Language and Communication

Top Research Topics at Language & Communication?

Language & Communication aims to foster the development of research in Linguistics, Epistemology, Social psychology, Ideology and Gender studies. Theoretical linguistics, Context (language use), Sociolinguistics, Discourse analysis and Semiotics are some of the study areas of Linguistics discussed. The field of Politics is the anchor for the Ideology studies presented in Language & Communication.

The research on Gender studies discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Identity (social science).

• Linguistics (46.43%)
• Epistemology (11.94%)
• Social psychology (10.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Indexical order and the dialectics of sociolinguistic life (1597 citations)
• From communicative competence to communicative language pedagogy (1037 citations)
• The social life of cultural value (683 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Language & Communication:

The journal papers explore disciplines such as Linguistics, Social psychology, Sociolinguistics, Epistemology and Ideology. The works on Linguistics tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Politics and Language ideology. While the published articles focused on Social psychology, they were also able to explore topics like Communication accommodation theory and Accommodation.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Linguistics
• Law
• World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Language & Communication focuses on Linguistics, Media studies, Gender studies, Ideology and Ethnography. The Linguistics study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Interpreter. Diversity (politics), Critical discourse analysis, Face (sociological concept) and Target audience are some topics wherein Media studies research discussed in the journal have an impact.

The Gender studies works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Optimism, Nationality, Identity (social science), Chronotope and Discourse analysis. The concepts on Ideology presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including The Symbolic, Race (biology), Bedtime, Honesty and Fuck. The journal explores topics in Ethnography which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Cultural heritage, Language contact, Survey data collection and Hokkien.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Taking a detour before answering the question: Turn-initial okay in second position in English interaction (14 citations)
• “You don't ask me to speak Mandarin, okay?”: Ideologies of language and race among Chinese Singaporeans (4 citations)
• Filipino, Chinese, neither, or both? The Lannang identity and its relationship with language (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Language & Communication (based on the number of publications) are:

• Howard Giles (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rudolf P. Botha (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peter Mühlhäusler (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Nigel Love (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John E. Joseph (9 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Language & Communication (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Pennsylvania (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Edinburgh (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of California, Los Angeles (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Stellenbosch University (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Michigan (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 4.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.00% of all publications and 66.67% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.