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Linguistics and Language research in France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Linguistics and Language research in 2022–2025 (#10 worldwide), followed by Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and Aix-Marseille Université.

France's world rank
#9
of 26 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
3k
Top-10% rate
6.0%
Ranked institutions
6

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Linguistics and Language in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #1031.612.4%94
2Université Sorbonne NouvelleParis #1421.65.7%123
3Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille #1715.98.5%69
4Laboratoire de Linguistique et Didactique des Langues Etrangères et MaternellesGrenoble #1912.64.7%108
5CY Cergy Paris UniversitéCergy-Pontoise #236.96.6%65
6Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierMontpellier #245.62.8%96

Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Linguistics and Language, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Linguistics and Language researchers in France?

Pierre Bourdıeu, Jacques Derrida and Bernard Lahire rank highest among researchers based in France.

  1. 1Pierre Bourdıeu#2 worldwide overall10k citations · 8 works
  2. 2Jacques Derrida#82 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 4 works
  3. 3Bernard Lahire#8,308 worldwide overall258 citations · 8 works
  4. 4Alain Trognon#12,234 worldwide overall375 citations · 6 works
  5. 5Jean-Claude Anscombre#16,704 worldwide overall257 citations · 5 works
  6. 6Ferdinand de Saussure#34,237 worldwide overall550 citations · 3 works
  7. 7Lorenza Mondada#36,369 worldwide overall409 citations · 5 works
  8. 8François Grosjean#39,932 worldwide overall463 citations · 11 works
  9. 9Martine Fournier#42,010 worldwide overall116 citations · 3 works
  10. 10Yves Reuter#47,707 worldwide overall89 citations · 14 works
  11. 11Jean-Claude Régnier#56,120 worldwide overall413 citations · 7 works
  12. 12Danièle Voldman#56,206 worldwide overall58 citations · 5 works
  13. 13Nonna Mayer#58,816 worldwide overall163 citations · 3 works
  14. 14Laurent Sagart#62,787 worldwide overall82 citations · 4 works
  15. 15Oswald Ducrot#64,539 worldwide overall243 citations · 4 works

How France compares with other countries in Linguistics and Language