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Unité de Nutrition Humaine

In research, Unité de Nutrition Humaine stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,933 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,902 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physiology — Physiology is 14.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,057
of 28,054 · #7,664 all time
Rank in France
#692
of 1,422
Research works
1.8k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
94k
53.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Unité de Nutrition Humaine 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,933 of 11,982 11.1%101 #2919
MedicineField #7,902 of 10,443 11.5%82 #3414

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Unité de Nutrition Humaine 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).

What does Unité de Nutrition Humaine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physiology takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhysiologySubfield · 20.2 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.40× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.05× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.57× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 11.52× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Unité de Nutrition Humaine?

Ranked on the composite score, Yves Boirie‌, Alan Lucas and Lydie Combaret lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Unité de Nutrition Humaine.

  1. 1 Yves Boirie‌ France · #3,328 worldwide 1.7k citations · 153 works
  2. 2 Alan Lucas France · #51,330 worldwide 251 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Lydie Combaret France · #85,518 worldwide 279 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Claudine Manach France · #89,986 worldwide 284 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Sergio Polakof France · #116,736 worldwide 155 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Pierre Fafournoux France · #213,370 worldwide 229 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Alain Bruhat France · #267,855 worldwide 165 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Blandine Comte France · #275,702 worldwide 121 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Anne‐Catherine Maurin France · #301,251 worldwide 122 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Céline Jousse France · #306,258 worldwide 170 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Unité de Nutrition Humaine

Which keywords describe research at Unité de Nutrition Humaine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Aging, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Cancer Prevention, Nutrition and Muscle Mass.

▲ 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. Inflammation32▲ 9.2×56 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome19▲ 14×17 topics
  3. Aging16▲ 18×12 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 7.4×27 topics
  5. Obesity13▲ 10×21 topics
  6. Epidemiology12▲ 1.81×44 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress10▲ 3.7×39 topics
  8. Cancer Prevention10▲ 23×7 topics
  9. Nutrition9▲ 12×12 topics
  10. Public Health9▲ 3.8×15 topics
  11. Muscle Mass9▲ 49×2 topics
  12. Prognosis8▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Cancer Cachexia8▲ 56×1 topic
  14. Sarcopenia8▲ 56×1 topic
  15. Neurological Disorders8▲ 8.1×9 topics
  16. Metabolism8▲ 9.0×22 topics
  17. Cancer8▲ 3.4×32 topics
  18. Chronic Diseases7▲ 17×7 topics
  19. Exercise7▲ 36×3 topics
  20. Weight Loss7▲ 25×4 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy7▲ 7.1×10 topics
  22. Precision Medicine7▲ 8.6×4 topics
  23. Physical Activity6▲ 7.7×9 topics
  24. Quality of Life6▲ 2.6×20 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance6▲ 7.9×9 topics
  26. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Biomarkers6▲ 5.2×12 topics
  28. Ketogenic Diet6▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Low-Carbohydrate Diet6▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Health Effects5▲ 5.3×7 topics
  31. Prevalence5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  32. Antioxidant Activity5▲ 4.8×18 topics
  33. Dietary Patterns5▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Health Benefits5▲ 9.1×8 topics
  35. Mediterranean Diet5▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Antioxidants5▲ 6.5×8 topics
  37. Mitochondrial Dysfunction5▲ 9.6×8 topics
  38. Amino Acids4▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Resistance Training4▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Dietary Fiber4▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Unité de Nutrition Humaine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nutrition and Health in Aging, Diet and metabolism studies, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Muscle metabolism and nutrition.

Nutrition and Health in …8Nutrition and Health in Aging: 8 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 6 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …5Nutritional Studies and Diet: 5 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nu…3Muscle metabolism and nutrition: 3 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksNutrition, Genetics, and…3Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease: 3 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 3 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 2 fractional worksConsumer Attitudes and Food Labeling: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCell BiologyMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 8 works
  2. 2 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 6 works
  3. 3 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 3 works
  9. 9 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.4%domestic only61.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Unité de Nutrition Humaine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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