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Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier

In research, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier stands highest in Social Sciences (#866 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#265 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,247 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Archeology and Language and Linguistics (Linguistics and Language is 56.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,919
of 22,385 · #2,844 all time
Rank in France
#69
of 517
Research works
4.6k
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier

What is Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 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 #866 of 9,585 5.3%1,222 #1061
Arts and HumanitiesField #265 of 1,896 4.8%505 #326
Social SciencesField #1,247 of 5,988 5.6%618 #1132
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #868 of 2,526 6.1%230 #879
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #117 of 321 6.5%117 #309
Life SciencesDomain #2,419 of 6,403 4.2%85 #4621
PsychologyField #987 of 2,121 8.1%66 #1522
Linguistics and LanguageSubfield #18 of 35 5.5%96 #105
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,768 of 3,157 2.9%67 #2344
PhilosophySubfield #185 of 307 3.3%65 #377

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 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#1,061 #866
  2. Arts and Humanities#326 #265
  3. Social Sciences#1,132 #1,247
  4. Sociology and Political Science#879 #868
  5. Language and Linguistics#309 #117
  6. Life Sciences#4,621 #2,419
  7. Psychology#1,522 #987
  8. Linguistics and Language#105 #18
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,344 #1,768
  10. Philosophy#377 #185
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 Paul-Valéry Montpellier work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (42%), Arts and Humanities (34%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,258 fractional works · 81.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 638 fractional works · 41.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 236 fractional works · 15.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 99 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAnthropology: 68 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 63 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCultural Studies: 49 fractional works · 3.2% of its workUrban Studies: 31 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 31 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 519 fractional works · 33.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 118 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArcheology: 107 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 91 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPhilosophy: 67 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory: 46 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 31 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClassics: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 68 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 123 fractional works · 8.0% of its workComputer Science: 59 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 86 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 68 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 36 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 69 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 44 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitéPaul-Valéry…1,537fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences5%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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,25881.9%
    1. Social Sciences63841.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities51933.7%
    3. Psychology684.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting161.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance150.9%
    6. Decision Sciences30.2%
    1. Computer Science593.8%
    2. Environmental Science342.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences151.0%
    4. Engineering80.5%
    5. Mathematics40.3%
    6. Energy20.1%
    7. Chemistry10.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.0%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences684.4%
    2. Neuroscience130.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology50.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Health Professions503.2%
    2. Medicine191.3%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 56.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 99.0 works56×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 106.6 works23×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 118.3 works18×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 67.6 works16×
← 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: 0.93× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 59 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 11.69× its world share, 519 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 68 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.28× its world share, 638 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 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities11.69×519 works
  2. Social Sciences3.28×638 works
  3. Psychology1.45×68 works
  4. Health Professions1.22×50 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.93×68 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×15 works
  7. Neuroscience0.50×12 works
  8. Computer Science0.49×59 works
  9. Environmental Science0.44×34 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×14 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×16 works
  12. Mathematics0.24×4 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.23×4 works
  14. Energy0.14×2 works
  15. Medicine0.07×19 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×5 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works
  19. Veterinary0.05×0 works
  20. Nursing0.04×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.03×1 works
  22. Engineering0.03×8 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.02×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier?

Ranked on the quality score, F. Vinet, Maurice Euzennat and Simon Dureuil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier.

  1. 1 F. Vinet France · #1,825,886 worldwide 589 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Maurice Euzennat France · #2,127,713 worldwide 337 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Simon Dureuil France · #2,336,553 worldwide 13 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Emanuele Giordano France · #2,369,194 worldwide 300 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Liliane Dulac France · #2,603,302 worldwide 91 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Danielle Bassez France · #2,658,235 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Christophe Evrard France · #2,876,796 worldwide 0 citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Aude Plagnard France · #2,880,171 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Stéphanie Defossez France · #2,954,899 worldwide 473 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Ştefan Bratosin France · #2,965,167 worldwide 139 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier

What are the most cited papers from Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier?

The most cited paper from Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier is "The global spectrum of plant form and function" (Sandra Díaz et al., 2015), with 3,468 citations. Next come "The amazing potential of fungi: 50 ways we can exploit fungi industrially" (829) and "The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe" (787).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The global spectrum of plant form and function Sandra Díaz et al. · Nature Open access 23 Dec 2015 3,468
2 The amazing potential of fungi: 50 ways we can exploit fungi industrially Kevin D. Hyde et al. · Fungal Diversity Open access Jul 2019 829
3 The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe Íñigo Olalde et al. · Nature Open access144 authors 21 Feb 2018 787
4 The emergence and promise of functional biogeography Cyrille Violle, Peter B. Reich, Stephen W. Pacala et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 15 Sep 2014 748
5 Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities Helge Bruelheide et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution Open access105 authors 31 Oct 2018 741
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier?

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

▲ 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. Globalization136▲ 4.5×86 topics
  2. Social Justice133▲ 14×23 topics
  3. Sociolinguistics115▲ 41×9 topics
  4. Identity108▲ 9.7×60 topics
  5. Multilingualism101▲ 41×6 topics
  6. Community Engagement100▲ 20×10 topics
  7. Colonialism99▲ 14×43 topics
  8. Territorial Governance98▲ 56×4 topics
  9. Local Development97▲ 61×2 topics
  10. Gender97▲ 12×41 topics
  11. Public Policy89▲ 12×16 topics
  12. Sustainable Development88▲ 3.6×33 topics
  13. Literature84▲ 9.9×46 topics
  14. History82▲ 7.7×49 topics
  15. Pragmatics76▲ 31×6 topics
  16. Gender Studies72▲ 31×11 topics
  17. Citizen Participation72▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Environmental Participation72▲ 66×1 topic
  19. Proximity and Innovation72▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Culture71▲ 8.8×27 topics
  21. Cultural Diversity70▲ 20×14 topics
  22. Religion66▲ 9.3×27 topics
  23. Nationalism64▲ 9.3×27 topics
  24. Historiography63▲ 34×10 topics
  25. Archaeology62▲ 32×11 topics
  26. Linguistics61▲ 25×7 topics
  27. Discourse Analysis59▲ 16×9 topics
  28. Language Contact55▲ 38×5 topics
  29. Rhetoric55▲ 35×6 topics
  30. Pedagogy55▲ 7.1×12 topics
  31. Cultural History55▲ 30×14 topics
  32. Cultural Heritage54▲ 6.6×31 topics
  33. Intercultural Communication54▲ 77×3 topics
  34. Cultural Studies54▲ 9.5×26 topics
  35. Language Policy53▲ 25×5 topics
  36. Language Education52▲ 32×3 topics
  37. Argumentation51▲ 117×1 topic
  38. Ethos51▲ 117×1 topic
  39. Didactics49▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Migration and Integration49▲ 232×1 topic

Which research topics does Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, French Language Learning Methods and Education, sociology, and vocational training.

French Urban and Social Studies: 72 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 51 fractional worksFrench Language Learning…49French Language Learning Methods: 49 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…43Education, sociology, and vocational training: 43 fractional worksMedieval European Literature and History: 37 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 36 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…30Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 30 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 28 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 25 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 24 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhilosophyLinguistics and LanguageLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 72 works
  2. 2 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 51 works
  3. 3 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 49 works
  4. 4 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 43 works
  5. 5 Medieval European Literature and History Language and Linguistics 37 works
  6. 6 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 36 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 30 works
  8. 8 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 28 works
  9. 9 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 25 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 24 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0092% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier0.0032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 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 Paul-Valéry Montpellier6.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.3% in 2002.

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