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The study examines the growth and thematic changes in sociolinguistics over 138 years using scientometric methods.

Sociolinguistics: A scientometric review

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The study examines the growth and thematic changes in sociolinguistics over 138 years using scientometric methods.
Conducted bibliometric analysis of 51,620 publications from Scopus, WoS, and Lens.
Utilized VOSviewer and CiteSpace for co-authorship, co-citation, and thematic clustering.
Analyzed keyword burst trends to identify core research areas and interdisciplinary connections.
Identified core topics such as language variation, discourse analysis, and digital communication.
Highlighted increasing collaborative authorship patterns and the emergence of themes like linguistic justice.
Mapped diversification of publication venues and presence of interdisciplinary connections.

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Scientometric review traces sociolinguistics development and topics from 1884 to 2022, indicating evolving trends.

Alduais et al. (2026) studied this question.

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