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Maison des Sciences de l'Homme

In research, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,008 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#232 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,588 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, History and History and Philosophy of Science (Linguistics and Language is 31.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,617
of 22,385 · #3,243 all time
Rank in France
#84
of 517
Research works
3.7k
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme

What is Maison des Sciences de l'Homme 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 #1,008 of 9,585 6.2%712 #1131
Arts and HumanitiesField #232 of 1,896 4.7%269 #458
Social SciencesField #1,588 of 5,988 6.8%368 #1057
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,100 of 2,526 8.0%151 #829
Health SciencesDomain #5,873 of 9,902 7.5%73 #5536
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #285 of 406 5.3%64 #700
Physical SciencesDomain #7,746 of 10,670 4.2%82 #6580

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maison des Sciences de l'Homme 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#1,131 #1,008
  2. Arts and Humanities#458 #232
  3. Social Sciences#1,057 #1,588
  4. Sociology and Political Science#829 #1,100
  5. Health Sciences#5,536 #5,873
  6. Literature and Literary Theory#700 #285
  7. Physical Sciences#6,580 #7,746
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 Maison des Sciences de l'Homme work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Maison des Sciences de l'Homme is in Social Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Arts and Humanities (29%), Psychology (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 744 fractional works · 78.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 381 fractional works · 40.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 156 fractional works · 16.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 56 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAnthropology: 37 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 34 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCultural Studies: 31 fractional works · 3.2% of its workUrban Studies: 22 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 279 fractional works · 29.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 66 fractional works · 7.0% of its workHistory: 53 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhilosophy: 39 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArcheology: 36 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 27 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 23 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 51 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 32 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 92 fractional works · 9.6% of its workComputer Science: 43 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 23 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 79 fractional works · 8.3% of its workHealth Professions: 45 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 40 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaison desSciences de…952fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences78%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences38140.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities27929.3%
    3. Psychology515.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting171.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance131.4%
    6. Decision Sciences30.3%
    1. Computer Science434.6%
    2. Engineering171.8%
    3. Environmental Science171.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences91.0%
    5. Energy20.2%
    6. Mathematics10.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Health Professions454.7%
    2. Medicine333.5%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences252.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology70.7%
    3. Neuroscience50.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Maison des Sciences de l'Homme specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 31.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 33.9 works31×
  2. HistorySubfield · 53.3 works17×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 23.3 works16×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 37.1 works14×
  5. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 66.4 works13×
  6. ArcheologySubfield · 35.8 works12×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 10.16× its world share, 279 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 381 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities10.16×279 works
  2. Social Sciences3.16×381 works
  3. Health Professions1.78×45 works
  4. Psychology1.75×51 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×13 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×9 works
  7. Computer Science0.59×43 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×17 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×25 works
  10. Environmental Science0.35×16 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.32×3 works
  12. Neuroscience0.30×5 works
  13. Medicine0.18×33 works
  14. Energy0.17×2 works
  15. Dentistry0.17×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×7 works
  17. Mathematics0.13×1 works
  18. Engineering0.12×17 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
  22. Veterinary0.05×0 works
  23. Nursing0.04×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Maison des Sciences de l'Homme?

Ranked on the quality score, Jack W. Hausser, Anne-Marie Romeuf and Marine Duc lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maison des Sciences de l'Homme.

  1. 1 Jack W. Hausser France · #1,884,338 worldwide 448 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Anne-Marie Romeuf France · #2,365,505 worldwide 92 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Marine Duc France · #2,723,644 worldwide 17 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Pierre Vergès France · #2,989,054 worldwide 792 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Philippe Bouquillion France · #3,003,159 worldwide 257 citations · 80 works
  6. 6 Monique Dumontet France · #3,074,112 worldwide 28 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Véronique Ganard France · #3,355,898 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Michel Maurin France · #3,530,501 worldwide 1.1k citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Carole Marin France · #3,690,654 worldwide 37 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Françoise Le Ny France · #3,700,731 worldwide 117 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Maison des Sciences de l'Homme

What are the most cited papers from Maison des Sciences de l'Homme?

