| World Rank▲ | University | Country Rank | 11 years articles | Current articles | 11 years citations | Current citations | Ave. citations | H-Index | HiCi papers | Hi-Impact journal articles | Fields of excellence | Total score |
| 105 | University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie | 1 | 28.38 | 24.04 | 10.67 | 13.20 | 23.71 | 39.53 | 8.05 | 11.03 | 68.18 | 26.63 |
| 118 | University of Paris XI: Sud | 2 | 22.82 | 17.48 | 9.24 | 10.93 | 25.53 | 41.86 | 7.95 | 6.80 | 68.18 | 25.27 |
| 178 | University Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I) | 3 | 13.92 | 11.00 | 8.05 | 7.12 | 36.45 | 34.88 | 5.36 | 4.57 | 59.09 | 21.53 |
| 217 | École normale supérieure | 4 | 11.21 | 12.89 | 5.59 | 6.76 | 31.46 | 30.23 | 5.91 | 6.03 | 55.00 | 19.53 |
| 234 | University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot | 5 | 12.13 | 11.07 | 4.90 | 6.85 | 25.44 | 33.72 | 2.79 | 4.68 | 50.00 | 18.53 |
| 243 | Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 | 6 | 13.51 | 12.64 | 4.62 | 5.28 | 21.57 | 27.91 | 2.57 | 4.36 | 59.09 | 17.95 |
| 276 | University of Paris V: René Descartes | 7 | 7.88 | 11.88 | 3.48 | 6.45 | 27.85 | 30.23 | 2.23 | 8.76 | 36.36 | 16.54 |
| 280 | Université Joseph Fourier | 8 | 11.24 | 9.73 | 4.40 | 5.61 | 24.65 | 30.23 | 2.95 | 4.52 | 40.91 | 16.45 |
| 286 | Université Toulouse III: Paul Sabatier | 9 | 9.99 | 9.61 | 3.17 | 5.01 | 20.00 | 31.40 | 1.92 | 4.78 | 45.45 | 16.27 |
| 294 | University of Montpellier 2 | 10 | 10.89 | 8.42 | 3.89 | 4.56 | 22.50 | 26.74 | 2.59 | 3.62 | 50.00 | 16.00 |
| 311 | Ecole Polytechnique | 11 | 11.48 | 6.96 | 3.74 | 4.42 | 20.53 | 30.23 | 4.28 | 2.12 | 36.36 | 15.04 |
| 343 | University of Bordeaux 1 | 12 | 8.10 | 7.18 | 2.40 | 3.11 | 18.66 | 20.93 | 1.73 | 3.20 | 50.00 | 13.62 |
| 349 | University of Rennes 1 | 13 | 7.31 | 6.06 | 2.11 | 2.74 | 18.16 | 24.42 | 1.10 | 2.36 | 45.45 | 13.41 |
| 383 | University of Bordeaux 2 | 14 | 4.85 | 4.75 | 2.23 | 3.35 | 28.99 | 26.74 | 1.15 | 2.41 | 22.73 | 12.40 |
| 390 | Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II | 15 | 2.20 | 5.97 | 0.92 | 4.24 | 26.39 | 32.56 | 1.01 | 2.18 | 13.64 | 12.17 |
| 452 | University of Nantes | 16 | 4.16 | 4.45 | 1.17 | 2.12 | 17.78 | 24.42 | 1.15 | 2.00 | 22.73 | 10.44 |
| 488 | University Nancy 1: Henri Poincaré | 17 | 5.01 | 5.47 | 1.33 | 2.02 | 16.79 | 19.77 | 0.60 | 2.09 | 22.73 | 9.56 |