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Modern Language Association

In research, Modern Language Association stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,391 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#37,777
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,943
of 8,685
Research works
183
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
1k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Modern Language Association 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 #10,391 of 16,945 19.0%148

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Modern Language Association 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).

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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 15.47× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 15.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Modern Language Association?

Ranked on the composite score, Donald D. Walsh, Vincenzo Cioffari and Richard I. Brod lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Modern Language Association.

  1. 1 Donald D. Walsh United States · #40,881 worldwide 97 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Vincenzo Cioffari United States · #412,240 worldwide 10 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Richard I. Brod United States · #524,364 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Alice Weinríb United States · #593,466 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Massimiliano Aragona United States · #886,671 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Rose Reissman United States · #1,477,268 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Modern Language Association

Which keywords describe research at Modern Language Association?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Literature, Politics, Culture, Nationalism, Social Media and Globalization.

▲ 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Gender5▲ 38×7 topics
  2. Identity4▲ 24×7 topics
  3. Literature3▲ 24×6 topics
  4. Politics3▲ 43×4 topics
  5. Culture3▲ 21×4 topics
  6. Globalization3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  7. Nationalism3▲ 24×3 topics
  8. Social Media2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  9. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 40×4 topics
  10. History2▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Postcolonialism2▲ 68×3 topics
  12. Race2▲ 75×3 topics
  13. Youth2▲ 52×2 topics
  14. Ethnicity2▲ 18×2 topics
  15. Civic Participation2▲ 125×1 topic
  16. Sociological Research2▲ 200×1 topic
  17. Cinema1▲ 213×2 topics
  18. Discourse Analysis1▲ 24×3 topics
  19. Media1▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Adaptation1▲ 20×1 topic
  21. Colonialism1▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Film1▲ 411×1 topic
  23. Language Teaching1▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Multimodality1▲ 97×2 topics
  25. Cultural Heritage1▲ 8.5×4 topics
  26. Resistance1▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Sociolinguistics1▲ 24×3 topics
  28. Caribbean1▲ 269×1 topic
  29. Dancehall1▲ 638×1 topic
  30. France1▲ 241×1 topic
  31. Language Policy1▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Multilingualism1▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Second Language Acquisition1▲ 49×2 topics
  34. Sociopolitical1▲ 127×1 topic

Which research topics does Modern Language Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia, Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, Caribbean history, culture, and politics and French Historical and Cultural Studies.

Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 2 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 1 fractional worksCaribbean history, cultu…1Caribbean history, culture, and politics: 1 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cu…1French Historical and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in Language Studies: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…1EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksSecond Language Acquisit…1Second Language Acquisition and Learning: 1 fractional worksLiterature: history, the…1Literature: history, themes, analysis: 1 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…0Second Language Learning and Teaching: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryCultural StudiesHistory3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  3. 3 Caribbean history, culture, and politics Cultural Studies 1 works
  4. 4 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 1 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  6. 6 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  8. 8 Second Language Acquisition and Learning Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Literature: history, themes, analysis Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 0 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 available31.5%not open68.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Modern Language Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher 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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