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Université Paris 8

In research, Université Paris 8 stands highest in Social Sciences (#742 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#848 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#414 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, History and Philosophy of Science and Anthropology (Linguistics and Language is 14.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,655
of 22,385 · #2,306 all time
Rank in France
#62
of 517
Research works
13k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
65k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Université Paris 8

What is Université Paris 8 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 #742 of 9,585 6.1%1,977 #1099
Social SciencesField #848 of 5,988 6.1%1,051 #1119
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #414 of 2,526 7.1%482 #608
Arts and HumanitiesField #338 of 1,896 6.5%583 #515
Physical SciencesDomain #3,005 of 10,670 6.0%303 #3316
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #399 of 1,187 5.4%168 #589
PsychologyField #836 of 2,121 5.2%197 #1202
Health SciencesDomain #3,924 of 9,902 4.9%173 #4854
Computer ScienceField #1,755 of 4,417 4.9%193 #1846
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #166 of 321 8.0%83 #445

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université Paris 8 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#1,099 #742
  2. Social Sciences#1,119 #848
  3. Sociology and Political Science#608 #414
  4. Arts and Humanities#515 #338
  5. Physical Sciences#3,316 #3,005
  6. Political Science and International Relations#589 #399
  7. Psychology#1,202 #836
  8. Health Sciences#4,854 #3,924
  9. Computer Science#1,846 #1,755
  10. Language and Linguistics#445 #166
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 Paris 8 work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Université Paris 8 is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (42%), Arts and Humanities (23%), Psychology (8%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,073 fractional works · 78.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,102 fractional works · 41.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 502 fractional works · 19.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 179 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAnthropology: 90 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCultural Studies: 75 fractional works · 2.8% of its workUrban Studies: 61 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 44 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 42 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 606 fractional works · 22.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 133 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPhilosophy: 110 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHistory: 94 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 85 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 53 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 45 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 207 fractional works · 7.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 97 fractional works · 3.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 47 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 83 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 53 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 58 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 319 fractional works · 12.1% of its workComputer Science: 202 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 76 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 59 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 62 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 182 fractional works · 6.9% of its workHealth Professions: 115 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 97 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 66 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 68 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeuroscience: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversité Paris82,641fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences78%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2,07378.5%
    1. Social Sciences1,10241.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities60622.9%
    3. Psychology2077.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance833.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting582.2%
    6. Decision Sciences170.6%
    1. Computer Science2027.6%
    2. Engineering622.3%
    3. Environmental Science180.7%
    4. Mathematics140.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy90.3%
    6. Energy60.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.2%
    8. Materials Science20.1%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Health Professions1154.3%
    2. Medicine662.5%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience311.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences271.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology70.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Université Paris 8 specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 44.5 works15×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 52.6 works13×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 90.1 works12×
  4. HistorySubfield · 94.1 works11×
  5. PhilosophySubfield · 109.8 works9.7×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 202 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 62 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 115 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 7.94× its world share, 606 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.47× its world share, 83 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.58× its world share, 207 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.30× its world share, 1,102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.94×606 works
  2. Social Sciences3.30×1,102 works
  3. Psychology2.58×207 works
  4. Health Professions1.65×115 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.47×83 works
  6. Computer Science0.98×202 works
  7. Neuroscience0.73×31 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.68×58 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.66×17 works
  10. Mathematics0.44×14 works
  11. Energy0.24×6 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×27 works
  13. Engineering0.16×62 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.15×9 works
  15. Environmental Science0.14×18 works
  16. Medicine0.13×66 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×5 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×2 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×7 works
  21. Veterinary0.05×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×1 works
  24. Nursing0.03×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université Paris 8?

Ranked on the quality score, Julien Chevallier, Jamel Saadaoui and Jacques Rancière lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Paris 8.

  1. 1 Julien Chevallier France · #253,621 worldwide 1.6k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Jamel Saadaoui France · #452,284 worldwide 879 citations · 151 works
  3. 3 Jacques Rancière France · #864,041 worldwide 24k citations · 421 works
  4. 4 Bao V. Le Hung France · #933,575 worldwide 236 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Jane Freedman France · #936,121 worldwide 2.2k citations · 176 works
  6. 6 Antoine Rivière France · #972,512 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Julien Chevallier France · #1,032,319 worldwide 7k citations · 381 works
  8. 8 Claude Carlet France · #1,127,258 worldwide 12k citations · 411 works
  9. 9 Christine Brooke‐Rose France · #1,351,228 worldwide 2.4k citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Stefano Morra France · #1,394,281 worldwide 219 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Université Paris 8

What are the most cited papers from Université Paris 8?

