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École Pratique des Hautes Études Commerciales

In research, École Pratique des Hautes Études Commerciales stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,313 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,242 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,976 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology, Archeology and Language and Linguistics — Anthropology is 44.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,643
of 28,054 · #41,358 all time
Rank in Belgium
#134
of 138
Research works
380
▲ 172% vs 2013–17
Citations
595
1.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is École Pratique des Hautes Études Commerciales 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 #9,313 of 10,521 0.9%235 #14521
Social SciencesField #6,242 of 6,365 1.0%105 #9980
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,976 of 1,998 0.7%126 #3576

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where École Pratique des Hautes Études Commerciales 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#14,521 #9,313
  2. Social Sciences#9,980 #6,242
  3. Arts and Humanities#3,576 #1,976
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 Commerciales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 44.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 31.8 works44×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 32.2 works42×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 29.9 works27×
  4. Arts and HumanitiesField · 126.3 works17×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 17.07× its world share, 126 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.24× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 17.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at École Pratique des Hautes Études Commerciales?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Culture, Archaeology, Philosophy, Nationalism, Roman Economy and Politics.

▲ 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. History37▲ 21×20 topics
  2. Religion33▲ 27×12 topics
  3. Culture27▲ 20×14 topics
  4. Archaeology21▲ 60×6 topics
  5. Philosophy20▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Nationalism20▲ 17×10 topics
  7. Roman Economy18▲ 164×2 topics
  8. Politics17▲ 25×7 topics
  9. Colonialism17▲ 14×13 topics
  10. Linguistics16▲ 39×4 topics
  11. Society16▲ 33×9 topics
  12. Cultural History16▲ 51×3 topics
  13. Cultural Exchange15▲ 45×7 topics
  14. Globalization14▲ 2.9×11 topics
  15. Gender14▲ 10×13 topics
  16. Identity13▲ 7.1×10 topics
  17. Historiography13▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Language Teaching13▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Pompeii12▲ 216×1 topic
  20. Urban Workshops12▲ 216×1 topic
  21. Late Antiquity11▲ 84×3 topics
  22. Semitic Languages11▲ 102×2 topics
  23. Literature11▲ 8.1×14 topics
  24. Regulation11▲ 8.1×2 topics
  25. Cultural Transmission11▲ 53×4 topics
  26. China11▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Confucianism11▲ 101×1 topic
  28. Migration10▲ 12×7 topics
  29. Historical Narratives10▲ 67×3 topics
  30. Rituals10▲ 44×4 topics
  31. Medieval Europe10▲ 185×2 topics
  32. Scientific History9▲ 80×1 topic
  33. Technological Development9▲ 80×1 topic
  34. Etymology9▲ 69×2 topics
  35. Historical Phonology9▲ 69×2 topics
  36. Ancient Rome9▲ 102×1 topic
  37. Greek Literature9▲ 102×1 topic
  38. Linguistic Historiography9▲ 207×1 topic
  39. Saussure9▲ 207×1 topic
  40. Urban Development9▲ 9.2×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical and Literary Studies, Chinese history and philosophy, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis and Classical Antiquity Studies.

Historical and Literary …12Historical and Literary Studies: 12 fractional worksChinese history and phil…11Chinese history and philosophy: 11 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 9 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…9Classical Antiquity Studies: 9 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics a…9Historical Linguistics and Language Studies: 9 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 8 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 7 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …7French Urban and Social Studies: 7 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Analyses: 7 fractional worksMedieval European Literature and History: 6 fractional works
AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of ScienceLanguage and Linguistics2 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 12 works
  2. 2 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  3. 3 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 9 works
  4. 4 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 9 works
  5. 5 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 9 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 8 works
  7. 7 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 7 works
  8. 8 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  9. 9 Historical and Literary Analyses Literature and Literary Theory 7 works
  10. 10 Medieval European Literature and History Language and Linguistics 6 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 available87.0%not open13.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 172% 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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