Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 12.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores linguistic borrowing, language contact phenomena, and the influence of one language on another. It delves into topics such as anglicisms, neologisms, pragmatic borrowing, sociolinguistics, and the cultural and semantic implications of lexical influence. The papers also discuss bilingualism and the impact of English on various European languages.
- Linguistic Borrowing
- Language Contact
- Anglicisms
- Neologisms
- Pragmatic Borrowing
- Sociolinguistics
- Lexical Influence
- Cultural Implications
- Semantic Changes
- Bilingualism
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +62% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity research?
By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (492 and 491 works in 2022–2025).
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.
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Which institutions lead Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Institut za filozofiju publishes the most Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity research, followed by Jagiellonian University and University of Zagreb.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Institut za filozofijuCroatia 60 works
- 2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 54 works
- 3 University of ZagrebCroatia 45 works
- 4 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 45 works
- 5 University of LjubljanaSlovenia 39 works
- 6 University of WarsawPoland 38 works
- 7 University of BelgradeSerbia 38 works
- 8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 37 works
- 9 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 32 works
- 10 University of Novi SadSerbia 32 works
Who are the leading researchers in Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity include Howard Giles.
- 1 Howard Giles United States 1.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity research done?
The largest centres of Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Zagreb (Croatia) and Krakow (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zadar and Donji grad.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ZadarHR · 20.3 works59×
- Donji gradHR · 23.3 works40×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity?
Among universities, judged by research, Nakhchivan State University, University of Belgrade and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 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 | Nakhchivan State UniversityAzerbaijan | 65.6 | 48.8% | 37.1× | 12 | — |
| 2 | University of BelgradeSerbia | 63.2 | 8.0% | 11.6× | 38 | +541.7% |
| 3 | Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine | 63.1 | 12.7% | 21.5× | 32 | +2310.4% |
| 4 | University of LjubljanaSlovenia | 60.0 | 10.9% | 17.2× | 39 | +120.1% |
| 5 | University of WarsawPoland | 57.8 | 9.7% | 13.7× | 38 | +117.2% |
| 6 | Jagiellonian UniversityPoland | 57.2 | 6.5% | 15.0× | 54 | +84.8% |
| 7 | Babeș-Bolyai UniversityRomania | 57.2 | 21.6% | 13.3× | 17 | +114.1% |
| 8 | Tribhuvan UniversityNepal | 57.1 | 6.2% | 11.4× | 27 | +427.1% |
| 9 | Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland | 56.8 | 9.3% | 20.2× | 44 | +90.6% |
| 10 | University of SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina | 54.8 | 1.2% | 32.4× | 28 | +365.5% |
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, Language Diversity, and Identity research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 62% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity.
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.