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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
pendidikan islam
pemikiran islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,150
7,670
0.631
Steve Weiner
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,788
22,688
0.292
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
Saiful Bahri
Institut Agama Islam Negeri IAIN Tulungagung
Tulungagung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,485
36,443
0.583
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
Batia Laufer
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,979
11,585
0.341
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attrition
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
Catherine Mcbride
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,707
11,549
0.417
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
Peter Robinson
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
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
Preslav Nakov
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
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
John Flowerdew
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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
Qun Liu|刘群, 劉群
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
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
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
Amy Bm Tsui
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,841
5,252
0.312
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher education
Abdul Hayyie Alkattani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,261
11,230
0.691
Zainal Abidin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,067
12,835
0.799
Malka Hovav
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,501
3,989
0.257
Lulud Oktaviani
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,568
14,563
1.000
Teaching Media
English Education
TEFL
Curricullum
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
NV Siva Kumari
K L University
Vaddeswaram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,027
6,710
0.478
Rmhe Harimurti Kridalaksana
Universitas Buddhi Dharma
Tangerang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,662
7,118
0.521
Icy Lee
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,939
7,443
0.575
Second language writing
second language teacher education
Anna Belfer Cohen
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,828
4,034
0.314
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
Achmad Yudi Wahyudin
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,424
12,405
0.998
English Language Teaching
Classroom Pedagogy
TESOL
Distance Learning
Mukhtar Ahmed
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
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.
Arifin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,150
7,670
0.631
pendidikan islam
pemikiran islam