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Université catholique de l'ouest

In research, Université catholique de l'ouest stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,080 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,196 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,345 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,046
of 22,385 · #12,272 all time
Rank in France
#138
of 517
Research works
1.5k
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Université catholique de l'ouest

What is Université catholique de l'ouest 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 #2,080 of 9,585 4.9%428 #5498
Social SciencesField #2,196 of 5,988 5.2%284 #4852
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,345 of 2,526 6.0%146 #2796
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,061 of 1,896 4.6%96 #2567

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université catholique de l'ouest 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#5,498 #2,080
  2. Social Sciences#4,852 #2,196
  3. Sociology and Political Science#2,796 #1,345
  4. Arts and Humanities#2,567 #1,061
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 Université catholique de l'ouest work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Université catholique de l'ouest is in Social Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (52%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Psychology (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 451 fractional works · 78.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 296 fractional works · 51.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 151 fractional works · 26.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 42 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAnthropology: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCultural Studies: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 103 fractional works · 17.9% of its workArcheology: 20 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhilosophy: 19 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory: 19 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReligious studies: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 5.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 26 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 7.6% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitécatholique de…573fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences79%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences29651.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities10317.9%
    3. Psychology345.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance111.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting71.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Environmental Science264.6%
    2. Computer Science122.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.8%
    4. Energy40.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy40.6%
    6. Engineering30.5%
    7. Materials Science20.4%
    8. Mathematics10.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Health Professions305.2%
    2. Medicine142.4%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences122.0%
    2. Neuroscience71.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.21× its world share, 103 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.93× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.08× its world share, 296 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.21×103 works
  2. Social Sciences4.08×296 works
  3. Health Professions1.97×30 works
  4. Psychology1.93×34 works
  5. Environmental Science0.92×26 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.89×11 works
  7. Energy0.78×4 works
  8. Neuroscience0.75×7 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×4 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×12 works
  11. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×7 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.29×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.27×12 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.26×1 works
  16. Medicine0.12×14 works
  17. Materials Science0.11×2 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.10×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×2 works
  21. Engineering0.03×3 works
  22. Nursing0.03×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université catholique de l'ouest?

Ranked on the quality score, Pierre‐Emmanuel Buffet, Éric Pinson and Francis Ruello lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université catholique de l'ouest.

  1. 1 Pierre‐Emmanuel Buffet France · #1,513,846 worldwide 1.2k citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Éric Pinson France · #2,304,586 worldwide 2k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Francis Ruello France · #2,384,729 worldwide 165 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Catherine Mouneyrac France · #2,810,712 worldwide 8.7k citations · 238 works
  5. 5 Amélie Châtel France · #2,962,564 worldwide 3.4k citations · 157 works
  6. 6 Messika Revel France · #3,042,069 worldwide 1.6k citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Mesquida, Peri, 1941- France · #3,216,093 worldwide 0 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Cyril Durou France · #3,266,091 worldwide 686 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Laurent Péridy France · #3,538,045 worldwide 276 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Isabelle Métais France · #3,560,415 worldwide 1k citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Université catholique de l'ouest

What are the most cited papers from Université catholique de l'ouest?

The most cited paper from Université catholique de l'ouest is "Micro(nano)plastics: A threat to human health?" (Messika Revel, Amélie Châtel, Catherine Mouneyrac, 2017), with 810 citations. Next come "Solutions and Integrated Strategies for the Control and Mitigation of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution" (550) and "Is there any consistency between the microplastics found in the field and those used in laboratory experiments?" (527).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Micro(nano)plastics: A threat to human health? Messika Revel, Amélie Châtel, Catherine Mouneyrac · Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health Review 15 Dec 2017 810
2 Solutions and Integrated Strategies for the Control and Mitigation of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution Joana C. Prata, Ana L. Patrício Silva, João Pinto da Costa et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 7 Jul 2019 550
3 Is there any consistency between the microplastics found in the field and those used in laboratory experiments? Nam Ngoc Phuong, Aurore Zalouk‐Vergnoux, Laurence Poirier et al. · Environmental Pollution 30 Dec 2015 527
4 Contamination issues as a challenge in quality control and quality assurance in microplastics analytics Joana C. Prata, Vanessa Reis, João Pinto da Costa et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials 9 Aug 2020 342
5 Behavioural and biochemical responses of two marine invertebrates Scrobicularia plana and Hediste diversicolor to copper oxide nanoparticles Pierre‐Emmanuel Buffet, Olivia Fossi Tankoua, Jin‐Fen Pan et al. · Chemosphere Open access 27 Feb 2011 269
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université catholique de l'ouest?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Social Justice, Public Policy, 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. Globalization63▲ 5.6×61 topics
  2. Community Engagement48▲ 26×10 topics
  3. Local Development47▲ 78×2 topics
  4. Territorial Governance47▲ 71×2 topics
  5. Social Justice46▲ 13×21 topics
  6. Public Policy45▲ 16×10 topics
  7. Sustainable Development37▲ 4.2×11 topics
  8. Gender36▲ 12×23 topics
  9. Climate Change35▲ 2.2×26 topics
  10. Mental Health32▲ 3.9×15 topics
  11. Citizen Participation32▲ 48×1 topic
  12. Environmental Participation32▲ 78×1 topic
  13. Democracy32▲ 16×7 topics
  14. Religion30▲ 11×22 topics
  15. Migration30▲ 15×14 topics
  16. Identity28▲ 6.8×31 topics
  17. Gender Studies27▲ 31×7 topics
  18. Ethics24▲ 8.2×24 topics
  19. Ethnographic Research23▲ 80×2 topics
  20. Professional Practices22▲ 106×1 topic
  21. Public Action22▲ 106×1 topic
  22. Colonialism22▲ 7.9×22 topics
  23. Islam20▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Resilience20▲ 7.1×8 topics
  25. History20▲ 4.9×26 topics
  26. Neoliberalism18▲ 9.0×14 topics
  27. Social Change18▲ 26×6 topics
  28. Citizenship18▲ 26×5 topics
  29. North Africa18▲ 87×2 topics
  30. Family Law17▲ 70×3 topics
  31. Politics17▲ 11×9 topics
  32. Reform16▲ 45×2 topics
  33. Political Islam16▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Social Innovation16▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Palliative Care16▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Social Determinants of Health16▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Institutionalization15▲ 29×3 topics
  38. Clinical Practice15▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Cooperatives15▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Solidarity Economy15▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Université catholique de l'ouest publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender and Social Sciences and Governance.

French Urban and Social …32French Urban and Social Studies: 32 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 22 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…16Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 16 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…15Social Sciences and Governance: 15 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 14 fractional worksHumanities and Social Sciences: 12 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…12Health, Medicine and Society: 12 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 9 fractional worksPhilosophy, Sociology, Political Theory: 8 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsUrban StudiesClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  3. 3 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 15 works
  5. 5 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 14 works
  6. 6 Humanities and Social Sciences Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 12 works
  8. 8 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 9 works
  9. 9 Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  10. 10 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université catholique de l'ouest's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% 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 Université catholique de l'ouest as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0029% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Université catholique de l'ouest0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université catholique de l'ouest 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 2025Université catholique de l'ouest3.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.2% in 2011.

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