# A Network Analysis Approach to Conlang Research Literature

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.15370 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.15370/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 5 of its 33 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 22 Jul 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 5 of 5)

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- [A Measure of Research Taste](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2105.08089/) (2021)
- [Analysis of bibliometric indicators for individual scholars in a large data set](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1304.1267/) (2013)
- [Extending the Vocabulary of Fictional Languages using Neural Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2201.07288/) (2022)
- [The u-index: a simple metric to objectively measure academic impact of individual researchers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2205.14925/) (2022)

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Investigating the Development of Task-Oriented Communication in Vision-Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.20641/) (2026)
- [ConlangBench: Exploring Language Knowledge and Learning in LLMs through Diverse Constructed Languages](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.03505/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The field of conlang has evidenced an important growth in the last decades. This has been the product of a wide interest in the use and study of conlangs for artistic purposes. However, one important question is what it is happening with conlang in the academic world. This paper aims to have an overall understanding of the literature on conlang research. With this we aim to give a realistic picture of the field in present days. We have implemented a computational linguistic approach, combining bibliometrics and network analysis to examine all publications available in the Scopus database. Analysing over 2300 academic publications since 1927 until 2022, we have found that Esperanto is by far the most documented conlang. Three main authors have contributed to this: Garv'ia R., Fiedler S., and Blanke D. The 1970s and 1980s have been the decades where the foundations of current research have been built. In terms of methodologies, language learning and experimental linguistics are the ones contributing to most to the preferred approaches of study in the field. We present the results and discuss our limitations and future work.