Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
English Language Teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,001
24,075
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,684
12,162
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
English Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,189
11,682
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,256
11,978
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,422
8,045
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Poetics
Creative Process and ABR
Writing Research
Translation
Border Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,799
15,189
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Computational Linguistics
NLP
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake News
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,396
19,074
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Asian Literature
Gender Studies
Cultural Studies
Feminism
Postcolonialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,392
8,313
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,176
13,289
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purposes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,802
8,156
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Applied Linguistics
Teaching of Literature
Cultural Studies
TEFL
Classroom Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,143
11,541
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,169
5,506
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Teaching Media
English Education
TEFL
Curricullum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,003
15,998
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Theoretical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,721
4,150
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
English for academic purposes
English for specific purposes
second language writing
language policy
applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,855
8,658
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Comparative literature
philosophy and literature
gender and womens studies
science fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,511
3,463
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
ENGLISH
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,359
6,986
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Bahasa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,886
7,303
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Second language writing
second language teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,386
7,867
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
philology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,373
9,006
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South asian literature
Architecture
Urdu literature
Phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,048
3,256
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literature
Persian Historiography during later Mughals.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,970
9,706
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
English Language Teaching
Classroom Pedagogy
TESOL
Distance Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,827
12,807
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
computational linguistics
corpus linguistics
Chinese linguistics
lexical semantics
ontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,113
5,566
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
linguistics- Phonetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,869
3,589
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,300
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sana Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,001
24,075
0.547
English Language Teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,988
99
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Batia Laufer
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,684
12,162
0.351
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,271
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ismail Abbasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,189
11,682
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,731
224
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Catherine Mcbride
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,256
11,978
0.424
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,813
354
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter Robinson
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,422
8,045
0.293
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,330
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Haris C. Adhikari
Kathmandu University
Dhulikhel, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,799
15,189
0.589
Poetics
Creative Process and ABR
Writing Research
Translation
Border Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,992
10
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Preslav Nakov
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,396
19,074
0.751
Computational Linguistics
NLP
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake News
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,111
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Aisha Rahman Asha
Khulna University
Khulna, Bangladesh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,392
8,313
0.389
South Asian Literature
Gender Studies
Cultural Studies
Feminism
Postcolonialism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,655
1,411
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Qun Liu|刘群, 劉群
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,176
13,289
0.628
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,624
331
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John Flowerdew
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,802
8,156
0.392
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purposes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,253
64
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Miftahul Huda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,143
11,541
0.603
Applied Linguistics
Teaching of Literature
Cultural Studies
TEFL
Classroom Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,260
415
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Amy Bm Tsui
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,169
5,506
0.321
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,191
90
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lulud Oktaviani
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,003
15,998
1.000
Teaching Media
English Education
TEFL
Curricullum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,477
391
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Malka Hovav
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,721
4,150
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,882
498
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Guangwei Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,855
8,658
0.583
English for academic purposes
English for specific purposes
second language writing
language policy
applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,773
2,519
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anqi Peng
Hunan University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,511
3,463
0.239
Comparative literature
philosophy and literature
gender and womens studies
science fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,640
658
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
NV Siva Kumari
K L University
Vaddeswaram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,359
6,986
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,580
113
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rmhe Harimurti Kridalaksana
Universitas Buddhi Dharma
Tangerang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,886
7,303
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,737
571
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Icy Lee
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,386
7,867
0.588
Second language writing
second language teacher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,818
6
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eliyeva Seadet
Nakhchivan State University
Naxçıvan, Azerbaijan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,373
9,006
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,082
103
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Saira Iqbal
Allama Iqbal Open University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,048
3,256
0.250
South asian literature
Architecture
Urdu literature
Phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,584
787
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mukhtar Ahmed
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,970
9,706
0.748
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literature
Persian Historiography during later Mughals.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,618
122
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Achmad Yudi Wahyudin
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,827
12,807
0.998
English Language Teaching
Classroom Pedagogy
TESOL
Distance Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,943
651
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chu-Ren Huang 黄居仁|黄 居仁
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,113
5,566
0.460
computational linguistics
corpus linguistics
Chinese linguistics
lexical semantics
ontology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,904
932
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jaya Sheela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,869
3,589
0.302