French Literature and Critical Theory
French Literature and Critical Theory is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 6.8k research works in it since 1950. 11.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of literary and philosophical studies, focusing on French literature, philosophy, autofiction, memory, and cultural theory. It explores narrative techniques, contemporary authors, and the expression of identity through artistic means.
- French Literature
- Philosophy
- Autofiction
- Memory
- Cultural Theory
- Literary Criticism
- Contemporary Authors
- Identity
- Narrative Techniques
- Artistic Expression
- Research works
- 6.8k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 761 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -10% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
France
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead French Literature and Critical Theory research?
By volume, France and Brazil publish the most (475 and 91 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
France
475 works
- 2
Brazil
91 works
- 3
United States
89 works
- 4
Canada
54 works
- 5
United Kingdom
44 works
- 6
Belgium
36 works
- 7
Italy
32 works
- 8
Poland
31 works
- 9 ?? 31 works
- 10
Spain
29 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 Literature and Critical Theory research?
By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most French Literature and Critical Theory research, followed by Université Lille Nord de France and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
84 works
- 2
Université Lille Nord de FranceFrance
23 works
- 3
Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance
22 works
- 4
Université de LyonFrance
21 works
- 5
Université Paris NanterreFrance
19 works
- 6
Sorbonne UniversitéFrance
18 works
- 7
Université de StrasbourgFrance
17 works
- 8
Université Rennes 2France
16 works
- 9
Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance
14 works
- 10
Université Bordeaux MontaigneFrance
13 works
Who are the leading researchers in French Literature and Critical Theory?
The most-cited researchers publishing on French Literature and Critical Theory include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and Claude Leroy.
- 1
Pierre Bourdıeu
France
268k citations
- 2
Michel Foucault
France
208k citations
- 3
Claude Leroy
Canada
132k citations
- 4
Bruno Latour
France
129k citations
- 5
M. Lefebvre
France
119k citations
- 6
Judith Butler
United States
116k citations
- 7
Sigmund Freud
Brazil
97k citations
- 8
Peter Dayan
United Kingdom
91k citations
- 9
Peter Brooks
Australia
86k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is French Literature and Critical Theory research done?
The largest centres of French Literature and Critical Theory research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Lyon (France), São Paulo (Brazil) and Nanterre (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nanterre and Lyon.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- NanterreFR · 20.2 works62×
- LyonFR · 27.7 works26×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in French Literature and Critical Theory than the world average.
Where is the best place to study French Literature and Critical Theory?
Among universities, judged by research, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Université Grenoble Alpes and Université Lille Nord de France score highest, combining citation 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 first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.
Every institution in French Literature and Critical Theory, country by countryIs French Literature and Critical Theory research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is French Literature and Critical Theory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0051% in 2024.
Fractional works of French Literature and Critical Theory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year.
Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.
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.
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