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
34,589
12,011
0.347
* 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
28,053
11,798
0.421
* 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
27,379
7,955
0.291
* 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
24,977
18,661
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Kazakh literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,733
8,856
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
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 :10
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,787
12,905
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purposes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,705
8,045
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Applied Linguistics
Teaching of Literature
Cultural Studies
TEFL
Classroom Management
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,002
11,402
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,041
5,399
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Teaching Media
English Education
TEFL
Curricullum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,822
15,817
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Theoretical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,645
4,086
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
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
14,729
8,550
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
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 :18
ENGLISH
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,243
6,884
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Bahasa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,793
7,224
0.524
* 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
Second language writing
second language teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,247
7,731
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
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 :23
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literature
Persian Historiography during later Mughals.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,754
9,498
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
English Language Teaching
Classroom Pedagogy
TESOL
Distance Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,690
12,671
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
computational linguistics
corpus linguistics
Chinese linguistics
lexical semantics
ontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,037
5,493
0.456
Sana Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,001
24,075
0.547
English Language Teaching
Batia Laufer
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,589
12,011
0.347
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attrition
Ismail Abbasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,189
11,682
0.387
Catherine Mcbride
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,053
11,798
0.421
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
Peter Robinson
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,379
7,955
0.291
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learning
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
Preslav Nakov
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,977
18,661
0.747
Computational Linguistics
NLP
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake News
Gulziya Pirali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,733
8,856
0.358
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
Qun Liu|刘群, 劉群
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,787
12,905
0.621
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processing
John Flowerdew
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,705
8,045
0.389
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purposes
Miftahul Huda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,002
11,402
0.600
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
17,041
5,399
0.317
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher education
Lulud Oktaviani
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,822
15,817
1.000
Teaching Media
English Education
TEFL
Curricullum
Malka Hovav
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,645
4,086
0.261
Guangwei Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,729
8,550
0.580
English for academic purposes
English for specific purposes
second language writing
language policy
applied linguistics
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
NV Siva Kumari
K L University
Vaddeswaram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,243
6,884
0.483
Rmhe Harimurti Kridalaksana
Universitas Buddhi Dharma
Tangerang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,793
7,224
0.524
Eliyeva Seadet
Nakhchivan State University
Naxçıvan, Azerbaijan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,373
9,006
0.673
Icy Lee
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,247
7,731
0.584
Second language writing
second language teacher education
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
Mukhtar Ahmed
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,754
9,498
0.745
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literature
Persian Historiography during later Mughals.
Achmad Yudi Wahyudin
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,690
12,671
0.999
English Language Teaching
Classroom Pedagogy
TESOL
Distance Learning
Chu-Ren Huang 黄居仁|黄 居仁
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,037
5,493
0.456
computational linguistics
corpus linguistics
Chinese linguistics
lexical semantics
ontology