Phonetics and Phonology Research
Phonetics and Phonology Research is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 13.8% 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 speech perception, phonetics, second language learning, prosody, perceptual learning, acoustic and articulatory phonetics, intonation, speech production, and language acquisition.
- Speech Perception
- Phonetics
- Second Language Learning
- Prosody
- Perceptual Learning
- Acoustic Phonetics
- Articulatory Phonetics
- Intonation
- Speech Production
- Language Acquisition
- Research works
- 38k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +0% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Phonetics and Phonology Research research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 390 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.3k works
- 2 China 390 works
- 3 France 312 works
- 4 Germany 240 works
- 5 United Kingdom 235 works
- 6 Japan 220 works
- 7 Brazil 214 works
- 8 Canada 200 works
- 9 Spain 171 works
- 10 India 148 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Phonetics and Phonology Research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Phonetics and Phonology Research research, followed by University of Toronto and Indiana University Bloomington.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 33 works
- 2 University of TorontoCanada 31 works
- 3 Indiana University BloomingtonUnited States 31 works
- 4 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 29 works
- 5 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 27 works
- 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 26 works
- 7 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 25 works
- 8 Google (United States)United States 25 works
- 9 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 25 works
- 10 New York UniversityUnited States 25 works
Who are the leading researchers in Phonetics and Phonology Research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Phonetics and Phonology Research include Li Deng, Björn W. Schuller and Shinji Watanabe.
- 1 Li Deng United States 4.3k citations
- 2 Björn W. Schuller United Kingdom 3.4k citations
- 3 Shinji Watanabe United States 2.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Phonetics and Phonology Research research done?
The largest centres of Phonetics and Phonology Research research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bloomington, Grenoble and Mountain View.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BloomingtonUS · 38.1 works17×
- GrenobleFR · 24.3 works9.3×
- Mountain ViewUS · 26.2 works9.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Phonetics and Phonology Research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Phonetics and Phonology Research?
Among universities, judged by research, Northern Arizona University, Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Iowa 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 | Northern Arizona UniversityUnited States | 77.3 | 27.4% | 20.4× | 10 | +218.2% |
| 2 | Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands | 67.2 | 20.1% | 9.3× | 20 | -4.6% |
| 3 | University of IowaUnited States | 62.2 | 15.4% | 10.8× | 23 | -6.0% |
| 4 | University of ZurichSwitzerland | 61.3 | 20.4% | 7.1× | 19 | -8.8% |
| 5 | Indiana University BloomingtonUnited States | 61.2 | 8.5% | 20.4× | 30 | +29.2% |
| 6 | University of CologneGermany | 57.3 | 20.7% | 6.5× | 11 | +124.5% |
| 7 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 57.1 | 20.6% | 3.3× | 15 | +95.3% |
| 8 | University of KonstanzGermany | 55.6 | 14.0% | 13.6× | 9 | +77.0% |
| 9 | University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaUnited States | 55.2 | 20.4% | 8.4× | 9 | +57.4% |
| 10 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 54.7 | 20.4% | 3.1× | 17 | +96.0% |
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 Phonetics and Phonology Research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 0% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Phonetics and Phonology Research.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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