Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 35.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on conversation analysis, interactional linguistic analysis, and discourse study, examining topics such as turn-taking, social interaction, identity construction, pragmatics, narrative analysis, politeness theory, and multimodal communication.
- Conversation Analysis
- Interactional Linguistics
- Discourse Study
- Turn-Taking
- Social Interaction
- Identity Construction
- Pragmatics
- Narrative Analysis
- Politeness Theory
- Multimodal Communication
- Research works
- 34k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 12k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 35.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +27% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (963 and 541 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 963 works
- 2 China 541 works
- 3 United Kingdom 443 works
- 4 Germany 355 works
- 5 Indonesia 336 works
- 6 Spain 197 works
- 7 Japan 184 works
- 8 Australia 182 works
- 9 France 175 works
- 10 Italy 167 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.
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Which institutions lead Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Helsinki publishes the most Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies research, followed by University College London and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of HelsinkiFinland 49 works
- 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 27 works
- 3 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 27 works
- 4 Tampere UniversityFinland 24 works
- 5 Guangdong University of Foreign StudiesChina 24 works
- 6 The University of QueenslandAustralia 23 works
- 7 Stockholm UniversitySweden 22 works
- 8 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 22 works
- 9 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 22 works
- 10 Lancaster UniversityUnited Kingdom 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies include Norman K. Denzin and Emanuel A. Schegloff.
- 1 Norman K. Denzin United States 8.6k citations
- 2 Emanuel A. Schegloff United States 3.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies research done?
The largest centres of Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lancaster and Tampere.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- LancasterGB · 22.1 works13×
- TampereFI · 24.8 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Helsinki, University of Jordan and Tampere 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.
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 | University of HelsinkiFinland | 76.1 | 38.5% | 13.9× | 49 | +73.1% |
| 2 | University of JordanJordan | 75.6 | 46.3% | 10.3× | 16 | +338.5% |
| 3 | Tampere UniversityFinland | 74.1 | 44.0% | 14.0× | 24 | +141.2% |
| 4 | Linköping UniversitySweden | 69.8 | 54.3% | 11.1× | 19 | +10.8% |
| 5 | University of PotsdamGermany | 67.4 | 51.4% | 9.4× | 12 | +110.8% |
| 6 | University of JyväskyläFinland | 67.2 | 48.2% | 15.0× | 17 | +44.6% |
| 7 | University of OuluFinland | 66.0 | 49.2% | 10.2× | 16 | +13.7% |
| 8 | Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands | 65.9 | 44.2% | 8.8× | 22 | +40.0% |
| 9 | Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUnited Kingdom | 64.2 | 49.3% | 8.0× | 8 | +311.8% |
| 10 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 64.0 | 45.6% | 5.0× | 27 | +73.5% |
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, Discourse, Communication Strategies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies.
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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.