Pasteur Institute
Institut Pasteur
France
Time frame: 1 May 2025 - 30 April 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 Pasteur Institute's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Pasteur Institute is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
Pasteur Institute has the following research output in the current window (1 May 2025 - 30 April 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 | 341 | 46.48 |
Overall Count and Share for 'Pasteur Institute' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.
Research outputs by subject area
| Subject | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Applied sciences | 19 | 2.91 |
| Biological sciences | 82 | 11.74 |
| Chemistry | 10 | 1.90 |
| Health sciences | 227 | 29.82 |
| Social sciences | 3 | 0.11 |
Note: Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.
Leading research topics
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Sciences | 63 | 8.48 |
| Medical Microbiology | 50 | 7.79 |
| Medical Biotechnology | 15 | 3.72 |
| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | 17 | 2.99 |
| Biochemistry and Cell Biology | 20 | 2.62 |
| Immunology | 24 | 2.59 |
| Neurosciences | 7 | 1.80 |
| Genetics | 13 | 1.72 |
Share output for the past 5 years
| Subject area or journal group | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 44 | 44 | 32 | 41 | 41 |
| Applied sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Health sciences | 27 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 26 |
| Natural sciences | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 |
| Biological sciences | 14 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| Chemistry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Earth & environmental sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nature & Science | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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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 Pasteur Institute.
International vs domestic collaboration by Share
| Type | Percentage |
|---|---|
| International (215 institutions) | 20.2% |
| Domestic (169 institutions) | 79.8% |
Note: Hover over the pie chart to view the Share for each collaboration type.
Note: Hover over the graph to view collaboration by percentage of Share.
Top 5 domestic collaborators with Pasteur Institute by Share
Collaborating institutions
Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.
| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | 31.78 / 29.44 | 61.22 |
| Paris Cité University | 24.09 / 23.50 | 47.59 |
| National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) | 22.10 / 18.98 | 41.07 |
| Sorbonne University | 9.31 / 4.15 | 13.46 |
| Université PSL | 7.56 / 4.22 | 11.79 |
Top 5 international collaborators with Pasteur Institute by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pasteur Institute of Cambodia | 4.20 / 3.33 | 7.53 |
| Pasteur Institute of Madagascar | 2.97 / 1.67 | 4.65 |
| University of Oxford | 1.84 / 1.91 | 3.75 |
| Pasteur Institute of Dakar | 2.08 / 1.52 | 3.61 |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) | 1.37 / 1.49 | 2.86 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Pasteur Institute. 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.
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Pasteur Institute
- Centre Pasteur du Cameroun (CPC), Institut Pasteur
- Centres Nationaux de Référence des Virus des Infections Respiratoires (Dont la Grippe), Institut Pasteur
- Department of Global Health, Pasteur Institute
- Hellenic Pasteur Institute
- Institut Pasteur Collection (CIP)
- Institut Pasteur Korea (IP Korea)
- Institut Pasteur Medical Center
- Institut Pasteur de Guinée
- Institut Pasteur de Lille (Pasteur-Lille)
- Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Institut Pasteur du Laos
- Institut Pasteur in Bangui
- Institut Pasteur in Brussels
- Institut Pasteur in Côte d'Ivoire
- Institut Pasteur in French Guiana
- Institut Pasteur in Tunis (IPT)
- Istituto Pasteur - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti
- Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City
- Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang
- Pasteur Institute of Algeria
- Pasteur Institute of Cambodia
- Pasteur Institute of Dakar
- Pasteur Institute of Iran
- Pasteur Institute of Madagascar
- Pasteur Institute of Montevideo
- Pasteur Institute of Morocco
- Saint-Petersburg Pasteur Institute
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.
