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Centre de Recherches Historiques

In research, Centre de Recherches Historiques stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,090 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#956 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,815 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Arts and Humanities — History is 29.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,474
of 28,054 · #22,841 all time
Rank in France
#849
of 1,422
Research works
3k
▼ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Centre de Recherches Historiques 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 #4,090 of 10,521 13.7%193 #4554
Arts and HumanitiesField #956 of 1,998 16.7%74 #1156
Social SciencesField #3,815 of 6,365 11.6%100 #4825

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre de Recherches Historiques 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,554 #4,090
  2. Arts and Humanities#1,156 #956
  3. Social Sciences#4,825 #3,815
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Centre de Recherches Historiques specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 29.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 21.1 works30×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 73.9 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.52× its world share, 74 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.72× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.57× its world share, 100 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre de Recherches Historiques?

Ranked on the composite score, Jan Willem Drijvers, Philippe Hamon and Adeline Rucquoi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre de Recherches Historiques.

  1. 1 Jan Willem Drijvers France · #62,622 worldwide 68 citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Philippe Hamon France · #69,538 worldwide 52 citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Adeline Rucquoi France · #120,099 worldwide 31 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Jacques Berlioz France · #144,077 worldwide 9 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Megan Williams France · #157,359 worldwide 35 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Christine Bard France · #168,992 worldwide 15 citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Michel Nassiet France · #204,726 worldwide 17 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Philippe Blaudeau France · #209,638 worldwide 18 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Bernard Merdrignac France · #211,734 worldwide 15 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Hervé Guillemain France · #213,145 worldwide 13 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Centre de Recherches Historiques

Which keywords describe research at Centre de Recherches Historiques?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Gender, Colonialism, History, Public Policy, Religion, Innovation and Historical Narratives.

▲ 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. Globalization24▲ 5.6×39 topics
  2. Gender20▲ 17×20 topics
  3. Colonialism16▲ 15×22 topics
  4. Innovation14▲ 6.2×11 topics
  5. History14▲ 9.0×30 topics
  6. Public Policy14▲ 12×10 topics
  7. Religion13▲ 13×14 topics
  8. Identity12▲ 7.4×26 topics
  9. Historical Narratives12▲ 90×3 topics
  10. Nationalism11▲ 11×14 topics
  11. Community Engagement11▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Scientific History11▲ 109×1 topic
  13. Technological Development11▲ 109×1 topic
  14. Social Movements10▲ 16×8 topics
  15. Local Development10▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Territorial Governance10▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Sustainable Development10▲ 2.8×10 topics
  18. Literature9▲ 7.7×25 topics
  19. Social Justice9▲ 7.0×4 topics
  20. Archaeology9▲ 29×10 topics
  21. Democracy8▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Culture8▲ 6.9×14 topics
  23. Social Change8▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Citizen Participation8▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Environmental Participation8▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Migration8▲ 10×10 topics
  27. Cultural Studies7▲ 8.8×11 topics
  28. Occupation7▲ 50×3 topics
  29. Cultural Identity7▲ 6.3×12 topics
  30. Cultural Heritage7▲ 5.6×19 topics
  31. Islam7▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Political Islam7▲ 50×2 topics
  33. Gender Studies7▲ 19×6 topics
  34. Inequality7▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Memory7▲ 12×6 topics
  36. North Africa6▲ 72×2 topics
  37. Family Law6▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Reform6▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Politics6▲ 10×9 topics
  40. Legal History6▲ 93×3 topics

Which research topics does Centre de Recherches Historiques publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, French Urban and Social Studies, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender and French Historical and Cultural Studies.

Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 11 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 8 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…6Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 6 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cu…5French Historical and Cultural Studies: 5 fractional worksMedieval and Early Modern Justice: 4 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksEuropean Political Histo…4European Political History Analysis: 4 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 4 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 3 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 11 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  3. 3 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  4. 4 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 5 works
  5. 5 Medieval and Early Modern Justice Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 European Political History Analysis History 4 works
  8. 8 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 3 works
  10. 10 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 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 available25.2%not open74.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.8%domestic only95.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre de Recherches Historiques's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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