French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
France
Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026Profile
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.
Overall research output
| Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 666 | 37.98 |
Overall Count and Share for 'French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.
Research outputs by subject area
| Subject | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Applied sciences | 51 | 3.48 |
| Biological sciences | 163 | 8.31 |
| Chemistry | 32 | 1.83 |
| Earth & environmental sciences | 256 | 16.81 |
| Health sciences | 52 | 2.09 |
| Physical sciences | 84 | 3.30 |
| Social sciences | 28 | 2.15 |
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Leading research topics
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ecology | 76 | 4.83 |
| Geology | 63 | 4.57 |
| Geophysics | 47 | 3.82 |
| Astronomical Sciences | 72 | 2.68 |
| Atmospheric Sciences | 24 | 1.34 |
| Other Earth Sciences | 19 | 1.30 |
| Oceanography | 16 | 1.21 |
Share output for the past 5 years
| Subject area or journal group | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 29 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 37 |
| Applied sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Health sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Natural sciences | 25 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| Biological sciences | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Chemistry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Earth & environmental sciences | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| Physical sciences | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nature & Science | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Collaboration
Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD).
International vs domestic collaboration by Share
| Type | Percentage |
|---|---|
| International (129 institutions) | 12.4% |
| Domestic (189 institutions) | 87.6% |
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Top 5 domestic collaborators with French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | 36.55 / 75.18 | 111.73 |
| Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre) | 5.03 / 22.76 | 27.79 |
| Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) | 6.09 / 21.41 | 27.50 |
| Sorbonne University | 9.71 / 11.76 | 21.46 |
| Université de Toulouse | 8.79 / 11.21 | 20.00 |
Top 5 international collaborators with French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres | 2.11 / 7.71 | 9.82 |
| Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) | 1.40 / 4.27 | 5.67 |
| University of Oslo (UiO) | 0.56 / 4.47 | 5.03 |
| Max Planck Society | 1.18 / 3.39 | 4.56 |
| Leibniz Association | 1.08 / 2.68 | 3.76 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.
- French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.
- Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques (AMSE)
- Analyses des Eaux, Slos et Végétaux
- Biocomplexity of Coral Reefs Ecosystems in the Indo-Pacific (ENTROPIE)
- Biodiversity and Evolution Plant/Insect-Pest/Antagonist Complexes (BEI)
- Biology Centre for Population Management (CBGP)
- Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems (BOREA)
- Botany and Modelling of Plant Architecture and Vegetation Joint Research Unit (AMAP)
- Campus International UCAD/IRD de Hann
- Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE)
- Centre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l'Environnement (CRBE)
- Centre for Research on the Ecology and Evolution of Diseases (CREES)
- Centre population et Développement (CEPED)
- Computational Biology Institute (IBC)
- DATA TERRA
- Diversité et Adaptation des Plantes Cultivées (DIAPC)
- Développement et Amélioration des Plantes (DAP)
- Ecologie des Systèmes Marines Côtiers (Ecosym)
- Ecology of Coastal Marine Systems (ECOSYM)
- Economic and Social Sciences, Health Systems and Medical Informatics (SESSTIM)
- Ecosystèmes Insulaires Océaniens (EIO)
- Emerging Viral Diseases (EPV)
- Emerging Viral Diseases Unit (UVE)
- Espace pour le Développement (Espace-DEV)
- European Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geosciences (CEREGE)
- European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM)
- Evolution and Biological Diversity Laboratory (EDB)
- Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB)
- French Research and Education Network (RENATER)
- Functional Ecology and Biochemistry of Soils and Agroecosystems (Eco&Sols)
- Fédération Île-de-France de Recherche sur l'Environnement (FIRE)
- GEOAZUR
- Gestion de l’Eau, Acteurs, Usages (G-EAU)
- Global Oceans Systems Ecology and Evolution (GO-SEE)
- Host - Vector – Parasite – environment interactions in neglected tropical diseases due to Trypanosomatids (InterTryp)
- HydroSciences Montpellier (HSM)
- IPSL Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate: Experiments and Numerical Approaches (LOCEAN)
- Indo-French Cell for Water Sciences (IFCWS)
- Infectious Diseases and Vectors : Ecology, Genetics, Evolution and Control (MIVEGEC)
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire en Maladies Infectieuses de Marseille (IHU Méditerranée Infection)
- Institut Pierre Richet (IPR)
- Institut Pythéas (PYTHEAS)
- Institut de Chimie de Toulouse (ICT)
- Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF)
- Institute for Geosciences and Environmental Research (IGE)
- Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre)
- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (iEES-Paris)
- Institute of Evolutionary Sciences (ISEM)
- Institute of Mineralogy, Materials Physics and Cosmochemistry (IMPMC)
- Interactions Plantes Microorganismes Environnement (IPME)
- International Centre for Education, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences over Africa (ICEMASA)
- LMI DYCOFAC
- LMI Observatoire des Changements Environnementaux (OCE)
- LabEx Corail
- Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes Comportement, Ecologie (EGCE)
- Laboratoire Méditerranéen de Préhistoire Europe Afrique (LAMPEA)
- Laboratoire d'Aérologie (Laero)
- Laboratoire d'Etude des Interactions entre Sol-Agrosystème-Hydrosystème (LISAH)
- Laboratoire d'Étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement (LTHE)
- Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique (LGIT)
- Laboratoire de Mathématiques (LAMA)
- Laboratoire de Mesure du Carbone 14 (LMC14)
- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM)
- Laboratoire d’Economie de Dauphine (LEDa)
- Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG)
- Laboratory Microbiology and Biotechnology Environmental Chauds (MICROBIOTECH)
- Laboratory of Magma and Volcanism (LMV)
- Marine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC)
- Mediterranean Institute of Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE)
- Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO)
- Mediterranean and Tropical Halieutic Research Center (CRHMT)
- Mercator Océan
- Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI)
- Mère et Enfant Face aux Infections Tropicales (MERIT)
- Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP)
- Observatoire de recherche méditerranéen de l'environnement (OREME)
- Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers Ecce Terra (OSU Ecce Terra)
- Patrimoines Locaux, Environnement et Globalisation (PALOC)
- Pharmacochemistry and Biology for Development (PHARMADEV)
- Pharmacochimie et Pharmacologie pour le Développement (PHARMA-DEV)
- Plant Diversity Adaptation and Development - Research Unit (UMR DIADE)
- Plant Health Institute Montpellier (PHIM)
- Pole de recherche pour l'organisation et la diffusion de l'information géographique (PRODIG)
- Population Environment Development Laboratory (LPED)
- Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT)
- RITMES
- Recherche en Epidémiologie Clinique et en Santé Publique (RECaP)
- Recherches Translationnelles sur le VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses (TransVIHMI)
- Résistance des Plantes aux Bioagresseurs (RPB)
- Santé et services des écosystèmes Polynésiens (SECOPOL)
- Sorbonne University Association
- South Green Bioinformatics Platform
- Structure et Dynamique des Langues (SeDyL)
- The Plant Genome and Development Laboratory (LGDP)
- UMI-IFAECI
- UMR Intertryp
- Unit for Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Complex Systems (UMMISCO)
- Unité Mixte de Service de l'Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de La Réunion (OSU-Réunion)
- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
- Université Sorbonne Paris-Cité (USPC)
- Vecteurs - Infections TROpicales et MEditerranéennes (VITROME)