Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
Linguistics and Discourse Analysis is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 13.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on discourse analysis, argumentation, rhetoric, ethos, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. It explores linguistic variation, genre analysis, and textual cohesion in communication studies.
- Discourse Analysis
- Argumentation
- Rhetoric
- Ethos
- Pragmatics
- Sociolinguistics
- Genre Analysis
- Linguistic Variation
- Communication Studies
- Textual Cohesion
- Research works
- 44k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +14% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Linguistics and Discourse Analysis research?
By volume, France and Brazil publish the most (3.2k and 588 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 France 3.2k works
- 2 Brazil 588 works
- 3 Canada 320 works
- 4 United States 271 works
- 5 Switzerland 200 works
- 6 ?? 199 works
- 7 Spain 173 works
- 8 Belgium 160 works
- 9 Italy 119 works
- 10 United Kingdom 114 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Linguistics and Discourse Analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle publishes the most Linguistics and Discourse Analysis research, followed by Université Paris Nanterre and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 130 works
- 2 Université Paris NanterreFrance 90 works
- 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 77 works
- 4 Laboratoire de Linguistique et Didactique des Langues Etrangères et MaternellesFrance 75 works
- 5 University of LausanneSwitzerland 74 works
- 6 Université Paris CitéFrance 69 works
- 7 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 68 works
- 8 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance 67 works
- 9 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 66 works
- 10 Université de LilleFrance 65 works
Who are the leading researchers in Linguistics and Discourse Analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistics and Discourse Analysis include Pierre Bourdıeu, Noam Chomsky and Teun A. van Dijk.
- 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 10k citations
- 2 Noam Chomsky United States 3.7k citations
- 3 Teun A. van Dijk Spain 2.5k citations
- 4 Didier Dubois France 2.4k citations
- 5 Henri Prade France 2.1k citations
- 6 Bruno Latour France 2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Linguistics and Discourse Analysis research done?
The largest centres of Linguistics and Discourse Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Toulouse (France) and Nanterre (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Metz, Cergy-Pontoise and Paris.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Metz35.2 works169×
- Cergy-PontoiseFR · 62.8 works95×
- Paris51.6 works82×
- NanterreFR · 121.9 works63×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Linguistics and Discourse Analysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Linguistics and Discourse Analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Sorbonne Université, University of Fribourg and University of Neuchâtel 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorbonne UniversitéFrance | 66.3 | 10.2% | 21.8× | 68 | +153.9% |
| 2 | University of FribourgSwitzerland | 65.6 | 42.4% | 13.9× | 13 | -5.8% |
| 3 | University of NeuchâtelSwitzerland | 62.3 | 34.5% | 43.1× | 17 | -31.3% |
| 4 | Université Paris CitéFrance | 60.9 | 16.1% | 25.8× | 69 | +3.2% |
| 5 | Université Grenoble AlpesFrance | 60.9 | 9.1% | 32.0× | 67 | +99.6% |
| 6 | Normandie UniversitéFrance | 60.6 | 20.1% | 20.4× | 10 | +382.7% |
| 7 | Université Libre de BruxellesBelgium | 59.9 | 24.4% | 13.3× | 21 | +22.0% |
| 8 | Université d'OrléansFrance | 59.6 | 15.0% | 41.4× | 17 | +170.8% |
| 9 | University of LausanneSwitzerland | 59.2 | 12.0% | 34.2× | 74 | +11.0% |
| 10 | CY Cergy Paris UniversitéFrance | 58.5 | 13.4% | 111.9× | 62 | +46.4% |
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 Discourse Analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Linguistics and Discourse Analysis.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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