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Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques

In research, Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,849 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,095 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,895
of 28,054 · #28,239 all time
Rank in France
#1,314
of 1,422
Research works
2.2k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #9,849 of 10,521 2.5%173 #6407
Social SciencesField #6,095 of 6,365 2.7%128 #4246

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.65× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.45× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques?

Ranked on the composite score, Maurice Godelier, Franck Poupeau and Denis Merklen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques.

  1. 1 Maurice Godelier France · #67,797 worldwide 151 citations · 251 works
  2. 2 Franck Poupeau France · #138,443 worldwide 65 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Denis Merklen France · #149,575 worldwide 49 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Pierre Lemonnier France · #200,497 worldwide 24 citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Marc Tabani France · #207,179 worldwide 4 citations · 72 works
  6. 6 Jean-Michel Chazine France · #211,737 worldwide 10 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Simonne Pauwels France · #220,224 worldwide 24 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Françoise Douaire‐Marsaudon France · #227,479 worldwide 12 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Capucine Boidin France · #262,191 worldwide 11 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Anne Di Piazza France · #268,368 worldwide 13 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques

Which keywords describe research at Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Sustainable Development, Colonialism, Public Policy, Social Justice, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance and Local Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization43▲ 9.6×56 topics
  2. Sustainable Development25▲ 7.0×19 topics
  3. Colonialism21▲ 20×20 topics
  4. Public Policy21▲ 19×13 topics
  5. Social Justice20▲ 15×13 topics
  6. Community Engagement19▲ 26×7 topics
  7. Territorial Governance19▲ 66×4 topics
  8. Sustainability19▲ 3.4×25 topics
  9. Local Development18▲ 70×2 topics
  10. Identity18▲ 11×28 topics
  11. Citizen Participation15▲ 55×1 topic
  12. Environmental Participation15▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Social Movements14▲ 21×16 topics
  14. Climate Change14▲ 2.4×23 topics
  15. Latin America14▲ 33×13 topics
  16. Cultural Studies12▲ 14×11 topics
  17. Nationalism12▲ 11×13 topics
  18. Migration12▲ 15×10 topics
  19. Human Rights11▲ 4.8×15 topics
  20. Governance11▲ 14×6 topics
  21. Memory11▲ 19×8 topics
  22. Decolonization10▲ 57×6 topics
  23. Economic Development10▲ 5.5×9 topics
  24. Ethnicity10▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Neoliberalism9▲ 11×16 topics
  26. Agroecology9▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Sociolinguistics9▲ 21×6 topics
  28. Smallholder Farmers9▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Cultural Heritage8▲ 6.7×12 topics
  30. Politics8▲ 13×10 topics
  31. Gender8▲ 6.6×19 topics
  32. History8▲ 5.1×22 topics
  33. Social Inequality8▲ 13×7 topics
  34. Religion8▲ 7.2×13 topics
  35. Adaptation8▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Gender Studies8▲ 21×6 topics
  37. Cultural Diversity7▲ 14×11 topics
  38. Diversity7▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Political Violence7▲ 118×3 topics
  40. Vulnerability7▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Island Studies and Pacific Affairs and Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts.

French Urban and Social …15French Urban and Social Studies: 15 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…7Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 7 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacif…5Island Studies and Pacific Affairs: 5 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 4 fractional worksInternational Relations in Latin America: 4 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 4 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 4 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and Health: 4 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 4 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsDemographyComputer Networks and Communications4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  3. 3 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 5 works
  4. 4 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  5. 5 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 4 works
  7. 7 African history and culture studies Anthropology 4 works
  8. 8 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

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