Subfield · Language and Linguistics
Top Countries in Language and Linguistics Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 67 ranked countries.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 100.0 | 21.1% | 7.1k | 14k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 83.5 | 21.1% | 5.8k | 11k | #4 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 73.9 | 24.7% | 2.8k | 7.2k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 67.0 | 15.1% | 5.7k | 7.3k | #3 |
| 5 | Spain | 61.7 | 16.5% | 4.5k | 4.7k | #6 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 57.4 | 42.1% | 565 | 2.7k | #9 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 53.7 | 12.1% | 12k | 9k | #15 |
| 8 | Australia | 50.5 | 32.3% | 843 | 2.4k | #7 |
| 9 | Türkiye | 47.7 | 14.3% | 4.4k | 3k | #21 |
| 10 | France | 45.2 | 8.0% | 4.6k | 2.1k | #10 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 43.0 | 25.1% | 729 | 2.1k | #8 |
| 12 | Iran | 40.9 | 27.2% | 684 | 2.1k | #20 |
| 13 | Japan | 39.0 | 20.3% | 1.3k | 1.9k | #11 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 37.2 | 28.9% | 934 | 2k | #30 |
| 15 | Canada | 35.6 | 21.6% | 1.2k | 2.3k | #5 |
| 16 | Italy | 34.1 | 14.5% | 2k | 1.8k | #13 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 32.6 | 18.6% | 992 | 1.3k | #16 |
| 18 | Vietnam | 31.3 | 27.4% | 612 | 1.1k | #35 |
| 19 | Sweden | 30.0 | 26.7% | 572 | 1.3k | #12 |
| 20 | Poland | 28.8 | 10.6% | 2.2k | 1.5k | #27 |
| 21 | Austria | 27.6 | 17.7% | 845 | 1.4k | #22 |
| 22 | Finland | 26.5 | 27.6% | 606 | 1.2k | #19 |
| 23 | Belgium | 25.4 | 19.6% | 734 | 1.4k | #14 |
| 24 | Norway | 24.4 | 25.7% | 493 | 1.1k | #18 |
| 25 | Russia | 23.4 | 9.6% | 3.8k | 1.8k | #31 |
| 26 | South Korea | 22.5 | 26.1% | 487 | 990 | #29 |
| 27 | Taiwan | 21.6 | 31.5% | 349 | 1.2k | #25 |
| 28 | Jordan | 20.8 | 33.4% | 366 | 1k | #42 |
| 29 | Malaysia | 19.9 | 21.7% | 1k | 1.4k | #32 |
| 30 | Brazil | 19.1 | 6.6% | 4.4k | 1.3k | #26 |
| 31 | South Africa | 18.3 | 28.0% | 556 | 910 | #23 |
| 32 | New Zealand | 17.6 | 38.0% | 215 | 875 | #17 |
| 33 | India | 16.8 | 12.1% | 1.1k | 835 | #39 |
| 34 | Thailand | 16.1 | 28.2% | 484 | 750 | #36 |
| 35 | Azerbaijan | 15.4 | 15.1% | 454 | 259 | #57 |
| 36 | Hungary | 14.8 | 14.1% | 676 | 627 | #34 |
| 37 | Ukraine | 14.1 | 10.2% | 1.6k | 780 | #47 |
| 38 | Philippines | 13.5 | 19.5% | 580 | 635 | #48 |
| 39 | ?? | 12.9 | 13.5% | 1k | 834 | #44 |
| 40 | Israel | 12.3 | 26.8% | 262 | 608 | #28 |
| 41 | Denmark | 11.7 | 19.4% | 380 | 578 | #24 |
| 42 | Pakistan | 11.1 | 14.2% | 628 | 515 | #50 |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 10.5 | 14.6% | 470 | 359 | #55 |
| 44 | Czechia | 10.0 | 12.3% | 498 | 452 | #43 |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 9.5 | 6.5% | 889 | 338 | #59 |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 8.9 | 22.0% | 205 | 337 | #54 |
| 47 | Mexico | 8.4 | 10.3% | 682 | 402 | #40 |
| 48 | Nigeria | 7.9 | 13.1% | 490 | 373 | #60 |
| 49 | Portugal | 7.4 | 12.5% | 513 | 333 | #38 |
| 50 | Morocco | 7.0 | 17.0% | 341 | 287 | #62 |
| 51 | Iraq | 6.5 | 9.6% | 851 | 440 | #63 |
| 52 | Romania | 6.0 | 6.6% | 889 | 522 | #52 |
| 53 | Egypt | 5.6 | 11.0% | 348 | 246 | #65 |
| 54 | Ireland | 5.1 | 22.0% | 224 | 345 | #37 |
| 55 | Greece | 4.7 | 19.3% | 234 | 272 | #45 |
| 56 | Colombia | 4.3 | 17.6% | 307 | 266 | #49 |
| 57 | Chile | 3.8 | 14.6% | 345 | 288 | #46 |
| 58 | Slovenia | 3.4 | 11.8% | 438 | 244 | #66 |
| 59 | Croatia | 3.0 | 5.9% | 715 | 207 | #56 |
| 60 | Argentina | 2.6 | 10.6% | 457 | 231 | #53 |
| 61 | Algeria | 2.2 | 12.5% | 288 | 99 | #70 |
| 62 | Lithuania | 1.8 | 11.4% | 309 | 196 | #58 |
| 63 | Peru | 146.4 | 11.8% | 252 | 157 | #69 |
| 64 | Slovakia | 108.9 | 9.8% | 296 | 149 | #67 |
| 65 | Serbia | 72.1 | 7.0% | 316 | 136 | #71 |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 35.8 | 6.9% | 236 | 68 | #72 |
| 67 | Georgia | 0.0 | 3.4% | 336 | 39 | #77 |
countries ranked worldwide in Language and Linguistics (67). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.