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Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics

In research, Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,045 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics and Arts and Humanities — Language and Linguistics is 63.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,361
of 28,054 · #18,807 all time
Rank in Germany
#598
of 1,178
Research works
650
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics 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 #5,045 of 10,521 27.1%112 #4085

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz-Centre General 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).

What does Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 63.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 42.0 works64×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 53.3 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.22× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 12.24× its world share, 53 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.50× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics?

Ranked on the composite score, Laura J. Downing, Uli Sauerland and Άρτεμις Αλεξιάδου lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics.

  1. 1 Laura J. Downing Germany · #274,171 worldwide 87 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Uli Sauerland Germany · #276,923 worldwide 93 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Άρτεμις Αλεξιάδου Germany · #319,982 worldwide 170 citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Wolfgang Ullrich Wurzel Germany · #562,834 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Natalia Gagarina Germany · #764,767 worldwide 45 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Susanne Fuchs Germany · #846,562 worldwide 92 citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics

Which keywords describe research at Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pragmatics, Syntax, Language Evolution, Morphology, Grammar, Semantics, Social Interaction and Speech Perception.

▲ 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. Pragmatics37▲ 150×5 topics
  2. Syntax27▲ 255×3 topics
  3. Language Evolution24▲ 386×2 topics
  4. Morphology23▲ 89×3 topics
  5. Grammar22▲ 635×1 topic
  6. Semantics22▲ 562×1 topic
  7. Social Interaction15▲ 25×6 topics
  8. Speech Perception15▲ 118×3 topics
  9. Sociolinguistics13▲ 45×6 topics
  10. Language12▲ 33×7 topics
  11. Bilingualism11▲ 53×4 topics
  12. Neural Basis10▲ 78×3 topics
  13. Perception10▲ 99×4 topics
  14. Corpus Linguistics10▲ 30×4 topics
  15. Conversation Analysis9▲ 198×1 topic
  16. Interactional Linguistics9▲ 198×1 topic
  17. Language Acquisition9▲ 50×3 topics
  18. Prosody9▲ 151×2 topics
  19. Cognition8▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Neural Machine Translation8▲ 55×1 topic
  21. Statistical Machine Translation8▲ 55×1 topic
  22. Cognitive Science8▲ 85×2 topics
  23. Second Language Learning8▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Ethnicity8▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Discourse Analysis7▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Language Change7▲ 223×1 topic
  27. Sociolinguistic Variation7▲ 223×1 topic
  28. Language Development7▲ 39×5 topics
  29. Perceptual Learning7▲ 96×1 topic
  30. Phonetics7▲ 190×1 topic
  31. Embodiment6▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Metaphor6▲ 90×1 topic
  33. Time6▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Multilingualism5▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Cognitive Control4▲ 48×2 topics
  36. Speech and Language Disorder4▲ 151×1 topic
  37. Statistical Learning4▲ 151×1 topic
  38. Language Processing4▲ 117×1 topic
  39. Semantic Memory4▲ 117×1 topic
  40. Bilingual Education4▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Linguistic Variation and Morphology.

Syntax, Semantics, Lingu…22Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 22 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Com…9Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 9 fractional worksNatural Language Process…8Natural Language Processing Techniques: 8 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and Morphology: 7 fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology Research: 7 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and …6Language, Metaphor, and Cognition: 6 fractional worksLanguage Development and Disorders: 4 fractional worksNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 4 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 4 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 4 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsArtificial IntelligenceLinguistics and LanguageExperimental and Cognitive Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 22 works
  2. 2 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 9 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  4. 4 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 7 works
  5. 5 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7 works
  6. 6 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Language Development and Disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  9. 9 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 4 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% higher than in 2013–2017.

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