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Azerbaijan University of Languages

In research, Azerbaijan University of Languages stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,869 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,764 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,856 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Arts and Humanities — Language and Linguistics is 40.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,314
of 28,054 · #39,909 all time
Rank in Azerbaijan
#32
of 42
Research works
456
▲ 164% vs 2013–17
Citations
686
1.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Azerbaijan University of Languages known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,869 of 10,521 7.3%205 #13620
Social SciencesField #5,764 of 6,365 5.0%97 #8860
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,856 of 1,998 11.5%77 #3589

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Azerbaijan University of Languages sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#13,620 #7,869
  2. Social Sciences#8,860 #5,764
  3. Arts and Humanities#3,589 #1,856
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Azerbaijan University of Languages specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 40.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 41.6 works41×
  2. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 24.3 works20×
  3. Arts and HumanitiesField · 77.1 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.47× its world share, 77 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.72× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.28× its world share, 97 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Azerbaijan University of Languages?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Language, Globalization, Education, Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language Teaching, Media and Ethnicity.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Language44▲ 78×8 topics
  2. Globalization34▲ 7.5×22 topics
  3. Education30▲ 7.6×20 topics
  4. Linguistics21▲ 56×4 topics
  5. Discourse Analysis17▲ 29×4 topics
  6. Innovation15▲ 6.0×11 topics
  7. Language Teaching14▲ 24×6 topics
  8. Ethnicity14▲ 16×7 topics
  9. Media14▲ 40×4 topics
  10. Language Contact14▲ 61×3 topics
  11. Phraseology14▲ 78×3 topics
  12. Teacher Training14▲ 9.3×10 topics
  13. Social Media13▲ 4.0×11 topics
  14. Media Discourse13▲ 89×2 topics
  15. Culture13▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Migration12▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Etymology12▲ 101×2 topics
  18. Historical Phonology12▲ 101×2 topics
  19. Cross-Cultural Communication12▲ 56×2 topics
  20. Sociolinguistics11▲ 25×6 topics
  21. Religion11▲ 9.8×6 topics
  22. Cultural Heritage11▲ 8.3×5 topics
  23. Morphology10▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Syntax10▲ 63×2 topics
  25. Intercultural Communication10▲ 97×2 topics
  26. Business10▲ 125×1 topic
  27. Cultural Competence10▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Corpus Linguistics10▲ 20×5 topics
  29. History10▲ 6.0×8 topics
  30. Cultural Communication9▲ 109×1 topic
  31. Lexicography9▲ 43×3 topics
  32. Pedagogy9▲ 7.9×7 topics
  33. Economy9▲ 47×2 topics
  34. Turkic9▲ 134×1 topic
  35. oral epics9▲ 134×1 topic
  36. Law9▲ 269×1 topic
  37. Multilingualism8▲ 22×4 topics
  38. Teaching Methods8▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Cultural Studies8▲ 9.3×7 topics
  40. Social Interaction8▲ 8.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Azerbaijan University of Languages publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies, Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication, Linguistics and Cultural Studies and Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies.

Language, Communication,…10Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies: 10 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and C…9Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 9 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…9Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 9 fractional worksCultural, Linguistic, Ec…9Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies: 9 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 7 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 6 fractional worksLexicography and Languag…6Lexicography and Language Studies: 6 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 6 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 5 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Di…5Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 5 fractional works
CommunicationCultural StudiesLanguage and LinguisticsGeneral Social Sciences3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies Communication 10 works
  2. 2 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 9 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 9 works
  4. 4 Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies General Social Sciences 9 works
  5. 5 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7 works
  6. 6 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 6 works
  7. 7 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 6 works
  8. 8 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  9. 9 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  10. 10 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 5 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available84.0%not open16.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Azerbaijan University of Languages's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 164% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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