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
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,708
13,311
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
critical applied linguistics
global spread of English
metrolingual practices
language & popular culture
semiotic assemblages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,476
17,827
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,179
9,507
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Models
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,900
13,534
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Indigenous Languages
Language Revitalisation
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,257
13,567
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,844
10,340
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Applied Linguistics
Autonomy in learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,453
9,342
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Linguistic typology
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,321
7,954
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Linguistics
Child language
Universal Grammar. Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,739
3,251
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
second language writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,543
7,920
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Language
Culture
Cognition
Interaction
Social Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,735
6,684
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Language Policy Planning
Multilingual Education
Literacy & Multi-literacies
Language Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,943
3,601
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Australian languages
Papuan languages
typology
linguistic anthropology
language documentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,740
4,627
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,388
4,576
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
language
neuroscience
aphasia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,117
5,229
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
child language
acquisition of syntax and semantics
wh-movement
binding
negation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,065
3,329
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
English for specific purposes
discourse analysis
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,744
5,310
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Early modern literature
early modern women's writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,254
2,588
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neurobiology of Language
Neurotypology
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Neuroscience
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,233
4,001
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
language
literacy
reading instruction
youth offenders
leaving care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,685
5,897
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
linguistics
anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,636
2,071
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
linguistics
semantics
pragmatics
history of linguistics
taboo language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,236
3,963
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
languages education
research education
school structures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,962
4,033
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pragmatics
Conversation Analysis
Intercultural Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,557
5,290
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
literary theory
cultural studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,347
1,940
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,929
308
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Anna Wierzbicka
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,708
13,311
0.227
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,830
388
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alastair Pennycook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,476
17,827
0.346
critical applied linguistics
global spread of English
metrolingual practices
language & popular culture
semiotic assemblages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,172
629
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Allan Luke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,179
9,507
0.243
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,628
1,129
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Johnson
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,900
13,534
0.485
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Models
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,556
1,182
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Steven Bird
Charles Darwin University
Casuarina, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,257
13,567
0.498
Indigenous Languages
Language Revitalisation
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,558
1,353
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anne Burns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,844
10,340
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,273
1,380
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Phil Benson
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,453
9,342
0.382
Applied Linguistics
Autonomy in learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,443
1,481
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alexandra Aikhenvald
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,321
7,954
0.341
Linguistic typology
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,317
2,034
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stephen Crain
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,739
3,251
0.173
Linguistics
Child language
Universal Grammar. Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,671
2,423
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neomy Storch
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,543
7,920
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,316
2,600
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
NJ Enfield
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,735
6,684
0.425
Language
Culture
Cognition
Interaction
Social Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,444
2,782
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joseph Lo Bianco
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,943
3,601
0.241
Language Policy Planning
Multilingual Education
Literacy & Multi-literacies
Language Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,520
2,838
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nicholas Evans
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,740
4,627
0.314
Australian languages
Papuan languages
typology
linguistic anthropology
language documentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,523
2,944
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert Dale
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,388
4,576
0.318
natural language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,202
3,028
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stephen M Wilson
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,117
5,229
0.370
language
neuroscience
aphasia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,548
3,043
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Rosalind Thornton
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,065
3,329
0.237
child language
acquisition of syntax and semantics
wh-movement
binding
negation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,487
3,137
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brian Paltridge
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,744
5,310
0.386
English for specific purposes
discourse analysis
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,763
3,301
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rosalind Smith
University of Newcastle
Callaghan, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,254
2,588
0.195
Early modern literature
early modern women's writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,146
3,644
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matthias Schlesewsky
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,233
4,001
0.327
Neurobiology of Language
Neurotypology
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Neuroscience
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,755
3,840
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pamela Snow
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,685
5,897
0.505
language
literacy
reading instruction
youth offenders
leaving care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,184
3,856
311
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
William Foley
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,636
2,071
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,789
4,025
342
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Keith Allan
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,236
3,963
0.353
linguistics
semantics
pragmatics
history of linguistics
taboo language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,427
4,181
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Singh
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,962
4,033
0.368
languages education
research education
school structures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,438
4,370
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Haugh
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,557
5,290
0.501
Pragmatics
Conversation Analysis
Intercultural Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,692
4,470
355
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
john frow
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,347
1,940
0.187
literary theory
cultural studies