Social Sciences research in France
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#2 worldwide), followed by Université Paris Cité and Université de Lyon.
- France's world rank
- #5 of 161 countries, 2022-now
- Works, 2022-now
- 170k
- Top-10% rate
- 7.3%
- Ranked institutions
- 60
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Social Sciences in France?
Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.
Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in France?
Pierre Bourdıeu, Samuel Fosso Wamba and Jean Tirole rank highest among researchers based in France, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Pierre Bourdıeu#14,698 worldwide overall236.2 of 675 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Samuel Fosso Wamba#3,346 worldwide overall111.1 of 208 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Jean Tirole#8,157 worldwide overall116.3 of 267 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Michel Foucault#60,338 worldwide overall132.4 of 488 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Philippe Aghion#8,909 worldwide overall106.7 of 259 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Vijay Edward Pereira#6,733 worldwide overall100.1 of 218 papers here in the top 10%
- 7David Roubaud#953 worldwide overall91.7 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Francesco d’Errico#6,057 worldwide overall89.0 of 150 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Shivam Gupta#13,641 worldwide overall98.8 of 143 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Ali Uyar#13,790 worldwide overall85.9 of 187 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad#18,859 worldwide overall106.6 of 191 papers here in the top 10%
- 12Isabelle Boutron#12,524 worldwide overall79.1 of 155 papers here in the top 10%
- 13Raffaele Filieri#4,424 worldwide overall75.0 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Stanislas Dehaene#2,288 worldwide overall79.8 of 181 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Luk N. Van Wassenhove#12,234 worldwide overall85.9 of 245 papers here in the top 10%
Ranked among researchers based in France on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.