5.8×16 topics
  17. Biomarkers4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  18. Epigenetic Regulation4▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 17×6 topics
  20. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Mutation4▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  23. Stem Cells4▲ 11×9 topics
  24. Vaccine Development4▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Immune Modulation4▲ 24×3 topics
  26. NK Cell Recognition4▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Natural Killer Cells4▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Cell Death3▲ 10×6 topics
  29. Host Defense3▲ 45×3 topics
  30. Biogenesis3▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Cytokines3▲ 8.2×7 topics
  32. Neurodegeneration3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  33. Pattern Recognition Receptors3▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Antimicrobial Peptides3▲ 49×2 topics
  35. Prediction3▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Protein3▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Brain Development3▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Mitochondria3▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Structure3▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Istituto Pasteur publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Immune Cell Function and…4Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 4 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…3Protein Structure and Dynamics: 3 fractional worksAntimicrobial Peptides a…3Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities: 3 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…2Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksEnzyme Structure and Function: 2 fractional worksinterferon and immune re…2interferon and immune responses: 2 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 2 fractional worksAutophagy in Disease and Therapy: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…2Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 2 fractional works
ImmunologyMolecular BiologyMicrobiologyInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 4 works
  2. 2 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities Microbiology 3 works
  4. 4 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 2 works
  7. 7 interferon and immune responses Immunology 2 works
  8. 8 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 2 works
  9. 9 Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Istituto Pasteur's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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