Discourse Studies

About

The 940 papers published in Discourse Studies in the last decades have received a total of 23.1k indexed citations. Papers published in Discourse Studies usually cover Language and Linguistics (643 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (442 papers) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (353 papers) specifically the topics of Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (591 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (429 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (350 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Discourse Studies are Ken Hyland, Mary Bucholtz, Kira Hall, Lorenza Mondada, Derek Edwards, Ruth Wodak, Elizabeth Stokoe, Theo van Leeuwen, Janet Holmes and Teun A. van Dijk.

In The Last Decade

Discourse Studies

809 papers receiving 20.0k citations

Peers

Discourse Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 173
  • Language and Linguistics 12.5k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 8.7k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5.7k
  • Sociology and Political Science 3.8k
  • Linguistics and Language 2.9k
Replace Research on Language and Social Interaction with:
Research on Language and Social Interaction United States
Language & Communication United States
Journal of Language and Social Psychology United States
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology United States
Discourse & Society United Kingdom
Journal of Sociolinguistics United States
Written Communication United States
English for Specific Purposes United States
Discourse Processes United States
Human Studies United States
Research on Language and Social Interaction United States View profile →
Citations per field, relative to Discourse Studies
Discourse Studies · 1×
Citations per year, relative to Discourse Studies
Discourse Studies · 1×

Countries where authors publish in Discourse Studies

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Discourse Studies. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Discourse Studies with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Discourse Studies more than expected).

Fields of papers published in Discourse Studies

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in Discourse Studies. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Discourse Studies.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore journals with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Research on Language and Social Interaction Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Language & Communication Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Journal of Language and Social Psychology Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Journal of Linguistic Anthropology Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Discourse & Society Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Journal of Sociolinguistics Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Written Communication Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in English for Specific Purposes Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Discourse Processes Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Human Studies
Rankless by CCL
2026