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* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
2
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics INFN
Rome ,
Italy
- Institution 1951
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
513
Top 30
870
Top 50
1,018
Top 70
1,071
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* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
5
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
National Institute for Astrophysics
Rome ,
Italy
- Institution 1999
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
224
Top 30
342
Top 50
386
Top 70
403
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
7
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
403
Top 30
974
Top 50
1,201
Top 70
1,306
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
10
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Region Hovedstaden
Capital Region
Kopenhag ,
Denmark
- Institution 2007
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
256
Top 30
615
Top 50
875
Top 70
990
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
15
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
French National Centre for Scientific Research
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1939
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
197
Top 30
548
Top 50
653
Top 70
666
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
18
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jülich Research Centre
Jülich ,
Germany
- Institution 1967
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
214
Top 30
526
Top 50
717
Top 70
881
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
22
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Spanish National Research Council
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas de España
Madrid ,
Spain
- Institution 1939
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
173
Top 30
387
Top 50
413
Top 70
417
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
23
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin
Jean-Pierre Bourgin Institute
Paris ,
France
- Institution 2006
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
224
Top 30
535
Top 50
625
Top 70
663
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
25
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
257
Top 30
647
Top 50
854
Top 70
989
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
29
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
CEA (French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission)
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1945
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
231
Top 30
746
Top 50
1,145
Top 70
1,383
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
30
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Italian Institute of Technology IIT
Genova ,
Italy
- Institution 2003
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
128
Top 30
377
Top 50
616
Top 70
759
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
34
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Institut Pasteur
Pastor Institute
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1887
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
114
Top 30
305
Top 50
429
Top 70
485
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
36
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
National Research Council of Italy
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche d'Italia
Rome ,
Italy
- Institution 1923
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
151
Top 30
636
Top 50
1,171
Top 70
1,386
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
37
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Institute for Development Research
Marseille ,
France
- Institution 1937
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
175
Top 30
399
Top 50
498
Top 70
554
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
39
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
German Cancer Research Centre
Heidelberg ,
Germany
- Institution
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
84
Top 30
149
Top 50
203
Top 70
237
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
41
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Brussels ,
Belgium
- Institution 1958
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
151
Top 30
445
Top 50
652
Top 70
752
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
42
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Leipzig ,
Germany
- Institution 1991
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
93
Top 30
198
Top 50
254
Top 70
281
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
43
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Netherlands Cancer Institute
Nederlands Kanker Instituut
Amsterdam ,
Netherlands
- Institution 1913
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
69
Top 30
149
Top 50
212
Top 70
243
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
46
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Institut Curie
Curie Institute
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1920
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
77
Top 30
171
Top 50
240
Top 70
268
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
47
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Bremerhaven ,
Germany
- Institution 1980
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
125
Top 30
245
Top 50
327
Top 70
364
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
51
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Hinxton ,
United Kingdom
- Institution 1992
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
81
Top 30
183
Top 50
229
Top 70
249
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
52
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Helmholtz Institut Mainz
Helmholtz Institute Mainz
Mainz ,
Germany
- Institution 2009
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
109
Top 30
266
Top 50
358
Top 70
396
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
54
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
London ,
United Kingdom
- Institution 2010
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
71
Top 30
189
Top 50
314
Top 70
349
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
55
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Paul Scherrer Institute
Institut Paul Scherrer
Villigen ,
Switzerland
- Institution 1988
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
118
Top 30
319
Top 50
445
Top 70
495
* Last 5 Years H-Index Rankings
Rankings
57
World Rank
9
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control
Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt ,
France
- Institution 1979
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
155
Top 30
543
Top 50
821
Top 70
924
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