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Researcher · Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique · France

Alain Ricard

Alain Ricard publishes mostly in Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Language and Linguistics, on topics such as African history and culture studies, Caribbean and African Literature and Culture and Translation Studies and Practices.

OpenAlex
World rank
#489,916
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#29,445
of 96,116
Works
59
Citations
6
Citations per work
0.1

What does Alain Ricard research?

Anthropology: 32.3%Sociology and Political Science: 12.9%Language and Linguistics: 12.9%Political Science and International Relations: 9.7%other fields: 32.2%32%top field
Anthropology32.3%Sociology and Political Science12.9%Language and Linguistics12.9%Political Science and International Relations9.7%other fields32.2%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Anthropology32% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  3. 3Language and Linguistics13% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations10% of their works
  5. 5Religious studies10% of their works
  6. 6Literature and Literary Theory6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alain Ricard's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Nationalism, African History, Post-Colonial Africa, Literature, Postcolonialism, Globalization and Migration.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism192 topics
  2. Nationalism182 topics
  3. African History151 topic
  4. Post-Colonial Africa151 topic
  5. Literature72 topics
  6. Postcolonialism72 topics
  7. Globalization62 topics
  8. Migration62 topics
  9. Religion62 topics
  10. Caribbean41 topic
  11. Haiti41 topic
  12. Corpus Linguistics31 topic
  13. Cosmopolitanism31 topic
  14. Eritrea31 topic
  15. Ethiopia31 topic
  16. Family Law31 topic
  17. Feminism31 topic
  18. Indian Ocean31 topic
  19. Reform31 topic
  20. Translation31 topic
  21. prehistoric movement31 topic
  22. Language Teaching21 topic
  23. Linguistic Historiography21 topic

Where does Alain Ricard work?

Alain Ricard's main affiliation in the publication record is Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique, France.

How many publications and citations does Alain Ricard have?

Science Explorer counts 59 works and 6 citations for Alain Ricard, ranking #489,916 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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