| 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 | Total score | Ref. World Rank (FTE) |
| 50 | University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie | 1 | 29.40 | 36.13 | 11.55 | 21.02 | 24.13 | 49.33 | 9.20 | 18.06 | 26.18 | 100 |
| 88 | University of Paris XI: Sud | 2 | 22.52 | 25.99 | 9.42 | 15.25 | 25.68 | 44.00 | 8.12 | 10.59 | 21.49 | 115 |
| 164 | University of Paris V: René Descartes | 3 | 9.12 | 16.54 | 3.94 | 9.87 | 26.52 | 41.33 | 2.76 | 9.80 | 16.75 | 185 |
| 176 | University Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I) | 4 | 13.52 | 13.49 | 7.92 | 8.05 | 35.99 | 32.00 | 4.89 | 7.51 | 16.16 | 122 |
| 180 | University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot | 5 | 12.35 | 17.34 | 5.19 | 9.89 | 25.80 | 36.00 | 3.66 | 7.86 | 15.98 | 176 |
| 209 | Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 | 6 | 14.37 | 18.69 | 5.11 | 8.86 | 21.86 | 30.67 | 3.01 | 8.39 | 14.73 | 206 |
| 210 | Université Joseph Fourier | 7 | 11.46 | 13.80 | 4.82 | 7.18 | 25.84 | 34.67 | 3.33 | 5.91 | 14.63 | 155 |
| 252 | University of Montpellier 2 | 8 | 10.90 | 11.56 | 4.12 | 5.64 | 23.23 | 30.67 | 2.64 | 5.56 | 12.91 | 182 |
| 285 | Ecole Polytechnique | 9 | 11.07 | 8.41 | 3.82 | 4.74 | 21.17 | 30.67 | 3.72 | 2.76 | 12.03 | 181 |
| 288 | Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II | 10 | 4.44 | 6.81 | 2.50 | 4.32 | 34.65 | 29.33 | 1.85 | 3.24 | 11.90 | 333 |
| 293 | École normale supérieure | 11 | 6.27 | 7.67 | 3.36 | 4.27 | 32.86 | 26.67 | 2.78 | 4.07 | 11.80 | 232 |
| 301 | Université Toulouse III: Paul Sabatier | 12 | 10.25 | 12.18 | 3.49 | 5.35 | 20.90 | 26.67 | 2.21 | 5.38 | 11.69 | 342 |
| 318 | University of Bordeaux 2 | 13 | 4.35 | 5.72 | 2.27 | 3.93 | 32.02 | 28.00 | 1.04 | 3.57 | 11.12 | 307 |
| 348 | University of Bordeaux 1 | 14 | 8.52 | 9.64 | 2.98 | 4.00 | 21.47 | 22.67 | 2.29 | 4.30 | 10.18 | 251 |
| 364 | École normale supérieure de Lyon | 15 | 3.58 | 4.16 | 2.03 | 2.67 | 34.78 | 22.67 | 1.20 | 2.65 | 9.83 | 375 |
| 428 | University of Rennes 1 | 16 | 7.54 | 8.09 | 2.36 | 3.20 | 19.21 | 20.00 | 1.12 | 3.59 | 8.75 | 435 |
| 434 | Université du Droit et de la Santé- Lille 2 | 17 | 2.76 | 4.90 | 1.22 | 2.51 | 27.06 | 21.33 | 0.91 | 2.44 | 8.61 | 446 |
| 445 | University of Nantes | 18 | 4.70 | 6.41 | 1.37 | 2.79 | 17.89 | 22.67 | 1.18 | 2.50 | 8.40 | - |
| 453 | University of Nice Sophia Antipolis | 19 | 2.97 | 5.37 | 1.04 | 2.46 | 21.47 | 22.67 | 0.77 | 2.01 | 8.28 | 482 |
| 467 | Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I | 20 | 4.23 | 5.06 | 1.26 | 2.35 | 18.36 | 22.67 | 1.00 | 2.29 | 8.15 | 457 |