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Linguistic research and analysis

Linguistic research and analysis is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to language discourse and communication studies, including discourse analysis, language variation, text linguistics, sociolinguistics, communication practices, phraseology, multimodality, standardization of language, cultural semiotics, and digital communication.

  • Discourse Analysis
  • Language Variation
  • Text Linguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Communication Practices
  • Phraseology
  • Multimodality
  • Standardization of Language
  • Cultural Semiotics
  • Digital Communication
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Germany
56% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Linguistic research and analysis

Which countries lead Linguistic research and analysis research?

By volume, Germany and Poland publish the most (2.1k and 314 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Germany 2.1k works
  2. 2 Poland 314 works
  3. 3 Russia 275 works
  4. 4 Austria 224 works
  5. 5 Switzerland 224 works
  6. 6 United States 197 works
  7. 7 Ukraine 108 works
  8. 8 Italy 106 works
  9. 9 France 90 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 78 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.

Germany: 56.5%Poland: 8.5%Russia: 7.4%Austria: 6.0%6 others listed: 21.6%56%largest
Germany2,099 · 56.5%Poland314 · 8.5%Russia275 · 7.4%Austria224 · 6.0%6 others listed803 · 21.6%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistic research and analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Leibniz Association publishes the most Linguistic research and analysis research, followed by University of Münster and University of Vienna.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Leibniz AssociationGermany 77 works
  2. 2 University of MünsterGermany 48 works
  3. 3 University of ViennaAustria 48 works
  4. 4 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 42 works
  5. 5 Ruhr University BochumGermany 41 works
  6. 6 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 39 works
  7. 7 Universität HamburgGermany 38 works
  8. 8 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 37 works
  9. 9 University of CologneGermany 37 works
  10. 10 University of ZurichSwitzerland 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistic research and analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistic research and analysis include Pierre Bourdıeu, Wolfgang K. Huber and Michel Foucault.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Wolfgang K. Huber Germany 239k citations
  3. 3 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  4. 4 Evan E. Eichler United States 195k citations
  5. 5 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  6. 6 O. Schneider Switzerland 141k citations
  7. 7 Michael Tomasello Germany 135k citations
  8. 8 Erving Goffman United States 133k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Linguistic research and analysis?

The most cited paper in Linguistic research and analysis is "Qualitative Content Analysis" (Philipp Mayring, 2008), with 4,840 citations. Next come "Buchbesprechungen" (3,771) and "Rethinking Linguistic Relativity" (2,758).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Qualitative Content Analysis Philipp Mayring · Forum: Qualitative Social Research (Freie Universität Berlin) Open access 25 Aug 2008 4,840
2 Buchbesprechungen Alexander Pundt · Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O Jul 2006 3,771
3 Rethinking Linguistic Relativity Celia Roberts · International Journal of Bilingualism Sep 1997 2,758
4 Relations in Public. Microstudies of the Public Order Michael Dellwing · J.B. Metzler eBooks Book chapter 2022 2,140
5 Legitimizing Immigration Control: A Discourse-Historical Analysis Theo van Leeuwen, Ruth Wodak · Discourse Studies Feb 1999 1,128
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Where is Linguistic research and analysis research done?

The largest centres of Linguistic research and analysis research in 2022-now are Berlin (Germany), Moscow (Russia), Vienna (Austria) and Munich (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Passau.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BerlinGermany 156 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 113 works
  3. 3 ViennaAustria 111 works
  4. 4 MunichGermany 97 works
  5. 5 CologneGermany 86 works
  6. 6 ZurichSwitzerland 78 works
  7. 7 HamburgGermany 67 works
  8. 8 MainzGermany 66 works
  9. 9 Frankfurt am MainGermany 56 works
  10. 10 EssenGermany 53 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PassauDE · 27.5 works82×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Linguistic research and analysis than the world average.

See Linguistic research and analysis on the map

Where is the best place to study Linguistic research and analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University of Zurich and University of Münster 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%mean 13.91%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of ZurichUniversity of MünsterUniversity of ViennaJohannes Gutenberg U…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 77.711.1%27.6×42 +46.3%
2University of ZurichSwitzerland 77.412.5%12.7×36 -3.7%
3University of MünsterGermany 74.511.2%27.5×48 +20.5%
4University of ViennaAustria 73.111.2%23.2×48 -19.5%
5University of HelsinkiFinland 73.119.4%7.0×20 -8.4%
6University of BremenGermany 72.715.3%26.5×26 +35.5%
7Ruhr University BochumGermany 71.512.3%24.8×41 +34.6%
8University of PotsdamGermany 70.615.0%24.6×24 +19.4%
9Universität HamburgGermany 69.312.3%12.9×38 -33.2%
10Leipzig UniversityGermany 69.118.8%21.8×31 -20.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Linguistic research and analysis, country by country

Is Linguistic research and analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Linguistic research and analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Linguistic research and analysis0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Linguistic research and analysis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Linguistic research and analysis9.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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