The most cited paper from Maison des Sciences de l'Homme is "High Level of Burnout in Intensivists" (Nathalie Embriaco, Élie Azoulay, Karine Barrau et al., 2007), with 721 citations. Next come "Two-dimensional materials in semiconductor photoelectrocatalytic systems for water splitting" (542) and "A dynamically young and perturbed Milky Way disk" (503).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 High Level of Burnout in Intensivists Nathalie Embriaco, Élie Azoulay, Karine Barrau et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 18 Jan 2007 721
2 Two-dimensional materials in semiconductor photoelectrocatalytic systems for water splitting Monireh Faraji, Mahdieh Yousefi, Samira Yousefzadeh et al. · Energy & Environmental Science 10 Oct 2018 542
3 A dynamically young and perturbed Milky Way disk T. Antoja, A. Helmi, Mercè Romero-Gómez et al. · Nature Open access Sep 2018 503
4 Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests Simon L. Lewis et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 22 Jul 2013 420
5 A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa Pierre-Jean Texier, Guillaume Porraz, John E. Parkington et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access Mar 2010 404
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Maison des Sciences de l'Homme?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Justice, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Public Policy, Identity, Gender and Citizen Participation.

▲ 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. Social Justice91▲ 16×16 topics
  2. Community Engagement82▲ 26×10 topics
  3. Territorial Governance80▲ 73×4 topics
  4. Local Development79▲ 80×2 topics
  5. Public Policy73▲ 16×12 topics
  6. Globalization73▲ 3.9×80 topics
  7. Sustainable Development68▲ 4.5×27 topics
  8. Identity64▲ 9.3×59 topics
  9. Gender62▲ 12×41 topics
  10. Citizen Participation60▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Environmental Participation60▲ 88×1 topic
  12. Proximity and Innovation60▲ 88×1 topic
  13. Colonialism55▲ 12×34 topics
  14. History49▲ 7.5×43 topics
  15. Mental Health48▲ 3.5×31 topics
  16. Gender Studies45▲ 31×11 topics
  17. Sociolinguistics44▲ 25×7 topics
  18. Literature42▲ 8.2×43 topics
  19. Cultural Heritage41▲ 8.1×29 topics
  20. Cultural Studies38▲ 11×26 topics
  21. Religion36▲ 8.2×28 topics
  22. Cultural Diversity35▲ 16×12 topics
  23. Multilingualism34▲ 22×5 topics
  24. Migration34▲ 10×18 topics
  25. Nationalism33▲ 7.7×23 topics
  26. Memory31▲ 14×17 topics
  27. Culture31▲ 6.2×27 topics
  28. Pragmatics30▲ 20×5 topics
  29. Social Movements29▲ 10×19 topics
  30. Intercultural Communication29▲ 67×2 topics
  31. Historiography28▲ 24×11 topics
  32. Discourse Analysis27▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Group Therapy26▲ 78×2 topics
  34. Artistic Expression26▲ 88×3 topics
  35. Rhetoric26▲ 27×4 topics
  36. Politics26▲ 10×14 topics
  37. Attachment26▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Childhood Trauma26▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Clinical Practice26▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Developmental Trauma26▲ 126×1 topic

Which research topics does Maison des Sciences de l'Homme publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis and Education, sociology, and vocational training.

French Urban and Social …60French Urban and Social Studies: 60 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 26 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 24 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 22 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 22 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 21 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…20Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 20 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…19Social Sciences and Governance: 19 fractional worksHistorical and Literary …17Historical and Literary Analyses: 17 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…16Health, Medicine and Society: 16 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyPhilosophyLinguistics and Language5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 60 works
  2. 2 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 26 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 24 works
  4. 4 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  5. 5 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 22 works
  6. 6 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 21 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 20 works
  8. 8 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 19 works
  9. 9 Historical and Literary Analyses Literature and Literary Theory 17 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 16 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Maison des Sciences de l'Homme's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher 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 Maison des Sciences de l'Homme as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0052% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Maison des Sciences de l'Homme0.0025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Maison des Sciences de l'Homme 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 2025Maison des Sciences de l'Homme5.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.7% in 2006.

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