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
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,847
12,989
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
philosophy-ethics of science-technology-engineering and STS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
3,453
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
translation studies
comparative and world literature
literary theory
language theory
rhetorical theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,852
3,319
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Large Language Model
Natural Language Processing
Information Retrieval
Knowledge Graph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,328
8,030
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sino-Tibetan linguistics
Linguistic Typology
Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,653
2,216
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
bilingual development and education
developmental cognitive neuroscience
developmental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,514
5,966
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
pragmatics
linguistic politeness research
interaction ritual
contrastive pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,064
3,607
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Machine Translation
Language Parsing
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,022
3,298
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Quantitative Linguistics
Digital Humanities
Dependency Grammar
Language Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,947
2,551
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
language
bilingual
brain-imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,511
2,311
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
luminescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
3,278
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Deep Learning
Natural Language Processing
Large Language Model
Mixture-of-Experts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,579
3,561
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Large Language Model
Semantic Matching
Question Answering
Text Matching
Text Generation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,508
2,809
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Linguistics
Scottish Literature
Corpus linguistics
Language Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,367
1,121
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Large Language Models
Vision-Language Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,358
3,347
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Global Englishes
Sociolinguistics
Intercultural Communication
Teacher Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,334
2,966
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
second language writing
theories and practices of second language education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,996
2,427
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cognitive Semantics
Cognitive Linguistics
Event Structure
Causation
Talmyan Overlapping System Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,762
775
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
语用学、二语研究
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,681
2,265
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Corpus/NLP-based linguistics studies
L2 writing
Bibliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,677
1,948
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
SAR
InSAR
PSI
TomoSAR
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,631
1,506
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Decision analysis
Tourism management
Consumer preference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,523
2,248
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
high pressure
first principles
phase transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,465
1,410
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
archaeology
anthropology
africa
archeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,398
871
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
academic literacy
bilingual education and bilingualism
language policy and planning
second language writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,348
1,695
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,656
1,390
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Qun Liu|刘群, 劉群
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,847
12,989
0.595
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,737
3,251
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carl Mitcham
Renmin University of China
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
3,453
0.278
philosophy-ethics of science-technology-engineering and STS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,302
3,454
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Douglas Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,852
3,319
0.280
translation studies
comparative and world literature
literary theory
language theory
rhetorical theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,929
3,663
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,328
8,030
0.709
Large Language Model
Natural Language Processing
Information Retrieval
Knowledge Graph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,659
4,454
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Randy J. Lapolla
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,653
2,216
0.230
Sino-Tibetan linguistics
Linguistic Typology
Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,407
6,051
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hui Li
Shanghai Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,514
5,966
0.794
bilingual development and education
developmental cognitive neuroscience
developmental
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,843
7,755
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel Z. Kadar|Daniel Z. Kadar, D. Kadar, D.Z. Kadar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,064
3,607
0.595
pragmatics
linguistic politeness research
interaction ritual
contrastive pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,034
7,830
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jingbo Zhu
Northeastern University China
Shenyang, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,022
3,298
0.548
Machine Translation
Language Parsing
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,078
9,661
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Haitao Liu
Communication University of China
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,947
2,551
0.516
Quantitative Linguistics
Digital Humanities
Dependency Grammar
Language Planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,233
10,630
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Guosheng Ding
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,511
2,311
0.512
language
bilingual
brain-imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,398
12,756
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zhao Lei （赵磊）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
3,278
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,240
13,294
453
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Damai Dai|代达劢
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,579
3,561
0.995
Deep Learning
Natural Language Processing
Large Language Model
Mixture-of-Experts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,132
13,532
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Liang Pang|庞亮
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,508
2,809
0.801
Large Language Model
Semantic Matching
Question Answering
Text Matching
Text Generation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,558
14,073
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Corbett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,367
1,121
0.333
Linguistics
Scottish Literature
Corpus linguistics
Language Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,160
14,097
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lei Li
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,358
3,347
0.997
Large Language Models
Vision-Language Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,991
14,182
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fan Fang
Shantou University
Shantou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,334
2,966
0.890
Global Englishes
Sociolinguistics
Intercultural Communication
Teacher Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,968
15,605
438
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
xinghua liu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,996
2,427
0.810
second language writing
theories and practices of second language education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,357
16,728
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fuyin Thomas Li
Beihang University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,762
775
0.281
Cognitive Semantics
Cognitive Linguistics
Event Structure
Causation
Talmyan Overlapping System Model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,752
17,164
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wei Ren
Beihang University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,681
2,265
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,189
17,187
486
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lei Lei
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,677
1,948
0.728
Corpus/NLP-based linguistics studies
L2 writing
Bibliometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,141
17,451
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Timo Balz
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,631
1,506
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,191
18,029
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xingli Wu
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,523
2,248
0.891
Decision analysis
Tourism management
Consumer preference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,018
18,382
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Meiguang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,465
1,410
0.572
high pressure
first principles
phase transition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,199
18,757
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Scott MacEachern
Duke Kunshan University
Kunshan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,398
871
0.363
archaeology
anthropology
africa
archeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,399
19,090
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jun Lei
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,348
1,695
0.722
academic literacy
bilingual education and bilingualism
language policy and planning
second language writing