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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. 8.2% 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%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
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Which countries lead Linguistics and Education Research research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (6.6k and 229 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 6.6k works
  2. 2 Portugal 229 works
  3. 3 United States 181 works
  4. 4 Spain 81 works
  5. 5 France 67 works
  6. 6 Mexico 52 works
  7. 7 ?? 46 works
  8. 8 Argentina 36 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 33 works
  10. 10 Italy 31 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: 2.5%Spain: 1.1%6 others listed: 3.6%90%largest
Brazil6,550 · 89.6%Portugal229 · 3.1%United States181 · 2.5%Spain81 · 1.1%6 others listed265 · 3.6%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistics and Education Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 185 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 155 works
  3. 3 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 152 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 142 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 142 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 136 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 131 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 127 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 115 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 111 works

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistics and Education Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistics and Education Research include Eduardo Fleury Mortimer.

  1. 1 Eduardo Fleury Mortimer Brazil 579 citations

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

Where is Linguistics and Education Research research done?

The largest centres of Linguistics and Education Research research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 889 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 488 works
  3. 3 Belo Horizonte Brazil 255 works
  4. 4 Recife Brazil 197 works
  5. 5 Florianópolis Brazil 188 works
  6. 6 Salvador Brazil 186 works
  7. 7 Porto Alegre Brazil 185 works
  8. 8 Brasília Brazil 180 works
  9. 9 Curitiba Brazil 169 works
  10. 10 Fortaleza Brazil 152 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CáceresBR · 77.4 works117×
  2. JacarezinhoBR · 22.4 works89×
  3. Vitória da ConquistaBR · 66.1 works89×
  4. Bento GonçalvesBR · 28.0 works86×
  5. Rio BrancoBR · 35.0 works61×
  6. PalmasBR · 84.9 works60×
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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 Federal do Pará and University of Évora 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 13.35%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 115, 16.3%Universidade Federal do Pará: 101, 10.0%University of Évora: 8, 24.8%Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais: 31, 15.5%Universidade Católica de Pernambuco: 23, 13.7%Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana: 17, 16.2%Universidade do Estado da Bahia: 56, 9.9%Universidade Federal de Sergipe: 74, 8.2%Universidade de Brasília: 105, 11.4%Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul: 71, 7.5%University of ÉvoraUniversidade Estadua…Universidade do Esta…Universidade Federal…
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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 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 70.716.3%21.1×115 +85.6%
2 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 69.310.0%34.9×101 +275.7%
3 University of ÉvoraPortugal 68.824.8%12.9×8 +121.7%
4 Universidade do Estado de Minas GeraisBrazil 67.815.5%44.2×31 +225.0%
5 Universidade Católica de PernambucoBrazil 65.613.7%87.6×23 +359.6%
6 Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-AmericanaBrazil 65.516.2%60.1×17 +439.1%
7 Universidade do Estado da BahiaBrazil 64.89.9%89.1×56 +313.6%
8 Universidade Federal de SergipeBrazil 64.68.2%43.4×74 +227.1%
9 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 64.311.4%25.6×105 +95.7%
10 Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil 63.77.5%42.8×71 +196.4%

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 Education Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Linguistics and Education Research.

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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.