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Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales

In research, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,979 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,227 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,229 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Anthropology — Linguistics and Language is 43.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,527
of 28,054 · #23,287 all time
Rank in France
#728
of 1,422
Research works
3.1k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales 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 #3,979 of 10,521 7.2%636 #4756
Social SciencesField #3,227 of 6,365 6.6%384 #3832
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,229 of 1,998 8.0%201 #1520
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #200 of 303 10.5%75 #413
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #971 of 1,201 7.8%102 #1305
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,205 of 2,578 4.1%136 #2988

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales 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#4,756 #3,979
  2. Social Sciences#3,832 #3,227
  3. Arts and Humanities#1,520 #1,229
  4. Language and Linguistics#413 #200
  5. Political Science and International Relations#1,305 #971
  6. Sociology and Political Science#2,988 #2,205
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 National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 43.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 35.9 works44×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 74.6 works24×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 42.2 works21×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 24.3 works11×
  5. HistorySubfield · 25.7 works11×
  6. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 30.6 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: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 9.75× its world share, 201 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.24× its world share, 384 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales?

Ranked on the composite score, G. Troupeau, Isabelle Sancho and Benjamin Stora lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales.

  1. 1 G. Troupeau France · #207,779 worldwide 21 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Isabelle Sancho France · #209,079 worldwide 0 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Benjamin Stora France · #209,135 worldwide 17 citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Dominique Jolly France · #272,417 worldwide 137 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Catherine Géry France · #275,351 worldwide 10 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Alexandra Galitzine‐Loumpet France · #283,745 worldwide 2 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Mireille Hadas-Lebel France · #285,077 worldwide 15 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Cécile Leguy France · #310,107 worldwide 4 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 Valérie Legrand France · #314,275 worldwide 114 citations · 126 works
  10. 10 Claire Moyse‐Faurie France · #325,132 worldwide 35 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales

Which keywords describe research at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Colonialism, Identity, Migration, Globalization, Gender 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. History80▲ 16×30 topics
  2. Religion79▲ 23×20 topics
  3. Globalization73▲ 5.2×64 topics
  4. Colonialism65▲ 19×28 topics
  5. Identity64▲ 12×35 topics
  6. Migration61▲ 25×17 topics
  7. Gender58▲ 15×28 topics
  8. Nationalism56▲ 17×20 topics
  9. Politics55▲ 28×14 topics
  10. Culture50▲ 13×20 topics
  11. Sociolinguistics49▲ 36×9 topics
  12. Language Contact38▲ 54×6 topics
  13. Ethnicity36▲ 13×16 topics
  14. Public Policy35▲ 9.9×11 topics
  15. Social Justice34▲ 8.0×10 topics
  16. Pragmatics33▲ 29×6 topics
  17. Cultural Identity33▲ 8.9×21 topics
  18. Society31▲ 23×10 topics
  19. Multilingualism30▲ 25×6 topics
  20. Islam30▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Democracy30▲ 12×9 topics
  22. Language Teaching29▲ 16×5 topics
  23. Philosophy28▲ 8.9×14 topics
  24. Language Policy27▲ 27×5 topics
  25. Literature26▲ 6.7×20 topics
  26. North Africa25▲ 91×2 topics
  27. Territorial Governance24▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Community Engagement24▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Local Development24▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Social Change23▲ 26×5 topics
  31. Conflict22▲ 19×8 topics
  32. Discourse Analysis22▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Political Islam22▲ 50×2 topics
  34. Family Law21▲ 64×2 topics
  35. Citizen Participation21▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Environmental Participation21▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Reform20▲ 44×2 topics
  38. Social Movements20▲ 9.1×15 topics
  39. Semitic Languages19▲ 62×2 topics
  40. Rhetoric19▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Chinese history and philosophy and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis.

French Urban and Social …21French Urban and Social Studies: 21 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…20Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 20 fractional worksChinese history and phil…18Chinese history and philosophy: 18 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…16Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 16 fractional worksLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis: 14 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 12 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocult…11Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 11 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 11 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 11 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…10Islamic Studies and History: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsPhilosophyLanguage and Linguistics2 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  2. 2 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 16 works
  5. 5 Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis Language and Linguistics 14 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 12 works
  7. 7 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 11 works
  8. 8 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  9. 9 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 11 works
  10. 10 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 10 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher 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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