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Musée de la Civilisation

In research, Musée de la Civilisation stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,333 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#777 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,518 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Archeology and Anthropology (History and Philosophy of Science is 39.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,929
of 22,385 · #4,627 all time
Rank in Canada
#112
of 305
Research works
2.7k
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.5k
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Musée de la Civilisation

What is Musée de la Civilisation 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 #2,333 of 9,585 9.4%319 #1556
Arts and HumanitiesField #777 of 1,896 8.1%129 #579
Social SciencesField #2,518 of 5,988 10.7%171 #1642
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,387 of 2,526 10.0%76 #1211

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Musée de la Civilisation 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#1,556 #2,333
  2. Arts and Humanities#579 #777
  3. Social Sciences#1,642 #2,518
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,211 #1,387
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 Musée de la Civilisation work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Musée de la Civilisation is in Social Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (43%), Arts and Humanities (34%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 332 fractional works · 81.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 176 fractional works · 43.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 78 fractional works · 19.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 34 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAnthropology: 24 fractional works · 5.8% of its workUrban Studies: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 137 fractional works · 33.7% of its workArcheology: 33 fractional works · 8.2% of its workHistory: 25 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 24 fractional works · 6.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMuseology: 15 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 7.8% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 7.0% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMusée de laCivilisation407fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences82%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences17643.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities13733.7%
    3. Psychology92.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting61.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Health Professions174.2%
    2. Medicine143.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science164.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.6%
    3. Environmental Science40.9%
    4. Engineering10.3%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences102.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Musée de la Civilisation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 39.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 24.4 works39×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 33.2 works27×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 23.5 works21×
  4. HistorySubfield · 25.0 works19×
  5. Arts and HumanitiesField · 137.1 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: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 11.68× its world share, 137 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.43× its world share, 176 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities11.68×137 works
  2. Social Sciences3.43×176 works
  3. Health Professions1.58×17 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.02×6 works
  5. Psychology0.72×9 works
  6. Computer Science0.52×16 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.51×10 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×6 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.18×4 works
  11. Medicine0.18×14 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.16×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×3 works
  14. Nursing0.13×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.12×1 works
  16. Energy0.09×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.03×0 works
  20. Engineering0.02×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Musée de la Civilisation?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard E. Morlan, Dorothy K. Burnham and Frédérique Audoin‐Rouzeau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Musée de la Civilisation.

  1. 1 Richard E. Morlan Canada · #1,170,694 worldwide 1.7k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Dorothy K. Burnham Canada · #2,594,255 worldwide 69 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Frédérique Audoin‐Rouzeau Canada · #2,684,057 worldwide 183 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 John Willis Canada · #2,762,421 worldwide 1.3k citations · 154 works
  5. 5 Stephen Alsford Canada · #3,044,825 worldwide 240 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 ROGER J. M. MAROIS Canada · #3,203,589 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Simonetta Fraquelli Canada · #3,278,648 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Denis Martin Canada · #3,333,312 worldwide 53 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Jacques Cinq-Mars Canada · #3,389,985 worldwide 330 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Guy Tosatto Canada · #3,528,857 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Musée de la Civilisation

What are the most cited papers from Musée de la Civilisation?

The most cited paper from Musée de la Civilisation is "Three-dimensional laser scanning: potential uses for museum conservation and scientific research" (Susan C. Kuzminsky, Megan S. Gardiner, 2012), with 164 citations. Next come "Music induces universal emotion-related psychophysiological responses: comparing Canadian listeners to Congolese Pygmies" (163) and "Reconciling migration models to the Americas with the variation of North American native mitogenomes" (154).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Three-dimensional laser scanning: potential uses for museum conservation and scientific research Susan C. Kuzminsky, Megan S. Gardiner · Journal of Archaeological Science 19 Apr 2012 164
2 Music induces universal emotion-related psychophysiological responses: comparing Canadian listeners to Congolese Pygmies Hauke Egermann, Nathalie Fernando, Lorraine Chuen et al. · Frontiers in Psychology Open access 7 Jan 2015 163
3 Reconciling migration models to the Americas with the variation of North American native mitogenomes Alessandro Achilli, Ugo Alessandro Perego, Hovirag Lancioni et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Aug 2013 154
4 Aboriginalism and the Problems of Indigenous Archaeology Robert J. McGhee · American Antiquity Oct 2008 127
5 Understanding muscle markers: Lower limbs Elizabeth M. Weiss · American Journal of Physical Anthropology 12 Jan 2004 120
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Musée de la Civilisation?

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

▲ 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 Engagement50▲ 38×8 topics
  2. Local Development45▲ 107×2 topics
  3. Territorial Governance45▲ 97×2 topics
  4. Globalization43▲ 5.4×29 topics
  5. Social Justice41▲ 17×16 topics
  6. Public Policy40▲ 21×7 topics
  7. Colonialism37▲ 19×18 topics
  8. Identity35▲ 12×24 topics
  9. Sustainable Development35▲ 5.5×3 topics
  10. Citizen Participation34▲ 73×1 topic
  11. Environmental Participation34▲ 118×1 topic
  12. Nationalism30▲ 16×13 topics
  13. Gender27▲ 13×18 topics
  14. Innovation27▲ 6.5×9 topics
  15. Global Perspectives26▲ 157×2 topics
  16. Politics25▲ 24×7 topics
  17. Culture25▲ 12×9 topics
  18. Cultural Heritage24▲ 11×15 topics
  19. Cultural Impact24▲ 113×2 topics
  20. Scientific History24▲ 151×1 topic
  21. Technological Development24▲ 151×1 topic
  22. Memory23▲ 23×8 topics
  23. Tourism22▲ 60×5 topics
  24. Heritage21▲ 166×3 topics
  25. Ethnology20▲ 254×1 topic
  26. History20▲ 7.0×22 topics
  27. Gender Studies19▲ 31×7 topics
  28. Religion19▲ 10×16 topics
  29. Social Movements18▲ 15×7 topics
  30. Migration18▲ 13×8 topics
  31. Archaeology18▲ 34×9 topics
  32. Digital Communication15▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Information Studies15▲ 196×1 topic
  34. Social Change14▲ 29×4 topics
  35. Democracy14▲ 9.8×5 topics
  36. Cultural Studies13▲ 8.8×14 topics
  37. Roman Economy13▲ 83×2 topics
  38. Islam13▲ 15×3 topics
  39. North Africa12▲ 85×2 topics
  40. Social Innovation12▲ 19×4 topics

Which research topics does Musée de la Civilisation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Cultural Identity and Heritage and Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts.

French Urban and Social …34French Urban and Social Studies: 34 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 24 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 20 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 15 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 12 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 11 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 11 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 10 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 9 fractional worksHistorical Art and Culture Studies: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of ScienceArcheologyComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 34 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 24 works
  3. 3 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 20 works
  4. 4 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 15 works
  5. 5 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  6. 6 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 11 works
  7. 7 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  8. 8 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 10 works
  9. 9 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 9 works
  10. 10 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 8 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Musée de la Civilisation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 Musée de la Civilisation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Musée de la Civilisation0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Musée de la Civilisation 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Musée de la Civilisation5.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.5% in 2011.

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