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* Total i10-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
366
Top 30
883
Top 50
1,180
Top 70
1,313
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* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
13
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
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
231
Top 30
595
Top 50
663
Top 70
666
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
14
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
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
298
Top 30
795
Top 50
1,170
Top 70
1,412
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
24
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
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
219
Top 30
559
Top 50
834
Top 70
944
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
34
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
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
203
Top 30
519
Top 50
639
Top 70
670
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
44
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
211
Top 30
611
Top 50
837
Top 70
988
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
52
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Institut Pasteur
Pastor Institute
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1887
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
92
Top 30
260
Top 50
423
Top 70
494
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
59
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
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
103
Top 30
233
Top 50
321
Top 70
367
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
60
World Rank
9
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Institut Curie
Curie Institute
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1920
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
65
Top 30
151
Top 50
234
Top 70
276
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
62
World Rank
10
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
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
194
Top 30
399
Top 50
501
Top 70
552
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
112
World Rank
11
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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
51
Top 30
106
Top 50
147
Top 70
186
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
124
World Rank
12
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Géosciences Montpellier
Geosciences Montpellier
Montpellier ,
France
- Institution 1975
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
72
Top 30
240
Top 50
288
Top 70
305
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
138
World Rank
13
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
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
57
Top 30
109
Top 50
139
Top 70
164
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
153
World Rank
14
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
European Space Agency
Agence spatiale européenne
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1975
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
48
Top 30
119
Top 50
195
Top 70
230
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
189
World Rank
15
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
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
23
Top 30
36
Top 50
42
Top 70
45
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
202
World Rank
16
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
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
28
Top 30
58
Top 50
74
Top 70
95
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
227
World Rank
17
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
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
29
Top 30
43
Top 50
76
Top 70
118
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
237
World Rank
18
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Institut d'Optique
Institute of Optics
Palaiseau ,
France
- Institution 1917
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
20
Top 30
47
Top 50
65
Top 70
78
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
240
World Rank
19
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Paris Institute of Astrophysics
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1936
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
19
Top 30
28
Top 50
36
Top 70
38
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
297
World Rank
20
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Agence internationale pour la recherche sur le cancer
Lyon ,
France
- Institution 1965
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
20
Top 30
42
Top 50
50
Top 70
52
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
301
World Rank
21
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Institut Laue Langevin
Laue Langevin Institute
Grenoble ,
France
- Institution 1967
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
19
Top 30
32
Top 50
37
Top 70
43
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
321
World Rank
22
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
11
Top 30
14
Top 50
30
Top 70
34
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
325
World Rank
23
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
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
46
Top 30
115
Top 50
165
Top 70
202
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
326
World Rank
24
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
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
43
Top 30
154
Top 50
210
Top 70
234
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
328
World Rank
25
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
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
37
Top 30
91
Top 50
116
Top 70
145
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