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École Pratique des Hautes Études

In research, École Pratique des Hautes Études stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,155 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#422 of 1,998 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#861 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Archeology and Anthropology — Classics is 35.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,550
of 28,054 · #3,622 all time
Rank in France
#72
of 1,422
Research works
8.2k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
99k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is École Pratique des Hautes Études 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 #2,155 of 10,521 6.7%897 #1610
Arts and HumanitiesField #422 of 1,998 7.7%415 #526
Environmental ScienceField #861 of 3,551 30.8%155 #942
Life SciencesDomain #2,345 of 7,800 27.6%242 #2125
Physical SciencesDomain #4,225 of 12,888 25.3%278 #4750
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #93 of 255 27.2%82 #318
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,273 of 3,409 29.7%134 #1013
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,428 of 3,579 27.8%80 #1972
Social SciencesField #3,073 of 6,365 5.1%427 #1912
EcologySubfield #287 of 578 31.4%67 #502

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where École Pratique des Hautes Études 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#1,610 #2,155
  2. Arts and Humanities#526 #422
  3. Environmental Science#942 #861
  4. Life Sciences#2,125 #2,345
  5. Physical Sciences#4,750 #4,225
  6. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#318 #93
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,013 #1,273
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,972 #1,428
  9. Social Sciences#1,912 #3,073
  10. Ecology#502 #287
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 École Pratique des Hautes Études specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 35.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 31.2 works35×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 106.6 works24×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 92.0 works22×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 44.4 works19×
  5. HistorySubfield · 65.7 works14×
  6. Religious studiesSubfield · 31.7 works13×
  7. PaleontologySubfield · 21.9 works12×
  8. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 81.7 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: 1.89× its world share, 134 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 64 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.08× its world share, 155 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 9.58× its world share, 415 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 428 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at École Pratique des Hautes Études?

Ranked on the composite score, Serge Moscovici, Louis Dumont and Jacques Leplat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Pratique des Hautes Études.

  1. 1 Serge Moscovici France · #3,508 worldwide 851 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Louis Dumont France · #19,292 worldwide 234 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Jacques Leplat France · #37,354 worldwide 118 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Oswald Ducrot France · #64,539 worldwide 243 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Henri Platelle France · #65,040 worldwide 53 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Olivier Boulnois France · #79,500 worldwide 47 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Michel Banniard France · #124,555 worldwide 55 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 René Taton France · #135,306 worldwide 44 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Jeanne Favret-Saada France · #150,562 worldwide 35 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Matthias Hayek France · #163,586 worldwide 1 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at École Pratique des Hautes Études

Which keywords describe research at École Pratique des Hautes Études?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, History, Philosophy, Climate Change, Culture, Gender, Nationalism and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Religion149▲ 21×31 topics
  2. Climate Change122▲ 3.0×74 topics
  3. History117▲ 11×40 topics
  4. Philosophy87▲ 13×29 topics
  5. Culture77▲ 9.7×24 topics
  6. Gender72▲ 8.9×30 topics
  7. Biodiversity70▲ 6.2×31 topics
  8. Nationalism67▲ 9.7×23 topics
  9. Colonialism64▲ 9.0×31 topics
  10. Archaeology60▲ 30×11 topics
  11. Invasive Species58▲ 9.0×21 topics
  12. Politics55▲ 14×14 topics
  13. Migration54▲ 11×15 topics
  14. Identity53▲ 4.9×38 topics
  15. Cultural Exchange51▲ 26×11 topics
  16. Society49▲ 17×17 topics
  17. Democracy46▲ 8.7×11 topics
  18. Biogeography45▲ 11×20 topics
  19. Cultural Transmission42▲ 35×5 topics
  20. Late Antiquity41▲ 51×3 topics
  21. Urban Development40▲ 7.3×10 topics
  22. Rituals40▲ 30×4 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation39▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Historical Narratives39▲ 44×3 topics
  25. Roman Economy39▲ 62×2 topics
  26. Molecular Phylogeny39▲ 17×11 topics
  27. Population Dynamics38▲ 10×12 topics
  28. Global Perspectives37▲ 54×2 topics
  29. Islam37▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Scientific History36▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Technological Development36▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Christianity36▲ 40×4 topics
  33. Global Change35▲ 9.0×6 topics
  34. North Africa34▲ 57×2 topics
  35. Secularism32▲ 21×4 topics
  36. Social Change32▲ 17×8 topics
  37. China32▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Confucianism32▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Falun Gong32▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Semitic Languages32▲ 49×2 topics

Which research topics does École Pratique des Hautes Études publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Chinese history and philosophy, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender and Archaeology and Historical Studies.

Historical Studies and S…36Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 36 fractional worksChinese history and phil…32Chinese history and philosophy: 32 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 29 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 26 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 25 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 24 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 23 fractional worksPlant and animal studies21Plant and animal studies: 21 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 20 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 19 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsArcheology2 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 36 works
  2. 2 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  3. 3 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 29 works
  4. 4 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 26 works
  5. 5 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 25 works
  6. 6 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  7. 7 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 23 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 21 works
  9. 9 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 20 works
  10. 10 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 19 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 available55.0%not open45.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has École Pratique des Hautes Études's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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