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Researcher · Université Paris Nanterre · France

Alain Vaillant

Alain Vaillant publishes mostly in Literature and Literary Theory, Anthropology and Philosophy, on topics such as Historical and Literary Analyses, Literature and Culture Studies and Historical and Literary Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#238,420
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#12,772
of 96,116
Works
88
Citations
6
Citations per work
0.1

What does Alain Vaillant research?

Literature and Literary Theory: 46.3%Anthropology: 9.5%Philosophy: 5.3%Sociology and Political Science: 5.3%other fields: 33.6%46%top field
Literature and Literary Theory46.3%Anthropology9.5%Philosophy5.3%Sociology and Political Science5.3%other fields33.6%

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

  1. 1Literature and Literary Theory46% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology10% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy5% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  5. 5Language and Linguistics5% of their works
  6. 6Classics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alain Vaillant's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Artistic Expression, Historiography, French Literature, Cultural Evolution, Literary History, Flâneur, Philosophy and Urban Culture.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Artistic Expression202 topics
  2. Historiography202 topics
  3. French Literature183 topics
  4. Cultural Evolution151 topic
  5. Literary History151 topic
  6. Flâneur111 topic
  7. Philosophy112 topics
  8. Urban Culture111 topic
  9. Roman Economy81 topic
  10. Urban Workshops81 topic
  11. 19th century71 topic
  12. Baudelaire71 topic
  13. Autobiography61 topic
  14. Cultural Studies61 topic
  15. Argumentation51 topic
  16. Autofiction51 topic
  17. Discourse Analysis51 topic
  18. Medieval Literature51 topic
  19. Memory51 topic
  20. Occitan51 topic

Where does Alain Vaillant work?

Alain Vaillant's main affiliation in the publication record is Université Paris Nanterre, France.

How many publications and citations does Alain Vaillant have?

Science Explorer counts 88 works and 6 citations for Alain Vaillant, ranking #238,420 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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