Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies
Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 5.2k research works in it since 1951. 7.7% 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 including geopolitics, linguistic analysis, cultural studies, public health, environmental health, national security, corpus analysis, social movements, religious studies, and human rights. The papers delve into various aspects of these fields and provide insights into contemporary global issues.
- Geopolitics
- Linguistics
- Cultural Studies
- Public Health
- Environmental Health
- National Security
- Corpus Analysis
- Social Movements
- Religious Studies
- Human Rights
- Research works
- 5.2k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 402 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 7.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +71% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies research?
By volume, Poland and Russia publish the most (257 and 219 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 Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Warsaw publishes the most Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies research, followed by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Jagiellonian University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of WarsawPoland 31 works
- 2 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 30 works
- 3 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 21 works
- 4 University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 18 works
- 5 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 12 works
- 6 The Institute of the Polish Language of the Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 12 works
- 7 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 11 works
- 8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 10 works
- 9 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 9 works
- 10 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies include Roman Jakobson.
- 1 Roman Jakobson United States 708 citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies research done?
The largest centres of Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Warsaw (Poland), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Krakow (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Katowice, Poznań and Krakow.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- KatowicePL · 24.4 works44×
- PoznańPL · 31.0 works30×
- KrakowPL · 40.0 works23×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Warsaw, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań 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 | University of WarsawPoland | 70.8 | 3.2% | 58.4× | 31 | +290.8% |
| 2 | John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland | 66.3 | 12.1% | 48.0× | 8 | +388.6% |
| 3 | Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland | 64.7 | 4.4% | 72.0× | 30 | +106.7% |
| 4 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 64.7 | 5.9% | 10.7× | 9 | +198.0% |
| 5 | Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine | 64.0 | 7.5% | 38.6× | 11 | +1530.0% |
| 6 | University of Silesia in KatowicePoland | 62.4 | 2.8% | 83.3× | 18 | +483.3% |
| 7 | Jagiellonian UniversityPoland | 56.1 | 1.6% | 30.2× | 21 | +130.3% |
| 8 | St Petersburg UniversityRussia | 54.6 | 6.9% | 24.6× | 12 | — |
| 9 | Lviv UniversityUkraine | 43.3 | 0.0% | 65.6× | 9 | +233.3% |
| 10 | Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland | 43.0 | 0.0% | 46.3× | 9 | +266.5% |
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 Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies.
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.