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Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 77k research works in it since 1950. 13.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of religion, culture, and social identity, with a focus on Islam, Malay language and literature, Sharia law, and the historical and philosophical aspects of science. It delves into the influence of social factors on religious practices and the development of religious and cultural identities.

  • Islam
  • Culture
  • Social Influence
  • Literature
  • Sharia Law
  • Ethnicity
  • Malay Language
  • Philosophy
  • Science
  • History
Research works
77k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+126%
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Which countries lead Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies research?

By volume, the United States and Ukraine publish the most (6.2k and 4.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 6.2k works
  2. 2 Ukraine 4.8k works
  3. 3 Japan 2.4k works
  4. 4 Indonesia 1.9k works
  5. 5 Russia 1.8k works
  6. 6 Iraq 1.5k works
  7. 7 ?? 1.4k works
  8. 8 Malaysia 1.2k works
  9. 9 Brazil 1k works
  10. 10 China 678 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: 27.0%Ukraine: 21.0%Japan: 10.5%Indonesia: 8.1%6 others listed: 33.3%27%largest
United States6,161 · 27.0%Ukraine4,793 · 21.0%Japan2,401 · 10.5%Indonesia1,856 · 8.1%6 others listed7,583 · 33.3%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Weatherford College publishes the most Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies research, followed by Human Growth Foundation and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 2.9k works
  2. 2 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 1.9k works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 967 works
  4. 4 Max Planck SocietyGermany 408 works
  5. 5 The University of TokyoJapan 389 works
  6. 6 University of TikritIraq 340 works
  7. 7 Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)South Korea 261 works
  8. 8 State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine 260 works
  9. 9 Basic Education College?? 256 works
  10. 10 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de TunisieTunisia 256 works

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies include Frede Blaabjerg, Pierre Bourdıeu and Wei Liu.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
  2. 2 Pierre Bourdıeu France 10k citations
  3. 3 Wei Liu China 9.7k citations
  4. 4 T. Adye United Kingdom 9.3k citations
  5. 5 J. Albert United Kingdom 9k citations
  6. 6 G. Aielli United States 8.2k citations
  7. 7 B. S. Acharya United States 8k citations
  8. 8 J. Adelman United States 7.2k citations

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

Where is Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies research done?

The largest centres of Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies research in 2022–2025 are Weatherford (United States), New York (United States), Kyiv (Ukraine) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kuwait City, Kamianets-Podilskyi and Tripoli.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Weatherford United States 2.9k works
  2. 2 New York United States 2k works
  3. 3 Kyiv Ukraine 1.5k works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 972 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 906 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 510 works
  7. 7 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 489 works
  8. 8 Munich Germany 415 works
  9. 9 Kharkiv Ukraine 402 works
  10. 10 Tashkent Uzbekistan 360 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kuwait City256.4 works160×
  2. Kamianets-Podilskyi31.0 works155×
  3. Tripoli201.0 works153×
  4. Khmelnytskyi180.9 works140×
  5. Odesa38.5 works103×
  6. Lviv53.9 works100×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Weatherford College and Astrakhan Tatischev State 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%10%20%30%mean 12.53%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Naif Arab University for Security Sciences: 15, 24.5%Weatherford College: 2,851, 4.0%Astrakhan Tatischev State University: 15, 25.1%Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie: 256, 1.0%Ivan Ziaziun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine: 23, 18.8%Uman National University: 22, 21.3%Universidade de São Paulo: 967, 0.9%National University of Malaysia: 182, 5.4%State University of Infrastructure and Technologies: 40, 17.8%Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University: 70, 6.5%Astrakhan Tatischev …Naif Arab University…Weatherford CollegeInstitut National de…
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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 Naif Arab University for Security SciencesSaudi Arabia 68.224.5%54.8×15 +120.0%
2 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 66.14.0%72.6×2,851 +254.0%
3 Astrakhan Tatischev State UniversityRussia 62.525.1%17.6×15 —
4 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de TunisieTunisia 62.41.0%137.9×256 +249.4%
5Ivan Ziaziun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine?? 60.018.8%142.2×23 —
6 Uman National UniversityUkraine 59.821.3%31.7×22 —
7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 59.50.9%19.0×967 +557.1%
8 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 59.05.4%10.2×182 +237.3%
9State University of Infrastructure and Technologies?? 57.717.8%66.0×40 —
10 Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National UniversityUkraine 55.36.5%35.7×70 +3426.7%

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 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 126% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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.