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Top Language and Linguistics Research Institutions

Hong Kong Polytechnic University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 303 ranked institutions.

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: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong · Hong Kong 100.0 45.1% 140 558#39
2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 87.9 33.7% 173 695#1
3 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 80.8 43.0% 104 562#12
4 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 75.7 44.5% 100 641#40
5 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong · Tai Po 71.8 57.1% 76 526#25
6 University of AucklandNew Zealand · Auckland 68.6 52.9% 78 567#6
7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 65.9 20.1% 193 417#10
8 Nakhchivan State UniversityAzerbaijan · Nakhichivan 63.6 33.1% 126 164—
9 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain · Barcelona 61.5 25.7% 169 374#52
10 University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa 59.7 22.2% 211 334#29
11 University of MacauMacau · Macao 58.0 44.3% 88 440—
12 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 56.5 24.0% 235 412#18
13 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 55.1 45.1% 76 292#46
14 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 53.8 25.2% 156 283#50
15 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 52.6 26.3% 132 365#2
16 Stockholm UniversitySweden · Stockholm 51.5 28.1% 120 362#34
17 University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 50.4 20.5% 216 426#28
18 Universitat Jaume ISpain · Castellon 49.4 31.1% 99 231#89
19 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 48.5 19.0% 207 377#5
20 Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Leiden 47.6 23.4% 140 399#45
21 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 46.7 47.6% 61 272#76
22 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland · Poznan 45.9 14.7% 280 348#91
23 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 45.1 24.7% 127 431#13
24 Lancaster UniversityUnited Kingdom · Lancaster 44.4 30.3% 74 300#11
25 Guangdong University of Foreign StudiesChina · Guangzhou 43.7 20.3% 152 237—
26 University of OsloNorway · Oslo 43.0 28.7% 109 282#33
27 Center for Applied LinguisticsUnited States · Washington D.C. 42.3 17.6% 135 180#22
28 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 41.7 14.7% 308 212—
29 Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 41.1 19.1% 193 230—
30 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 40.5 44.1% 68 218#36
31 Shanghai International Studies UniversityChina · Shanghai 39.9 25.1% 134 247—
32 Ghent UniversityBelgium · Ghent 39.3 30.3% 92 398#82
33 University of PotsdamGermany · Potsdam 38.8 23.5% 107 235#80
34 University of WarsawPoland · Warsaw 38.3 11.4% 240 210—
35 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 37.8 20.2% 161 264#23
36 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia · Bandung 37.3 14.2% 279 216—
37 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès 36.8 16.4% 194 244#66
38 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 36.3 26.6% 78 296#24
39 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 35.9 14.7% 204 205#67
40 University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 35.4 36.4% 73 209#61
41 Universidad de GranadaSpain · Granada 35.0 18.0% 218 193—
42 University of GenevaSwitzerland · Geneva 34.6 29.3% 85 168—
43 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 34.2 30.3% 66 226#15
44 King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia · Abhā 33.8 28.1% 86 204—
45 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 33.4 23.5% 125 201—
46 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany · Berlin 33.0 20.4% 125 186#98
47 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 32.6 31.8% 105 230—
48 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 32.2 26.8% 73 234—
49 University of GrazAustria · Graz 31.9 20.4% 94 464—
50 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 31.5 37.9% 66 209#60
51 Beijing Foreign Studies UniversityChina · Beijing 31.2 25.2% 100 205—
52 Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg 30.8 16.0% 165 195#53
53 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 30.5 28.2% 76 341#69
54 University of MünsterGermany · Münster 30.2 20.0% 114 140—
55 Leibniz Institute for the German LanguageGermany · Mannheim 29.9 36.8% 83 161—
56 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 29.5 26.6% 77 226#14
57 DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in EducationGermany · Frankfurt am Main 29.2 60.8% 60 92—
58 University of CologneGermany · Cologne 28.9 21.1% 144 214—
59 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 28.6 31.1% 71 299#4
60 University of MalayaMalaysia · Kuala Lumpur 28.3 27.4% 99 189—
61 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu 28.1 11.3% 210 191—
62 Eötvös Loránd UniversityHungary · Budapest 27.8 15.8% 156 190—
63 State University of SemarangIndonesia · Semarang 27.5 15.8% 215 190—
64 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye · Ankara 27.2 21.4% 136 177—
65 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 26.9 24.6% 83 175#94
66 University of TurkuFinland · Turku 26.7 24.0% 88 189—
67 University of TübingenGermany · Tübingen 26.4 23.6% 89 145#85
68 State University of MalangIndonesia · Malang 26.2 16.6% 181 155—
69 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 25.9 26.6% 74 166#77
70 State University of MakassarIndonesia · Makassar 25.6 13.8% 251 150—
71 Tampere UniversityFinland · Tampere 25.4 33.4% 72 167—
72 Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain · Barcelona 25.2 20.3% 121 151—
73 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia · Yogyakarta 24.9 18.7% 175 135—
74 Can Tho UniversityVietnam · Can Tho 24.7 25.2% 81 133—
75 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia · Seri Kembangan 24.4 30.7% 103 171—
76 University of JordanJordan · Amman 24.2 29.9% 87 168—
77 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 24.0 27.2% 91 221#27
78 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 23.8 19.0% 104 157#92
79 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom · Coventry 23.5 27.7% 66 161#86
80 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia · Surakarta 23.3 16.2% 206 169—
81 University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom · Nottingham 23.1 23.7% 62 144#35
82 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 22.9 28.5% 65 171#7
83 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 22.7 24.1% 65 230—
84 Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 22.5 13.6% 135 142—
85 University of GöttingenGermany · Göttingen 22.2 20.4% 85 124—
86 Leipzig UniversityGermany · Leipzig 22.0 18.2% 127 202—
87 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 21.8 14.0% 167 118—
88 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 21.6 25.3% 76 176#19
89 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly · Venice 21.4 9.9% 213 109—
90 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany · Düsseldorf 21.2 26.3% 76 131—
91 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 21.1 14.0% 132 149—
92 University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaUnited States · Honolulu 20.9 22.7% 69 143#32
93 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia · George Town 20.7 24.5% 100 137—
94 University of AlicanteSpain · Alicante 20.5 15.2% 150 116—
95 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain · Madrid 20.3 13.8% 149 126—
96 State University of MedanIndonesia · Medan 20.1 9.2% 268 131—
97 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany · Frankfurt am Main 19.9 16.6% 105 232—
98 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia · Bangi 19.8 24.1% 96 166—
99 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland · Krakow 19.6 8.3% 254 137—
100 University of ArizonaUnited States · Tucson 19.4 22.6% 71 150#62

institutions ranked worldwide in Language and Linguistics (303). 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.

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 308 works
  2. 2 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 280 works
  3. 3 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 279 works
  4. 4 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 269 works
  5. 5 State University of MedanIndonesia 268 works
  6. 6 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 254 works
  7. 7 State University of MakassarIndonesia 251 works
  8. 8 University of WarsawPoland 240 works
  9. 9 University of HelsinkiFinland 235 works
  10. 10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 218 works
  11. 11 University of ViennaAustria 216 works
  12. 12 State University of SemarangIndonesia 215 works
  13. 13 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 213 works
  14. 14 University of the Basque CountrySpain 211 works
  15. 15 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 210 works

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