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Environnement, ville, société

In research, Environnement, ville, société stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,380 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,963 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,953 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science — Sociology and Political Science is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,667
of 28,054 · #14,000 all time
Rank in France
#742
of 1,422
Research works
2.7k
▼ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Environnement, ville, société 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,380 of 12,888 7.1%94 #8494
Social SciencesDomain #8,963 of 10,521 3.7%219 #6468
Social SciencesField #5,953 of 6,365 2.5%162 #4659
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,523 of 2,578 2.2%90 #2406

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Environnement, ville, société 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. Physical Sciences#8,494 #9,380
  2. Social Sciences#6,468 #8,963
  3. Social Sciences#4,659 #5,953
  4. Sociology and Political Science#2,406 #2,523
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 Environnement, ville, société specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 90.0 works6.9×
← 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: 1.42× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.95× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.47× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.53× its world share, 162 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Environnement, ville, société?

Ranked on the composite score, Michel Lussault, Jean‐Paul Bravard and Pascal Béguin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Environnement, ville, société.

  1. 1 Michel Lussault France · #66,067 worldwide 58 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Jean‐Paul Bravard France · #101,044 worldwide 186 citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Pascal Béguin France · #108,978 worldwide 95 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Vincent Veschambre France · #228,039 worldwide 17 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Jacques Imbernon France · #303,470 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Violette Rey France · #307,966 worldwide 4 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Pierre‐Yves Saunier France · #345,155 worldwide 17 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 André Buisson France · #352,003 worldwide 1 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Sophie Vareilles France · #353,836 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Éric Charmes France · #354,544 worldwide 24 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Environnement, ville, société

Which keywords describe research at Environnement, ville, société?

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

▲ 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. Community Engagement66▲ 55×7 topics
  2. Territorial Governance64▲ 140×3 topics
  3. Local Development64▲ 152×2 topics
  4. Sustainable Development62▲ 11×21 topics
  5. Public Policy59▲ 33×8 topics
  6. Social Justice59▲ 28×10 topics
  7. Citizen Participation55▲ 122×2 topics
  8. Environmental Participation54▲ 188×1 topic
  9. Proximity and Innovation54▲ 188×1 topic
  10. Climate Change37▲ 3.8×45 topics
  11. Globalization32▲ 4.5×43 topics
  12. Sustainability28▲ 3.2×41 topics
  13. Colonialism24▲ 14×18 topics
  14. Identity18▲ 6.7×23 topics
  15. Migration18▲ 14×13 topics
  16. Gender Studies16▲ 29×4 topics
  17. Adaptation16▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Smallholder Farmers14▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Agricultural Development13▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Politics13▲ 13×10 topics
  21. Diversity13▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Livestock Farming13▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Work Organization13▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Nationalism13▲ 7.7×13 topics
  25. Cultural Studies12▲ 8.6×11 topics
  26. Culture12▲ 6.0×8 topics
  27. Healthcare Access11▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Social Innovation11▲ 20×4 topics
  29. Gender11▲ 5.4×13 topics
  30. Institutionalization10▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Memory Studies10▲ 41×3 topics
  32. Citizenship10▲ 22×4 topics
  33. Memory10▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Ethnography9▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Cooperatives9▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Solidarity Economy9▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Global South9▲ 40×3 topics
  38. Heritage9▲ 74×2 topics
  39. Tourism9▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Rituals9▲ 27×3 topics

Which research topics does Environnement, ville, société publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Social Sciences and Governance and Cultural Identity and Heritage.

French Urban and Social …54French Urban and Social Studies: 54 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 13 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 9 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 8 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 8 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 7 fractional worksChina's Global Influence and Migration: 6 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 6 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 6 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsUrban StudiesArcheology5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 54 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 9 works
  4. 4 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 8 works
  5. 5 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 8 works
  6. 6 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  7. 7 China's Global Influence and Migration Anthropology 6 works
  8. 8 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 6 works
  9. 9 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 4 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Environnement, ville, société's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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