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Top Linguistics and Language Research Institutions

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in 2022-now, followed by University of Cambridge and Polish Academy of Sciences, out of 35 ranked institutions.

Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 100.0 6.2% 870 362#1
2University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 80.5 12.2% 94 315#9
3Polish Academy of SciencesPoland · Warsaw 69.1 10.9% 317 106#15
4Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 61.0 8.7% 86 55#27
5University of WarsawPoland · Warsaw 54.7 9.3% 354 142#4
6University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 49.6 19.9% 70 345#40
7Université de LyonFrance · Lyon 45.3 11.2% 103 71#42
8University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 41.5 12.9% 86 230#6
9Jagiellonian UniversityPoland · Krakow 38.2 10.6% 362 113#23
10University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa 35.2 19.4% 61 164#33
11Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance · Paris 32.6 6.9% 123 32#5
12University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 30.1 9.9% 67 200#84
13Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland · Poznan 27.9 9.8% 345 132#55
14Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris 25.8 8.6% 68 19#86
15CY Cergy Paris UniversitéFrance · Cergy-Pontoise 23.8 13.3% 65 12#92
16Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance · Marseille 22.0 8.8% 71 49#65
17University of WrocławPoland · Wroclaw 20.3 8.4% 138 27#98
18Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierFrance · Montpellier 18.7 5.5% 96 28-
19Université Grenoble AlpesFrance · Saint-Martin-d'Hères 17.2 7.9% 65 17#41
20Université de LorraineFrance · Nancy 15.7 6.8% 92 23#81
21University of ŁódźPoland · Lodz 14.4 12.8% 201 72-
22Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland · Lublin 13.1 9.2% 149 39-
23Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 11.8 13.4% 70 78-
24Nantes UniversitéFrance · Nantes 10.6 5.6% 74 18-
25Kazimierz Wielki University in BydgoszczPoland · Bydgoszcz 9.5 12.6% 65 33-
26University of Economics in KatowicePoland · Katowice 8.4 9.5% 72 18-
27Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance · Toulouse 7.3 7.2% 60 109-
28Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityPoland · Torun 6.3 7.9% 96 26-
29University of RzeszówPoland · Rzeszów 5.3 10.3% 77 27-
30Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland · Warsaw 4.3 5.7% 86 13#100
31University of GdańskPoland · Gdansk 3.4 5.9% 118 14-
32University of SzczecinPoland · Szczecin 2.5 8.2% 63 19-
33University of Silesia in KatowicePoland · Katowice 1.7 9.1% 145 44-
34John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland · Lublin 81.5 8.5% 128 26-
35Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowiePoland · Krakow 0.0 9.3% 95 22-

institutions ranked worldwide in Linguistics and Language (35). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).

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-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 919 works
  2. 2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 372 works
  3. 3 University of WarsawPoland 370 works
  4. 4 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 356 works
  5. 5 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 328 works
  6. 6 University of ŁódźPoland 207 works
  7. 7 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 155 works
  8. 8 University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 150 works
  9. 9 University of WrocławPoland 141 works
  10. 10 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 131 works
  11. 11 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 130 works
  12. 12 University of GdańskPoland 122 works
  13. 13 Université de LyonFrance 107 works
  14. 14 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 103 works
  15. 15 Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityPoland 101 works

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