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Linguistics and Cultural Studies

Linguistics and Cultural Studies is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 9.6% 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 in the field of Turkic linguistics, including language contact, morphology, historical phonology, oral epics, syntax, etymology, typology, and manuscriptology. It explores the linguistic diversity and historical development of Turkic languages.

  • Turkic
  • linguistics
  • language contact
  • morphology
  • historical phonology
  • oral epics
  • syntax
  • etymology
  • typology
  • manuscriptology
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+131%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Linguistics and Cultural Studies research?

By volume, Türkiye and Russia publish the most (2.8k and 554 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Türkiye 2.8k works
  2. 2 Russia 554 works
  3. 3 United States 340 works
  4. 4 China 256 works
  5. 5 Azerbaijan 191 works
  6. 6 Kazakhstan 157 works
  7. 7 Uzbekistan 147 works
  8. 8 Germany 131 works
  9. 9 Iraq 117 works
  10. 10 Mongolia 89 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.

Türkiye: 58.6%Russia: 11.6%United States: 7.1%China: 5.3%6 others listed: 17.4%59%largest
Türkiye2,810 · 58.6%Russia554 · 11.6%United States340 · 7.1%China256 · 5.3%6 others listed832 · 17.4%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistics and Cultural Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi publishes the most Linguistics and Cultural Studies research, followed by Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University and Ankara University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 93 works
  2. 2 Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityTürkiye 83 works
  3. 3 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 64 works
  4. 4 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 61 works
  5. 5 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 61 works
  6. 6 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 54 works
  7. 7 Atatürk UniversityTürkiye 49 works
  8. 8 Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli UniversityTürkiye 45 works
  9. 9 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 45 works
  10. 10 Istanbul UniversityTürkiye 44 works

Where is Linguistics and Cultural Studies research done?

The largest centres of Linguistics and Cultural Studies research in 2022–2025 are Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye), Moscow (Russia) and Baku (Azerbaijan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ardahan, Turkestan and Yakutsk.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ankara Türkiye 490 works
  2. 2 Istanbul Türkiye 325 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 145 works
  4. 4 Baku Azerbaijan 144 works
  5. 5 Izmir Türkiye 92 works
  6. 6 Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 89 works
  7. 7 Beijing China 88 works
  8. 8 Konya Türkiye 80 works
  9. 9 Yakutsk Russia 80 works
  10. 10 Erzurum Türkiye 73 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ArdahanTR · 25.2 works109×
  2. TurkestanKZ · 23.6 works105×
  3. YakutskRU · 80.1 works98×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Linguistics and Cultural Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Linguistics and Cultural Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Hacettepe University, Suleyman Demirel University and Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity 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 16.19%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Hacettepe University: 60, 18.5%Suleyman Demirel University: 21, 18.6%Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity: 35, 11.6%Mersin Üniversitesi: 17, 21.8%Mardin Artuklu University: 36, 18.8%Selçuk University: 45, 15.2%Ankara University: 64, 9.3%Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi: 93, 8.6%Çankırı Karatekin University: 18, 23.3%Anadolu University: 32, 16.2%Mersin ÜniversitesiSuleyman Demirel Uni…Hacettepe UniversityKyrgyz-Türkish Manas…
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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 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 75.118.5%21.0×60 +289.8%
2 Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan 73.718.6%26.3×21 +240.6%
3 Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas ÜniversityKyrgyzstan 71.411.6%171.4×35 +375.0%
4 Mersin ÜniversitesiTürkiye 70.521.8%17.5×17 +186.2%
5 Mardin Artuklu UniversityTürkiye 69.518.8%71.2×36 +877.8%
6 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 68.815.2%24.5×45 +413.2%
7 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 68.59.3%25.1×64 +255.3%
8 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 68.48.6%97.4×93 +580.6%
9 Çankırı Karatekin UniversityTürkiye 68.023.3%31.9×18 +207.7%
10 Anadolu UniversityTürkiye 66.816.2%42.8×32 +294.7%

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 Linguistics and Cultural Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 131% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Linguistics and Cultural 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.