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JUNIA

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World rank, all time
#31,116
of 34,923
Rank in France
#876
of 943
Research works
139
▼ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
JUNIA

Which fields of science does JUNIA work in?

In all years, 41% of research at JUNIA is in Life Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (29%), Environmental Science (20%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 57 fractional works · 40.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 41 fractional works · 29.1% of its workPlant Science: 16 fractional works · 11.7% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 39.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 19.9% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 8.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKJUNIA139fractional works, all years
Life Sciences41%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4129.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology128.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.6%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Environmental Science2819.9%
    2. Chemistry85.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences74.7%
    4. Engineering64.0%
    5. Materials Science32.5%
    6. Computer Science21.7%
    7. Energy10.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine64.7%
    2. Veterinary42.6%
    3. Health Professions32.1%
    4. Nursing21.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences74.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.2%
    4. Psychology11.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.34× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.73× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.70× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× 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, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.34×1 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.30×1 works
  3. Energy3.22×0 works
  4. Neuroscience2.73×0 works
  5. Environmental Science2.70×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.39×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.03×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.40×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.38×0 works
  10. Materials Science1.13×0 works
  11. Chemistry1.10×0 works
  12. Medicine0.95×2 works
  13. Engineering0.49×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.38×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.36×0 works
  16. Psychology0.24×0 works

Who are the top researchers at JUNIA?

Ranked on the quality score, F. Douay, Hervé Fourrier and B.J. Lensink lead among researchers whose main affiliation is JUNIA.

  1. 1 F. Douay France · #716,342 worldwide 1.9k citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Hervé Fourrier France · #1,061,517 worldwide 1.5k citations · 19 works
  3. 3 B.J. Lensink France · #1,191,833 worldwide 1.4k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Christelle Pruvot France · #1,226,861 worldwide 1.6k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Christian Schvartz France · #1,858,407 worldwide 1.3k citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Francis Douay France · #3,459,251 worldwide 4k citations · 180 works
  7. 7 Joop Lensink France · #3,646,208 worldwide 523 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Guillaume Blancher France · #6,169,802 worldwide 298 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at JUNIA

What are the most cited papers from JUNIA?

The most cited paper from JUNIA is "Lead Uptake, Toxicity, and Detoxification in Plants" (Bertrand Pourrut, Muhammad Abdul Rehman Shahid, Camille Dumat et al., 2011), with 937 citations. Next come "Heavy-Metal-Induced Reactive Oxygen Species: Phytotoxicity and Physicochemical Changes in Plants" (537) and "Quick and dirty but still pretty good: a review of new descriptive methods in food science" (387).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Lead Uptake, Toxicity, and Detoxification in Plants Bertrand Pourrut, Muhammad Abdul Rehman Shahid, Camille Dumat et al. · Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Book chapterOpen access 2011 937
2 Heavy-Metal-Induced Reactive Oxygen Species: Phytotoxicity and Physicochemical Changes in Plants Muhammad Abdul Rehman Shahid, Bertrand Pourrut, Camille Dumat et al. · Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Book chapter 2014 537
3 Quick and dirty but still pretty good: a review of new descriptive methods in food science Dominique Valentin, Sylvie Chollet, Maud Lelièvre‐Desmas et al. · International Journal of Food Science & Technology 22 May 2012 387
4 Vertical distribution of Cd, Pb and Zn in soils near smelters in the North of France Thibault Sterckeman, F. Douay, Nicolas Proix et al. · Environmental Pollution Mar 2000 355
5 Lead-induced genotoxicity to Vicia faba L. roots in relation with metal cell uptake and initial speciation Muhammad Abdul Rehman Shahid, Éric Pinelli, Bertrand Pourrut et al. · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Open access 21 Sep 2010 251
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Which keywords describe research at JUNIA?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heavy Metals, Toxicity, Remediation, Bioavailability, Contamination, Pollution, Health Risk and Soil.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Heavy Metals14▲ 57×7 topics
  2. Toxicity14▲ 22×9 topics
  3. Remediation11▲ 110×2 topics
  4. Bioavailability11▲ 45×4 topics
  5. Contamination11▲ 89×2 topics
  6. Climate Change11▲ 2.9×27 topics
  7. Pollution10▲ 54×2 topics
  8. Health Risk10▲ 132×1 topic
  9. Soil10▲ 132×1 topic
  10. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.2×13 topics
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 14×8 topics
  12. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.5×22 topics
  13. Health Effects6▲ 7.0×12 topics
  14. Fungal Pathogens5▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Antioxidants5▲ 8.0×5 topics
  16. Consumer Perception5▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity4▲ 5.9×12 topics
  18. Metal Toxicity4▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Biomonitoring4▲ 25×3 topics
  20. Animal Welfare4▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Genomic Characterization4▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Environmental Health3▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Emotional State3▲ 71×1 topic
  24. Host Specificity3▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Stress Indicators3▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Endophytic Fungi3▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Plant Pathogenesis3▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Trace Elements3▲ 77×2 topics
  29. Soil Carbon Sequestration3▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Microbial Communities3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  32. Cadmium Carcinogenesis3▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Genomic Diversity3▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Lead Exposure3▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Lipid Oxidation3▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  37. Meat Quality3▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Mineralogy3▲ 59×2 topics
  39. Soil Fertility3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Bioaccumulation2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does JUNIA publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Immune cells in cancer, Sustainability and Innovation in Business and Occupational and environmental lung diseases.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 1 fractional worksSustainability and Innov…0Sustainability and Innovation in Business: 0 fractional worksOccupational and environ…0Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 0 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 0 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 0 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering a…0Industrial Engineering and Technologies: 0 fractional worksIon Channels and Receptors: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 0 fractional worksSignaling Pathways in Di…0Signaling Pathways in Disease: 0 fractional works
HematologyImmunologyManagement of Technology and InnovationPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 1 works
  2. 2 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 1 works
  3. 3 Sustainability and Innovation in Business Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  4. 4 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 0 works
  6. 6 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 0 works
  7. 7 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Ion Channels and Receptors Sensory Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 0 works
  10. 10 Signaling Pathways in Disease Molecular Biology 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.2%domestic only64.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has JUNIA's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is JUNIA as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

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