Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings 2025
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
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,663
42,817
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Literature studies
Media theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,055
35,565
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,813
44,212
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Sociolinguistics
Pragmatics
Discourse Theory
Cultural Anthropology
Philological Hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,253
21,003
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
discourse analysis
pragmatics
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,228
16,858
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,482
12,146
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Lingustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,608
13,366
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Linguistics
Phonetics
Phonology
Speech technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,007
17,875
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,337
20,669
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
стилистика
преподавание русского языка иностранцам
stylistics
teaching Russian to foreigners
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,029
13,878
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,765
21,093
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,118
17,048
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Conversation Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,923
13,808
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
SLA
writing systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,337
10,832
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,674
24,027
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
linguistics
English language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,861
15,388
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
translation studies
comparative and world literature
English studies
Latin American literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,775
10,788
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Text linguisticscognitive
Linguisticscultural
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,493
10,971
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
literacy
applied linguistics
discourse
writing
language teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,338
14,616
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Phonology
Morphology
Cognitive Science
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,002
7,538
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Language
Bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,826
21,659
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Linguistics
Literacy Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,028
8,322
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
comparative syntax
generative grammar
typology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,678
7,029
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
иранистика
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,575
7,093
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jim Coleman
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,663
42,817
0.206
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,872
42
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,055
35,565
0.273
Literature studies
Media theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,542
292
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ken Hyland
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,813
44,212
0.471
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,749
262
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Harald Baayen
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,809
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Владимир Ильич Карасик Vladimir I. Karasik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,253
21,003
0.361
Sociolinguistics
Pragmatics
Discourse Theory
Cultural Anthropology
Philological Hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,795
156
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dominique Maingueneau
Sorbonne Université
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,228
16,858
0.311
discourse analysis
pragmatics
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,874
181
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luigi Rizzi
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,482
12,146
0.241
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,445
191
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Trudgill
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,608
13,366
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,009
260
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Paul Boersma
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,007
17,875
0.380
Linguistics
Phonetics
Phonology
Speech technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,253
266
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jan Blommaert
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,337
20,669
0.446
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,354
47
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Виталий Григорьевич Костомаров Vitaly G. Kostomarov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,029
13,878
0.302
стилистика
преподавание русского языка иностранцам
stylistics
teaching Russian to foreigners
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,914
1,044
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Norbert Schmitt
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,765
21,093
0.471
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,222
26
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zoltan Kovecses
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,118
17,048
0.425
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,329
1,256
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Paul Drew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,923
13,808
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,368
1,528
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Vivian Cook
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,337
10,832
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,901
1,579
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,674
24,027
0.693
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,404
1,721
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tony McEnery|Anthony McEnery, Anthony Mark McEnery
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,861
15,388
0.468
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
linguistics
English language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,491
1,731
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Susan Bassnett
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,775
10,788
0.329
translation studies
comparative and world literature
English studies
Latin American literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,758
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Валентина Авраамовна Маслова Valentina A. Maslova|Valentina A. Maslova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,493
10,971
0.338
Text linguisticscognitive
Linguisticscultural
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,933
338
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Daniel Cassany
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,338
14,616
0.452
literacy
applied linguistics
discourse
writing
language teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,262
1,803
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Janet B Pierrehumbert
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,002
7,538
0.236
Phonology
Morphology
Cognitive Science
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,431
1,821
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Li Wei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,826
21,659
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,605
2,077
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Barton
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,028
8,322
0.287
Linguistics
Literacy Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,035
943
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Guglielmo Cinque
Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
Venezia, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,678
7,029
0.245
comparative syntax
generative grammar
typology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,452
86
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Владимир Борисович Иванов
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,575
7,093
0.257