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Sanofi (Germany)

In research, Sanofi (Germany) stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,201 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#7,622 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,824 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,400
of 28,054 · #9,013 all time
Rank in Germany
#415
of 1,178
Research works
1.1k
▲ 87% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Sanofi (Germany) 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 #5,201 of 7,800 9.8%71 #5408
MedicineField #7,622 of 10,443 12.2%82 #5236
Health SciencesDomain #8,824 of 11,982 11.3%95 #6782

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#5,408 #5,201
  2. Medicine#5,236 #7,622
  3. Health Sciences#6,782 #8,824
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.81× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.50× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.43× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14.52× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.84× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.00× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 6.73× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 14.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sanofi (Germany)?

Ranked on the composite score, Volker Derdau, Andreas W. Herling and Jens Atzrodt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sanofi (Germany).

  1. 1 Volker Derdau Germany · #94,180 worldwide 248 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Andreas W. Herling Germany · #182,636 worldwide 116 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Jens Atzrodt Germany · #203,056 worldwide 233 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Aimo Kannt Germany · #211,486 worldwide 165 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Werner Kramer Germany · #499,100 worldwide 54 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Michael Kurz Germany · #569,082 worldwide 90 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Herman Schreuder Germany · #1,042,807 worldwide 47 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Matthias Dreyer Germany · #1,241,591 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Gerhard Heßler Germany · #1,519,696 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sanofi (Germany)

Which keywords describe research at Sanofi (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Medicinal Chemistry, Probiotics, Metabolic Syndrome, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Drug Discovery.

▲ 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. Inflammation20▲ 4.5×47 topics
  2. Epidemiology18▲ 2.1×39 topics
  3. Medicinal Chemistry12▲ 20×8 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 6.5×15 topics
  5. Probiotics11▲ 22×5 topics
  6. Clinical Trials10▲ 7.0×11 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress10▲ 2.8×26 topics
  8. Pathogenesis9▲ 8.1×11 topics
  9. Drug Discovery8▲ 18×6 topics
  10. Catalysis8▲ 5.8×6 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.4×18 topics
  12. Microbiota8▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Prebiotics7▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Insulin Resistance7▲ 7.2×6 topics
  15. Metabolism7▲ 6.3×13 topics
  16. Monoclonal Antibodies7▲ 37×3 topics
  17. Diabetes7▲ 6.6×11 topics
  18. Immune Modulation6▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Deuterium6▲ 247×1 topic
  20. Isotope Chemistry6▲ 247×1 topic
  21. Hepatic Steatosis6▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Gut Health5▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Lactic Acid Bacteria5▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Air Force5▲ 20×1 topic
  25. Culture5▲ 4.6×1 topic
  26. Islam5▲ 12×1 topic
  27. Legal Regulation5▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Modernization5▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Transport Policy5▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Glycosylation5▲ 22×3 topics
  31. Therapeutic Antibodies5▲ 35×2 topics
  32. Glycemic Control5▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Pharmacokinetics5▲ 9.1×4 topics
  34. Immunogenicity5▲ 52×3 topics
  35. Insulin Therapy5▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Gastrointestinal Disorders4▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Biopharmaceuticals4▲ 39×3 topics
  38. Type 1 Diabetes4▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Protein Aggregation4▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 8.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Sanofi (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chemical Reactions and Isotopes, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Military Technology and Strategies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Chemical Reactions and I…6Chemical Reactions and Isotopes: 6 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented…5Probiotics and Fermented Foods: 5 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …5Military Technology and Strategies: 5 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…5Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 5 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…3Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 3 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 3 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 3 fractional works
Pharmaceutical ScienceFood ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportation6 others

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

  1. 1 Chemical Reactions and Isotopes Pharmaceutical Science 6 works
  2. 2 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 5 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 5 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  9. 9 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 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 available53.9%not open46.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.9%domestic only66.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sanofi (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 87% 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.

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