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Laboratoire National de Santé

In research, Laboratoire National de Santé stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,932 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#7,461 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,273 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,507
of 28,054 · #10,918 all time
Rank in Luxembourg
#7
of 14
Research works
829
▼ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
28.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Laboratoire National de Santé 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 #4,932 of 14,347 25.4%244
MedicineField #7,461 of 17,978 20.1%317
Health SciencesDomain #9,273 of 20,462 19.1%361
Physical SciencesDomain #16,773 of 21,541 13.4%150

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laboratoire National de Santé 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: 1.54× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.89× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.84× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.21× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.40× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.22× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.90× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Laboratoire National de Santé?

Ranked on the composite score, Joël Mossong, Claude P. Muller and Michel Yegles lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laboratoire National de Santé.

  1. 1 Joël Mossong Luxembourg · #88,110 worldwide 374 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Claude P. Muller Luxembourg · #557,181 worldwide 147 citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Michel Yegles Luxembourg · #1,197,172 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Thibaut Neveux Luxembourg · #1,305,439 worldwide 5 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Robert Wennig Luxembourg · #1,352,964 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 René‐Louis Humbel Luxembourg · #1,586,218 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Laboratoire National de Santé

Which keywords describe research at Laboratoire National de Santé?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Environmental Monitoring, Public Health, Food Safety and Biomonitoring.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.5×45 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress6▲ 4.3×23 topics
  3. Health Effects6▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Risk Assessment6▲ 10×6 topics
  5. Public Health4▲ 3.4×20 topics
  6. Inflammation4▲ 2.1×22 topics
  7. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.2×6 topics
  8. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  9. Food Safety3▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Biomonitoring3▲ 41×3 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.8×13 topics
  12. Pesticides3▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Environmental Exposure2▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Neurotoxicity2▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Toxicity2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  17. Mortality2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  18. Neurodegeneration2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  19. DNA Damage2▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  21. Metabolic Disorders2▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Method Validation2▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Parkinson's Disease2▲ 9.3×7 topics
  24. Comet Assay2▲ 139×1 topic
  25. Genotoxicity Testing2▲ 139×1 topic
  26. Immunity2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  27. Pollution2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Exposure2▲ 40×2 topics
  29. Forensic Toxicology2▲ 78×2 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  31. Neuroprotection2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Particulate Matter2▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Air Pollution2▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Bioremediation2▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Chronic Diseases2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  36. Fine Particulate Air Pollution2▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Chemical Warfare Agents2▲ 87×1 topic
  39. Organophosphates2▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Bisphenol A1▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Laboratoire National de Santé publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals.

Carcinogens and Genotoxi…2Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and T…2Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 2 fractional worksEffects and risks of end…1Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 1 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 1 fractional worksPesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies: 1 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections…1Urinary Tract Infections Management: 1 fractional worksSafe Handling of Antineo…1Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs: 1 fractional worksChemical Safety and Risk…1Chemical Safety and Risk Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…1Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPlant ScienceToxicology5 others

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

  1. 1 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 2 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  3. 3 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  5. 5 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 1 works
  6. 6 Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies Pollution 1 works
  7. 7 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs Occupational Therapy 1 works
  9. 9 Chemical Safety and Risk Management Chemical Health and Safety 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 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 available45.9%not open54.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.3%domestic only50.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Laboratoire National de Santé's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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