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Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies

Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies is a research topic within Linguistics and Language. Science Explorer counts 9.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of language, society, and culture, with a focus on sociolinguistics, language diversity, youth language, and language attitudes. It delves into topics such as multilingualism, language policy, urban linguistics, minority languages, and the role of language in political discourse.

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language Diversity
  • Youth Language
  • Language Attitudes
  • Multilingualism
  • Language Policy
  • Urban Linguistics
  • Language Contact
  • Minority Languages
  • Political Discourse
Research works
9.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
933
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies research?

By volume, France and Canada publish the most (812 and 113 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 812 works
  2. 2 Canada 113 works
  3. 3 Brazil 93 works
  4. 4 United States 85 works
  5. 5 Algeria 80 works
  6. 6 Spain 68 works
  7. 7 ?? 46 works
  8. 8 Switzerland 45 works
  9. 9 Belgium 39 works
  10. 10 Morocco 37 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.

France: 57.3%Canada: 8.0%Brazil: 6.6%United States: 6.0%6 others listed: 22.2%57%largest
France812 · 57.3%Canada113 · 8.0%Brazil93 · 6.6%United States85 · 6.0%6 others listed314 · 22.2%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle publishes the most Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies research, followed by Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier and Laboratoire de Linguistique et Didactique des Langues Etrangères et Maternelles.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 43 works
  2. 2 Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierFrance 35 works
  3. 3 Laboratoire de Linguistique et Didactique des Langues Etrangères et MaternellesFrance 30 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 25 works
  5. 5 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 21 works
  6. 6 University of LausanneSwitzerland 21 works
  7. 7 Écologie Marine Tropicale des Océans Pacifique et IndienRéunion 17 works
  8. 8 Université de LorraineFrance 16 works
  9. 9 Université Rennes 2France 16 works
  10. 10 Université Paris NanterreFrance 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies include Pierre Bourdıeu.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 10k citations

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

Where is Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies research done?

The largest centres of Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Montpellier (France), Lyon (France) and Montreal (Canada). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint-Denis.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 218 works
  2. 2 Montpellier France 51 works
  3. 3 Lyon France 36 works
  4. 4 Montreal Canada 34 works
  5. 5 Toulouse France 34 works
  6. 6 Grenoble France 33 works
  7. 7 Rennes France 28 works
  8. 8 Marseille France 25 works
  9. 9 Nantes France 25 works
  10. 10 Nancy France 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Saint-DenisFR · 20.7 works206×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Sorbonne Université, Université de Lorraine and Université Paris Cité 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%30%mean 9.97%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sorbonne Université: 13, 9.5%Université de Lorraine: 16, 7.2%Université Paris Cité: 13, 12.7%Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: 43, 6.0%Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier: 35, 2.2%University of Ottawa: 9, 24.0%Université Alassane Ouattara: 10, 3.3%Cheikh Anta Diop University: 12, 9.6%Université Laval: 9, 18.2%Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès: 14, 7.0%Université Paris CitéSorbonne UniversitéUniversité de LorraineUniversité Sorbonne …
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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 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 62.59.5%14.6×13 +150.3%
2 Université de LorraineFrance 59.27.2%33.6×16 +140.2%
3 Université Paris CitéFrance 58.912.7%17.4×13 +47.6%
4 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 57.66.0%194.6×43 +33.3%
5 Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierFrance 56.82.2%262.6×35 +141.6%
6 University of OttawaCanada 56.424.0%9.2×9 +8.1%
7 Université Alassane OuattaraCôte d'Ivoire 56.03.3%131.4×10 +304.8%
8 Cheikh Anta Diop UniversitySenegal 55.59.6%58.0×12 +119.0%
9 Université LavalCanada 54.718.2%11.9×9 -6.0%
10 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 54.37.0%60.8×14 +156.3%

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 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies.

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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.