The most cited paper from Université Paris 8 is "P-SV wave propagation in heterogeneous media; velocity-stress finite-difference method" (Jean Virieux, 1986), with 2,834 citations. Next come "Simultaneous analysis of Lasso and Dantzig selector" (2,560) and "A mixed finite element method for 2-nd order elliptic problems" (2,224).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 P-SV wave propagation in heterogeneous media; velocity-stress finite-difference method Jean Virieux · Geophysics Apr 1986 2,834
2 Simultaneous analysis of Lasso and Dantzig selector Peter J. Bickel, Ya’acov Ritov, Alexandre B. Tsybakov · The Annals of Statistics Open access 18 Jun 2009 2,560
3 A mixed finite element method for 2-nd order elliptic problems Pierre-Arnaud Raviart, J. M. Thomas · Lecture notes in mathematics Book chapter 1977 2,224
4 Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis: EAE/ASE Recommendations for Clinical Practice Helmut Baumgartner, Judy W. S. Hung, Javier Bermejo et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Open access 2009 2,147
5 A relation between pointwise convergence of functions and convergence of functionals Haïm Brézis, Élliott H. Lieb · Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society Open access Jul 1983 2,089
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université Paris 8?

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

▲ 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. Globalization230▲ 4.4×121 topics
  2. Community Engagement186▲ 22×15 topics
  3. Social Justice181▲ 11×32 topics
  4. Public Policy180▲ 14×26 topics
  5. Identity177▲ 9.2×64 topics
  6. Territorial Governance175▲ 58×3 topics
  7. Local Development174▲ 64×2 topics
  8. Colonialism170▲ 14×46 topics
  9. Gender170▲ 12×51 topics
  10. Sustainable Development148▲ 3.6×36 topics
  11. Gender Studies144▲ 36×17 topics
  12. Mental Health131▲ 3.5×36 topics
  13. Citizen Participation129▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Environmental Participation128▲ 68×1 topic
  15. Proximity and Innovation128▲ 68×1 topic
  16. History128▲ 7.0×57 topics
  17. Cultural Studies108▲ 11×35 topics
  18. Nationalism108▲ 9.1×30 topics
  19. Cultural Heritage104▲ 7.4×29 topics
  20. Sociolinguistics101▲ 21×9 topics
  21. Migration94▲ 10×25 topics
  22. Culture94▲ 6.8×31 topics
  23. Educational Policies92▲ 32×3 topics
  24. Literature92▲ 6.4×54 topics
  25. Ethnographic Research92▲ 70×3 topics
  26. Religion91▲ 7.4×35 topics
  27. Sociological Analysis91▲ 62×2 topics
  28. Pragmatics90▲ 22×6 topics
  29. Professional Practices90▲ 95×1 topic
  30. Public Action90▲ 95×1 topic
  31. Social Movements87▲ 11×30 topics
  32. Memory80▲ 12×21 topics
  33. Digital Communication74▲ 41×4 topics
  34. Discourse Analysis74▲ 12×10 topics
  35. Documentary Practices72▲ 108×2 topics
  36. Politics72▲ 10×20 topics
  37. Open Access72▲ 27×3 topics
  38. New Media71▲ 69×2 topics
  39. Digital Literature70▲ 138×1 topic
  40. Information Studies70▲ 138×1 topic

Which research topics does Université Paris 8 publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis.

French Urban and Social …128French Urban and Social Studies: 128 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 90 fractional worksCultural Insights and Di…70Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 70 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…64Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 64 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 56 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 46 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…44Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 44 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 40 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 40 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 36 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceComputer Networks and CommunicationsPhilosophyClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 128 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 90 works
  3. 3 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 70 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 64 works
  5. 5 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 56 works
  6. 6 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 46 works
  7. 7 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 44 works
  8. 8 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 40 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 40 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 36 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université Paris 8's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 Université Paris 8 as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0097% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Université Paris 80.0072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université Paris 8 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 Paris 87.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 1995.

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