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Language and Culture

Language and Culture is a research topic within Linguistics and Language. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 5.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of language and culture in multicultural contexts, covering topics such as multilingualism, ethnolinguistics, cultural identity, media discourse, sociolinguistics, and lexicography. It delves into the complexities of language use, communication, and cultural representation in diverse communities.

  • Language
  • Culture
  • Multilingualism
  • Ethnolinguistics
  • Cultural Identity
  • Translation
  • Media Discourse
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Lexicography
  • Ethnography
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Language and Culture research?

By volume, Poland and Ukraine publish the most (3.5k and 111 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 3.5k works
  2. 2 Ukraine 111 works
  3. 3 Czechia 85 works
  4. 4 United States 85 works
  5. 5 Germany 54 works
  6. 6 Russia 54 works
  7. 7 Italy 36 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 27 works
  9. 9 Lithuania 24 works
  10. 10 France 22 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.

Poland: 87.6%Ukraine: 2.8%Czechia: 2.1%United States: 2.1%6 others listed: 5.4%88%largest
Poland3,513 · 87.6%Ukraine111 · 2.8%Czechia85 · 2.1%United States85 · 2.1%6 others listed217 · 5.4%

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

Which institutions lead Language and Culture research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Jagiellonian University publishes the most Language and Culture research, followed by University of Warsaw and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jagiellonian University Poland 348 works
  2. 2 University of Warsaw Poland 324 works
  3. 3 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland 311 works
  4. 4 University of Łódź Poland 185 works
  5. 5 Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Poland 142 works
  6. 6 University of Silesia in Katowice Poland 134 works
  7. 7 University of Wrocław Poland 131 works
  8. 8 John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Poland 116 works
  9. 9 University of Gdańsk Poland 112 works
  10. 10 Nicolaus Copernicus University Poland 91 works

Where is Language and Culture research done?

The largest centres of Language and Culture research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Poznań (Poland) and Lublin (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Opava and Bydgoszcz.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 771 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 647 works
  3. 3 Poznań Poland 336 works
  4. 4 Lublin Poland 278 works
  5. 5 Katowice Poland 217 works
  6. 6 Łódź Poland 213 works
  7. 7 Wrocław Poland 154 works
  8. 8 Gdańsk Poland 133 works
  9. 9 Toruń Poland 98 works
  10. 10 Olsztyn Poland 92 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Gorzów WielkopolskiPL · 25.7 works278×
  2. OpavaCZ · 22.0 works145×
  3. BydgoszczPL · 72.4 works115×
  4. Zielona GóraPL · 36.9 works112×
  5. KatowicePL · 217.2 works101×
  6. KrakowPL · 646.8 works96×
  7. OpolePL · 51.4 works96×
  8. ToruńPL · 97.8 works94×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Language and Culture than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Language and Culture?

Among universities, judged by research, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Jagiellonian University and Maria Curie-Skłodowska University 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 5.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 116, 6.4%Jagiellonian University: 348, 4.9%Maria Curie-Skłodowska University: 142, 3.5%University of Warsaw: 324, 3.4%University of Łódź: 185, 7.4%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 311, 4.5%Uniwersytet Pomorski w Słupsku: 8, 16.4%University of Silesia in Katowice: 134, 3.3%Nicolaus Copernicus University: 91, 3.3%Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw: 86, 3.4%John Paul II Catholi…Jagiellonian Univers…Maria Curie-Skłodows…University of Warsaw
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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
1John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Poland 66.76.4%174.7×116 +249.6%
2Jagiellonian University Poland 63.84.9%130.5×348 +70.3%
3Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Poland 63.63.5%183.7×142 +258.2%
4University of Warsaw Poland 62.93.4%158.2×324 +100.3%
5University of Łódź Poland 62.37.4%162.5×185 +53.3%
6Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland 61.84.5%191.5×311 +77.8%
7Uniwersytet Pomorski w Słupsku Poland 61.616.4%80.9×8 +45.9%
8University of Silesia in Katowice Poland 60.43.3%161.9×134 +125.8%
9Nicolaus Copernicus University Poland 60.43.3%97.2×91 +161.3%
10Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw Poland 60.23.4%165.3×86 +214.7%

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 Language and Culture research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Language and Culture.

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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.