Center for Applied Linguistics
In research, Center for Applied Linguistics stands highest in Language and Linguistics (#27 of 303 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,391 of 10,521 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#619 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory — Language and Linguistics is 37.7× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #11,343 of 28,054 · #6,809 all time
- Rank in United States
- #1,542 of 4,192
- Research works
- 5.3k ▼ 12% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 54k 10.3 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 12.3% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 34% world 28%
What is Center for Applied Linguistics known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language and LinguisticsSubfield | #27 of 303 | 17.6% | 135 | #22 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,391 of 10,521 | 13.1% | 637 | #1037 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #619 of 1,998 | 16.3% | 251 | #278 | |
| Social SciencesField | #3,145 of 6,365 | 11.4% | 270 | #1475 | |
| EducationSubfield | #1,417 of 1,892 | 9.4% | 91 | #1324 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #3,729 of 4,667 | 11.4% | 114 | #3133 | |
| PsychologyField | #1,818 of 2,181 | 9.7% | 93 | #1228 | |
| Artificial IntelligenceSubfield | #1,621 of 1,884 | 9.8% | 85 | #930 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #12,085 of 12,888 | 10.3% | 134 | #11838 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Applied Linguistics 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.
- Language and Linguistics#22 #27
- Social Sciences#1,037 #2,391
- Arts and Humanities#278 #619
- Social Sciences#1,475 #3,145
- Education#1,324 #1,417
- Computer Science#3,133 #3,729
- Psychology#1,228 #1,818
- Artificial Intelligence#930 #1,621
- Physical Sciences#11,838 #12,085
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
What does Center for Applied Linguistics specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 37.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 134.9 works38×
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 31.7 works34×
- Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 56.2 works13×
- Arts and HumanitiesField · 251.0 works11×
- Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 34.0 works8.8×
- Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 27.5 works7.4×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Arts and Humanities 10.7×
- Psychology 3.7×
- Social Sciences 2.6×
- Computer Science 1.8×
- Neuroscience 1.2×
- Decision Sciences 0.7×
- Health Professions 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.4×
- Energy 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Nursing 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Center for Applied Linguistics?
Ranked on the composite score, Diane August, Martha Sif Karrebæk and Janus Spindler Møller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Applied Linguistics.
- 1 Diane August United States · #160,704 worldwide 192 citations · 20 works
- 2 Martha Sif Karrebæk United States · #226,537 worldwide 104 citations · 23 works
- 3 Janus Spindler Møller United States · #246,992 worldwide 136 citations · 22 works
- 4 Sophie Wennerscheid United States · #393,501 worldwide 5 citations · 24 works
- 5 Johnny Grandjean Gøgsig Jakobsen United States · #409,451 worldwide 18 citations · 39 works
- 6 Joy Kreeft Peyton United States · #452,616 worldwide 56 citations · 33 works
- 7 Bengt Sigurd United States · #473,826 worldwide 44 citations · 31 works
- 8 Annette Lassen United States · #491,442 worldwide 10 citations · 25 works
- 9 Jan‐Olof Svantesson United States · #506,442 worldwide 45 citations · 40 works
- 10 Natale Vacalebre United States · #570,547 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
Which keywords describe research at Center for Applied Linguistics?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corpus Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Pedagogy, Education, Language Teaching, Social Interaction, Pragmatics and Gender Studies.
- Neural Basis
- Corrective Feedback
- Second Language Learning
- Multimodality
- Second Language Acquisition
- Speech Perception
- Literature
- Religion
- Language Evolution
- Multilingualism
- Statistical Machine Translation
- Embodiment
- Quantitative Methods
- Special Education
- Sociolinguistics
- Social Sciences
- Qualitative Research
- Social Interaction
- Pedagogy
- Discourse Analysis
- Corpus Linguistics
- Education
- Language Teaching
- Pragmatics
- Gender Studies
- Language
- Learning
- Methodology
- Globalization
- Neural Machine Translation
- History
- Lexicography
- Bilingualism
- Language Policy
- Bilingual Education
- Syntax
- Philosophy
- Language Contact
- Ethnicity
- L2 Motivation
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
- Corpus Linguistics75▲ 42×5 topics
- Discourse Analysis73▲ 35×8 topics
- Education70▲ 5.0×45 topics
- Pedagogy57▲ 14×15 topics
- Language Teaching55▲ 27×8 topics
- Social Interaction53▲ 16×11 topics
- Pragmatics52▲ 40×6 topics
- Qualitative Research50▲ 7.0×11 topics
- Gender Studies47▲ 38×6 topics
- Social Sciences47▲ 41×2 topics
- Language47▲ 23×13 topics
- Sociolinguistics46▲ 30×8 topics
- Learning45▲ 19×6 topics
- Special Education44▲ 94×3 topics
- Methodology44▲ 113×1 topic
- Quantitative Methods44▲ 372×1 topic
- Globalization42▲ 2.6×51 topics
- Embodiment36▲ 24×5 topics
- Neural Machine Translation35▲ 45×1 topic
- Statistical Machine Translation35▲ 45×1 topic
- History34▲ 5.9×22 topics
- Multilingualism32▲ 24×6 topics
- Lexicography32▲ 43×5 topics
- Language Evolution30▲ 89×2 topics
- Bilingualism29▲ 26×7 topics
- Religion29▲ 7.5×17 topics
- Language Policy28▲ 25×4 topics
- Literature28▲ 6.3×25 topics
- Bilingual Education27▲ 28×3 topics
- Speech Perception26▲ 39×3 topics
- Syntax26▲ 45×3 topics
- Second Language Acquisition24▲ 34×3 topics
- Philosophy24▲ 6.7×23 topics
- Multimodality24▲ 56×2 topics
- Language Contact23▲ 29×6 topics
- Second Language Learning22▲ 30×2 topics
- Ethnicity22▲ 7.2×11 topics
- Corrective Feedback22▲ 38×1 topic
- L2 Motivation22▲ 38×1 topic
- Neural Basis21▲ 31×2 topics
Which research topics does Center for Applied Linguistics publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Educational Sciences, Natural Language Processing Techniques, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 44 works
- 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 35 works
- 3 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 22 works
- 4 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 18 works
- 5 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 18 works
- 6 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 17 works
- 7 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 17 works
- 8 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 17 works
- 9 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 16 works
- 10 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 16 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Center for Applied Linguistics's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017.
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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