France's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

France has 6,284 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 6.3% from 5,912 in 2021. That places France 8th in the world by number of listed scientists. Sorbonne Universite has the most listed scientists (388), followed by Universite Paris-Saclay (340).

Single Year

5,509

+235 (+4.5%) vs 2021

Career Data

6,284

+372 (+6.3%) vs 2021

World rank by count

No change vs 2021

Institutes

1,075

-3 (-0.3%) vs 2021

Scientists in France on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 24% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+17.1%

2022+6.3%

2023+3.8%

2024+6.1%

2025+5.2%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	4,502		5,048
2021	5,274	+17.1%	5,912	+17.1%
2022	5,509	+4.5%	6,284	+6.3%
2023	5,588	+1.4%	6,522	+3.8%
2024	5,781	+3.5%	6,921	+6.1%
2025	5,886	+1.8%	7,284	+5.2%

Top 10 institutes in France

By number of listed scientists

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1Sorbonne Universite388
2Universite Paris-Saclay340
3Université Paris Cité271
4Universite Grenoble Alpes219
5Université de Montpellier211
6CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique186
7Université de Bordeaux153
8Aix Marseille Université145
9Université de Strasbourg122
10Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1114

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Rank in France	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	39	KG Kroemer, Guido	Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy	Immunology	Rank 3
2	106	LJ Lehn, Jean Marie	Université de Strasbourg	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1
3	136	DG de Gennes, Pierre Gilles	Collège de France	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 3
4	146	KM Karplus, Martin	Université de Strasbourg	Chemical Physics	Rank 5
5	187	MA Møller, A. P.	Laboratoire Écologie, Systématique et Évolution	Ecology	Rank 2
6	207	TJ Tarascon, Jean Marie	Collège de France	Energy	Rank 2
7	287	CP Chambon, Pierre	Collège de France	Developmental Biology	Rank 21
8	291	DS Dehaene, Stanislas	Collège de France	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 33
9	355	RD Raoult, Didier	Aix Marseille Université	Microbiology	Rank 4
10	417	FG Férey, Gérard	Institut Universitaire de France	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 4
11	520	DP Delmas, P.	Inserm	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 25
12	559	MS Mallat, Stéphane	Collège de France	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 14
13	729	HB Henrissat, Bernard	Aix Marseille Université	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 49
14	864	AD Astruc, Didier	Université de Bordeaux	Organic Chemistry	Rank 26
15	890	BY Ben-Ari, Yehezkel	Campus scientifique de Luminy	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 90
16	918	ET Ebbesen, Thomas W.	Université de Strasbourg	Applied Physics	Rank 38
17	929	DT Damour, Thibault	Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 9
18	943	BJ Bousquet, Jean	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier	Allergy	Rank 3
19	1,093	LP Lions, Pierre Louis	Université Paris-Dauphine	General Mathematics	Rank 1
20	1,100	MM Millan, Mark J.	Servier	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 6
21	1,112	SR Spitzer, Robert	Université de Bordeaux	Psychiatry	Rank 35
22	1,260	DA Dufresne, Alain	Universite Grenoble Alpes	Polymers	Rank 8
23	1,423	CJ Changeux, Jean Pierre	Collège de France	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 147
24	1,435	SB Staels, Bart	Université de Lille	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 82
25	1,507	DM Dougados, Maxime	Université Paris Cité	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 10
26	1,713	PM Pileni, M. P.	Sorbonne Universite	Chemical Physics	Rank 57
27	1,714	LM Loreau, Michel	CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	Ecology	Rank 30
28	1,716	DD Dubois, Didier	Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 42
29	1,767	SJ Savéant, Jean Michel	Université Paris Cité	Energy	Rank 16
30	1,820	FD Forman, David	International Agency for Research on Cancer	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 76
31	1,864	JM Jeannerod, M.	Inserm	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 192
32	1,898	PJ Pawlotsky, Jean Michel	Hôpital Henri Mondor	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 30
33	1,904	RF Rousset, François	Université de Montpellier	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 30
34	1,906	TW Thuiller, Wilfried	Universite Grenoble Alpes	Ecology	Rank 34
35	2,033	TJ Tirole, Jean	Toulouse school of Economics - Recherche - (TSE-R)	Economics	Rank 16
36	2,124	FM Fink, Mathias	Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris	Acoustics	Rank 1
37	2,138	RM Rinaudo, Marguerite	Biomaterials Applications	Polymers	Rank 10
38	2,191	BF Bray, Freddie	International Agency for Research on Cancer	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 93
39	2,235	SJ Sauvage, Jean Pierre	Université de Strasbourg	General Chemistry	Rank 29
40	2,238	CB Coiffier, Bertrand	Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 98
41	2,273	SM Safar, Michel	Université Paris Cité	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 117
42	2,275	HM Humbert, Marc	Universite Paris-Saclay	Respiratory System	Rank 17
43	2,277	ZR Zana, Raoul	Institut Charles Sadron	Chemical Physics	Rank 72
44	2,278	SM Schlumberger, Martin	Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 85
45	2,414	ZL Zitvogel, Laurence	Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy	Immunology	Rank 99
46	2,436	CG Chabrier, G.	École Normale Supérieure de Lyon	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 8
47	2,553	SP Sansonetti, Philippe J.	Institut Pasteur, Paris	Microbiology	Rank 47
