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Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% 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 in Hispanic linguistics, including language variation, sociolinguistics, lexicography, language contact, dialectology, phraseology, historical linguistics, pragmatics, and bilingualism. It explores the diversity and evolution of the Spanish language across different regions and social contexts.

  • Hispanic Linguistics
  • Language Variation
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Lexicography
  • Language Contact
  • Dialectology
  • Phraseology
  • Historical Linguistics
  • Pragmatics
  • Bilingualism
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

Which countries lead Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (1.5k and 300 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 1.5k works
  2. 2 Mexico 300 works
  3. 3 United States 295 works
  4. 4 Brazil 285 works
  5. 5 Argentina 197 works
  6. 6 France 189 works
  7. 7 Chile 146 works
  8. 8 Colombia 137 works
  9. 9 Italy 136 works
  10. 10 Peru 131 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.

Spain: 45.5%Mexico: 9.0%United States: 8.9%Brazil: 8.6%6 others listed: 28.1%45%largest
Spain1,514 · 45.5%Mexico300 · 9.0%United States295 · 8.9%Brazil285 · 8.6%6 others listed937 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies research, followed by Universidad de Salamanca and University of the Basque Country.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 116 works
  2. 2 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 82 works
  3. 3 University of the Basque CountrySpain 81 works
  4. 4 Universidad de GranadaSpain 76 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 71 works
  6. 6 Universidad de SevillaSpain 68 works
  7. 7 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 65 works
  8. 8 National University of San MarcosPeru 59 works
  9. 9 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 57 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 53 works

Who are the leading researchers in Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  4. 4 Michael Tomasello Germany 135k citations
  5. 5 Christian Schmitt France 126k 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 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies?

The most cited paper in Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies is "Language contact, creolization, and genetic linguistics" (Terrence Kaufman, 1990), with 1,458 citations. Next come "The relation of bilingualism to intelligence." (1,377) and "An Introduction to Language" (1,090).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Language contact, creolization, and genetic linguistics Terrence Kaufman · Lingua Nov 1990 1,458
2 The relation of bilingualism to intelligence. Elizabeth Peal, Wallace E. Lambert · The Psychological Monographs 1962 1,377
3 An Introduction to Language Victoria A. Fromkin, Robert D. Rodman, Nina M. Hyams 1974 1,090
4 Coherence and Coreference* Jerry R. Hobbs · Cognitive Science Open access 1979 909
5 Language and Communicative Practices Jane H. Hill · American Ethnologist Feb 1997 792
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies research done?

The largest centres of Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tlalpan, Salamanca and Cadiz.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 319 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 127 works
  3. 3 LimaPeru 100 works
  4. 4 Buenos AiresArgentina 87 works
  5. 5 SevilleSpain 86 works
  6. 6 BarcelonaSpain 84 works
  7. 7 SalamancaSpain 83 works
  8. 8 LeioaSpain 81 works
  9. 9 GranadaSpain 78 works
  10. 10 ValenciaSpain 74 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TlalpanMX · 24.7 works55×
  2. SalamancaES · 83.3 works53×
  3. CadizES · 42.4 works50×
  4. LeioaES · 81.2 works44×
  5. AlicanteES · 52.6 works41×
  6. Alcalá de HenaresES · 29.9 works35×
  7. CaracasVE · 33.0 works35×
  8. JaénES · 21.0 works33×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Granada, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad de Sevilla 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%30%mean 14.97%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de SevillaUniversidad de GranadaUniversidad Complute…Universidad de Salam…
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad de GranadaSpain 69.614.0%36.8×76 +21.7%
2Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 63.910.8%36.0×116 +7.5%
3Universidad de SevillaSpain 63.616.2%32.9×68 -5.6%
4Universidad de SalamancaSpain 62.79.1%65.1×82 +33.0%
5Universitat de les Illes BalearsSpain 62.626.4%24.6×11 +29.1%
6Universitat de ValènciaSpain 62.518.4%32.8×65 -27.1%
7Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 60.59.8%27.4×57 +8.2%
8University of the Basque CountrySpain 59.912.4%46.8×81 -8.9%
9Universidad de MálagaSpain 57.47.1%38.5×44 +71.2%
10University of ZurichSwitzerland 57.125.5%3.1×8 -4.9%

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 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies, country by country

Is Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.

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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 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies0.015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Spanish 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.

still counting5%10%15%Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies9.6% in 2025200020102020

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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