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Institut Jean Nicod

In research, Institut Jean Nicod stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,081 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,611
of 28,054 · #7,580 all time
Rank in France
#276
of 1,422
Research works
1.2k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
21.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Institut Jean Nicod 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 #4,081 of 10,521 25.9%113 #1567

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Jean Nicod 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: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 6.29× its world share, 18 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.77× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.00× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.12× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Jean Nicod?

Ranked on the composite score, Dan Sperber, Gloria Origgi and Philippe Schlenker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Jean Nicod.

  1. 1 Dan Sperber France · #6,931 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Gloria Origgi France · #55,788 worldwide 283 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Philippe Schlenker France · #104,227 worldwide 245 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Roberto Casati France · #171,420 worldwide 89 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 François Récanati France · #198,754 worldwide 171 citations · 80 works
  6. 6 Scott Atran France · #262,486 worldwide 133 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Benjamin Spector France · #294,115 worldwide 104 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Frédérique de Vignemont France · #365,779 worldwide 45 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Élisabeth Pacherie France · #617,840 worldwide 55 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Carlo Geraci France · #647,404 worldwide 35 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Jean Nicod

Which keywords describe research at Institut Jean Nicod?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Perception, Neuroscience, Emotion, Truth, Social Cognition, Psychology and Pragmatics.

▲ 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. Ethics13▲ 15×13 topics
  2. Perception12▲ 104×4 topics
  3. Neuroscience12▲ 23×6 topics
  4. Emotion12▲ 32×7 topics
  5. Truth12▲ 202×3 topics
  6. Social Cognition9▲ 30×6 topics
  7. Psychology9▲ 38×6 topics
  8. Pragmatics9▲ 29×6 topics
  9. Cognitive Science8▲ 71×2 topics
  10. Language7▲ 16×6 topics
  11. Knowledge7▲ 163×2 topics
  12. Belief7▲ 268×1 topic
  13. Justification7▲ 268×1 topic
  14. Cultural Evolution6▲ 72×3 topics
  15. Evolution6▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Cultural Studies6▲ 8.9×7 topics
  17. Philosophy6▲ 7.5×13 topics
  18. Disgust6▲ 108×1 topic
  19. Moral Judgment6▲ 108×1 topic
  20. History6▲ 4.3×13 topics
  21. Modal Logic6▲ 105×2 topics
  22. Embodiment5▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Consciousness5▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Neural Correlates5▲ 31×5 topics
  25. Social Interaction5▲ 6.7×6 topics
  26. Cognition5▲ 19×5 topics
  27. Grounding5▲ 187×1 topic
  28. Phenomenal Experience5▲ 187×1 topic
  29. Empathy4▲ 22×6 topics
  30. Decision Making4▲ 8.1×3 topics
  31. Altruism4▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Cooperation4▲ 36×3 topics
  33. Neural Mechanisms4▲ 24×4 topics
  34. Syntax4▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Emotion Regulation4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  36. Polarization4▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Narrative4▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Bilingualism4▲ 15×5 topics
  39. Grammar4▲ 88×2 topics
  40. Neural Basis4▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Institut Jean Nicod publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Philosophy and Theoretical Science and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation.

Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 7 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 6 fractional worksPhilosophy and Theoretic…5Philosophy and Theoretical Science: 5 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Lingu…4Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 4 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 3 fractional worksLanguage and cultural evolution: 3 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…3Misinformation and Its Impacts: 3 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Cognition: 3 fractional worksDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics: 3 fractional worksEvolutionary Game Theory…3Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation: 3 fractional works
PhilosophyCognitive NeuroscienceExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyLanguage and Linguistics3 others

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

  1. 1 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 7 works
  2. 2 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  3. 3 Philosophy and Theoretical Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  4. 4 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 4 works
  5. 5 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Language and cultural evolution Cultural Studies 3 works
  7. 7 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  9. 9 Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics General Decision Sciences 3 works
  10. 10 Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation Sociology and Political Science 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 available66.4%not open33.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Jean Nicod's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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