| 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) |
| 42 | University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie | 1 | 30.14 | 32.57 | 13.21 | 24.27 | 27.51 | 54.43 | 10.75 | 18.47 | 28.04 | 78 |
| 75 | University of Paris XI: Sud | 2 | 22.58 | 25.67 | 10.12 | 18.70 | 28.14 | 50.63 | 9.61 | 11.39 | 23.80 | 68 |
| 106 | University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot | 3 | 14.48 | 19.74 | 6.52 | 16.45 | 28.26 | 49.37 | 5.97 | 9.79 | 20.78 | 131 |
| 139 | University of Paris V: Rene Descartes | 4 | 11.52 | 19.25 | 5.37 | 12.37 | 29.27 | 41.77 | 4.94 | 12.22 | 18.71 | 141 |
| 178 | University of Strasbourg | 5 | 12.18 | 13.82 | 7.43 | 9.46 | 38.30 | 34.18 | 4.20 | 7.61 | 16.73 | 213 |
| 185 | Universite Joseph Fourier | 6 | 11.61 | 14.42 | 5.33 | 9.46 | 28.79 | 37.97 | 4.18 | 7.67 | 16.33 | 138 |
| 212 | Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 | 7 | 14.71 | 17.85 | 5.76 | 9.23 | 24.59 | 31.65 | 3.93 | 8.24 | 15.37 | 212 |
| 237 | University of Montpellier 2 | 8 | 10.56 | 11.37 | 4.40 | 7.87 | 26.15 | 34.18 | 3.37 | 6.36 | 14.33 | 171 |
| 277 | Ecole Polytechnique | 9 | 10.62 | 8.05 | 3.85 | 6.19 | 22.79 | 35.44 | 3.56 | 2.54 | 13.15 | 181 |
| 293 | Universite de la Mediterranee Aix - Marseille II | 10 | 6.99 | 8.05 | 3.55 | 5.22 | 31.92 | 30.38 | 2.46 | 4.15 | 12.64 | 296 |
| 305 | Ecole normale superieure | 11 | 6.44 | 7.10 | 3.42 | 4.92 | 33.38 | 27.85 | 2.89 | 4.15 | 12.15 | 253 |
| 316 | Universite Toulouse III: Paul Sabatier | 12 | 9.72 | 11.43 | 3.90 | 5.65 | 25.19 | 25.32 | 2.89 | 5.40 | 11.90 | 357 |
| 349 | University of Bordeaux 2 | 13 | 5.52 | 5.31 | 3.00 | 3.46 | 34.06 | 25.32 | 1.86 | 3.21 | 10.96 | 322 |
| 360 | University of Rennes 1 | 14 | 7.67 | 8.86 | 2.66 | 4.21 | 21.80 | 25.32 | 1.49 | 4.46 | 10.48 | 396 |
| 370 | University of Versailles | 15 | 2.73 | 5.04 | 1.32 | 3.40 | 30.44 | 26.58 | 1.32 | 3.55 | 10.34 | 409 |
| 379 | Universite du Droit et de la Sante - Lille 2 | 16 | 2.85 | 3.72 | 1.36 | 3.24 | 29.99 | 27.85 | 1.01 | 2.17 | 10.16 | 394 |
| 392 | Ecole normale superieure de Lyon | 17 | 3.10 | 4.10 | 1.95 | 2.49 | 39.47 | 21.52 | 1.08 | 2.66 | 9.98 | 389 |
| 425 | University of Bordeaux 1 | 18 | 7.78 | 6.62 | 2.95 | 3.25 | 23.81 | 21.52 | 2.11 | 3.07 | 9.52 | 354 |
| 457 | University of Nantes | 19 | 5.24 | 6.96 | 1.73 | 3.28 | 20.69 | 22.78 | 1.61 | 3.10 | 9.05 | 470 |
| 475 | Universite de Provence Aix - Marseille I | 20 | 4.36 | 5.29 | 1.56 | 3.27 | 22.45 | 22.78 | 1.61 | 2.03 | 8.80 | 425 |
| 475 | Universite d'Auvergne | 20 | 5.50 | 7.06 | 1.96 | 3.20 | 22.38 | 20.25 | 1.63 | 3.30 | 8.80 | 446 |
| 488 | University of Nice Sophia Antipolis | 22 | 4.39 | 6.21 | 1.46 | 3.09 | 20.84 | 22.78 | 0.85 | 2.67 | 8.68 | 489 |