Education, sociology, and vocational training
Education, sociology, and vocational training is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 9.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the sociology of public action, professional practices, work activity, social inequalities, educational policies, organizational dynamics, gender studies, ethnographic research, and social recognition.
- Public Action
- Professional Practices
- Sociological Analysis
- Work Activity
- Social Inequalities
- Educational Policies
- Organizational Dynamics
- Gender Studies
- Ethnographic Research
- Social Recognition
- Research works
- 43k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +21% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Education, sociology, and vocational training research?
By volume, France and Canada publish the most (5.7k and 772 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 France 5.7k works
- 2 Canada 772 works
- 3 ?? 376 works
- 4 Switzerland 333 works
- 5 Belgium 252 works
- 6 United States 237 works
- 7 United Kingdom 76 works
- 8 Algeria 65 works
- 9 Morocco 59 works
- 10 Germany 58 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Education, sociology, and vocational training research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Université du Québec à Montréal publishes the most Education, sociology, and vocational training research, followed by Université de Lille and Université Paris Nanterre.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Université du Québec à MontréalCanada 135 works
- 2 Université de LilleFrance 135 works
- 3 Université Paris NanterreFrance 121 works
- 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 116 works
- 5 CY Cergy Paris UniversitéFrance 115 works
- 6 Université de MontréalCanada 104 works
- 7 Nantes UniversitéFrance 101 works
- 8 Université Paris CitéFrance 96 works
- 9 Université Paris-Est CréteilFrance 95 works
- 10 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 95 works
Who are the leading researchers in Education, sociology, and vocational training?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Education, sociology, and vocational training include Pierre Bourdıeu, Gilles Deleuze and Loïc Wacquant.
- 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 10k citations
- 2 Gilles Deleuze France 4.6k citations
- 3 Loïc Wacquant United States 3.1k citations
- 4 Émile Durkheim United States 2.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Education, sociology, and vocational training research done?
The largest centres of Education, sociology, and vocational training research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Montreal (Canada) and Toulouse (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Ronchin and Caen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Villeneuve-d'Ascq43.6 works389×
- RonchinFR · 30.8 works294×
- Caen90.5 works149×
- Cergy-PontoiseFR · 117.1 works140×
- Metz33.6 works128×
- Grenoble21.5 works112×
- RimouskiCA · 31.7 works98×
- Saint-DenisFR · 34.9 works79×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education, sociology, and vocational training than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Education, sociology, and vocational training?
Among universities, judged by research, UCLouvain, Aix-Marseille Université and Sorbonne Université score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLouvainBelgium | 71.9 | 13.7% | 23.9× | 49 | +3.0% |
| 2 | Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance | 70.7 | 6.8% | 39.2× | 95 | +133.2% |
| 3 | Sorbonne UniversitéFrance | 70.6 | 7.5% | 9.8× | 38 | +614.9% |
| 4 | Université de LilleFrance | 68.0 | 7.1% | 51.2× | 134 | +50.2% |
| 5 | Université de BordeauxFrance | 67.5 | 8.0% | 38.4× | 59 | +76.2% |
| 6 | Université Grenoble AlpesFrance | 67.0 | 2.8% | 31.4× | 83 | +269.2% |
| 7 | Conservatoire National des Arts et MétiersFrance | 65.9 | 10.0% | 89.7× | 43 | +59.4% |
| 8 | University of GenevaSwitzerland | 65.0 | 6.4% | 22.7× | 61 | +72.8% |
| 9 | Université Paris-Est CréteilFrance | 64.2 | 3.9% | 109.1× | 95 | +123.9% |
| 10 | Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance | 63.7 | 5.9% | 58.7× | 61 | +137.8% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Education, sociology, and vocational training research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Education, sociology, and vocational training.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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