- Bacterial Toxins
- Bases Génétiques et Moléculaires des Interactions de la Cellule Eucaryote
- Biochimie, Cellules, Cibles Thérapeutiques (BC2T)
- Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule
- Biologie cellulaire physiologique et pathologique
- Biology of Infection Unit
- Biology of Spirochetes
- Biology of Viral Emerging Infections
- Center of Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Integrative Biology (C3BI)
- Centre For Immunology and Infection
- Centre d’Investigation Clinique Vaccinologie Cochin-Pasteur (CIC Cochin-Pasteur)
- Chimie Biologique pour le Vivant (Chemistry for Life Sciences) (Chem4Life)
- Complex Systems Institute of Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF)
- DHU Protect
- Decision and Bayesian Computation
- Department of Genomes and Genetics
- Department of Immunology
- Epidemiology and Modelling of Bacterial Escape to Antimicrobials
- European Vaccine Initiative (EVI)
- Evolutionary Biology of the Microbial Cell
- Evolutionary Genomics, Modeling and Health (GEMS)
- French Institute of Bioinformatics (IFB Core)
- Fundamental and Applied Research Interface in Oncology (IRFAC)
- Genes, Synapses and Cognition
- Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Bases of Development
- Genomics and Epigenomics of Animal Development Unit
- Groupe de Recherche Translationnelle en Mycologie
- Génétique des Déficits Sensoriels
- Génétique des Maladies Infectieuses et Autoimmunes
- HKU-Pasteur Research Centre (HKU-PRC)
- Hearing Institute
- Host-Microbe interactions and pathophysiology
- Human Brain Project (HBP)
- Humoral Immunology
- Imagine-Institut Pasteur Unit of Heart Morphogenesis
- Immunobiology of Infection Unit
- Infectious Disease Models and Innovative Therapies (IDMIT)
- Innate Host Defense and Inflammation
- InnoHK Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Institut Pasteur - Site Fernbach
- Institut Pasteur de São Paulo (IPSP)
- Institut Pasteur–Oncovita joint laboratory
- Integrative and Molecular Microbiology Team
- Interactions et Dynamique Cellulaires (IDC)
- LabEx Ecofect
- Laboratory Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions
- Laboratory Integrative Neurobiology of Cholinergic Systems
- Laboratory Junior Group (G5) of Humoral Response to Pathogens
- Laboratory Junior Group (G5) of Structural Biology of Bacterial Secretion
- Laboratory for Perception and Memory
- Laboratory of Antibodies in Therapy and Pathology
- Laboratory of Bacteria-Cell Interactions
- Laboratory of Bioimage Analysis
- Laboratory of Biology and Genetics of Bacterial Cell Wall
- Laboratory of Biology of Gram-Positive Pathogens
- Laboratory of Cell Polarity, Migration and Cancer
- Laboratory of Cellular Biology of Microbial Infection
- Laboratory of Channel Receptors
- Laboratory of Cytokine Signaling
- Laboratory of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
- Laboratory of Drosophila Developmental Genetics
- Laboratory of Dynamic Neuronal Imaging
- Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation
- Laboratory of Epigenetics of Stem Cells
- Laboratory of Fungal Biology and Pathogenicity
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology of Hearing
- Laboratory of Human Developmental Genetics
- Laboratory of Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions
- Laboratory of Imaging and Modeling
- Laboratory of Immune Regulation and Vaccinology
- Laboratory of Immunobiology of Dendritic Cells
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation
- Laboratory of Integrated Mycobacterial Pathogenomics
- Laboratory of Lymphopoiesis
- Laboratory of Macromolecular Systems
- Laboratory of Macrophages and Development of Immunity
- Laboratory of Membrane Traffic and Cell Division
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis (PMM)
- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology and Signaling
- Laboratory of Mouse Functional Genetics (GFS)
- Laboratory of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Biomolecules
- Laboratory of Nuclear Organization and Oncogenesis
- Laboratory of Pathogenesis Anaerobic Bacteria
- Laboratory of Pathogenesis of Hepatitis B Virus
- Laboratory of Signaling And Pathogenesis
- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics of Macromolecules
- Laboratory of Trypanosome Cell Biology
- Laboratory of Viral Genomics and Vaccination
- Laboratory of Viral Neuro-Immunology
- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis
- Laboratory of Zebrafish Neurogenetics
- Lymphocyte Population Biology Unit
- Macrophages and Endothelial Cells
- Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network (MalariaGEN)
- Mass Spectrometry for Biology Unit
- Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases
- Membrane Biochemistry and Transport
- Microbiologie Fonctionnelle et Moléculair
- Milieu Interieur Consortium (MIC)
- Mitochondrial Biology Group
- Molecular Biophysics Platform
- Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Transport
- More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB)
- Mycologie moléculaire et médicale
- Organic Chemistry Unit (UCO)
- PACRI unit
- PaRis Artificial Intelligence Research InstitutE (PRAIRIE Institute)
- ParasitInnov
- Pasteur Kyoto International Joint Research Unit for Integrative Vaccinomics
- Pasteur-TheraVectys Joint Unit
- Pathogenesis of Vascular Infections Unit
- Pathophysiology of the Immune System
- Plate-forme de Cryo-Microscopie Structurale
- Regulation of homeostasis and inflammation by lymphoid cells and microenvironment
- Régulation de l'Autophagie : Règle Générale et Exceptions
- Scientific Platform Pasteur USP
- Signalisation Moléculaire et Activation Cellulaire
- Spectrométrie de Masse pour la Biologie (UTechS MSBio)
- Stress Adaptation and Metabolism in Enterobacteria
- Structural Molecular Biology and Infectious Process
- The Autism Genome Project Consortium (AGP)
- The Genographic Project
- Ultrastructural BioImaging
- Unité Biologie Cellulaire du Parasitisme (BCP)
- Unité Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales
- Unité de Biologie et Génétique de la Paroi Bactérienne (BGPB)
- Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire
- Unité des Toxines Bactériennes
- Virology
- WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Foodborne Listeriosis
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Listeria
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research
- WHo collaborating center on plague control and research
- reConnect Instite