Subfield · Literature and Literary Theory · United States
Literature and Literary Theory research in United States
Michigan State University ranks first in United States for Literature and Literary Theory research in 2022–2025 (#8 worldwide), followed by Pennsylvania State University and Arizona State University.
- United States's world rank
- #1 of 63 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 15k
- Top-10% rate
- 17.9%
- Ranked institutions
- 38
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Literature and Literary Theory in United States?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing | #8 | 65.2 | 40.4% | 101 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #10 | 61.4 | 27.1% | 151 |
| 3 | Arizona State UniversityTempe | #24 | 46.7 | 34.2% | 114 |
| 4 | Georgia State UniversityAtlanta | #29 | 43.6 | 21.4% | 112 |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #30 | 43.0 | 31.4% | 101 |
| 6 | The Ohio State UniversityColumbus | #33 | 41.4 | 27.8% | 126 |
| 7 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #41 | 37.8 | 23.4% | 103 |
| 8 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #49 | 34.8 | 20.5% | 134 |
| 9 | University of ArizonaTucson | #58 | 31.9 | 29.2% | 87 |
| 10 | University of FloridaGainesville | #59 | 31.7 | 21.0% | 87 |
| 11 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #61 | 31.1 | 27.0% | 91 |
| 12 | New York UniversityNew York | #65 | 30.0 | 18.3% | 125 |
| 13 | University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkBuffalo | #66 | 29.8 | 31.8% | 64 |
| 14 | Film IndependentLos Angeles | #69 | 29.0 | 9.7% | 305 |
| 15 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #77 | 27.2 | 20.3% | 105 |
| 16 | University of South FloridaTampa | #78 | 27.0 | 31.2% | 63 |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #89 | 24.8 | 22.5% | 103 |
| 18 | University of WashingtonSeattle | #96 | 23.5 | 27.2% | 70 |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill | #113 | 20.8 | 16.9% | 111 |
| 20 | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette | #115 | 20.5 | 27.1% | 69 |
| 21 | Indiana University BloomingtonBloomington | #118 | 20.0 | 29.6% | 68 |
| 22 | University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles | #124 | 19.2 | 23.5% | 75 |
| 23 | University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park | #125 | 19.1 | 20.8% | 76 |
| 24 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #141 | 17.0 | 15.4% | 106 |
| 25 | University of ChicagoChicago | #145 | 16.6 | 13.6% | 123 |
| 26 | Georgetown UniversityWashington | #146 | 16.5 | 16.5% | 80 |
| 27 | University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara | #166 | 14.3 | 22.6% | 62 |
| 28 | Texas Tech UniversityLubbock | #170 | 13.9 | 25.8% | 66 |
| 29 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #183 | 12.7 | 10.6% | 116 |
| 30 | Florida State UniversityTallahassee | #200 | 11.2 | 13.8% | 73 |
| 31 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #204 | 10.9 | 10.5% | 99 |
| 32 | University of California, DavisDavis | #206 | 10.7 | 17.9% | 63 |
| 33 | University of VirginiaCharlottesville | #210 | 10.4 | 14.4% | 82 |
| 34 | Weatherford CollegeWeatherford | #230 | 8.9 | 9.7% | 152 |
| 35 | Brigham Young UniversityProvo | #232 | 8.7 | 20.9% | 62 |
| 36 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #249 | 7.5 | 12.1% | 97 |
| 37 | Duke UniversityDurham | #284 | 5.3 | 13.8% | 60 |
| 38 | Human Growth FoundationNew York | #367 | 102.0 | 6.2% | 75 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Literature and Literary Theory, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Literature and Literary Theory researchers in United States?
Sander L. Gilman, Peter Burke and Fredric Jameson rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1Sander L. Gilman#37 worldwide overall4.2k citations · 26 works
- 2Peter Burke#136 worldwide overall997 citations · 10 works
- 3Fredric Jameson#782 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 18 works
- 4Hannah Arendt#1,066 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 10 works
- 5Roman Jakobson#1,107 worldwide overall708 citations · 10 works
- 6Hans Christian Andersen#1,224 worldwide overall3k citations · 10 works
- 7Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak#1,327 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 10 works
- 8Joshua A. Fishman#1,693 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 14 works
- 9Walter D. Mignolo#2,207 worldwide overall581 citations · 16 works
- 10Edward W. Said#2,266 worldwide overall528 citations · 10 works
- 11John Stephens#2,853 worldwide overall810 citations · 12 works
- 12Janet B. Croft#2,884 worldwide overall891 citations · 30 works
- 13Richard Dutton#4,087 worldwide overall732 citations · 11 works
- 14James Paul Gee#5,037 worldwide overall797 citations · 10 works
- 15Stephen Krashen#5,128 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 11 works
How United States compares with other countries in Literature and Literary Theory