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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. 11.8% 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%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+36%
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Which countries lead Linguistic research and analysis research?

By volume, Germany and Poland publish the most (2k and 298 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 2k works
  2. 2 Poland 298 works
  3. 3 Russia 254 works
  4. 4 Austria 208 works
  5. 5 Switzerland 201 works
  6. 6 United States 180 works
  7. 7 Ukraine 98 works
  8. 8 Italy 89 works
  9. 9 France 83 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 74 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: 56.8%Poland: 8.7%Russia: 7.4%Austria: 6.0%6 others listed: 21.1%57%largest
Germany1,951 · 56.8%Poland298 · 8.7%Russia254 · 7.4%Austria208 · 6.0%6 others listed724 · 21.1%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistic research and analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Vienna publishes the most Linguistic research and analysis research, followed by University of Münster and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of ViennaAustria 46 works
  2. 2 University of MünsterGermany 45 works
  3. 3 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 38 works
  4. 4 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 37 works
  5. 5 University of CologneGermany 33 works
  6. 6 University of ZurichSwitzerland 33 works
  7. 7 Ruhr University BochumGermany 33 works
  8. 8 Universität HamburgGermany 32 works
  9. 9 Leibniz Institute for the German LanguageGermany 32 works
  10. 10 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistic research and analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistic research and analysis include C. Schmitt, Noam Chomsky and Niklas Luhmann.

  1. 1 C. Schmitt United States 6.8k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 3.7k citations
  3. 3 Niklas Luhmann Germany 2.3k citations

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

Where is Linguistic research and analysis research done?

The largest centres of Linguistic research and analysis research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Moscow (Russia) 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 146 works
  2. 2 Vienna Austria 108 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 105 works
  4. 4 Munich Germany 91 works
  5. 5 Cologne Germany 81 works
  6. 6 Zurich Switzerland 72 works
  7. 7 Mainz Germany 61 works
  8. 8 Hamburg Germany 60 works
  9. 9 Frankfurt am Main Germany 53 works
  10. 10 Essen Germany 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PassauDE · 25.5 works83×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, University of Vienna, Universität Innsbruck and Leipzig 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%mean 12.97%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Vienna: 46, 13.7%Universität Innsbruck: 29, 9.0%Leipzig University: 28, 19.7%Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: 24, 11.0%University of Münster: 45, 17.2%Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 38, 9.8%University of Cologne: 33, 12.4%University of Zurich: 33, 12.9%Moscow State Institute of International Relations: 29, 11.4%University of Duisburg-Essen: 26, 12.6%Leipzig UniversityUniversity of ViennaFriedrich-Alexander-…Universität Innsbruck
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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 ViennaAustria 68.013.7%22.9×46 +84.4%
2 Universität InnsbruckAustria 66.99.0%24.5×29 +199.1%
3 Leipzig UniversityGermany 64.719.7%24.6×28 +113.4%
4 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 63.711.0%12.4×24 +213.8%
5 University of MünsterGermany 63.617.2%31.1×45 +43.2%
6 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 62.49.8%30.6×38 +84.5%
7 University of CologneGermany 61.512.4%24.7×33 +84.9%
8 University of ZurichSwitzerland 61.412.9%15.0×33 +20.5%
9 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 61.411.4%40.2×29 +1150.0%
10 University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 60.412.6%20.2×26 +126.8%

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 research and analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Linguistic research and analysis.

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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.