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Lexicography and Language Studies

Lexicography and Language Studies is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 12.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the theory, practice, and development of dictionaries and lexicography, including the impact of electronic tools, bilingual dictionaries, corpus-based approaches, and the historical evolution of dictionary usage.

  • Lexicography
  • Dictionaries
  • Electronic
  • Language
  • Usage
  • Bilingual
  • Corpus
  • Learners
  • Meaning
  • History
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
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Which countries lead Lexicography and Language Studies research?

By volume, Russia and the United States publish the most (361 and 278 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 361 works
  2. 2 United States 278 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 213 works
  4. 4 Poland 211 works
  5. 5 Spain 192 works
  6. 6 China 169 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 166 works
  8. 8 France 148 works
  9. 9 Germany 140 works
  10. 10 Uzbekistan 125 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.

Russia: 18.0%United States: 13.9%Ukraine: 10.6%Poland: 10.5%6 others listed: 46.9%18%largest
Russia361 · 18.0%United States278 · 13.9%Ukraine213 · 10.6%Poland211 · 10.5%6 others listed939 · 46.9%

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

Which institutions lead Lexicography and Language Studies research?

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

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 27 works
  2. 2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 27 works
  3. 3 University of WarsawPoland 25 works
  4. 4 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 19 works
  5. 5 Institut za filozofijuCroatia 18 works
  6. 6 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 17 works
  7. 7 Vilnius UniversityLithuania 16 works
  8. 8 Center for Applied LinguisticsUnited States 15 works
  9. 9 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 15 works
  10. 10 University of ZagrebCroatia 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Lexicography and Language Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Lexicography and Language Studies include George Lakoff.

  1. 1 George Lakoff United States 2.4k citations

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

Where is Lexicography and Language Studies research done?

The largest centres of Lexicography and Language Studies research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 140 works
  2. 2 Kyiv Ukraine 72 works
  3. 3 Tashkent Uzbekistan 56 works
  4. 4 Paris France 48 works
  5. 5 Saint Petersburg Russia 42 works
  6. 6 Zagreb Croatia 40 works
  7. 7 Krakow Poland 39 works
  8. 8 Warsaw Poland 36 works
  9. 9 Beijing China 34 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 32 works
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Where is the best place to study Lexicography and Language Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Nakhchivan State University, Moscow State University and Stellenbosch 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%mean 14.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nakhchivan State University: 13, 30.3%Moscow State University: 12, 11.0%Stellenbosch University: 14, 27.8%University of Warsaw: 25, 7.8%Kazan Federal University: 12, 13.2%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 27, 7.4%Jagiellonian University: 26, 1.9%John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 9, 14.9%Kyiv National Linguistic University: 11, 19.3%Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: 11, 9.0%Nakhchivan State Uni…Stellenbosch Univers…Moscow State Univers…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
1 Nakhchivan State UniversityAzerbaijan 69.030.3%54.1×13 —
2 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 67.711.0%11.9×12 +421.0%
3 Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa 64.127.8%9.8×14 -63.9%
4 University of WarsawPoland 61.37.8%12.8×25 +88.1%
5 Kazan Federal UniversityRussia 61.013.2%11.6×12 +1501.9%
6 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 57.47.4%17.5×27 +14.6%
7 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 56.91.9%10.4×26 +95.1%
8 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 56.914.9%14.1×9 +459.5%
9 Kyiv National Linguistic UniversityUkraine 55.519.3%175.9×11 —
10 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 55.09.0%10.0×11 +1470.0%

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 Lexicography and Language Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Lexicography and Language Studies.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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