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Historical and Linguistic Studies

Historical and Linguistic Studies is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the historical interactions, translations, and interpretations between Christianity and Islam, including topics such as early Christian apologetics, Islamic manuscripts, Eusebian apparatus, gospel translations, and cultural transmission. It provides insights into the complex and multifaceted relationship between these two major religious traditions throughout history.

  • Christian-Muslim Relations
  • Gospel Translation
  • Early Christian Apologetics
  • Islamic Manuscripts
  • Eusebian Apparatus
  • Medieval Synagogue
  • Byzantine Understanding of Qur'an
  • Muslim Readings of Gospels
  • Arabic Bible Translations
  • Cultural Transmission
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Historical and Linguistic Studies

Which countries lead Historical and Linguistic Studies research?

By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (898 and 653 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 898 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 653 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 352 works
  4. 4 France 336 works
  5. 5 Germany 271 works
  6. 6 Russia 252 works
  7. 7 Spain 208 works
  8. 8 Italy 167 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 146 works
  10. 10 Israel 135 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: 26.3%Türkiye: 19.1%United Kingdom: 10.3%France: 9.8%6 others listed: 34.5%26%largest
United States898 · 26.3%Türkiye653 · 19.1%United Kingdom352 · 10.3%France336 · 9.8%6 others listed1,180 · 34.5%

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

Which institutions lead Historical and Linguistic Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Historical and Linguistic Studies research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and University of Cambridge.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 124 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 75 works
  3. 3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 56 works
  4. 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 48 works
  5. 5 Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 33 works
  6. 6 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael 32 works
  7. 7 Directorate of Religious AffairsTürkiye 28 works
  8. 8 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 27 works
  9. 9 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 25 works
  10. 10 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical and Linguistic Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical and Linguistic Studies include George Davey Smith, Stefan Schreiber and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Stefan Schreiber Germany 163k citations
  3. 3 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Historical and Linguistic Studies?

The most cited paper in Historical and Linguistic Studies is "The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation" (Lawrence Venuti, 1994), with 1,763 citations. Next come "GREEKS AND THEIR PAST IN THE SECOND SOPHISTIC" (522) and "A Commentary on the Satires of Juvenal" (455).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation Lawrence Venuti Open access 21 Dec 1994 1,763
2 GREEKS AND THEIR PAST IN THE SECOND SOPHISTIC E. L. Bowie · Past & Present 1970 522
3 A Commentary on the Satires of Juvenal Thomas G. Palaima, E. Courtney · The Classical World Open access 1982 455
4 Speech Acts and Illocutionary Logic John Rogers Searle, Daniel R. Vanderveken Book chapter 1985 400
5 Christian Identity In The Jewish And Graeco-Roman World JUDITH M. LIEU · SBL Press eBooks Book chapter 27 May 2004 390
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Where is Historical and Linguistic Studies research done?

The largest centres of Historical and Linguistic Studies research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Ankara (Türkiye), Moscow (Russia) and Madrid (Spain).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 136 works
  2. 2 AnkaraTürkiye 110 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 110 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 68 works
  5. 5 IstanbulTürkiye 64 works
  6. 6 CambridgeUnited Kingdom 57 works
  7. 7 OxfordUnited Kingdom 54 works
  8. 8 LondonUnited Kingdom 53 works
  9. 9 Saint PetersburgRussia 50 works
  10. 10 New YorkUnited States 45 works
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Where is the best place to study Historical and Linguistic Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and Siirt Üniversitesi score highest, combining citation 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 22.84%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Siirt ÜniversitesiUniversity of JordanUniversity of OxfordUniversity of Cambri…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 74.513.2%10.4×56 +50.2%
2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 67.817.7%7.7×48 -5.0%
3Siirt ÜniversitesiTürkiye 67.733.1%29.9×12 +70.7%
4University of JordanJordan 64.723.2%14.2×17 +385.9%
5Marmara UniversityTürkiye 61.420.8%13.2×21 +48.7%
6Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 60.331.4%9.9×12 +80.0%
7St Petersburg UniversityRussia 57.918.1%11.7×25 +27.8%
8Hitit ÜniversitesiTürkiye 57.132.3%25.2×11 +11.9%
9Adıyaman UniversityTürkiye 56.625.2%26.9×11 +268.9%
10King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 55.413.4%7.7×13 +139.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Historical and Linguistic Studies, country by country

Is Historical and Linguistic Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Historical and Linguistic Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Historical and Linguistic Studies0.018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Historical and Linguistic Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Historical and Linguistic Studies9.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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