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Institute for Literature

In research, Institute for Literature stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,236 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#1,256 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,478 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Arts and Humanities — Literature and Literary Theory is 22.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,105
of 28,054 · #20,524 all time
Rank in Bulgaria
#52
of 92
Research works
3.4k
▼ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
1.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Institute for Literature 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 #5,236 of 10,521 9.4%216 #3807
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,256 of 1,998 13.0%86 #1272
Social SciencesField #5,478 of 6,365 5.5%107 #4276

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Literature 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#3,807 #5,236
  2. Arts and Humanities#1,272 #1,256
  3. Social Sciences#4,276 #5,478
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 Institute for Literature specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 22.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 29.5 works22×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 20.8 works19×
  3. Arts and HumanitiesField · 86.2 works12×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 11.84× its world share, 86 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.36× its world share, 107 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Literature?

Ranked on the composite score, A. F. J. Klijn, E.J. Korthals Altes and Bodo Plachta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Literature.

  1. 1 A. F. J. Klijn Bulgaria · #27,189 worldwide 106 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 E.J. Korthals Altes Bulgaria · #341,979 worldwide 12 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Bodo Plachta Bulgaria · #359,209 worldwide 2 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Leonie Cornips Bulgaria · #380,910 worldwide 87 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Lars Handesten Bulgaria · #433,345 worldwide 0 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 P.H. Moser Bulgaria · #457,669 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Faculteit der Letteren Bulgaria · #471,883 worldwide 13 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Nina Geerdink Bulgaria · #501,692 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Andrew Milner Bulgaria · #533,328 worldwide 17 citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Maaike Meijer Bulgaria · #535,848 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Literature

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Literature?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Identity, Linguistics, Culture, History, Ethnicity, Religion and Gender.

▲ 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. Literature27▲ 20×35 topics
  2. Identity22▲ 12×37 topics
  3. Globalization18▲ 3.6×40 topics
  4. Linguistics16▲ 39×6 topics
  5. Culture16▲ 12×18 topics
  6. History15▲ 8.7×20 topics
  7. Ethnicity15▲ 16×10 topics
  8. Religion14▲ 12×18 topics
  9. Education14▲ 3.2×23 topics
  10. Gender13▲ 9.8×25 topics
  11. Nationalism13▲ 11×16 topics
  12. Language12▲ 19×8 topics
  13. Human Rights11▲ 4.4×17 topics
  14. Colonialism11▲ 9.2×19 topics
  15. Feminism11▲ 15×9 topics
  16. Philosophy11▲ 9.5×13 topics
  17. Language Teaching10▲ 16×8 topics
  18. Migration10▲ 12×13 topics
  19. Social Media10▲ 2.8×14 topics
  20. Etymology10▲ 77×2 topics
  21. Historical Phonology10▲ 77×2 topics
  22. Conflict9▲ 23×7 topics
  23. Cultural Heritage9▲ 6.7×6 topics
  24. Media9▲ 24×6 topics
  25. Cultural Identity9▲ 6.9×11 topics
  26. Language Contact8▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Cultural History8▲ 25×6 topics
  28. Postcolonialism8▲ 24×13 topics
  29. Cultural Studies7▲ 7.8×12 topics
  30. Pedagogy7▲ 5.6×9 topics
  31. Politics7▲ 10×12 topics
  32. Central Asia7▲ 38×4 topics
  33. Memory7▲ 11×8 topics
  34. Cultural Exchange6▲ 20×7 topics
  35. Narrative6▲ 15×9 topics
  36. Folklore6▲ 44×3 topics
  37. Mythology6▲ 45×3 topics
  38. Race6▲ 20×10 topics
  39. International Relations6▲ 9.2×10 topics
  40. Storytelling6▲ 44×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Literature publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication and Linguistics and language evolution.

Linguistics and Cultural…5Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 5 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…5Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 5 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 5 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 4 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 4 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 4 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…4Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 4 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 4 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 4 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsSociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesMuseology3 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 5 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 5 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 4 works
  5. 5 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 4 works
  6. 6 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 4 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 4 works
  8. 8 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 4 works
  9. 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 4 works
  10. 10 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 4 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 available21.0%not open79.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Literature's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% lower 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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