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Francophone University Association

In research, Francophone University Association stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,974 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,570 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,267
of 22,385 · #9,325 all time
Rank in Canada
#155
of 305
Research works
1k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Francophone University Association

What is Francophone University Association known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,974 of 9,585 10.2%149 #2841
Social SciencesField #3,570 of 5,988 11.6%83 #2768

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Francophone University Association 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Francophone University Association work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Francophone University Association is in Social Sciences, 9% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (45%), Arts and Humanities (28%), Medicine (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 161 fractional works · 79.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 90 fractional works · 44.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 37 fractional works · 18.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 7.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 57 fractional works · 28.2% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.8% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFrancophoneUniversity…201fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences80%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9044.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities5728.2%
    3. Psychology63.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine115.3%
    2. Health Professions73.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science104.8%
    2. Environmental Science31.7%
    3. Engineering21.0%
    4. Mathematics10.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.75× its world share, 57 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.53× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.75×57 works
  2. Social Sciences3.53×90 works
  3. Health Professions1.41×8 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×4 works
  5. Psychology1.02×6 works
  6. Computer Science0.62×10 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.57×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.56×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.34×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×3 works
  13. Medicine0.28×11 works
  14. Energy0.19×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  17. Nursing0.11×0 works
  18. Engineering0.07×2 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Francophone University Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohammed Souheil Dib, Jean Tardif and Danièle Latin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Francophone University Association.

  1. 1 Mohammed Souheil Dib Canada · #3,130,098 worldwide 77 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Jean Tardif Canada · #3,273,620 worldwide 167 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Danièle Latin Canada · #3,845,534 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Bernard Cerquiglini Canada · #3,942,142 worldwide 756 citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Yassine Zahidi Canada · #3,952,559 worldwide 21 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Pierre-Jean Loiret Canada · #4,027,112 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Louis-Jean Rousseau Canada · #4,074,716 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Axel Maugey Canada · #4,141,439 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Ousmanou Nwatchock a Birema Canada · #4,165,646 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Roseline Rabin Canada · #4,224,066 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Francophone University Association

What are the most cited papers from Francophone University Association?

The most cited paper from Francophone University Association is "Long-term safety and efficacy of benralizumab in patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma: 1-year results from the BORA phase 3 extension trial" (William W. Busse et al., 2018), with 316 citations. Next come "Why may students fail to learn from demonstrations? A social practice perspective on learning in physics" (148) and "The ETAPE corpus for the evaluation of speech-based TV content processing in the French language" (136).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Long-term safety and efficacy of benralizumab in patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma: 1-year results from the BORA phase 3 extension trial William W. Busse et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 460 authors 8 Nov 2018 316
2 Why may students fail to learn from demonstrations? A social practice perspective on learning in physics Wolff‐Michael Roth, Campbell J. McRobbie, Keith B. Lucas et al. · Journal of Research in Science Teaching May 1997 148
3 The ETAPE corpus for the evaluation of speech-based TV content processing in the French language Guillaume Gravier, Gilles Adda, Niklas Paulsson et al. Conference paperOpen access May 2012 136
4 Hip pain in 234 non-ambulatory adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional multicentre study I. Hodgkinson, M.L. Jindrich, P. Duhaut et al. · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 18 Dec 2001 110
5 Corpus description of the ESTER Evaluation Campaign for the Rich Transcription of French Broadcast News Sylvain Galliano, Edouard Geoffrois, Guillaume Gravier et al. Conference paperOpen access May 2006 107
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Francophone University Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Sociolinguistics, Colonialism, Social Justice, Community Engagement, Gender, Public Policy and Territorial Governance.

▲ 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-now 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. Identity23▲ 16×24 topics
  2. Sociolinguistics17▲ 47×6 topics
  3. Colonialism16▲ 17×13 topics
  4. Globalization16▲ 4.0×36 topics
  5. Social Justice16▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Community Engagement16▲ 24×6 topics
  7. Gender15▲ 14×15 topics
  8. Public Policy14▲ 15×8 topics
  9. Territorial Governance14▲ 58×3 topics
  10. Local Development13▲ 64×2 topics
  11. Sustainable Development13▲ 4.2×10 topics
  12. Literature13▲ 12×15 topics
  13. History12▲ 8.9×13 topics
  14. Nationalism12▲ 13×8 topics
  15. Religion12▲ 13×12 topics
  16. Citizen Participation11▲ 49×1 topic
  17. Environmental Participation11▲ 80×1 topic
  18. Cultural Studies11▲ 14×12 topics
  19. Migration11▲ 16×9 topics
  20. Cultural Identity10▲ 9.9×6 topics
  21. Multilingualism10▲ 30×4 topics
  22. Gender Studies9▲ 30×7 topics
  23. Cultural Heritage9▲ 8.2×6 topics
  24. Cultural Diversity8▲ 18×5 topics
  25. Sociopolitical8▲ 120×3 topics
  26. Pragmatics8▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Discourse Analysis8▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Argumentation8▲ 138×1 topic
  29. Postcolonialism8▲ 28×8 topics
  30. Rhetoric8▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Language8▲ 16×5 topics
  32. Social Change8▲ 31×3 topics
  33. Documentary Practices8▲ 146×2 topics
  34. Digital Communication7▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Information Studies7▲ 184×1 topic
  36. Social Movements7▲ 12×8 topics
  37. Immigration7▲ 31×4 topics
  38. Democracy7▲ 9.4×5 topics
  39. Diaspora7▲ 58×3 topics
  40. Language Contact7▲ 36×3 topics

Which research topics does Francophone University Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts and Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender.

French Urban and Social Studies: 11 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 8 fractional worksCultural Insights and Di…7Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 7 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…6Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 6 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 6 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 6 fractional worksCaribbean and African Li…5Caribbean and African Literature and Culture: 5 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 4 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 4 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhilosophyComputer Networks and CommunicationsPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  2. 2 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 8 works
  3. 3 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 7 works
  4. 4 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  5. 5 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 6 works
  7. 7 Caribbean and African Literature and Culture Religious studies 5 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  9. 9 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Francophone University Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Francophone University Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Francophone University Association0.00067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Francophone University Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Francophone University Association8.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.2% in 2020.

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