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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%
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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. 1 United States 963 works
  2. 2 China 541 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 443 works
  4. 4 Germany 355 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 336 works
  6. 6 Spain 197 works
  7. 7 Japan 184 works
  8. 8 Australia 182 works
  9. 9 France 175 works
  10. 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.

United States: 27.2%China: 15.3%United Kingdom: 12.5%Germany: 10.0%6 others listed: 35.0%27%largest
United States963 · 27.2%China541 · 15.3%United Kingdom443 · 12.5%Germany355 · 10.0%6 others listed1,241 · 35.0%

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

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.

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. 1 Norman K. Denzin United States 8.6k citations
  2. 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 102 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 84 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 74 works
  4. 4 Paris France 71 works
  5. 5 Hong Kong China 64 works
  6. 6 Helsinki Finland 53 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 48 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 48 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 45 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LancasterGB · 22.1 works13×
  2. TampereFI · 24.8 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies than the world average.

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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.

0%20%40%60%mean 47.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Helsinki: 49, 38.5%University of Jordan: 16, 46.3%Tampere University: 24, 44.0%Linköping University: 19, 54.3%University of Potsdam: 12, 51.4%University of Jyväskylä: 17, 48.2%University of Oulu: 16, 49.2%Radboud University Nijmegen: 22, 44.2%Manchester Metropolitan University: 8, 49.3%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 27, 45.6%Linköping UniversityUniversity of JordanTampere UniversityUniversity of Helsinki
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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 University of HelsinkiFinland 76.138.5%13.9×49 +73.1%
2 University of JordanJordan 75.646.3%10.3×16 +338.5%
3 Tampere UniversityFinland 74.144.0%14.0×24 +141.2%
4 Linköping UniversitySweden 69.854.3%11.1×19 +10.8%
5 University of PotsdamGermany 67.451.4%9.4×12 +110.8%
6 University of JyväskyläFinland 67.248.2%15.0×17 +44.6%
7 University of OuluFinland 66.049.2%10.2×16 +13.7%
8 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 65.944.2%8.8×22 +40.0%
9 Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUnited Kingdom 64.249.3%8.0×8 +311.8%
10 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 64.045.6%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.