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Institut Français

In research, Institut Français stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,356 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,211 of 5,988 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,051 of 1,896 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology, History and Political Science and International Relations (Anthropology is 16.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,978
of 22,385 · #3,064 all time
Rank in France
#135
of 517
Research works
5.4k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
109k
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Institut Français

What is Institut Français 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 #2,356 of 9,585 5.0%358 #5228
Social SciencesField #2,211 of 5,988 4.4%230 #4582
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,051 of 1,896 6.2%85 #1703
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,542 of 2,526 3.6%78 #2500
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #819 of 1,187 3.7%87 #1784

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Français 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,228 #2,356
  2. Social Sciences#4,582 #2,211
  3. Arts and Humanities#1,703 #1,051
  4. Sociology and Political Science#2,500 #1,542
  5. Political Science and International Relations#1,784 #819
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Institut Français work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Institut Français is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (51%), Arts and Humanities (19%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 373 fractional works · 79.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 238 fractional works · 50.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 88 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 80 fractional works · 17.1% of its workAnthropology: 22 fractional works · 4.7% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 90 fractional works · 19.3% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 4.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArcheology: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 54 fractional works · 11.6% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Energy: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut Français469fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences6%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences23850.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities9019.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance224.7%
    4. Psychology112.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting102.2%
    6. Decision Sciences20.5%
    1. Computer Science173.6%
    2. Engineering122.5%
    3. Environmental Science112.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.1%
    5. Energy51.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    7. Mathematics10.2%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Health Professions153.3%
    2. Medicine132.7%
    3. Veterinary10.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences112.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut Français specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 16.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 22.0 works17×
  2. HistorySubfield · 21.2 works14×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 87.7 works13×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.68× its world share, 90 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.20× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.01× its world share, 238 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.68×90 works
  2. Social Sciences4.01×238 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.20×22 works
  4. Health Professions1.25×15 works
  5. Energy1.22×5 works
  6. Veterinary0.92×1 works
  7. Psychology0.76×11 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×5 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×10 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×11 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.48×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.47×17 works
  13. Environmental Science0.46×11 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.20×2 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  16. Engineering0.17×12 works
  17. Mathematics0.15×1 works
  18. Medicine0.14×13 works
  19. Chemistry0.10×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  23. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut Français?

Ranked on the quality score, John Patrick Lynch, Hubert Mimoun and Olivier Clause lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Français.

  1. 1 John Patrick Lynch France · #519,338 worldwide 13k citations · 375 works
  2. 2 Hubert Mimoun France · #949,246 worldwide 3.6k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Olivier Clause France · #1,111,810 worldwide 1.9k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 J. Espitalié France · #1,220,915 worldwide 8.1k citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Guy Chauveteau France · #1,317,586 worldwide 3.6k citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Frans S.P. van Buchem France · #1,353,147 worldwide 1.8k citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Slavik Kasztelan France · #1,418,383 worldwide 5k citations · 117 works
  8. 8 Alain Yves Huc France · #1,503,857 worldwide 3.4k citations · 87 works
  9. 9 G. Deroo France · #1,619,607 worldwide 3.9k citations · 44 works
  10. 10 M. Mainguy France · #1,665,033 worldwide 1.4k citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Français

What are the most cited papers from Institut Français?

The most cited paper from Institut Français is "Ecological responses to recent climate change" (Gian-Reto Walther, Eric Post, Peter Convey et al., 2002), with 10,060 citations. Next come "AK-MCS: An active learning reliability method combining Kriging and Monte Carlo Simulation" (2,038) and "Méthode rapide de caractérisation des roches mètres, de leur potentiel pétrolier et de leur degré d'évolution" (1,454).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ecological responses to recent climate change Gian-Reto Walther, Eric Post, Peter Convey et al. · Nature Open access Mar 2002 10,060
2 AK-MCS: An active learning reliability method combining Kriging and Monte Carlo Simulation Benjamin Echard, Nicolas Gayton, Maurice Lemaire · Structural Safety 26 Feb 2011 2,038
3 Méthode rapide de caractérisation des roches mètres, de leur potentiel pétrolier et de leur degré d'évolution J. Espitalié, J Laporte, M. Madec et al. · Revue de l Institut Français du Pétrole Open access 1977 1,454
4 Rock-Eval 6 Technology: Performances and Developments F. Béhar, V. Beaumont, Henrique Luiz de Barros Penteado · Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Revue d’IFP Energies nouvelles Open access Mar 2001 1,360
5 Integrated biomarker response: A useful tool for ecological risk assessment Benoı̂t Beliaeff, Thierry Burgeot · Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Jun 2002 1,269
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut Français?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Gender, Territorial Governance, Public Policy, Community Engagement, Social Justice, Local Development 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-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. Globalization56▲ 6.0×57 topics
  2. Gender31▲ 12×20 topics
  3. Territorial Governance30▲ 56×3 topics
  4. Public Policy28▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Sustainable Development27▲ 3.7×14 topics
  6. Community Engagement27▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Social Justice27▲ 9.5×11 topics
  8. Local Development26▲ 54×2 topics
  9. Nationalism25▲ 12×18 topics
  10. Climate Change25▲ 1.95×42 topics
  11. Identity24▲ 7.2×28 topics
  12. Migration24▲ 15×16 topics
  13. History23▲ 7.0×24 topics
  14. Colonialism22▲ 10×24 topics
  15. Economic Development22▲ 5.9×15 topics
  16. Religion22▲ 10×13 topics
  17. International Law20▲ 14×12 topics
  18. Innovation20▲ 4.1×10 topics
  19. Political Economy20▲ 17×9 topics
  20. Islam20▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Citizen Participation19▲ 36×1 topic
  22. Environmental Participation19▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Social Movements19▲ 14×13 topics
  24. Human Rights18▲ 3.7×27 topics
  25. Geopolitics18▲ 25×8 topics
  26. Democracy17▲ 11×13 topics
  27. Sociolinguistics17▲ 20×7 topics
  28. Information Warfare17▲ 105×2 topics
  29. Politics17▲ 14×11 topics
  30. Security16▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Rural Development15▲ 9.5×4 topics
  32. North Africa15▲ 89×2 topics
  33. International Relations15▲ 13×11 topics
  34. Refugees14▲ 25×8 topics
  35. Digital Sovereignty13▲ 62×2 topics
  36. Gender Studies13▲ 18×4 topics
  37. Occupation13▲ 45×3 topics
  38. Pragmatics12▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Governance12▲ 7.9×8 topics
  40. Archaeology12▲ 20×9 topics

Which research topics does Institut Français publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis and Political and Social Issues.

French Urban and Social …19French Urban and Social Studies: 19 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…11Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 11 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 11 fractional worksPolitical and Social Issues: 11 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 11 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 11 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 10 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…9Education, sociology, and vocational training: 9 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 7 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 7 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of SciencePhilosophyPolitical 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 19 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 11 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 11 works
  4. 4 Political and Social Issues Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  5. 5 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  6. 6 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  7. 7 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 10 works
  8. 8 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  9. 9 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 7 works
  10. 10 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 7 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: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut Français's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Institut Français as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Institut Français0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut Français 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 2025Institut Français9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 2012.

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