French Historical and Cultural Studies
French Historical and Cultural Studies is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of historical and sociopolitical topics related to France, including the Vichy regime, gender studies, resistance movements, cultural life during the occupation, eugenics, and philanthropy. The papers delve into various aspects of French history and society from the late 19th century to the postwar era.
- France
- History
- Sociopolitical
- Occupation
- Gender
- Resistance
- Vichy Regime
- Cultural Life
- Eugenics
- Philanthropy
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +13% the tick is no change
Which countries lead French Historical and Cultural Studies research?
By volume, France and the United States publish the most (2k and 398 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 France 2k works
- 2 United States 398 works
- 3 United Kingdom 264 works
- 4 Canada 141 works
- 5 ?? 110 works
- 6 Germany 97 works
- 7 Italy 76 works
- 8 Spain 68 works
- 9 Belgium 66 works
- 10 Switzerland 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead French Historical and Cultural Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Université Paris Nanterre publishes the most French Historical and Cultural Studies research, followed by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Université Paris NanterreFrance 63 works
- 2 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 51 works
- 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 45 works
- 4 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 43 works
- 5 Université de LilleFrance 42 works
- 6 Université Paris 8France 40 works
- 7 Université Rennes 2France 40 works
- 8 École des hautes études en sciences socialesFrance 38 works
- 9 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 37 works
- 10 Centre d’histoire de Sciences PoFrance 36 works
Who are the leading researchers in French Historical and Cultural Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on French Historical and Cultural Studies include Charles Tilly and Stanley Hoffmann.
- 1 Charles Tilly United States 3.7k citations
- 2 Stanley Hoffmann United States 2.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is French Historical and Cultural Studies research done?
The largest centres of French Historical and Cultural Studies research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Rennes (France) and Nanterre (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Aubervilliers, Nanterre and Aubière.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- AubervilliersFR · 26.4 works121×
- NanterreFR · 75.8 works68×
- AubièreFR · 25.6 works62×
- AmiensFR · 31.9 works44×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in French Historical and Cultural Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study French Historical and Cultural Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès and Université Paris 8 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 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance | 64.4 | 7.2% | 86.1× | 51 | +91.8% |
| 2 | Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance | 64.4 | 6.6% | 66.8× | 31 | +216.6% |
| 3 | Université Paris 8France | 61.3 | 5.7% | 89.2× | 40 | +114.7% |
| 4 | Université Paris NanterreFrance | 59.0 | 6.2% | 82.2× | 63 | +21.7% |
| 5 | Sorbonne UniversitéFrance | 58.9 | 3.2% | 24.2× | 44 | +36.4% |
| 6 | Université de LilleFrance | 58.4 | 5.2% | 35.4× | 42 | +44.4% |
| 7 | Université Paris CitéFrance | 58.3 | 8.2% | 17.7× | 27 | +12.1% |
| 8 | Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance | 56.9 | 8.0% | 83.7× | 37 | +26.6% |
| 9 | Université de RennesFrance | 56.7 | 5.1% | 24.8× | 13 | +170.6% |
| 10 | Normandie UniversitéFrance | 55.2 | 3.2% | 47.2× | 13 | +215.7% |
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 French Historical and Cultural Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are French Historical and Cultural Studies.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.