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Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore

In research, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,138 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,317 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,994 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory, Arts and Humanities and Political Science and International Relations — Literature and Literary Theory is 26.8× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#26,908
of 28,054 · #42,215 all time
Rank in Lithuania
#35
of 38
Research works
500
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
106
0.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
98%
world 28%

What is Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore 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 #10,138 of 10,521 1.5%173 #15991
Social SciencesField #6,317 of 6,365 1.4%94 #10049
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,994 of 1,998 1.8%73 #3733

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore 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#15,991 #10,138
  2. Social Sciences#10,049 #6,317
  3. Arts and Humanities#3,733 #1,994
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 of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 26.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 25.6 works27×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 72.8 works14×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 29.8 works11×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Health Professions: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 14.03× its world share, 73 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.12× its world share, 94 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 14.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Cultural Identity, Education, Soviet Union, Rhetoric, Imagology, National Stereotypes and Cold War.

▲ 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. Literature32▲ 33×12 topics
  2. Cultural Identity29▲ 31×7 topics
  3. Education26▲ 8.4×13 topics
  4. Soviet Union24▲ 235×3 topics
  5. Rhetoric23▲ 119×3 topics
  6. Cold War23▲ 199×3 topics
  7. Imagology23▲ 1254×1 topic
  8. National Stereotypes23▲ 1254×1 topic
  9. Eastern Europe23▲ 226×2 topics
  10. International Relations23▲ 52×3 topics
  11. Cultural Integration22▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Diplomacy22▲ 130×2 topics
  13. Identity22▲ 17×20 topics
  14. European Union22▲ 54×2 topics
  15. Australia21▲ 706×1 topic
  16. European Integration21▲ 210×1 topic
  17. Folklore20▲ 215×2 topics
  18. Literary Analysis20▲ 584×2 topics
  19. Cultural Transmission20▲ 138×3 topics
  20. Social History19▲ 129×3 topics
  21. Children's Literature19▲ 272×2 topics
  22. Feminism19▲ 38×4 topics
  23. Fairy Tales18▲ 642×1 topic
  24. Gender Roles18▲ 84×1 topic
  25. History15▲ 12×10 topics
  26. Religion15▲ 17×10 topics
  27. Pedagogy14▲ 16×5 topics
  28. Narrative13▲ 45×6 topics
  29. Ethnography12▲ 38×5 topics
  30. Higher Education12▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Leadership12▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Ethics11▲ 13×13 topics
  33. Cultural Studies10▲ 14×7 topics
  34. Memory10▲ 22×8 topics
  35. Migration9▲ 15×5 topics
  36. Holocaust8▲ 149×3 topics
  37. Philosophy8▲ 10×9 topics
  38. Community7▲ 34×3 topics
  39. Cultural6▲ 76×3 topics
  40. Cultural Exchange6▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: European Cultural and National Identity, Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics, Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies and Education, Leadership, and Health Research.

  1. 1 European Cultural and National Identity Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  2. 2 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 21 works
  3. 3 Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Literature and Literary Theory 18 works
  4. 4 Education, Leadership, and Health Research Education 12 works
  5. 5 Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies Philosophy 6 works
  6. 6 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 6 works
  7. 7 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 5 works
  8. 8 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 4 works
  9. 9 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 4 works
  10. 10 Central European Literary Studies Anthropology 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 available97.5%not open2.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors0.9%domestic only99.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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