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Bruno Latour

Bruno Latour

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Social Sciences and Humanities
France
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
116
Citations
245236
World Ranking
30
National Ranking
2

Bruno Latour publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruno Latour sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 426 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Bruno Latour D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruno Latour sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in France Leader Award
  • 2013 - Holberg Prize, Government of Norway for having "undertaken an ambitious analysis and reinterpretation of modernity, and [having] challenged fundamental concepts such as the distinction between modern and pre-modern, nature and society, human and non-human"
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Bruno Latour was affiliated with Sciences Po in France and focused primarily on Social Sciences throughout their academic career. Their research spanned multiple subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Atmospheric Science, Political Science and International Relations, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Literature and Literary Theory.

Their work covered a variety of topics such as French Urban and Social Studies, Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Scientific Research and Discoveries, Historical Geography and Geographical Thought, Travel Writing and Literature, and History of Science and Medicine.

Bruno Latour published several research papers recently, including:

  • On Using ANT for Studying Information Systems: A (Somewhat) Socratic Dialogue, 2020, Sociologija Mintis ir veiksmas
  • Is This a Dress Rehearsal?, 2020, Critical Inquiry
  • Life on Earth is hard to spot, 2020, The Anthropocene Review
  • Conflicts of Planetary Proportion - A Conversation, 2020, Journal of the Philosophy of History
  • La nouvelle classe écologique: une gauche au carré!, 2022, Mouvements

The researcher collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Timothy M. Lenton, Sébastien Dutreuil, Dominiq Jenvrey, Steve Woolgar, and Dipesh Chakrabarty.

Among the publication venues where Bruno Latour's research appeared most often were Philosophical Literary Journal Logos, Critical Inquiry, Esprit, GREEN, and Sociologija Mintis ir veiksmas.

They also contributed to book publications with one known work published by King's College London titled Notat om den nye økologiske klasse: Hvordan man skaber en selvbevidst og stolt økologisk klasse in 2022.

Bruno Latour received several awards during their career, notably the Holberg Prize by the Government of Norway in 2013 for their analysis and reinterpretation of modernity challenging foundational distinctions in philosophy and sociology. They were also named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory

    Bruno Latour

  • Science in action : how to follow scientists and engineers through society

    Bruno Latour

  • We Have Never Been Modern

    Bruno Latour

  • Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts

    Bruno Latour;Steven Woolgar

  • Pandora's Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies

    Bruno Latour

  • Science in Action

    Bruno Latour

  • Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern

    Bruno Latour

  • The pasteurization of France

    Bruno Latour

  • Laboratory Life: The Social Construction of Scientific Facts

    Bruno Latour;Steve Woolgar

  • Aramis, or the Love of Technology

    Bruno Latour

  • Science in action : How to follow scientists and engineers through society

    Wiebe E. Bijker;Bruno Latour

  • Technology is society made durable

    Bruno Latour

  • On Recalling ANT

    Bruno Latour

  • Drawing Things Together

    Bruno Latour

  • On actor-network theory : A few clarifications

    B. Latour

  • The powers of association

    Bruno Latour

  • Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy

    Bruno Latour;Catherine Porter

  • Reassembling the social: an introduction to Actor-Network Theory Oxford University Press, Oxford.,

    B Latour

  • A Summary of a Convenient Vocabulary for the Semiotics of Human and Nonhuman Assemblies

    Madeleine Akrich;Bruno Latour

  • Power, Action and Belief. A New Sociology of Knowledge?

    J Law;G. J Fyfe;M Callon;B Latour

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Callon
Michel Callon Mines ParisTech
Steve Woolgar
Steve Woolgar University of Oxford
John Law
John Law The Open University
Timothy M. Lenton
Timothy M. Lenton University of Exeter
Wiebe E. Bijker
Wiebe E. Bijker Maastricht University
Jean-Claude Grégoire
Jean-Claude Grégoire Université Libre de Bruxelles
Serge Gutwirth
Serge Gutwirth Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Jérôme Gaillardet
Jérôme Gaillardet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach University of California, Los Angeles
Dan Sperber
Dan Sperber Central European University

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