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L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté

In research, L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté stands highest in Medicine (#13,385 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,355 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,468
of 28,054 · #28,012 all time
Rank in France
#1,001
of 1,422
Research works
341
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté 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
MedicineField #13,385 of 17,978 7.9%174
Health SciencesDomain #16,355 of 20,462 7.5%191

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté 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: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.09× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.43× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.80× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté?

Ranked on the composite score, Alain Monnier, Thierry Conrozier and Souheil Zayet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté.

  1. 1 Alain Monnier France · #68,065 worldwide 260 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Thierry Conrozier France · #413,708 worldwide 54 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Souheil Zayet France · #1,416,102 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté

Which keywords describe research at L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Pathogenesis, Regeneration, Matrix Metalloproteinases and Osteoarthritis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 4.9×54 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 3.5×21 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 5.5×22 topics
  4. Diagnosis5▲ 6.8×23 topics
  5. Pathogenesis4▲ 9.6×11 topics
  6. Regeneration3▲ 22×2 topics
  7. Management3▲ 4.7×16 topics
  8. Quality of Life3▲ 2.5×16 topics
  9. Matrix Metalloproteinases2▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Osteoarthritis2▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Cartilage2▲ 65×1 topic
  12. Chondrocyte2▲ 65×1 topic
  13. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.4×13 topics
  14. Immune Response2▲ 5.1×9 topics
  15. Vaccine2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  16. Risk Factors2▲ 2.5×8 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.7×10 topics
  18. Surgical Management2▲ 6.4×10 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.2×4 topics
  21. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.1×11 topics
  22. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  23. Neuropathology2▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  25. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  26. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis2▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Surgical Treatment2▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Biomechanics1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  29. Pathophysiology1▲ 6.5×6 topics
  30. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 9.3×4 topics
  31. Neurologic Manifestations1▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome1▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Virulence Factors1▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Autoantibodies1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  35. Clinical Features1▲ 45×4 topics
  36. Guideline Development1▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Infection1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  38. Quality Assessment1▲ 8.6×1 topic
  39. Growth Factors1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Platelet-Rich Plasma1▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Clinical practice guidelines implementation and Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis.

Osteoarthritis Treatment…2Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 1 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 1 fractional worksOtitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis: 1 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 1 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections…1Streptococcal Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…1Health, Medicine and Society: 1 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…1Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies …1Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 1 fractional works
RheumatologyNeurologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrthopedics and Sports Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 2 works
  2. 2 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 1 works
  3. 3 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis Rheumatology 1 works
  5. 5 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 1 works
  7. 7 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has L'Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.