Linguistics and Language Studies

Linguistics and Language Studies is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 16k 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 language and linguistics, including the study of languages, lexicography, bilingualism, neuroscience, cultural history, and anthropology. It also encompasses research on education, morphology, and the development of dictionaries. The interdisciplinary nature of the papers reflects a comprehensive exploration of language-related subjects.

language
linguistics
dictionaries
cultural history
bilingualism
neuroscience
education
anthropology
lexicography
morphology

Research works: 16k
In the world top 10%: 1.5k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -25%
Largest producer: Brazil

Linguistics and Language Studies

Which countries lead Linguistics and Language Studies research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (2.7k and 143 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Brazil 2.7k works
2 Portugal 143 works
3 United States 100 works
4 Spain 50 works
5 France 37 works
6 Mexico 24 works
7 Italy 23 works
8 ?? 22 works
9 United Kingdom 22 works
10 Chile 18 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.

Brazil2,691 · 86.0%Portugal143 · 4.6%United States100 · 3.2%Spain50 · 1.6%6 others listed146 · 4.7%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistics and Language Studies research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 128 works
2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 101 works
3 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 78 works
4 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 68 works
5 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 63 works
6 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 60 works
7 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 60 works
8 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 57 works
9 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 54 works
10 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 54 works

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistics and Language Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistics and Language Studies include Noam Chomsky and Sigmund Freud.

1 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
2 Sigmund Freud Brazil 97k 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 Language Studies?

The most cited paper in Linguistics and Language Studies is "IRAMUTEQ: Um software gratuito para análise de dados textuais" (Brígido Vizeu Camargo, Ana Maria Justo, 2013), with 1,274 citations. Next come "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" (925) and "Quantifier Scope: How labor is Divided Between QR and Choice Functions" (735).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	IRAMUTEQ: Um software gratuito para análise de dados textuais Brígido Vizeu Camargo, Ana Maria Justo · Temas em Psicologia Open access	2013	1,274
2	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
3	Quantifier Scope: How labor is Divided Between QR and Choice Functions Tanya Reinhart · Linguistics and Philosophy	Aug 1997	735
4	Bakhtin: conceitos-chave Maria Francisca Mendes · Revista Brasileira de Educação Open access	Apr 2007	691
5	A literatura infantil na escola Francilda Araújo Inácio · Revista Principia - Divulgação Científica e Tecnológica do IFPB Open access	Sep 2003	413

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Where is Linguistics and Language Studies research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 São PauloBrazil 391 works
2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 256 works
3 Belo HorizonteBrazil 124 works
4 BrasíliaBrazil 84 works
5 SalvadorBrazil 79 works
6 CuritibaBrazil 78 works
7 FlorianópolisBrazil 74 works
8 BelémBrazil 73 works
9 Porto AlegreBrazil 73 works
10 CampinasBrazil 68 works

Where it is the local speciality

CáceresBR · 27.1 works97×
Vitória da ConquistaBR · 22.9 works72×
Feira de SantanaBR · 23.5 works66×

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná and Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Universidade de São PauloBrazil	77.0	12.1%	22.6×	128	-25.0%
2	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do ParanáBrazil	69.2	11.2%	35.0×	13	+54.6%
3	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil	68.6	12.1%	28.5×	60	-45.2%
4	Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil	66.5	13.7%	32.6×	60	-19.3%
5	Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil	66.4	11.9%	40.8×	54	-3.2%
6	Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil	66.1	9.2%	33.9×	54	-11.5%
7	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil	65.8	11.8%	34.0×	78	-38.6%
8	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil	62.9	10.4%	26.0×	57	-36.8%
9	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil	61.3	12.0%	29.4×	31	-10.7%
10	Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil	60.3	13.7%	23.4×	28	-38.6%
11	Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil	59.8	11.8%	27.1×	38	-19.8%
12	Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil	59.2	8.3%	33.1×	68	-9.0%
13	Universidade Federal de PelotasBrazil	59.1	11.7%	35.5×	25	-4.5%
14	Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil	58.8	7.3%	47.1×	101	-21.2%
15	Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil	58.0	10.7%	17.3×	21	-18.1%
16	Universidad San PedroPeru	56.7	7.2%	93.3×	12	+65.5%
17	Universidade Federal de GoiásBrazil	56.6	13.9%	31.1×	28	-35.7%
18	Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil	56.2	11.1%	48.4×	63	-16.5%
19	Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil	55.0	11.3%	19.9×	28	-34.0%
20	Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil	55.0	18.9%	24.4×	11	-16.2%
21	Universidade Estadual de MaringáBrazil	53.9	12.6%	24.6×	17	-37.7%
22	Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil	53.3	8.5%	66.2×	37	-35.2%
23	Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrazil	51.5	9.2%	28.1×	30	-11.7%
24	Universidade Estadual do Oeste do ParanáBrazil	51.5	11.3%	57.1×	28	-48.1%
25	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroBrazil	50.8	10.4%	34.6×	17	-34.0%
26	Universidade Federal da BahiaBrazil	50.7	7.3%	33.5×	27	-47.0%
27	Universidade Estadual de LondrinaBrazil	50.6	13.2%	43.6×	26	-14.0%
28	University of LisbonPortugal	50.4	10.0%	8.2×	18	-32.5%
29	Universidade Federal da Grande DouradosBrazil	49.8	15.5%	43.0×	10	+1.7%
30	Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil	49.6	6.7%	42.4×	47	-13.0%
31	Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil	45.5	9.5%	26.0×	16	+33.8%
32	University of CoimbraPortugal	44.7	6.8%	13.5×	18	-0.3%
33	Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeBrazil	44.5	7.4%	49.8×	27	+9.0%
34	Universidade Federal do TocantinsBrazil	44.3	9.3%	76.1×	29	-27.3%
35	Universidade de PernambucoBrazil	44.3	7.5%	27.0×	11	+11.1%
36	Universidade Federal de UberlândiaBrazil	42.1	11.5%	24.5×	19	-61.0%
37	Universidade Estadual do ParanáBrazil	41.6	10.0%	72.1×	12	-4.3%
38	Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil	40.6	7.1%	29.2×	36	-22.0%
39	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil	40.4	8.3%	40.6×	26	-12.8%
40	Universidade Federal de Juiz de ForaBrazil	40.4	7.7%	28.2×	21	-29.2%
41	Universidade Estadual de Santa CruzBrazil	38.8	7.1%	50.1×	11	+16.2%
42	Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de JaneiroBrazil	38.4	2.7%	26.8×	10	+21.1%
43	Universidade Estadual do PiauíBrazil	36.8	8.4%	85.8×	14	+5.0%
44	Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal	36.3	5.5%	20.4×	16	-17.2%
45	Universidade Federal do Rio GrandeBrazil	32.9	5.6%	28.5×	12	-15.6%
46	Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do ParáBrazil	26.2	4.5%	59.7×	8	+23.3%
47	Universidade do PortoPortugal	23.8	6.2%	7.2×	13	-43.6%
48	Pontifícia Universidade Católica de GoiásBrazil	21.5	3.0%	54.3×	8	+31.1%

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 Language Studies, country by country

Is Linguistics and Language Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Linguistics and Language Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

Fractional works of Linguistics and Language Studies 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.

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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Which countries lead Linguistics and Language Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Linguistics and Language Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistics and Language Studies?

What are the most cited papers in Linguistics and Language Studies?

Where is Linguistics and Language Studies research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

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

Is Linguistics and Language Studies research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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