The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
ESL
Discourse
Text
linguistics computer science
psychology cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,231
3,108
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
teachers' self-efficacy beliefs
teacher motivation
teacher cognition
practitioner research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,734
1,672
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Language
culture
learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,020
765
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Information Technology and Tourism
E-tourism
E-marketing
E-commerce
Travel Agents
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,933
1,533
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
English for Scientific Purposes
Informal Language Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,920
689
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Poetry Translation
Contrastive Linguistics
Lexicography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,567
771
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sociolinguistics
Cross-cultural communication
Language and Identity
Global English
Pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
630
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
applied linguistics
speech acts
lifelong learning
andragogy
academic writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,118
767
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Qur'an Translation
Qur'an
Qur'anic Linguistics
Islamic Text Translation
Applied Translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
461
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Theoretical
Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
245
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Applied Linguistics
TESOL
Written Corrective Feedback
Second Language Acquicition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
594
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
contrastive linguistics
TEFL
Translation
Discourse analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
426
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sociolinguistics
language and identity
Global English
translanguaging
EMI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
646
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Archaeology
Ancient History
Heritage Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
279
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Arabic Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
594
577
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Artificial Intelligence
Arabic Natural Language Processing
Computational linguistics
Machine Learning
Big Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
586
517
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gender and women's Stidies
Arab Women
Feminist Theory
Postcolonial and Transnational Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
163
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Applied Linguistics
English Pronunciation
Second Language Acquisition
Discourse Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
468
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Quality Management In Higher Education
Online-Learning
Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
317
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Film
Heritage
Cultural Studies
International
Middle East
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
474
203
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Syntax
Morphology
Language Acquisition
Malagasy
Gulf Arabic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
148
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sociolinguistics
Family language policy
Multilingualism
Language and education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
387
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Music Information Retrieval
Audio Processing
Hindustani Music
Music Perception and Cognition
Sound and Music Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
240
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
language assessment
LOA
rater bias
impact of AI
assessment literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
191
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Teaching languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
395
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,173
170
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Philip Mccarthy|McCarthy PM, PM McCarthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,231
3,108
0.430
ESL
Discourse
Text
linguistics computer science
psychology cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,256
594
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Wyatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,734
1,672
0.612
teachers' self-efficacy beliefs
teacher motivation
teacher cognition
practitioner research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,772
769
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David M Palfreyman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,020
765
0.379
Language
culture
learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,791
807
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mohamad Abou-Shouk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,933
1,533
0.793
Information Technology and Tourism
E-tourism
E-marketing
E-commerce
Travel Agents
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,103
811
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mark Dressman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,920
689
0.359
English for Scientific Purposes
Informal Language Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528,579
944
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Abdul Sahib Mehdi Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,567
771
0.492
Poetry Translation
Contrastive Linguistics
Lexicography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,272
1,006
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ahmad Al-Issa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
630
0.434
Sociolinguistics
Cross-cultural communication
Language and Identity
Global English
Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,669
1,221
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tanju Deveci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,118
767
0.686
applied linguistics
speech acts
lifelong learning
andragogy
academic writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707,275
1,337
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ahmed Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
461
0.488
Qur'an Translation
Qur'an
Qur'anic Linguistics
Islamic Text Translation
Applied Translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
739,721
1,412
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Maher Bahloul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
245
0.284
Theoretical
Applied Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
754,455
1,446
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Khaled Karim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
594
0.718
Applied Linguistics
TESOL
Written Corrective Feedback
Second Language Acquicition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
755,873
1,451
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shehdeh Fareh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
426
0.517
contrastive linguistics
TEFL
Translation
Discourse analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
793,433
1,541
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sarah Hopkyns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
646
0.874
Sociolinguistics
language and identity
Global English
translanguaging
EMI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
845,405
1,646
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Adriaan De Man
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
279
0.440
Archaeology
Ancient History
Heritage Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866,550
1,684
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Go Inoue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
594
577
0.971
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Arabic Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870,962
1,689
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Manar Alkhatib
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
586
517
0.882
Artificial Intelligence
Arabic Natural Language Processing
Computational linguistics
Machine Learning
Big Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
916,795
1,786
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nawar Al-Hassan Golley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
163
0.316
Gender and women's Stidies
Arab Women
Feminist Theory
Postcolonial and Transnational Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
920,242
1,793
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sharif Alghazo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
468
0.916
Applied Linguistics
English Pronunciation
Second Language Acquisition
Discourse Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
949,783
1,866
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ahmed Ankit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
317
0.666
Quality Management In Higher Education
Online-Learning
Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
951,781
1,870
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alia Yunis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
474
203
0.428
Film
Heritage
Cultural Studies
International
Middle East
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
964,042
1,896
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dimitrios Ntelitheos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
148
0.322
Syntax
Morphology
Language Acquisition
Malagasy
Gulf Arabic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
971,468
1,910
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Fatma Fs Said
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
387
0.858
Sociolinguistics
Family language policy
Multilingualism
Language and education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
995,218
1,955
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
240
0.563
Music Information Retrieval
Audio Processing
Hindustani Music
Music Perception and Cognition
Sound and Music Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,012,931
1,990
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter Davidson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
191
0.468
language assessment
LOA
rater bias
impact of AI
assessment literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,016,153
2,000
327
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chiraz Anane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
395
0.978