48	2,776	LB Latour, Bruno	SciencesPo Paris	Science Studies	Rank 3
49	2,815	CP Couvreur, Patrick	Universite Paris-Saclay	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 16
50	2,822	FA Fischer, A.	Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades	Immunology	Rank 117
51	2,839	QD Quéré, David	Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 21
52	2,902	DH Duffau, Hugues	Hopital Gui de Chauliac	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 279
53	2,906	BJ Bach, Jean Francois	Institut Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM)	Immunology	Rank 121
54	2,944	LG London, Gérard	Manhes Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 146
55	2,992	AC Allègre, Claude J.	Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 26
56	3,141	CP Cossart, Pascale	Institut Pasteur, Paris	Microbiology	Rank 62
57	3,236	KO Kahn, Olivier	Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 20
58	3,255	MP Marcellin, Patrick	Hôpital Beaujon	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 59
59	3,306	EJ Endicott, Jean	Université de Bordeaux	Psychiatry	Rank 100
60	3,307	BE Baulieu, Etienne Emile	Universite Paris-Saclay	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 174
61	3,316	MF Megraud, Francis	Université de Bordeaux	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 60
62	3,381	FA Fert, Albert	Universite Paris-Saclay	Applied Physics	Rank 110
63	3,390	CP Courvalin, Patrice	Institut Pasteur, Paris	Microbiology	Rank 68
64	3,450	LL Leibler, Ludwik	Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris	Polymers	Rank 20
65	3,453	SA Scalbert, Augustin	International Agency for Research on Cancer	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 27
66	3,468	KA Klamt, Andreas	Dassault Systemes	Chemical Physics	Rank 109
67	3,508	WL Wacquant, Loïc	Centre de Sociologie Européenne	Sociology	Rank 5
68	3,527	ZF Zannad, Faiez	Université de Lorraine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 178
69	3,539	CJ Casanova, Jean Laurent	Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades	Immunology	Rank 148
70	3,566	PT Poynard, Thierry	Sorbonne Universite	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 63
71	3,570	AP Amarenco, Pierre	Université Paris Cité	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 342
72	3,584	RJ Rodríguez-Carvajal, Juan	Institut Laue-Langevin	Applied Physics	Rank 115
73	3,783	AD Annane, Djillali	Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 18
74	3,886	GL Guillevin, Loïc	Hopital Cochin AP-HP	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 24
75	3,908	LJ Lutz, Jean François	Université de Strasbourg	Polymers	Rank 24
76	3,942	RC Robert, Caroline	Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 179
77	3,943	HJ Hoffmann, Jules A.	Université de Strasbourg	Immunology	Rank 158
78	3,971	BH Bismuth, Henri	Hopital Paul-Brousse	Surgery	Rank 16
79	3,988	LD Le Douarin, Nicole M.	Sorbonne Universite	Developmental Biology	Rank 221
80	3,994	DB Dubois, Bruno	Sorbonne Universite	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 367
81	4,013	RJ Roujeau, Jean Claude	Université Paris-Est Créteil	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 12
82	4,167	BP Bourdieu, Pierre	École Pratique des Hautes Études	Sociology	Rank 7
83	4,226	DB Derrida, Bernard	École Normale Supérieure	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 33
84	4,259	GP Garnero, Patrick	Biochemical Marker Assay Laboratory for Clinical Research (PMO-Lab)	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 136
85	4,271	HJ Herrmann, Jean Marie	Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1	Physical Chemistry	Rank 18
86	4,328	LJ Livage, Jacques	Collège de France	Materials	Rank 46
87	4,339	AF Albarède, Francis	École Normale Supérieure de Lyon	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 42
88	4,361	FP Fenaux, Pierre	Hôpital Saint-Louis	Immunology	Rank 183
89	4,441	BF Bach, Francis	École Normale Supérieure	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 92
90	4,593	CP Ciais, Philippe	Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 51
91	4,595	SP Steg, P. Gabriel	Université Paris Cité	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 235
92	4,648	AI Antoniadis, Ignatios	Sorbonne Universite	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 64
93	4,675	WH Weimerskirch, Henri	La Rochelle Université	Ecology	Rank 83
94	4,693	VG Veneziano, Gabriele	Collège de France	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 66
95	4,709	EB Escudier, Bernard	Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 213
96	4,711	SP Simon, Patrice	Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III	Energy	Rank 46
97	4,780	BM Bousser, Marie Germaine	Hôpital Lariboisiere AP-HP	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 441
98	4,799	BA Benabid, Alim Louis	Universite Grenoble Alpes	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 442
99	4,836	CJ Cardoso, Jean François	Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 28
100	4,965	RD Ruelle, David	Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques	Mathematical Physics	Rank 6
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from France are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

5,509 scientists affiliated with France are on the 2022 single-year list, and 6,284 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in France has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2022 career-long list, Sorbonne Universite has the most listed scientists from France, with 388. It is followed by Universite Paris-Saclay with 340.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in France changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, France went from 5,048 scientists in 2020 to 6,284 in 2022, a change of +24.5%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.