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Researcher · Collège de France · France

Philippe Descola

Philippe Descola publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Anthropology, on topics such as French Urban and Social Studies, Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies and Social Sciences and Governance.

ORCID 0009-0003-0078-3236 OpenAlex
World rank
#127,864
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#9,555
of 324,115
Works
319
Citations
5.8k
Citations per work
18.2
h-index
36
i10-index 63Top 1.3% in Sociology and Political Science
Philippe Descola

What does Philippe Descola research?

Philippe Descola's work is mostly in Social Sciences (56%), Health Professions (5%).

Social Sciences: 177 works · 55.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 177 works · 55.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 106 works · 33.2% of their workCultural Studies: 25 works · 7.7% of their workAnthropology: 20 works · 6.4% of their workUrban Studies: 14 works · 4.4% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 works · 3.9% of their workEverything else: 124 works · 39.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 17 works · 5.4% of their workHealth Professions: 17 works · 5.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 17 works · 5.4% of their workTHEIR WORKPhilippe Descola319works
Health Sciences5%Social Sciences56%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences17755.6%
  2. Everything else12439.0%
    1. Health Professions175.4%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science33% of their works
  2. 2Cultural Studies8% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology6% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions5% of their works
  5. 5Urban Studies4% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philippe Descola's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Environmental Participation, Sustainable Development, Colonialism, Healthcare, Cultural Studies and Ethnography.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Community Engagement1422 topics
  2. Territorial Governance1422 topics
  3. Environmental Participation1221 topic
  4. Sustainable Development1221 topic
  5. Colonialism422 topics
  6. Healthcare322 topics
  7. Cultural Studies281 topic
  8. Ethnography281 topic
  9. Economic Development201 topic
  10. Social Innovation201 topic
  11. Africa161 topic
  12. Aging161 topic
  13. Elderly161 topic
  14. Governance161 topic
  15. Heritage141 topic
  16. Identity141 topic
  17. Livestock Farming131 topic
  18. Sustainability131 topic
  19. Affect111 topic
  20. Geography111 topic

Where does Philippe Descola work?

Philippe Descola's main affiliation in the publication record is Collège de France, France.

How many publications and citations does Philippe Descola have?

OpenAlex counts 319 works and 5,799 citations for Philippe Descola, an h-index of 36, ranking #127,864 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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