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Forests and Societies

In research, Forests and Societies stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#879 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,094 of 7,800 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,073 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Sociology and Political Science — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 20.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,451
of 28,054 · #12,181 all time
Rank in France
#451
of 1,422
Research works
990
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.4k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Forests and Societies 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #879 of 3,409 14.5%64 #739
Life SciencesDomain #5,094 of 7,800 14.8%66 #5378
Social SciencesDomain #8,073 of 10,521 4.1%140 #10575
Social SciencesField #5,996 of 6,365 2.9%98 #7904

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Forests and Societies 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#739 #879
  2. Life Sciences#5,378 #5,094
  3. Social Sciences#10,575 #8,073
  4. Social Sciences#7,904 #5,996
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 Forests and Societies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 20.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 25.1 works21×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 54.2 works5.8×
← 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: 5.18× its world share, 64 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.11× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.97× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 98 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Forests and Societies?

Ranked on the composite score, Françoise Mies, Olivier Perru and Philippe Jaussaud lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Forests and Societies.

  1. 1 Françoise Mies France · #687,980 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Olivier Perru France · #849,617 worldwide 0 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Philippe Jaussaud France · #1,073,036 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Bertrand Hespel France · #1,165,719 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Forests and Societies

Which keywords describe research at Forests and Societies?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Ethnicity, Healthcare, Biodiversity Conservation, Social Movements and Adaptation.

▲ 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. Climate Change41▲ 5.8×46 topics
  2. Sustainability36▲ 5.6×41 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers35▲ 61×5 topics
  4. Ethnicity29▲ 30×6 topics
  5. Globalization28▲ 5.5×40 topics
  6. Healthcare28▲ 9.6×9 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation28▲ 29×9 topics
  8. Social Movements27▲ 34×10 topics
  9. Adaptation26▲ 36×5 topics
  10. Agroecology24▲ 65×4 topics
  11. Governance23▲ 27×6 topics
  12. Decentralization23▲ 42×3 topics
  13. Diversity23▲ 51×4 topics
  14. Africa23▲ 212×2 topics
  15. Livestock Farming23▲ 143×2 topics
  16. Political Transition23▲ 169×3 topics
  17. Multifunctionality22▲ 172×2 topics
  18. media pluralism22▲ 1088×1 topic
  19. urban protest22▲ 1088×1 topic
  20. Agricultural Development22▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Work Organization22▲ 201×1 topic
  22. Identity20▲ 11×31 topics
  23. Agroforestry19▲ 113×4 topics
  24. Colonialism16▲ 13×24 topics
  25. Sustainable Agriculture15▲ 18×11 topics
  26. Ecosystem Services14▲ 14×9 topics
  27. Social Justice14▲ 9.0×12 topics
  28. Literature13▲ 9.0×26 topics
  29. Sociolinguistics12▲ 26×7 topics
  30. Postcolonialism12▲ 38×13 topics
  31. Community Engagement12▲ 14×6 topics
  32. Territorial Governance12▲ 36×3 topics
  33. Local Development12▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Migration11▲ 12×12 topics
  35. Nationalism11▲ 9.0×12 topics
  36. Climate Change Resilience10▲ 71×2 topics
  37. Genetic Diversity10▲ 8.8×12 topics
  38. Public Policy10▲ 7.8×7 topics
  39. Cultural Diversity10▲ 16×6 topics
  40. Soil Fertility9▲ 16×7 topics

Which research topics does Forests and Societies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: African Studies and Ethnography, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies and French Urban and Social Studies.

African Studies and Ethn…22African Studies and Ethnography: 22 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…22Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 22 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 9 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …9French Urban and Social Studies: 9 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato A…8Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 8 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and…6Migration, Identity, and Health: 6 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 5 fractional worksInformation Technology and Learning: 5 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 5 fractional worksPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestryHorticulture4 others

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

  1. 1 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 22 works
  3. 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 9 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  5. 5 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 8 works
  6. 6 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  7. 7 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  8. 8 Information Technology and Learning Education 5 works
  9. 9 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 5 works
  10. 10 Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies Literature and Literary Theory 5 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 available64.0%not open36.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.2%domestic only47.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Forests and Societies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher 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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