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Ministère de la Culture

In research, Ministère de la Culture stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,607 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Archeology — Archeology is 73.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,730
of 28,054 · #16,461 all time
Rank in France
#521
of 1,422
Research works
369
▲ 83% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Ministère de la Culture 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 #3,607 of 10,521 15.1%62 #4424

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministère de la Culture 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).

What does Ministère de la Culture specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Archeology takes 73.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ArcheologySubfield · 21.1 works74×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.32× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 10.73× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministère de la Culture?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Hottin, Christian Cribellier and Antoine Chancerel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministère de la Culture.

  1. 1 Christian Hottin France · #214,978 worldwide 4 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Christian Cribellier France · #969,753 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Antoine Chancerel France · #1,127,421 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ministère de la Culture

Which keywords describe research at Ministère de la Culture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Cultural Heritage, Identity, Globalization, Archaeology, Politics, Ethnology 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. Colonialism9▲ 21×11 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage9▲ 18×12 topics
  3. Globalization8▲ 4.5×21 topics
  4. Identity6▲ 9.3×13 topics
  5. Archaeology6▲ 49×9 topics
  6. Politics6▲ 23×7 topics
  7. Ethnology6▲ 309×2 topics
  8. Nationalism6▲ 13×8 topics
  9. Climate Change5▲ 2.1×19 topics
  10. Culture5▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Heritage5▲ 160×2 topics
  12. Memory5▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Tourism5▲ 55×2 topics
  14. Gender Studies4▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Hominin Genetics4▲ 218×1 topic
  16. Paleolithic Archaeology4▲ 218×1 topic
  17. Public Policy4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  18. Iberian Peninsula4▲ 141×3 topics
  19. Community Engagement4▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Bronze Age4▲ 97×3 topics
  21. Cultural Studies4▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Local Development4▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Territorial Governance4▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Age Estimation4▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Sex Determination4▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Ethnography4▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Memory Studies4▲ 57×3 topics
  28. Social Justice4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  29. Rituals3▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Landscape Change3▲ 247×1 topic
  31. Megalithic Monuments3▲ 247×1 topic
  32. Citizen Participation3▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Environmental Participation3▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Mediterranean3▲ 37×4 topics
  35. Holocene3▲ 28×3 topics
  36. Conservation3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Agricultural Origins3▲ 87×1 topic
  38. Historical Narratives3▲ 48×2 topics
  39. Migration3▲ 8.5×8 topics
  40. Radiocarbon Dating3▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministère de la Culture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural Identity and Heritage, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies and Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies.

Cultural Identity and Heritage: 5 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 4 fractional worksForensic Anthropology an…4Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 4 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and His…3Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 3 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 3 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materi…2Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 2 fractional worksArchaeological and Geological Studies: 2 fractional worksMedieval Architecture and Archaeology: 2 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 2 fractional works
ArcheologyAnthropologyCultural StudiesSociology and Political Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 5 works
  2. 2 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 4 works
  3. 3 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 4 works
  4. 4 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 3 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 3 works
  7. 7 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 2 works
  8. 8 Archaeological and Geological Studies Archeology 2 works
  9. 9 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 2 works
  10. 10 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 2 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministère de la Culture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 83% higher 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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