Law research in France
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Law research in 2022-now (#40 worldwide), followed by Université de Lyon and Université de Montpellier.
- France's world rank
- #9 of 46 countries, 2022-now
- Works, 2022-now
- 1.7k
- Top-10% rate
- 4.9%
- Ranked institutions
- 5
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Law in France?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis | #40 | 39.5 | 6.0% | 309 |
| 2 | Université de LyonLyon | #47 | 36.9 | 2.4% | 130 |
| 3 | Université de MontpellierMontpellier | #274 | 7.9 | 0.6% | 68 |
| 4 | Université Paris-SaclayGif-sur-Yvette | #279 | 7.7 | 0.2% | 84 |
| 5 | Université Lille Nord de FranceLille | #342 | 4.3 | 3.6% | 77 |
Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Law, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.
Who are the top Law researchers in France?
Anne Wagner, Yves Dezalay and Georges Didi‐Huberman rank highest among researchers based in France, on their papers in Law that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Anne Wagner#479,731 worldwide overall10.4 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Yves Dezalay#534,727 worldwide overall6.0 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Georges Didi‐Huberman#1,202,142 worldwide overall5.3 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Michèle Finck#1,127,749 worldwide overall3.9 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Nataliia Bielova#242,521 worldwide overall3.7 of 4 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Lucien Karpik#662,749 worldwide overall3.2 of 4 papers here in the top 10%
- 7Daniel L. Chen#261,358 worldwide overall3.8 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Bruno Deffains#3,959,055 worldwide overall4.5 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Duncan Fairgrieve#2,189,886 worldwide overall3.9 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Johannes Masing#1,835,056 worldwide overall3.2 of 8 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Pierre Legrand#1,494,572 worldwide overall4.5 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
- 12Alain Supiot#3,176,882 worldwide overall2.9 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
- 13W. Gregory Voss#1,079,572 worldwide overall2.8 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Pascale Petit#5,144,220 worldwide overall2.8 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Michel Foucault#60,338 worldwide overall2.8 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
Ranked among researchers based in France on their work in Law alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.