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Linguistics and Education Research

Linguistics and Education Research is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% 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 discourse analysis, literacy studies, and language education. It includes discussions on textual production, the Bakhtin Circle, critical reading, multiliteracies, social discourse, rhetoric, and various educational practices. The papers explore the intersection of language, society, and education, providing valuable insights into these fields.

  • Discourse Analysis
  • Literacy
  • Textual Production
  • Bakhtin Circle
  • Critical Reading
  • Multiliteracies
  • Language Education
  • Social Discourse
  • Rhetoric
  • Educational Practices
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-35%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
90% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Linguistics and Education Research

Which countries lead Linguistics and Education Research research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (6.8k and 236 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 6.8k works
  2. 2 Portugal 236 works
  3. 3 United States 196 works
  4. 4 Spain 84 works
  5. 5 France 68 works
  6. 6 Mexico 56 works
  7. 7 ?? 48 works
  8. 8 Argentina 36 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 33 works
  10. 10 Italy 32 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.

Brazil: 89.6%Portugal: 3.1%United States: 2.6%Spain: 1.1%6 others listed: 3.6%90%largest
Brazil6,820 · 89.6%Portugal236 · 3.1%United States196 · 2.6%Spain84 · 1.1%6 others listed273 · 3.6%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistics and Education Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Linguistics and Education Research research, followed by Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 245 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 166 works
  3. 3 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 157 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 151 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 146 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 145 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 140 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 134 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 119 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 118 works

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistics and Education Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistics and Education Research include Noam Chomsky and Norman L. Fairclough.

  1. 1 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  2. 2 Norman L. Fairclough United Kingdom 66k 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 Linguistics and Education Research?

The most cited paper in Linguistics and Education Research is "O discurso: estrutura ou acontecimento" (Rodrigo Oliveira Fonseca, 2015), with 1,364 citations. Next come "Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature" (1,089) and "Base Nacional Comum Curricular" (1,047).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 O discurso: estrutura ou acontecimento Rodrigo Oliveira Fonseca · Revista Conexão Letras Open access 11 May 2015 1,364
2 Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature Espen Aarseth · Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) ReviewOpen access 6 Aug 1997 1,089
3 Base Nacional Comum Curricular Geraldo Antônio da Rosa, Tânia Maris de Azevedo · Letras de Hoje Open access 29 Nov 2022 1,047
4 Antônio Houaiss, Mauro de Salles Villar y Francisco Manoel de Mello Franco (eds.) (2001): Dicionário eletrônico Houaiss da língua portuguesa. CD-ROM. Rio de Janeiro, Editora Objetiva Francisco Gago Jover · Revista de Lexicografía Open access 31 Dec 2003 925
5 Bakhtin: conceitos-chave Maria Francisca Mendes · Revista Brasileira de Educação Open access Apr 2007 691
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Where is Linguistics and Education Research research done?

The largest centres of Linguistics and Education Research research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Recife (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cáceres, Jacarezinho and Vitória da Conquista.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 927 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 505 works
  3. 3 Belo HorizonteBrazil 261 works
  4. 4 RecifeBrazil 205 works
  5. 5 SalvadorBrazil 195 works
  6. 6 FlorianópolisBrazil 192 works
  7. 7 Porto AlegreBrazil 189 works
  8. 8 BrasíliaBrazil 185 works
  9. 9 CuritibaBrazil 174 works
  10. 10 FortalezaBrazil 160 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CáceresBR · 79.9 works119×
  2. JacarezinhoBR · 23.8 works93×
  3. Vitória da ConquistaBR · 69.5 works91×
  4. TaubatéBR · 20.3 works90×
  5. Bento GonçalvesBR · 28.7 works86×
  6. Campina GrandeBR · 142.4 works65×
  7. Rio BrancoBR · 36.5 works63×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Linguistics and Education Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Linguistics and Education Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal do ABC 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 12.99%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal…Universidade São Fra…Universidade Estadua…Universidade de São …
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 65.315.2%23.8×119 -56.4%
2Universidade de São PauloBrazil 63.29.6%18.1×245 -35.5%
3Universidade Federal do ABCBrazil 63.124.0%9.7×10 +26.4%
4Universidade São FranciscoBrazil 62.816.9%63.1×18 -4.5%
5Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 60.613.3%27.9×107 -35.7%
6Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 59.412.6%34.4×151 -31.2%
7Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 59.410.3%27.7×145 -44.2%
8Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 58.29.3%30.1×166 -47.3%
9Universidade BrasilBrazil 56.77.3%20.6×15 +36.9%
10Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 56.511.4%29.2×97 -25.3%

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 Linguistics and Education Research, country by country

Is Linguistics and Education Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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grewheldshrank

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 Linguistics and Education Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.038% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Linguistics and Education Research0.023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Linguistics and Education Research 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%Linguistics and Education Research9.6% 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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