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Institute of the Estonian Language

In research, Institute of the Estonian Language stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,780 of 16,945 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#15,195 of 21,541 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#3,211 of 3,836 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,510
of 28,054 · #27,146 all time
Rank in Estonia
#12
of 16
Research works
511
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Institute of the Estonian Language known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #11,780 of 16,945 20.6%276
Physical SciencesDomain #15,195 of 21,541 12.8%195
Arts and HumanitiesField #3,211 of 3,836 20.2%124

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of the Estonian Language 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).

What does Institute of the Estonian Language specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 23.8 works10×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.90× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.52× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.80× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 10.19× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.47× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute of the Estonian Language?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corpus Linguistics, Social Interaction, Neural Machine Translation, Statistical Machine Translation, Lexicography, Language, Sociolinguistics and Language Evolution.

▲ 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. Corpus Linguistics11▲ 63×5 topics
  2. Social Interaction6▲ 20×6 topics
  3. Neural Machine Translation6▲ 83×1 topic
  4. Statistical Machine Translation6▲ 83×1 topic
  5. Lexicography6▲ 78×3 topics
  6. Climate Change6▲ 2.5×20 topics
  7. Language5▲ 27×5 topics
  8. Sociolinguistics5▲ 33×7 topics
  9. Language Evolution5▲ 139×2 topics
  10. Multilingualism5▲ 34×4 topics
  11. Pragmatics4▲ 35×5 topics
  12. Language Policy4▲ 38×3 topics
  13. Bilingual Education4▲ 44×2 topics
  14. Linguistics3▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Second Language Learning3▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Speech Perception3▲ 48×3 topics
  17. Dictionaries3▲ 119×1 topic
  18. Electronic3▲ 207×1 topic
  19. Language Teaching3▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy3▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Discourse Analysis3▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Translanguaging3▲ 87×1 topic
  23. Etymology3▲ 71×2 topics
  24. Historical Phonology3▲ 71×2 topics
  25. Multimodality3▲ 65×2 topics
  26. Syntax3▲ 47×3 topics
  27. Morphology3▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Social Sciences3▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Indo-European2▲ 143×1 topic
  30. Language Variation2▲ 54×3 topics
  31. Proto-Indo-European2▲ 143×1 topic
  32. Digital Communication2▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Language Acquisition2▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Second Language Acquisition2▲ 33×3 topics
  35. Knowledge Representation2▲ 32×3 topics
  36. Cognition2▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Folklore2▲ 49×2 topics
  38. Grammar2▲ 110×1 topic
  39. Literary Analysis2▲ 132×2 topics
  40. Semantics2▲ 97×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of the Estonian Language publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Natural Language Processing Techniques, Lexicography and Language Studies, Multilingual Education and Policy and Linguistics and language evolution.

Natural Language Process…6Natural Language Processing Techniques: 6 fractional worksLexicography and Language Studies: 3 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…3Multilingual Education and Policy: 3 fractional worksLinguistics and language…2Linguistics and language evolution: 2 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 2 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 2 fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology …2Phonetics and Phonology Research: 2 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in Language Studies: 2 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 2 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceLanguage and LinguisticsLinguistics and LanguageExperimental and Cognitive Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  2. 2 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 3 works
  3. 3 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 3 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 2 works
  5. 5 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 2 works
  6. 6 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  7. 7 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  9. 9 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 2 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 1 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 available65.9%not open34.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of the Estonian Language's research output changed?

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

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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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