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Top Linguistics and Language Research Institutions

University of Cambridge ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 29 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 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 100.0 22.5% 94 312#13
2 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 79.4 40.7% 67 340#2
3 University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa 67.4 29.2% 60 161#35
4 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 58.8 22.3% 83 226#1
5 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland · Poznan 52.2 5.6% 345 132#60
6 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 46.8 29.7% 65 196#42
7 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland · Krakow 42.2 5.0% 362 113#90
8 University of ŁódźPoland · Lodz 38.2 8.2% 201 72—
9 University of WarsawPoland · Warsaw 34.7 4.8% 354 142#63
10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 31.6 12.5% 94 90#66
11 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 28.8 16.0% 70 78—
12 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland · Lublin 26.2 6.4% 128 26—
13 University of Silesia in KatowicePoland · Katowice 23.8 3.8% 145 44—
14 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance · Paris 21.6 5.7% 123 32—
15 University of WrocławPoland · Wroclaw 19.6 3.7% 138 27—
16 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland · Lublin 17.7 3.9% 149 39—
17 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance · Marseille 15.9 8.5% 69 49—
18 University of RzeszówPoland · Rzeszów 14.2 7.8% 77 27—
19 Laboratoire de Linguistique et Didactique des Langues Etrangères et MaternellesFrance · Grenoble 12.6 4.7% 108 21—
20 Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityPoland · Torun 11.0 3.9% 96 26—
21 University of GdańskPoland · Gdansk 9.6 3.1% 118 14—
22 University of SzczecinPoland · Szczecin 8.2 7.1% 63 19—
23 CY Cergy Paris UniversitéFrance · Cergy-Pontoise 6.9 6.7% 65 12—
24 Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierFrance · Montpellier 5.6 2.8% 96 28—
25 University of Economics in KatowicePoland · Katowice 4.4 4.5% 72 18—
26 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland · Warsaw 3.2 3.4% 86 13—
27 Kazimierz Wielki University in BydgoszczPoland · Bydgoszcz 2.1 5.1% 65 33—
28 Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowiePoland · Krakow 104.2 2.1% 95 22—
29 The Institute of the Polish Language of the Polish Academy of SciencesPoland · Krakow 0.0 1.7% 70 16—

institutions ranked worldwide in Linguistics and Language (29). 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

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 362 works
  2. 2 University of WarsawPoland 354 works
  3. 3 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 345 works
  4. 4 University of ŁódźPoland 201 works
  5. 5 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 149 works
  6. 6 University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 145 works
  7. 7 University of WrocławPoland 137 works
  8. 8 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 128 works
  9. 9 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 123 works
  10. 10 University of GdańskPoland 118 works
  11. 11 Laboratoire de Linguistique et Didactique des Langues Etrangères et MaternellesFrance 108 works
  12. 12 Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityPoland 96 works
  13. 13 Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierFrance 96 works
  14. 14 Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowiePoland 95 works
  15. 15 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 94 works

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