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Philosophy research in France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Philosophy research in 2022–2025 (#50 worldwide), followed by Université Paris Cité and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.

France's world rank
#10
of 49 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
6.1k
Top-10% rate
9.0%
Ranked institutions
21

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

What is the best university for Philosophy in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #5031.015.2%186
2Université Paris CitéParis #15411.213.8%117
3Université Sorbonne NouvelleParis #1739.19.6%185
4Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsToulouse #1808.49.9%142
5Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneParis #1907.513.5%114
6Sorbonne UniversitéParis #2006.69.5%145
7Université Paris NanterreNanterre #2056.17.2%180
8Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg #2115.610.4%87
9Université Grenoble AlpesSaint-Martin-d'Hères #2194.99.4%96
10Université de LilleLille #2214.87.3%132
11Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille #2254.58.9%107
12Université de LorraineNancy #2264.49.5%103
13CY Cergy Paris UniversitéCergy-Pontoise #2502.612.8%73
14École des hautes études en sciences socialesParis #2532.410.1%70
15Université Paris 8Paris #2592.06.2%105
16Université Paris-Est CréteilCréteil #2631.711.3%61
17Laboratoire de Linguistique et Didactique des Langues Etrangères et MaternellesGrenoble #270126.07.6%76
18Université Rennes 2Rennes #271120.011.1%64
19Université Bordeaux MontaigneBordeaux #27968.07.2%80
20École Normale Supérieure de LyonLyon #28062.07.4%65
21Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierMontpellier #2896.04.9%65

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

Who are the top Philosophy researchers in France?

Pierre Bourdıeu, Bruno Latour and Jacques Derrida rank highest among researchers based in France.

  1. 1Pierre Bourdıeu#2 worldwide overall10k citations · 8 works
  2. 2Bruno Latour#46 worldwide overall2k citations · 12 works
  3. 3Jacques Derrida#82 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 22 works
  4. 4Gilles Deleuze#166 worldwide overall4.6k citations · 16 works
  5. 5Walter Benjamín#726 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 11 works
  6. 6Tzvetan Todorov#1,447 worldwide overall666 citations · 12 works
  7. 7Paul Ricœur#3,669 worldwide overall333 citations · 10 works
  8. 8Dan Sperber#6,931 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 7 works
  9. 9Jacques Le Goff#7,793 worldwide overall218 citations · 7 works
  10. 10Bernard Lahire#8,308 worldwide overall258 citations · 10 works
  11. 11Raymond Boudon#9,776 worldwide overall401 citations · 11 works
  12. 12Jean-Claude Anscombre#16,704 worldwide overall257 citations · 14 works
  13. 13Luce Irigaray#18,911 worldwide overall203 citations · 10 works
  14. 14Emmanuel Lévinas#26,233 worldwide overall127 citations · 23 works
  15. 15Gad Freudenthal#30,538 worldwide overall136 citations · 9 works

How France compares with other countries in Philosophy