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asia Art & Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 20.911 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,759
21,455
0.266
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Linguistics
Humaniora
Pendidikan
English
Social Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,957
29,849
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pendidikan Isla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,182
34,267
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,445
28,825
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,535
10,456
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Primary Education
Thematic Learning
Educational Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,551
20,025
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,307
11,138
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computational Linguistics
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake New
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,047
19,687
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,944
7,086
0.254
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,721
13,873
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purpose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,355
7,390
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Applied Linguistics
Teaching of Literature
Cultural Studies
TEFL
Classroom Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,045
9,147
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,480
4,740
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
pendidikan isla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,862
10,691
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Theoretical linguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,157
3,674
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
English for academic purposes
English for specific purposes
second language writing
language policy
applied linguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,792
8,357
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literatur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,952
9,978
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
ENGLIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,945
6,445
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bahas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,700
6,635
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Second language writing
second language teacher educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,915
7,406
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
archaeolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,501
3,910
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
English Language Teaching
Classroom Pedagogy
TESOL
Distance Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,086
13,045
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Islamic Studies
Islamic Economics
Islamic Banking and Finance
Zaka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,085
7,490
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Digital ethics
Islamic education
Multicultural education
Learning Technology
Cyberlearnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,812
9,028
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pendidikan Sejarah
Pendidikan IP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,603
12,191
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,857
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steve Weiner
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,759
21,455
0.266
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,498
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Asbah Ambalawi|ASBAH M.Hum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,957
29,849
0.439
Linguistics
Humaniora
Pendidikan
English
Social Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,618
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Saiful Bahri
Institut Agama Islam Negeri IAIN Tulungagung
Tulungagung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,182
34,267
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,131
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Azhar Arsyad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,445
28,825
0.560
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,263
100
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Batia Laufer
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,535
10,456
0.294
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attritio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,092
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andi Prastowo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,551
20,025
0.655
Primary Education
Thematic Learning
Educational Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,591
226
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Catherine Mcbride
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,307
11,138
0.380
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,247
9
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Preslav Nakov
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,047
19,687
0.702
Computational Linguistics
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake New
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,409
366
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Peter Robinson
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,944
7,086
0.254
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,718
1,402
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Qun Liu|刘群, 劉群
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,721
13,873
0.611
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,015
338
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John Flowerdew
City University of Hong Kong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,355
7,390
0.346
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purpose
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,659
67
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Miftahul Huda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,045
9,147
0.480
Applied Linguistics
Teaching of Literature
Cultural Studies
TEFL
Classroom Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,355
428
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Amy Bm Tsui
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,480
4,740
0.271
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,771
82
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Abdul Hayyie Alkattani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,862
10,691
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,018
388
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Malka Hovav
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,157
3,674
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,771
490
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Guangwei Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,792
8,357
0.529
English for academic purposes
English for specific purposes
second language writing
language policy
applied linguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,165
662
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mukhtar Ahmed
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,952
9,978
0.667
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literatur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,205
663
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
NV Siva Kumari
K L University
Guntur, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,945
6,445
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,559
107
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rmhe Harimurti Kridalaksana
Universitas Buddhi Dharma
Tangerang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,700
6,635
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,438
572
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Icy Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,915
7,406
0.532
Second language writing
second language teacher educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,963
522
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anna Belfer Cohen
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,501
3,910
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,979
125
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Achmad Yudi Wahyudin
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,086
13,045
0.997
English Language Teaching
Classroom Pedagogy
TESOL
Distance Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,992
126
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Didin Hafidhuddin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,085
7,490
0.572
Islamic Studies
Islamic Economics
Islamic Banking and Finance
Zaka
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,958
197
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Miftachul Huda
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
Tanjong Malim, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,812
9,028
0.705
Digital ethics
Islamic education
Multicultural education
Learning Technology
Cyberlearnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,468
132
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Johan Setiawan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,603
12,191
0.967
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