Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Australia Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature in Australia Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
57,481
15,591
0.271
* 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
50,157
20,064
0.400
* 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
38,648
11,136
0.288
* 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
27,036
14,464
0.535
* 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
26,403
14,907
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,960
11,699
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Applied Linguistics
Autonomy in learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,694
10,434
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Linguistic typology
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,779
9,042
0.397
* 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
18,470
3,777
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
second language writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,016
8,867
0.554
* 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
15,309
7,402
0.484
* 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
14,666
4,131
0.282
* 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
14,380
5,227
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,119
5,051
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
child language
acquisition of syntax and semantics
wh-movement
binding
negation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,837
3,860
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
language
neuroscience
aphasia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,836
5,929
0.429
* 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
13,368
6,036
0.452
* 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
13,084
3,046
0.233
* 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
11,992
4,621
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
linguistics
anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,482
2,421
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
language
literacy
reading instruction
youth offenders
leaving care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,290
6,445
0.571
* 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
10,894
4,367
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Pragmatics
Conversation Analysis
Intercultural Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,237
5,923
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
literary theory
cultural studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,220
2,293
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Phonetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,045
3,596
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,884
307
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Anna Wierzbicka
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,481
15,591
0.271
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,858
386
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alastair Pennycook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,157
20,064
0.400
critical applied linguistics
global spread of English
metrolingual practices
language & popular culture
semiotic assemblages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,944
614
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Allan Luke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,648
11,136
0.288
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,014
1,143
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Johnson
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,036
14,464
0.535
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Models
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,950
1,186
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Steven Bird
Charles Darwin University
Avustralya, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,403
14,907
0.565
Indigenous Languages
Language Revitalisation
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,166
1,373
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anne Burns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,960
11,699
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,681
1,392
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Phil Benson
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,694
10,434
0.440
Applied Linguistics
Autonomy in learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,453
1,474
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alexandra Aikhenvald
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,779
9,042
0.397
Linguistic typology
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,755
2,000
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stephen Crain
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,470
3,777
0.204
Linguistics
Child language
Universal Grammar. Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,324
2,443
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neomy Storch
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,016
8,867
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,692
2,604
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
NJ Enfield
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,309
7,402
0.484
Language
Culture
Cognition
Interaction
Social Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,993
2,747
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joseph Lo Bianco
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,666
4,131
0.282
Language Policy Planning
Multilingual Education
Literacy & Multi-literacies
Language Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,600
2,817
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nicholas Evans
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,380
5,227
0.363
Australian languages
Papuan languages
typology
linguistic anthropology
language documentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,166
2,897
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert Dale
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,119
5,051
0.358
natural language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,917
2,992
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rosalind Thornton
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,837
3,860
0.279
child language
acquisition of syntax and semantics
wh-movement
binding
negation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,925
2,993
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephen M Wilson
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,836
5,929
0.429
language
neuroscience
aphasia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,851
3,138
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brian Paltridge
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,368
6,036
0.452
English for specific purposes
discourse analysis
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,802
3,244
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rosalind Smith
University of Newcastle
Callaghan, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,084
3,046
0.233
Early modern literature
early modern women's writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,797
3,612
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matthias Schlesewsky
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,992
4,621
0.385
Neurobiology of Language
Neurotypology
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Neuroscience
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,092
3,786
307
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
William Foley
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,482
2,421
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,754
3,852
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pamela Snow
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,290
6,445
0.571
language
literacy
reading instruction
youth offenders
leaving care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,468
4,041
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Keith Allan
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,894
4,367
0.401
linguistics
semantics
pragmatics
history of linguistics
taboo language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,198
4,369
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Haugh
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,237
5,923
0.579
Pragmatics
Conversation Analysis
Intercultural Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,386
4,380
349
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
john frow
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,220
2,293
0.224
literary theory
cultural studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,307
4,459
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Felicity Cox
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,045
3,596
0.358