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Cultural and political discourse analysis

Cultural and political discourse analysis is a research topic within Linguistics and Language. Science Explorer counts 9.7k research works in it since 1950. 9.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a multidisciplinary approach to discourse analysis, focusing on topics such as political discourse, ideology, power dynamics, racism, media influence, social communication, semantics, critical theory, and social movements. It explores the intersection of language, society, and politics in various contexts.

  • Discourse Analysis
  • Political Discourse
  • Ideology
  • Power
  • Racism
  • Media Influence
  • Social Communication
  • Semantics
  • Critical Theory
  • Social Movements
Research works
9.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
916
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Cultural and political discourse analysis research?

By volume, Spain and Argentina publish the most (433 and 196 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 433 works
  2. 2 Argentina 196 works
  3. 3 Mexico 194 works
  4. 4 Colombia 158 works
  5. 5 Chile 100 works
  6. 6 Peru 97 works
  7. 7 Brazil 72 works
  8. 8 United States 58 works
  9. 9 Ecuador 47 works
  10. 10 Venezuela 41 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.

Spain: 31.0%Argentina: 14.0%Mexico: 13.9%Colombia: 11.3%6 others listed: 29.8%31%largest
Spain433 · 31.0%Argentina196 · 14.0%Mexico194 · 13.9%Colombia158 · 11.3%6 others listed416 · 29.8%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural and political discourse analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Cultural and political discourse analysis research, followed by Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Who are the leading researchers in Cultural and political discourse analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cultural and political discourse analysis include Teun A. van Dijk.

  1. 1 Teun A. van Dijk Spain 2.5k citations

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

Where is Cultural and political discourse analysis research done?

The largest centres of Cultural and political discourse analysis research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Caracas, Salamanca and Buenos Aires.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 104 works
  2. 2 Buenos Aires Argentina 98 works
  3. 3 Mexico City Mexico 76 works
  4. 4 Bogotá Colombia 72 works
  5. 5 Lima Peru 63 works
  6. 6 Santiago Chile 46 works
  7. 7 Seville Spain 37 works
  8. 8 Caracas Venezuela 33 works
  9. 9 Medellín Colombia 28 works
  10. 10 Valencia Spain 26 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CaracasVE · 33.2 works95×
  2. SalamancaES · 21.7 works36×
  3. Buenos AiresAR · 98.4 works32×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cultural and political discourse analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cultural and political discourse analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Universitat de València and Universidad Complutense de Madrid 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%20%40%mean 16.87%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: 12, 26.0%Universitat de València: 22, 20.1%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 42, 14.0%Universidad de Sevilla: 29, 17.0%Universidad de Murcia: 9, 30.8%Universidad de Buenos Aires: 40, 8.1%Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: 11, 17.3%Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: 11, 15.7%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 34, 7.2%Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León: 11, 12.5%Universidade de Sant…Universitat de Valèn…Universidad de SevillaUniversidad Complute…
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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 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 51.726.0%27.2×12 +198.2%
2 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 43.920.1%27.4×22 +66.3%
3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 42.014.0%35.8×42 +32.8%
4 Universidad de SevillaSpain 41.217.0%35.6×29 +10.5%
5 Universidad de MurciaSpain 39.830.8%20.6×9 +20.3%
6 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 35.48.1%65.7×40 +13.3%
7 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 34.717.3%17.9×11 +74.2%
8 Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 33.815.7%23.0×11 +49.9%
9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 33.27.2%22.9×34 +24.7%
10 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 32.712.5%32.0×11 +214.3%

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 Cultural and political discourse analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural and political discourse analysis.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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.