France: research output 2026
On October 24, 2026, researchers affiliated with institutions in France published 114 research papers, ranking 12th of 152 countries and 1.3% of the world's output that day. 31 records with a France affiliation were added to PubMed.
Papers on Oct 24114
World rank#12
Share of world output1.3%
Last 7 days1,942
Last 30 days11,378
Daily average (30 days)392
Last 30 days
Most active institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · 51 papers
- Inserm · 23 papers
- Université Paris Cité · 15 papers
- Université de Lyon · 12 papers
- Sorbonne Université · 10 papers
Most-cited scientists
- Freddie Bray · World Health Organization · 536,806 citations
- Jacques Ferlay · Centre international de recherche sur le cancer · 474,419 citations
- Jost Bruno Jonas · Beijing Tongren Hospital · 334,113 citations
- Anyes Taffard · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · 264,854 citations
- Philippe Ciais · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · 264,178 citations
Papers per day
| Date | Papers |
|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 24 | 114 |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 296 |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 349 |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 388 |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 301 |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 404 |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 90 |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 160 |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 335 |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 426 |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 446 |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 363 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 444 |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 132 |
Counts are papers (articles, reviews, preprints, letters, conference papers and book chapters) with at least one author affiliated with an institution in France, by publication date, from OpenAlex. Recent days keep rising for a week as journals report their papers.
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