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Categorization, perception, and language

Categorization, perception, and language is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the influence of language on cognition, perception, and conceptualization, with a focus on color perception, spatial reasoning, categorical perception, and cross-linguistic influences. It investigates the Whorfian hypothesis, cultural consonance, and the impact of linguistic relativity on various cognitive processes.

  • Language
  • Cognition
  • Color Perception
  • Spatial Reasoning
  • Categorical Perception
  • Cross-linguistic Influence
  • Cultural Consonance
  • Event Conceptualization
  • Motion Events
  • Linguistic Relativity
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
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Which countries lead Categorization, perception, and language research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (395 and 206 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 395 works
  2. 2 China 206 works
  3. 3 France 137 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 136 works
  5. 5 Germany 134 works
  6. 6 Russia 82 works
  7. 7 Japan 81 works
  8. 8 Spain 74 works
  9. 9 Canada 68 works
  10. 10 Italy 58 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 28.8%China: 15.0%France: 10.0%United Kingdom: 9.9%6 others listed: 36.3%29%largest
United States395 · 28.8%China206 · 15.0%France137 · 10.0%United Kingdom136 · 9.9%6 others listed498 · 36.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Categorization, perception, and language research?

By volume in 2022–2025, North Carolina State University publishes the most Categorization, perception, and language research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 18 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 13 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 12 works
  4. 4 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 11 works
  5. 5 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 11 works
  6. 6 University of CologneGermany 10 works
  7. 7 Laboratoire Dynamique du LangageFrance 8 works
  8. 8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works
  9. 9 University of PotsdamGermany 8 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Categorization, perception, and language?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Categorization, perception, and language include George Lakoff.

  1. 1 George Lakoff United States 2.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Categorization, perception, and language research done?

The largest centres of Categorization, perception, and language research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 51 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 44 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 34 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 30 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 21 works
  6. 6 New York United States 20 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 19 works
  8. 8 Raleigh United States 18 works
  9. 9 Hong Kong China 16 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 16 works
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Where is the best place to study Categorization, perception, and language?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cologne, North Carolina State University and University of Oxford score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 8.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Cologne: 10, 10.3%North Carolina State University: 18, 0.0%University of Oxford: 12, 18.4%University of Cambridge: 11, 6.7%The Ohio State University: 11, 4.7%University of OxfordUniversity of CologneUniversity of Cambri…North Carolina State…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of CologneGermany 64.810.3%14.9×10 +241.9%
2 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 51.60.0%15.5×18 —
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 51.318.4%4.6×12 +1.1%
4 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 31.86.7%5.0×11 -0.8%
5 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 26.84.7%6.0×11 +14.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Categorization, perception, and language research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Categorization, perception, and language.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.