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Linguistics and Language Analysis

Linguistics and Language Analysis is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1966. 12.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics within language studies and linguistics research, including qualitative research methods, language education, pragmatics, discourse analysis, role play techniques in language teaching, language acquisition, politeness strategies in communication, critical discourse analysis, and second language learning.

  • Qualitative Research
  • Linguistics
  • Language Education
  • Pragmatics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Role Play Techniques
  • Language Acquisition
  • Politeness Strategies
  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Second Language Learning
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1966
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+417%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Linguistics and Language Analysis research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (8k and 200 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 8k works
  2. 2 ?? 200 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 81 works
  4. 4 United States 43 works
  5. 5 India 22 works
  6. 6 Japan 20 works
  7. 7 China 18 works
  8. 8 Philippines 15 works
  9. 9 Bangladesh 14 works
  10. 10 Azerbaijan 11 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.

Indonesia: 95.0%??: 2.4%Malaysia: 1.0%United States: 0.5%6 others listed: 1.2%95%largest
Indonesia8,002 · 95.0%??200 · 2.4%Malaysia81 · 1.0%United States43 · 0.5%6 others listed99 · 1.2%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistics and Language Analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, State University of Medan publishes the most Linguistics and Language Analysis research, followed by Indonesia University of Education and Universitas Gadjah Mada.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 State University of Medan Indonesia 206 works
  2. 2 Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 159 works
  3. 3 Universitas Gadjah Mada Indonesia 149 works
  4. 4 State University of Makassar Indonesia 148 works
  5. 5 Sebelas Maret University Indonesia 147 works
  6. 6 State University of Semarang Indonesia 139 works
  7. 7 Universitas Sumatera Utara Indonesia 134 works
  8. 8 Universitas PGRI Semarang Indonesia 130 works
  9. 9 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia 124 works
  10. 10 State University of Padang Indonesia 117 works

Where is Linguistics and Language Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Linguistics and Language Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Medan (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sukoharjo Satu, Tasikmalaya and Kediri.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Medan Indonesia 660 works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 657 works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 600 works
  4. 4 Yogyakarta Indonesia 460 works
  5. 5 Surabaya Indonesia 421 works
  6. 6 Semarang Indonesia 407 works
  7. 7 Makassar Indonesia 347 works
  8. 8 Malang Indonesia 293 works
  9. 9 Surakarta Indonesia 293 works
  10. 10 Denpasar Indonesia 291 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Sukoharjo SatuID · 31.5 works70×
  2. TasikmalayaID · 101.6 works59×
  3. Kediri24.4 works43×
  4. CiputatID · 87.9 works32×
  5. KuninganID · 26.8 works30×
  6. PadangsidempuanID · 102.9 works29×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Linguistics and Language Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Linguistics and Language Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, State University of Semarang, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta and Universitas Sumatera Utara 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 13.64%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →State University of Semarang: 139, 17.4%Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: 107, 17.1%Universitas Sumatera Utara: 134, 14.6%Sebelas Maret University: 147, 12.8%Universitas Gadjah Mada: 149, 10.9%State University of Medan: 206, 9.6%Indonesia University of Education: 159, 10.9%Yogyakarta State University: 96, 13.3%Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta: 55, 17.5%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 110, 12.3%State University of …Muhammadiyah Univers…Universitas Sumatera…Sebelas Maret Univer…
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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
1State University of Semarang Indonesia 72.817.4%22.5×139 +194.7%
2Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta Indonesia 71.117.1%22.1×107 +957.8%
3Universitas Sumatera Utara Indonesia 70.414.6%25.0×134 +925.8%
4Sebelas Maret University Indonesia 69.512.8%19.3×147 +2267.5%
5Universitas Gadjah Mada Indonesia 68.710.9%20.0×149 +621.3%
6State University of Medan Indonesia 68.49.6%34.6×206 +1567.3%
7Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 68.210.9%19.6×159 +1089.9%
8Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 67.413.3%20.8×96 +258.8%
9Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta Indonesia 67.417.5%13.6×55 +413.3%
10Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 67.312.3%18.1×110 +648.8%

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 Linguistics and Language Analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 417% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Linguistics and Language Analysis.

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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.