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Ministère de l'Intérieur

In research, Ministère de l'Intérieur stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,211 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,834 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,551 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions (Political Science and International Relations is 7.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,798
of 22,385 · #5,499 all time
Rank in France
#218
of 517
Research works
1.9k
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Ministère de l'Intérieur

What is Ministère de l'Intérieur 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 #3,211 of 9,585 7.1%217 #2081
Social SciencesField #2,834 of 5,988 5.5%150 #1960
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,551 of 2,526 5.0%69 #1263

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministère de l'Intérieur 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#2,081 #3,211
  2. Social Sciences#1,960 #2,834
  3. Sociology and Political Science#1,263 #1,551
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 Ministère de l'Intérieur work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Ministère de l'Intérieur is in Social Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (53%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Health Professions (10%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 222 fractional works · 76.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 153 fractional works · 53.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 71 fractional works · 24.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 34 fractional works · 11.7% of its workUrban Studies: 14 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 43 fractional works · 14.8% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 40 fractional works · 13.7% of its workHealth Professions: 28 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMinistère del'Intérieur290fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences77%

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 Sciences15353.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities4314.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting103.6%
    4. Psychology103.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Health Professions289.8%
    2. Medicine113.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science82.7%
    2. Environmental Science51.7%
    3. Engineering51.6%
    4. Energy20.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ministère de l'Intérieur specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 34.0 works7.9×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 71.2 works6.8×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 25.8 works6.5×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.72× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.13× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.19× its world share, 154 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.13×43 works
  2. Social Sciences4.19×154 works
  3. Health Professions3.72×28 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.11×10 works
  5. Psychology1.11×10 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×4 works
  7. Energy0.70×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.49×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×5 works
  10. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.34×8 works
  12. Environmental Science0.33×5 works
  13. Nursing0.23×0 works
  14. Medicine0.19×11 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.16×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×1 works
  17. Engineering0.11×5 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  25. Neuroscience0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ministère de l'Intérieur?

Ranked on the quality score, Louis Barthou, K. I. Skrjabin and Armand Fallières lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministère de l'Intérieur.

  1. 1 Louis Barthou France · #2,320,807 worldwide 5 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 K. I. Skrjabin France · #2,958,504 worldwide 121 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Armand Fallières France · #3,009,169 worldwide 1 citations · 345 works
  4. 4 Heike Hagedorn France · #3,010,540 worldwide 111 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Alfred Gautier France · #3,227,423 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Mathieu Weill France · #3,418,358 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Heidi Zinggeler Fuhrer France · #3,466,947 worldwide 242 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Hugues Moutouh France · #3,478,913 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Georges Clémenceau France · #3,917,806 worldwide 41 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Didier Leschi France · #4,935,238 worldwide 31 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Ministère de l'Intérieur

What are the most cited papers from Ministère de l'Intérieur?

The most cited paper from Ministère de l'Intérieur is "Closure of schools during an influenza pandemic" (Simon Cauchemez, Neil M. Ferguson, Claude Wachtel et al., 2009), with 575 citations. Next come "Effects of exogenous arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic acids on the generation of 5-lipoxygenase pathway products by ionophore-activated human neutrophils." (270) and "Fetal growth restriction and intra-uterine growth restriction: guidelines for clinical practice from the French College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians" (256).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Closure of schools during an influenza pandemic Simon Cauchemez, Neil M. Ferguson, Claude Wachtel et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 21 Jul 2009 575
2 Effects of exogenous arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic acids on the generation of 5-lipoxygenase pathway products by ionophore-activated human neutrophils. T H Lee, Jean‐Michel Mencia‐Huerta, C Shih et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access Dec 1984 270
3 Fetal growth restriction and intra-uterine growth restriction: guidelines for clinical practice from the French College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians C. Vayssière et al. · European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 4 Jul 2015 256
4 Prevention of spontaneous preterm birth: Guidelines for clinical practice from the French College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (CNGOF) Loı̈c Sentilhes et al. · European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology Open access 30 Dec 2016 162
5 Prolonged and post-term pregnancies: guidelines for clinical practice from the French College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (CNGOF) Christophe Vayssière, Jean‐Baptiste Haumonté, Anne Alice Chantry et al. · European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 20 Feb 2013 110
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ministère de l'Intérieur?

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

▲ 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. Community Engagement44▲ 46×5 topics
  2. Local Development42▲ 141×2 topics
  3. Territorial Governance42▲ 127×2 topics
  4. Public Policy38▲ 28×6 topics
  5. Social Justice34▲ 20×7 topics
  6. Sustainable Development31▲ 6.8×9 topics
  7. Citizen Participation29▲ 88×3 topics
  8. Environmental Participation29▲ 141×1 topic
  9. Proximity and Innovation29▲ 141×1 topic
  10. Globalization22▲ 3.9×30 topics
  11. Migration21▲ 21×13 topics
  12. Gender20▲ 13×14 topics
  13. Social Determinants of Health19▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Gender Studies19▲ 43×3 topics
  15. Public Health18▲ 4.2×16 topics
  16. Religion17▲ 13×14 topics
  17. Economic Development15▲ 6.5×11 topics
  18. Educational Policies15▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Professional Practices15▲ 145×1 topic
  20. Public Action15▲ 145×1 topic
  21. Democracy15▲ 15×7 topics
  22. Islam14▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Institutionalization14▲ 51×2 topics
  24. Cooperatives14▲ 63×2 topics
  25. Primary Care14▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Solidarity Economy14▲ 82×2 topics
  27. North Africa13▲ 127×2 topics
  28. Participative Evaluation13▲ 141×1 topic
  29. Social Innovation13▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Colonialism13▲ 9.6×14 topics
  31. Healthcare Policy13▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Healthcare Quality Indicators13▲ 78×2 topics
  33. Inequalities13▲ 138×1 topic
  34. Social Change13▲ 36×5 topics
  35. Political Islam12▲ 76×2 topics
  36. History12▲ 6.1×27 topics
  37. Reform12▲ 67×2 topics
  38. Family Law12▲ 97×1 topic
  39. Identity12▲ 5.6×23 topics
  40. Healthcare Access10▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Ministère de l'Intérieur publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Social Sciences and Governance and Healthcare Systems and Practices.

French Urban and Social …29French Urban and Social Studies: 29 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…15Education, sociology, and vocational training: 15 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…13Social Sciences and Governance: 13 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 13 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 12 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family6Social Policies and Family: 6 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 6 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 6 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 5 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesGeneral Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 13 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 13 works
  5. 5 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  6. 6 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 6 works
  8. 8 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 6 works
  9. 9 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 5 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 available38.2%not open61.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ministère de l'Intérieur's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% 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 Ministère de l'Intérieur as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00093% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ministère de l'Intérieur0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ministère de l'Intérieur 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 2025Ministère de l'Intérieur8.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.1% in 2010.

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