Subfield · Linguistics and Language
Top Countries in Linguistics and Language Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 26 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 | 27.1% | 3k | 8k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 78.7 | 29.4% | 931 | 3.3k | #2 |
| 3 | China | 66.3 | 27.8% | 763 | 1.8k | #8 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 57.5 | 46.7% | 222 | 1.3k | #7 |
| 5 | Australia | 50.6 | 39.1% | 464 | 1.9k | #4 |
| 6 | Germany | 45.0 | 25.0% | 690 | 1.8k | #5 |
| 7 | Spain | 40.3 | 17.5% | 985 | 1.5k | #6 |
| 8 | Canada | 36.2 | 21.1% | 774 | 1.7k | #3 |
| 9 | France | 32.6 | 6.0% | 3k | 1.1k | #10 |
| 10 | South Africa | 29.3 | 32.4% | 379 | 726 | #13 |
| 11 | Poland | 26.4 | 4.9% | 3.7k | 1.1k | #17 |
| 12 | Indonesia | 23.7 | 15.7% | 764 | 693 | #23 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 21.3 | 30.8% | 249 | 860 | #9 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 19.0 | 16.0% | 314 | 458 | #16 |
| 15 | Belgium | 16.9 | 18.8% | 287 | 657 | #11 |
| 16 | Italy | 14.9 | 15.9% | 334 | 432 | #19 |
| 17 | Philippines | 13.0 | 22.2% | 223 | 398 | #33 |
| 18 | Japan | 11.3 | 22.4% | 264 | 390 | #18 |
| 19 | Brazil | 9.6 | 8.0% | 510 | 472 | #25 |
| 20 | Pakistan | 8.1 | 15.2% | 223 | 234 | #38 |
| 21 | Colombia | 6.6 | 14.6% | 210 | 205 | #31 |
| 22 | Mexico | 5.1 | 13.2% | 278 | 256 | #29 |
| 23 | Russia | 3.8 | 10.7% | 259 | 188 | #32 |
| 24 | India | 2.5 | 13.3% | 222 | 166 | #41 |
| 25 | ?? | 120.4 | 7.6% | 252 | 146 | #36 |
| 26 | Argentina | 0.0 | 7.6% | 235 | 126 | #39 |
countries ranked worldwide in Linguistics and Language (26). 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.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Poland 3.7k works
- 2 France 3k works
- 3 United States 3k works
- 4 Spain 985 works
- 5 United Kingdom 931 works
- 6 Canada 774 works
- 7 Indonesia 764 works
- 8 China 763 works
- 9 Germany 690 works
- 10 Brazil 510 works
- 11 Australia 464 works
- 12 South Africa 379 works