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Institut des Mondes Africains

In research, Institut des Mondes Africains stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,822 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,807 of 10,521 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#2,358 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Arts and Humanities — Anthropology is 51.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,374
of 28,054 · #20,546 all time
Rank in France
#891
of 1,422
Research works
2.4k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Institut des Mondes Africains 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 SciencesField #2,822 of 6,365 7.1%181 #2028
Social SciencesDomain #4,807 of 10,521 7.2%247 #3723
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,358 of 2,578 7.0%71 #2315

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut des Mondes Africains 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. Social Sciences#2,028 #2,822
  2. Social Sciences#3,723 #4,807
  3. Sociology and Political Science#2,315 #2,358
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 Institut des Mondes Africains specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 51.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 41.3 works52×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 40.4 works9.6×
  3. Arts and HumanitiesField · 57.6 works7.0×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.05× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.04× its world share, 181 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut des Mondes Africains?

Ranked on the composite score, Jean-Pierre Chrétien, Michael Houseman and Éric Suire lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut des Mondes Africains.

  1. 1 Jean-Pierre Chrétien France · #85,703 worldwide 80 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Michael Houseman France · #219,755 worldwide 44 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Éric Suire France · #266,000 worldwide 1 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Christian Dupuy France · #288,785 worldwide 36 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Carlo A. Célius France · #293,368 worldwide 1 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Éric Jolly France · #296,462 worldwide 20 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Tal Tamari France · #301,410 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Gaetano Ciarcia France · #302,283 worldwide 6 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Alexandre Fernández France · #306,076 worldwide 2 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Laurent Coste France · #323,415 worldwide 0 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Institut des Mondes Africains

Which keywords describe research at Institut des Mondes Africains?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Migration, Social Movements, Gender, Nationalism, Religion, Ethnicity and Cultural Studies.

▲ 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. Colonialism47▲ 35×31 topics
  2. Migration41▲ 43×16 topics
  3. Social Movements33▲ 39×19 topics
  4. Gender32▲ 21×28 topics
  5. Nationalism32▲ 24×18 topics
  6. Religion32▲ 23×17 topics
  7. Globalization28▲ 5.1×51 topics
  8. Ethnicity28▲ 26×10 topics
  9. Cultural Studies27▲ 25×10 topics
  10. Islam27▲ 45×3 topics
  11. North Africa27▲ 241×2 topics
  12. Identity26▲ 13×33 topics
  13. Healthcare23▲ 7.2×9 topics
  14. Democracy21▲ 21×8 topics
  15. History20▲ 10×27 topics
  16. Political Islam20▲ 117×2 topics
  17. Social Change20▲ 56×5 topics
  18. Social Impact20▲ 18×6 topics
  19. Governance20▲ 21×7 topics
  20. Politics20▲ 26×16 topics
  21. Family Law20▲ 149×2 topics
  22. Gender Dynamics20▲ 65×6 topics
  23. Reform19▲ 106×1 topic
  24. Military History18▲ 225×2 topics
  25. Imperialism18▲ 81×3 topics
  26. African History18▲ 264×1 topic
  27. Post-Colonial Africa18▲ 264×1 topic
  28. Africa18▲ 152×3 topics
  29. Decentralization18▲ 30×3 topics
  30. Culture18▲ 12×15 topics
  31. Political Transition17▲ 117×4 topics
  32. media pluralism17▲ 753×1 topic
  33. urban protest17▲ 753×1 topic
  34. Social Justice17▲ 10×10 topics
  35. Community Engagement16▲ 18×5 topics
  36. Local Development16▲ 49×2 topics
  37. Territorial Governance16▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Public Policy16▲ 11×10 topics
  39. Citizen Participation13▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Environmental Participation13▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut des Mondes Africains publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, African history and culture studies, African Studies and Ethnography and French Urban and Social Studies.

Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 19 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 18 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethn…17African Studies and Ethnography: 17 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …13French Urban and Social Studies: 13 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 10 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and Health: 9 fractional worksCultural Identity and He…7Cultural Identity and Heritage: 7 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Geopolitics: 7 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 6 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 6 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAnthropologySociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 19 works
  2. 2 African history and culture studies Anthropology 18 works
  3. 3 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 10 works
  6. 6 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  7. 7 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 7 works
  8. 8 African Studies and Geopolitics Anthropology 7 works
  9. 9 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  10. 10 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 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-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut des Mondes Africains's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower 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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