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Plant Science research in France

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement ranks first in France for Plant Science research in 2022–2025 (#30 worldwide), followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Paris-Saclay.

France's world rank
#10
of 92 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
6.7k
Top-10% rate
23.4%
Ranked institutions
15

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Plant Science in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementParis #3053.028.5%693
2Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #4049.034.1%484
3Université Paris-SaclayGif-sur-Yvette #36818.438.0%119
4Université de MontpellierMontpellier #38018.033.1%153
5Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementMarseille #56912.429.7%126
6Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le DéveloppementParis #58512.023.4%153
7AgroParisTechPalaiseau #6819.937.3%71
8Institut Agro MontpellierMontpellier #7987.730.4%76
9Université de BordeauxBordeaux #8177.429.4%72
10AgroécologieDijon #9645.114.3%125
11Université Bourgogne Franche-ComtéBesançon #9655.126.2%60
12InsermParis #1,0094.524.9%64
13Agropolis InternationalMontpellier #1,2251.813.4%60
14Institut des Sciences des Plantes de MontpellierMontpellier #1,2261.810.5%65
15Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et SemencesBeaucouzé #1,31582.06.2%73

Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Plant Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Plant Science researchers in France?

Antoine Kremer, Didier Merdinoglu and Erwin Dreyer rank highest among researchers based in France.

  1. 1Antoine Kremer#23,379 worldwide overall879 citations · 35 works
  2. 2Didier Merdinoglu#40,790 worldwide overall405 citations · 41 works
  3. 3Erwin Dreyer#41,719 worldwide overall643 citations · 25 works
  4. 4Bernard Henrissat#59,599 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 36 works
  5. 5G. Lemaire#66,037 worldwide overall429 citations · 35 works
  6. 6Hervé Sentenac#68,142 worldwide overall333 citations · 25 works
  7. 7Éric Justes#71,234 worldwide overall526 citations · 24 works
  8. 8Jean‐Paul Latgé#74,872 worldwide overall365 citations · 24 works
  9. 9David Wendehenne#76,347 worldwide overall342 citations · 23 works
  10. 10Philippe Hinsinger#88,687 worldwide overall414 citations · 28 works
  11. 11Isabelle P. Oswald#89,338 worldwide overall451 citations · 31 works
  12. 12Florent Engelmann#97,586 worldwide overall176 citations · 23 works
  13. 13Thierry Boulard#100,259 worldwide overall219 citations · 23 works
  14. 14Etienne Paux#104,075 worldwide overall166 citations · 23 works
  15. 15Michaël Dingkuhn#110,585 worldwide overall232 citations · 24 works

How France compares with other countries in Plant Science