Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Asia Highly Cited Researchers Citation Art & Humanities Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Israel
Steve Weiner
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,788
22,688
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Indonesia
Saiful Bahri
Pendidikan Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,485
36,443
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Indonesia
Azhar Arsyad
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,045
30,543
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Israel
Batia Laufer
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,979
11,585
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Indonesia
Andi Prastowo
Islamic Primary Education
Primary Education
Thematic Learning
Teaching Material/ Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,986
21,674
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Hong Kong
Catherine Mcbride
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,707
11,549
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Japan
Peter Robinson
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,907
7,650
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Qatar
Preslav Nakov
Computational Linguistics
NLP
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake News
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,880
17,583
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Hong Kong
John Flowerdew
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purposes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,388
7,809
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
China
Qun Liu|刘群, 劉群
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,259
12,383
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Indonesia
Miftahul Huda
Applied Linguistics
Teaching of Literature
Cultural Studies
TEFL
Classroom Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,773
11,190
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Hong Kong
Amy Bm Tsui
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,841
5,252
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Indonesia
Abdul Hayyie Alkattani
pendidikan islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,261
11,230
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Indonesia
Zainal Abidin
ekonomi islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,067
12,835
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Israel
Malka Hovav
Theoretical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,501
3,989
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Indonesia
Lulud Oktaviani
Teaching Media
English Education
TEFL
Curricullum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,568
14,563
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Hong Kong
Guangwei Hu
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
14,467
8,303
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
India
NV Siva Kumari
ENGLISH
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,027
6,710
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Indonesia
Rmhe Harimurti Kridalaksana
Bahasa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,662
7,118
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Hong Kong
Icy Lee
Second language writing
second language teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,939
7,443
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Israel
Anna Belfer Cohen
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,828
4,034
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Indonesia
Didin Hafidhuddin
Islamic Studies
Islamic Economics
Islamic Banking and Finance
Zakat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,467
8,120
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Indonesia
Achmad Yudi Wahyudin
English Language Teaching
Classroom Pedagogy
TESOL
Distance Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,424
12,405
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
India
Mukhtar Ahmed
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literature
Persian Historiography during later Mughals.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,413
9,166
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Indonesia
Arifin
pendidikan islam
pemikiran islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,150
7,670
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,684
Israel
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steve Weiner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,788
22,688
0.292
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,739
Indonesia
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Saiful Bahri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,485
36,443
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,271
Indonesia
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Azhar Arsyad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,045
30,543
0.636
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,858
Israel
100
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Batia Laufer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,979
11,585
0.341
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,867
Indonesia
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andi Prastowo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,986
21,674
0.748
Islamic Primary Education
Primary Education
Thematic Learning
Teaching Material/ Media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,511
Hong Kong
221
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Catherine Mcbride
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,707
11,549
0.417
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,584
Japan
356
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,907
7,650
0.284
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,599
Qatar
11
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Preslav Nakov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,880
17,583
0.736
Computational Linguistics
NLP
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake News
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,259
Hong Kong
330
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Flowerdew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,388
7,809
0.383
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purposes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,632
China
1,406
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Qun Liu|刘群, 劉群
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,259
12,383
0.611
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,846
Indonesia
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Miftahul Huda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,773
11,190
0.596
Applied Linguistics
Teaching of Literature
Cultural Studies
TEFL
Classroom Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,679
Hong Kong
409
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Amy Bm Tsui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,841
5,252
0.312
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,055
Indonesia
78
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Abdul Hayyie Alkattani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,261
11,230
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,916
Indonesia
82
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zainal Abidin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,067
12,835
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,541
Israel
388
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Malka Hovav
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,501
3,989
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,195
Indonesia
92
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lulud Oktaviani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,568
14,563
1.000
Teaching Media
English Education
TEFL
Curricullum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,746
Hong Kong
493
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Guangwei Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,467
8,303
0.574
English for academic purposes
English for specific purposes
second language writing
language policy
applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,246
India
643
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
NV Siva Kumari
K L University Vaddeswaram, India India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,027
6,710
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,528
Indonesia
104
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rmhe Harimurti Kridalaksana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,662
7,118
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,242
Hong Kong
571
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Icy Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,939
7,443
0.575
Second language writing
second language teacher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,997
Israel
520
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anna Belfer Cohen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,828
4,034
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,590
Indonesia
118
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Didin Hafidhuddin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,467
8,120
0.651
Islamic Studies
Islamic Economics
Islamic Banking and Finance
Zakat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,886
Indonesia
121
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Achmad Yudi Wahyudin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,424
12,405
0.998
English Language Teaching
Classroom Pedagogy
TESOL
Distance Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,964
India
803
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mukhtar Ahmed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,413
9,166
0.738
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literature
Persian Historiography during later Mughals.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,912
Indonesia
123
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Arifin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,150
7,670
0.631