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French Institute for Research in Africa

In research, French Institute for Research in Africa stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,621 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,140
of 28,054 · #36,415 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#190
of 191
Research works
379
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is French Institute for Research in Africa 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 #9,621 of 10,521 10.2%77 #11985

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where French Institute for Research in Africa 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).

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: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.54× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.79× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.54× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at French Institute for Research in Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Teacher Training, Educational Technology, Nationalism, Curriculum Development, Colonialism, Sociolinguistics and Globalization.

▲ 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. Education11▲ 5.8×23 topics
  2. Teacher Training9▲ 12×10 topics
  3. Globalization8▲ 3.8×20 topics
  4. Educational Technology8▲ 6.1×12 topics
  5. Nationalism7▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Curriculum Development7▲ 8.4×9 topics
  7. Colonialism6▲ 12×12 topics
  8. Sociolinguistics6▲ 30×6 topics
  9. Online Learning5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  10. Language Teaching5▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Pragmatics5▲ 27×6 topics
  12. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.8×6 topics
  13. Language Contact5▲ 44×4 topics
  14. Multilingualism5▲ 25×5 topics
  15. Ethnicity4▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Higher Education4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  17. Cultural Studies4▲ 10×5 topics
  18. Prosody4▲ 96×2 topics
  19. Language Policy4▲ 25×3 topics
  20. History4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  21. Teaching Strategies4▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Speech Perception4▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Student Engagement4▲ 8.0×7 topics
  24. Gender Dynamics4▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Bilingual Education3▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Discourse Analysis3▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Language Acquisition3▲ 25×4 topics
  28. Technology Integration3▲ 9.3×8 topics
  29. Social Impact3▲ 7.0×2 topics
  30. Social Inequality3▲ 10×4 topics
  31. African History3▲ 109×1 topic
  32. ICT in Education3▲ 47×2 topics
  33. Post-Colonial Africa3▲ 109×1 topic
  34. Active Learning3▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Distance Learning3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Rhetoric3▲ 23×2 topics
  37. 21st Century Skills3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  38. Linguistic Diversity3▲ 111×1 topic
  39. Semitic Languages3▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Cybersecurity3▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does French Institute for Research in Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: African history and culture studies, Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis, Education and Digital Technologies and Multilingual Education and Policy.

African history and cult…3African history and culture studies: 3 fractional worksLanguage, Linguistics, C…3Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis: 3 fractional worksEducation and Digital Technologies: 2 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology Research: 2 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 2 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…2Linguistics and Education Research: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional worksLinguistic Studies and Language Acquisition: 2 fractional works
AnthropologyLanguage and LinguisticsSociology and Political ScienceLinguistics and Language5 others

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

  1. 1 African history and culture studies Anthropology 3 works
  2. 2 Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis Language and Linguistics 3 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 2 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 African Education and Politics Education 2 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  9. 9 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 2 works
  10. 10 Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition Artificial Intelligence 2 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 available59.7%not open40.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has French Institute for Research in Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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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