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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
5
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
449
Top 30
915
Top 50
1,167
Top 70
1,297
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
11
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
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
287
Top 30
804
Top 50
1,166
Top 70
1,397
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
14
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
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
261
Top 30
532
Top 50
630
Top 70
662
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
15
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
260
Top 30
620
Top 50
831
Top 70
973
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
17
World Rank
5
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
244
Top 30
593
Top 50
664
Top 70
666
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
24
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
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
204
Top 30
399
Top 50
502
Top 70
552
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
25
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
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
197
Top 30
554
Top 50
828
Top 70
943
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
40
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Institut Pasteur
Pastor Institute
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1887
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
116
Top 30
277
Top 50
415
Top 70
485
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
50
World Rank
9
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
National Museum of Natural History
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1793
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
105
Top 30
232
Top 50
319
Top 70
363
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
60
World Rank
10
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Géosciences Montpellier
Geosciences Montpellier
Montpellier ,
France
- Institution 1975
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
83
Top 30
243
Top 50
288
Top 70
303
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
61
World Rank
11
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Institut Curie
Curie Institute
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1920
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
79
Top 30
157
Top 50
231
Top 70
267
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
78
World Rank
12
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Paris Institute of Earth Physics
Paris ,
France
- Institution 2010
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
66
Top 30
114
Top 50
138
Top 70
161
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
92
World Rank
13
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1991
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
60
Top 30
105
Top 50
145
Top 70
179
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
103
World Rank
14
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer
Brest ,
France
- Institution 1984
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
55
Top 30
153
Top 50
207
Top 70
232
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
107
World Rank
15
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
European Space Agency
Agence spatiale européenne
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1975
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
53
Top 30
120
Top 50
195
Top 70
232
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
182
World Rank
16
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes du CNRS
CNRS Systems Analysis and Architecture Laboratory
Toulouse ,
France
- Institution 1968
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
35
Top 30
115
Top 50
164
Top 70
200
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
186
World Rank
17
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Observatoire Midi Pyrenees
Midi Pyrenees Observatory
Toulouse ,
France
- Institution 1982
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
35
Top 30
64
Top 50
74
Top 70
80
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
197
World Rank
18
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
Toulouse National Institute of Applied Sciences
Toulouse ,
France
- Institution 1963
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
33
Top 30
85
Top 50
119
Top 70
141
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
214
World Rank
19
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
Montpellier ,
France
- Institution 2011
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
31
Top 30
60
Top 50
73
Top 70
91
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
247
World Rank
20
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Institut de recherche en informatique et systèmes aléatoires
Institute for Research in Computer Science and Random Systems
Rennes ,
France
- Institution 1975
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
28
Top 30
87
Top 50
114
Top 70
139
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
251
World Rank
21
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Institut de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
Illkirch Cedex ,
France
- Institution 1994
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
28
Top 30
65
Top 50
82
Top 70
91
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
274
World Rank
22
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Institut Eurecom École d'Ingénieurs en Systemes de Communication
Institut Eurecom School of Communication Systems Engineering
Antipolis ,
France
- Institution 1991
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
26
Top 30
44
Top 50
77
Top 70
119
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
275
World Rank
23
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
Côte d'Azur Observatory
Nice ,
France
- Institution 1887
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
26
Top 30
36
Top 50
42
Top 70
46
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
276
World Rank
24
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Contacts et des Structures
Laboratory of Contact and Structure Mechanics
,
France
- Institution 2015
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
25
Top 30
98
Top 50
140
Top 70
152
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
332
World Rank
25
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Institut d'Optique
Institute of Optics
Palaiseau ,
France
- Institution 1917
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
22
Top 30
49
Top 50
64
Top 70
77
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