Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
AfricaSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Highly Cited Researchers 3.299 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,772
2,922
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sociolinguistics
linguistic anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,550
2,386
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
linguistics
multilingualism
anthroplogy
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,882
2,383
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Oriental Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,433
2,018
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Languages and Literacies (Reading Literacy
Multilingualism
translanguaging
World Englishes
Language Policy & Planning)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,822
1,881
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
AI
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Smart Grid
Medical Image Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,643
2,375
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
reading
additional language learning
vocabulary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,618
868
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
orality performance and literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,602
551
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Reading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,543
1,489
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Academic literacy
Language testing
Language assessment
Theory of applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,538
928
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Literacy
language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,532
646
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Computer science
deep learning
computer vision
natural language processing
human activity recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,509
2,402
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pre 20th Century - Kiswahili Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,458
2,278
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Division of Linguistic Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,429
797
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Multilingualism
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
Translanguaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,415
1,244
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Applied linguistics/ Language assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,318
1,515
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Premodern Hebrew linguistics
Bible translation
Religious translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,222
920
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Syntax
Bantu grammar
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
825
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
592
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lexicography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
517
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South African literature
Poetry
Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,039
369
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
recherche scientifique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
604
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South African literature
translation
whiteness studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
488
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,910
319
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
social semiotics
multimodal communication
academic literacies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,883
784
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,469
371
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rajend Mesthrie
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,772
2,922
0.299
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,184
630
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ana Deumert
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,550
2,386
0.364
Sociolinguistics
linguistic anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,588
727
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christopher Stroud
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,882
2,383
0.405
linguistics
multilingualism
anthroplogy
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,228
719
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mohamed Saleh 2
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,433
2,018
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,938
1,570
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leketi Makalela
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,822
1,881
0.667
Languages and Literacies (Reading Literacy
Multilingualism
translanguaging
World Englishes
Language Policy & Planning)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,591
1,046
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mohamed Abdel Nasser
Aswan University
Aswan, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,643
2,375
0.899
AI
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Smart Grid
Medical Image Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
367,277
1,674
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lilli Pretorius
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,618
868
0.332
reading
additional language learning
vocabulary
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369,025
1,686
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Elizabeth Gunner
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,602
551
0.212
orality performance and literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,707
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rajaa Saleh
Sebha University
Sabha, Libya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,543
1,489
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,310
1,729
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Albert Weideman
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,538
928
0.366
Academic literacy
Language testing
Language assessment
Theory of applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,984
1,733
342
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mastin Prinsloo
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,532
646
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,522
142
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Abdelghani Dahou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,509
2,402
0.957
Computer science
deep learning
computer vision
natural language processing
human activity recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,591
227
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Amiri Swaleh
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,458
2,278
0.927
Pre 20th Century - Kiswahili Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,208
1,162
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mona Said Mansour
Benha University
Qalyubia, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,429
797
0.328
Division of Linguistic Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,927
1,813
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Felix Banda
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,415
1,244
0.515
Multilingualism
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
Translanguaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,967
153
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Asma Maaoui
Université de Tunis
Tunis, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,318
1,515
0.654
Applied linguistics/ Language assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,757
1,962
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jacobus Naude
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,222
920
0.414
Premodern Hebrew linguistics
Bible translation
Religious translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,168
2,032
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jochen Zeller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
825
0.388
Syntax
Bantu grammar
Psycholinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,186
231
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
592
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,726
2,091
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dj Prinsloo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
517
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,801
2,106
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Chapman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,039
369
0.181
South African literature
Poetry
Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,543
220
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Benalla Hocine
Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine 1
Constantine, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
604
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,381
2,199
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Leon De Kock
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
488
0.254
South African literature
translation
whiteness studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,758
886
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Emmanuel Obiechina
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,910
319
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
468,241
2,231
404
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Arlene Hillary Archer
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,883
784
0.416
social semiotics
multimodal communication
academic literacies