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Musée de l'Homme

In research, Musée de l'Homme stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,815 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,924 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,842 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Archeology and Anthropology — Archeology is 41.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,522
of 28,054 · #13,208 all time
Rank in France
#662
of 1,422
Research works
1.1k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
9k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Musée de l'Homme 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 #5,815 of 10,521 13.4%162 #3854
Social SciencesField #3,924 of 6,365 12.8%74 #2344
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,842 of 1,998 11.8%76 #2286

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Musée 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 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#3,854 #5,815
  2. Social Sciences#2,344 #3,924
  3. Arts and Humanities#2,286 #1,842
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 Musée de l'Homme specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Archeology takes 41.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ArcheologySubfield · 27.3 works41×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 22.9 works37×
← 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: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.50× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 12.02× its world share, 76 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Musée de l'Homme?

Ranked on the composite score, Sylvie Le Ray-Burimi, Christophe Pommier and Hugo Zemp lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Musée de l'Homme.

  1. 1 Sylvie Le Ray-Burimi France · #207,382 worldwide 0 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Christophe Pommier France · #349,379 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Hugo Zemp France · #554,237 worldwide 13 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Christophe Comentale France · #611,691 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Alice Thomine-Berrada France · #759,787 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Lucie Rault France · #769,630 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Fabrice Demeter France · #800,865 worldwide 87 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 M. Langeron France · #804,392 worldwide 23 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 G. Lavier France · #925,966 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Christian Coiffier France · #1,098,413 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Musée de l'Homme

Which keywords describe research at Musée de l'Homme?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Globalization, Identity, Nationalism, Politics, Gender, Culture and Historical Narratives.

▲ 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. Colonialism25▲ 24×18 topics
  2. Globalization23▲ 5.3×23 topics
  3. Identity18▲ 11×19 topics
  4. Nationalism15▲ 15×10 topics
  5. Politics15▲ 25×8 topics
  6. Gender15▲ 13×14 topics
  7. Culture14▲ 12×8 topics
  8. Historical Narratives14▲ 108×3 topics
  9. Memory13▲ 25×4 topics
  10. Innovation13▲ 5.7×4 topics
  11. Ethnology13▲ 294×2 topics
  12. Global Perspectives13▲ 130×2 topics
  13. Heritage13▲ 180×3 topics
  14. Scientific History13▲ 134×1 topic
  15. Technological Development13▲ 134×1 topic
  16. Tourism13▲ 61×3 topics
  17. Migration10▲ 14×13 topics
  18. Hominin Genetics10▲ 208×1 topic
  19. Paleolithic Archaeology10▲ 208×1 topic
  20. Religion9▲ 8.6×10 topics
  21. History9▲ 5.6×16 topics
  22. Gender Studies8▲ 25×6 topics
  23. Cultural Studies8▲ 9.7×9 topics
  24. Memory Studies8▲ 53×2 topics
  25. Social Justice8▲ 5.8×5 topics
  26. Islam7▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Cultural Heritage7▲ 5.9×15 topics
  28. North Africa7▲ 83×2 topics
  29. Public Policy7▲ 6.6×5 topics
  30. Archaeology7▲ 24×10 topics
  31. Democracy7▲ 8.6×5 topics
  32. Social Movements7▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Community Engagement6▲ 8.9×4 topics
  34. Sociopolitical6▲ 86×3 topics
  35. Local Development6▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Rituals6▲ 33×4 topics
  37. Territorial Governance6▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Ethnography6▲ 16×4 topics
  39. Social Change6▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Age Estimation6▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does Musée de l'Homme publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Cultural Identity and Heritage, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender.

Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 13 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 12 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…10Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 10 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…6Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 6 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 6 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 6 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cu…5French Historical and Cultural Studies: 5 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 5 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 4 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 4 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceArcheologyAnthropologyPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 13 works
  2. 2 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 12 works
  3. 3 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 10 works
  4. 4 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  5. 5 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 6 works
  6. 6 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  7. 7 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 5 works
  8. 8 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 5 works
  9. 9 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 4 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Musée de l'Homme's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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