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Institut d'Asie Orientale

In research, Institut d'Asie Orientale stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,306 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science — Sociology and Political Science is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,649
of 28,054 · #35,969 all time
Rank in France
#1,250
of 1,422
Research works
836
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1k
1.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Institut d'Asie Orientale 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 #9,306 of 10,521 8.3%62 #11156

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut d'Asie Orientale 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).

What does Institut d'Asie Orientale specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 24.4 works10×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.74× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.50× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut d'Asie Orientale?

Ranked on the composite score, François Guillemot, Cécile Armand and Fabienne Jagou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut d'Asie Orientale.

  1. 1 François Guillemot France · #22,162 worldwide 601 citations · 110 works
  2. 2 Cécile Armand France · #313,008 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Fabienne Jagou France · #313,767 worldwide 1 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Marie Laureillard France · #382,787 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Vatthana Pholsena France · #395,803 worldwide 18 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Jérôme Bourgon France · #412,780 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Arnaud Nanta France · #436,055 worldwide 2 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Élise Domenach France · #442,064 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Claude Chevaleyre France · #466,035 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Christian Henriot France · #501,851 worldwide 2 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Institut d'Asie Orientale

Which keywords describe research at Institut d'Asie Orientale?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Identity, Culture, Gender, Colonialism, Politics and Nationalism.

▲ 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. History17▲ 36×13 topics
  2. Religion13▲ 41×8 topics
  3. Identity11▲ 23×12 topics
  4. Culture11▲ 31×8 topics
  5. Gender11▲ 30×11 topics
  6. Colonialism11▲ 33×10 topics
  7. Politics10▲ 54×7 topics
  8. Nationalism10▲ 31×7 topics
  9. Globalization9▲ 6.7×19 topics
  10. Society8▲ 63×5 topics
  11. Philosophy8▲ 27×6 topics
  12. China7▲ 108×1 topic
  13. Regulation7▲ 19×1 topic
  14. Economy5▲ 101×2 topics
  15. Literature5▲ 14×8 topics
  16. Migration5▲ 21×9 topics
  17. Economic Development4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  18. Civil Society4▲ 58×3 topics
  19. Social Justice4▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Vietnam4▲ 160×1 topic
  21. Ethnicity4▲ 17×6 topics
  22. Political Islam4▲ 107×2 topics
  23. Human Rights4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  24. Indonesia4▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Cultural Identity4▲ 10×6 topics
  26. Cultural Exchange3▲ 39×4 topics
  27. Gender Equality3▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Decentralization3▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Democratization3▲ 76×1 topic
  30. Public Policy3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  31. Democracy3▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Modernization3▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Archaeological Evidence3▲ 89×2 topics
  34. Global Trade3▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Japan3▲ 210×1 topic
  36. Scientific History3▲ 100×1 topic
  37. Technological Development3▲ 100×1 topic
  38. Territorial Governance3▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Citizen Participation3▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Community Engagement3▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut d'Asie Orientale publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chinese history and philosophy, Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, Asian Studies and History and Japanese History and Culture.

Chinese history and phil…7Chinese history and philosophy: 7 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 4 fractional worksAsian Studies and History3Asian Studies and History: 3 fractional worksJapanese History and Cul…3Japanese History and Culture: 3 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 3 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…3Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 3 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 2 fractional worksAsian Culture and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksChina's Global Influence and Migration: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesHistory and Philosophy of ScienceAnthropology1 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  2. 2 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 3 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  6. 6 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 3 works
  8. 8 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Asian Culture and Media Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  10. 10 China's Global Influence and Migration Anthropology 1 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 available21.0%not open79.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.4%domestic only97.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut d'Asie Orientale's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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