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Maternité Port Royal

In research, Maternité Port Royal stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,365 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,414 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,169
of 22,385 · #7,681 all time
Rank in France
#311
of 517
Research works
1.7k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
40k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Maternité Port Royal

What is Maternité Port Royal known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,365 of 9,902 6.6%107 #2448
MedicineField #2,414 of 8,541 6.7%95 #2294

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maternité Port Royal 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Maternité Port Royal work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Maternité Port Royal is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Health Professions (7%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 118 fractional works · 79.3% of its workMedicine: 106 fractional works · 71.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 9.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 14 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaternité PortRoyal149fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10671.3%
    2. Health Professions117.2%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences95.8%
    2. Psychology63.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering10.4%
    2. Environmental Science00.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.0%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.73× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.71×106 works
  2. Health Professions2.73×11 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.62×2 works
  4. Nursing1.39×1 works
  5. Psychology1.28×6 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×7 works
  7. Veterinary0.77×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.71×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.46×9 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.35×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  14. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  18. Engineering0.03×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Maternité Port Royal?

Ranked on the quality score, François Goffinet, Fabrice P Brunet and E. Pannier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maternité Port Royal.

  1. 1 François Goffinet France · #511,180 worldwide 23k citations · 895 works
  2. 2 Fabrice P Brunet France · #1,355,009 worldwide 4.6k citations · 132 works
  3. 3 E. Pannier France · #1,434,430 worldwide 1.9k citations · 132 works
  4. 4 V. Tessier France · #1,730,466 worldwide 1.5k citations · 56 works
  5. 5 J B Dubuisson France · #2,166,545 worldwide 2.9k citations · 99 works
  6. 6 H. Foulot France · #2,323,138 worldwide 2.6k citations · 69 works
  7. 7 D. Villemant France · #2,420,493 worldwide 1.1k citations · 24 works
  8. 8 P.-H. Jarreau France · #2,692,346 worldwide 839 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 P.‐H. Jarreau France · #2,798,396 worldwide 218 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Francois Xavier Aubriot France · #3,159,429 worldwide 977 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Maternité Port Royal

What are the most cited papers from Maternité Port Royal?

The most cited paper from Maternité Port Royal is "Giant synaptic potentials in immature rat CA3 hippocampal neurones." (Yehezkel Ben‐Ari, Enrico Cherubini, Renato Corradetti et al., 1989), with 1,319 citations. Next come "The native language of social cognition" (937) and "Delineation of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, Borrelia garinii sp. nov., and Group VS461 Associated with Lyme Borreliosis" (871).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Giant synaptic potentials in immature rat CA3 hippocampal neurones. Yehezkel Ben‐Ari, Enrico Cherubini, Renato Corradetti et al. · The Journal of Physiology Open access Sep 1989 1,319
2 The native language of social cognition Katherine D. Kinzler, Emmanuel Dupoux, Elizabeth S. Spelke · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 17 Jul 2007 937
3 Delineation of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, Borrelia garinii sp. nov., and Group VS461 Associated with Lyme Borreliosis Guy Baranton, D. Postic, Isabelle Saint Girons et al. · International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Jul 1992 871
4 Epidemiology of Preterm Birth Gertrud S. Berkowitz, E Papiernik · Epidemiologic Reviews 1993 863
5 GABAA, NMDA and AMPA receptors: a developmentally regulated 'ménage à trois' Yehezkel Ben‐Ari · Trends in Neurosciences Nov 1997 800
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Which keywords describe research at Maternité Port Royal?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Prenatal Diagnosis, Pregnancy, Maternal Outcomes, Perinatal Outcomes, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Diagnosis.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.2×86 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality12▲ 35×5 topics
  3. Inflammation8▲ 2.5×32 topics
  4. Public Health8▲ 3.6×21 topics
  5. Mental Health8▲ 3.5×15 topics
  6. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 34×7 topics
  7. Diagnosis7▲ 5.3×29 topics
  8. Pregnancy7▲ 23×8 topics
  9. Quality of Life7▲ 3.2×23 topics
  10. Management6▲ 5.4×21 topics
  11. Maternal Outcomes6▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Perinatal Outcomes6▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 22×6 topics
  14. Global Trends6▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Risk Factors6▲ 3.5×18 topics
  16. Cesarean Section6▲ 94×1 topic
  17. Vaginal Birth6▲ 94×1 topic
  18. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.6×13 topics
  19. Preterm Infants5▲ 28×4 topics
  20. Preeclampsia5▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Endothelial Dysfunction5▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Surgical Treatment5▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Pregnancy Complications5▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Health5▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Infertility4▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Hypertensive Disorders4▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Placental Development4▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Placenta Accreta4▲ 90×1 topic
  29. Postpartum Hemorrhage4▲ 90×1 topic
  30. Preterm Birth4▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Cognitive Function4▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Palliative Care4▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 12×3 topics
  34. End-of-Life Care4▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Medical Ethics4▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Breast Cancer4▲ 9.9×10 topics
  37. Healthcare Legislation4▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Patient Rights4▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Pathophysiology4▲ 8.3×7 topics
  40. Digital Health4▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Maternité Port Royal publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Maternal and fetal healthcare and Health, Medicine and Society.

Maternal and Perinatal H…6Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 6 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…4Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 4 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…4Maternal and fetal healthcare: 4 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…4Health, Medicine and Society: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 4 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…3Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 2 fractional worksPregnancy-related medical research: 2 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and Health: 2 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsReproductive Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  3. 3 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Pregnancy-related medical research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 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 available16.8%not open83.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Maternité Port Royal's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Maternité Port Royal as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Maternité Port Royal0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Maternité Port Royal over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Maternité Port Royal8.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 1991.

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