Language Development and Disorders
Language Development and Disorders is a research topic within Developmental and Educational Psychology. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 21.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and acquisition of language in children, encompassing topics such as early vocabulary development, speech and language disorders, bilingualism, statistical learning, child-directed speech, specific language impairment, syntax processing, social interaction, and neural plasticity.
- Language Development
- Speech and Language Disorder
- Bilingualism
- Statistical Learning
- Child-Directed Speech
- Specific Language Impairment
- Early Vocabulary Development
- Social Interaction
- Syntax Processing
- Neural Plasticity
- Research works
- 28k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Language Development and Disorders research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.2k and 257 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.2k works
- 2 United Kingdom 257 works
- 3 China 189 works
- 4 Germany 174 works
- 5 Canada 171 works
- 6 Spain 126 works
- 7 France 124 works
- 8 Australia 122 works
- 9 Brazil 109 works
- 10 Italy 107 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Language Development and Disorders research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Google (United States) publishes the most Language Development and Disorders research, followed by University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Toronto.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Google (United States) United States 59 works
- 2 University of Wisconsin–Madison United States 28 works
- 3 University of Toronto Canada 24 works
- 4 Bar-Ilan University Israel 21 works
- 5 University College London United Kingdom 20 works
- 6 Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands 19 works
- 7 University of Maryland, College Park United States 19 works
- 8 New York University United States 17 works
- 9 University of Haifa Israel 16 works
- 10 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Language Development and Disorders?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Language Development and Disorders include Simon Baron‐Cohen and Alan Baddeley.
- 1 Simon Baron‐Cohen 3.8k citations
- 2 Alan Baddeley 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Language Development and Disorders research done?
The largest centres of Language Development and Disorders research in 2022–2025 are Mountain View (United States), London (United Kingdom), Paris (France) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mountain View, Ramat Gan and Nijmegen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Mountain View United States 59 works
- 2 London United Kingdom 55 works
- 3 Paris France 54 works
- 4 New York United States 50 works
- 5 Beijing China 43 works
- 6 Montreal Canada 41 works
- 7 Toronto Canada 38 works
- 8 Boston United States 37 works
- 9 São Paulo Brazil 31 works
- 10 Nijmegen Netherlands 30 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Mountain ViewUS · 59.5 works27×
- Ramat GanIL · 22.4 works15×
- NijmegenNL · 30.2 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Language Development and Disorders than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Language Development and Disorders?
Among universities, judged by research, Bar-Ilan University, University of Oslo and University of Haifa 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bar-Ilan University Israel | 66.1 | 39.8% | 21.0× | 21 | +20.2% |
| 2 | University of Oslo Norway | 62.4 | 34.7% | 8.2× | 16 | +93.6% |
| 3 | University of Haifa Israel | 61.6 | 37.2% | 18.7× | 16 | +17.2% |
| 4 | Utrecht University Netherlands | 60.5 | 41.9% | 7.1× | 14 | +61.0% |
| 5 | Concordia University Canada | 58.6 | 48.2% | 8.2× | 10 | +3.4% |
| 6 | University of Geneva Switzerland | 58.3 | 22.6% | 9.4× | 12 | +130.2% |
| 7 | Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands | 57.5 | 23.8% | 12.0× | 19 | -0.2% |
| 8 | Florida State University United States | 56.4 | 27.7% | 12.0× | 15 | +59.4% |
| 9 | University of Maryland, College Park United States | 55.2 | 27.8% | 9.2× | 19 | +16.6% |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin–Madison United States | 54.1 | 25.3% | 7.9× | 28 | +41.7% |
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 Development and Disorders research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Language Development and Disorders.
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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.