The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
semiotics
poetics
estonian poetry
russian literature
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,693
2,624
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Unified field literary theory
poetics
pragmapoetics
comparative literature
Estonian literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,357
3,310
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Semiotics of Translation
Semiotics of Culture
Translation Studies
Translation History
Semiotics of Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,842
1,040
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Sociolinguistics
Intercultural Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,403
854
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Russian literature
Russian language
poetics
comparative literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
620
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Linguistics
Linguistic typology
Lexical semantics
Color perception and categorization
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
478
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Language Acquisition
Youth language
Bilingualism
Morphosyntactic variation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
349
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
604
367
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
general linguistics
verbs
semantics
grammaticalisation
cognitive linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488
121
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
psycholinguistics
morphology
quantitative methods
lexical processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
478
407
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Lexicography
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
469
371
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
text-discourse-genre analysis
language proficiency
word-formation
legal language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
87
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
language policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439
426
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
cognitive semantics
psycholinguistics
affective computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
151
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
folklore
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
179
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Linguistics
Speech acoustics
Speech perception
Speech emotions
Applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
112
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
396
298
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
linguistics
phonetics
prosody
Finno-Ugric languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
146
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
lexicography
linguistics
learners dictionaries
language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334
295
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
CLIL
ELT
Teacher Training
English Literature
Translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316
98
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
linguistics
digital humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
179
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
sociolinguistics
language policy
language-in-education police
discourse studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
133
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
linguistics
culture and language dynamics
cultural data analytics
digital humanities
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
252
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Scandinavian literature
Scandinavian folklore
Scandinavian philology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
216
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Quantitative Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
132
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,574
72
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mihhail Lotman
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,693
2,624
0.271
semiotics
poetics
estonian poetry
russian literature
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,412
81
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arne Merilai
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,357
3,310
0.396
Unified field literary theory
poetics
pragmapoetics
comparative literature
Estonian literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,327
304
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Elin Sütiste
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,842
1,040
0.565
Semiotics of Translation
Semiotics of Culture
Translation Studies
Translation History
Semiotics of Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,086
338
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Anastassia Zabrodskaja
Tallinn University
Tallinn, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,403
854
0.609
Sociolinguistics
Intercultural Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,442
343
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Igor Pilshchikov
Tallinn University
Tallinn, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
620
0.447
Russian literature
Russian language
poetics
comparative literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
781,456
449
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mari Uusküla
Tallinn University
Tallinn, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
478
0.633
Linguistics
Linguistic typology
Lexical semantics
Color perception and categorization
Psycholinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
851,510
488
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Virve Vihman
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
349
0.569
Language Acquisition
Youth language
Bilingualism
Morphosyntactic variation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
856,188
493
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Langemets, Margit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
604
367
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
927,924
550
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ilona Tragel
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488
121
0.248
general linguistics
verbs
semantics
grammaticalisation
cognitive linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
935,657
564
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kaidi Lõo
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
478
407
0.851
psycholinguistics
morphology
quantitative methods
lexical processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
943,404
577
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jelena Kallas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
469
371
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
957,962
587
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Krista Kerge
Tallinn University
Tallinn, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
87
0.192
text-discourse-genre analysis
language proficiency
word-formation
legal language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
969,668
598
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kerttu Rozenvalde
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439
426
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
972,145
603
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ene Vainik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
151
0.346
cognitive semantics
psycholinguistics
affective computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
994,470
617
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jonathan Roper
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
179
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,002,520
630
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hille Pajupuu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
112
0.277
Linguistics
Speech acoustics
Speech perception
Speech emotions
Applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,011,036
636
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Merilyn Meristo
Tallinn University
Tallinn, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
396
298
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,042,521
677
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tuuli Tuisk
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
146
0.399
linguistics
phonetics
prosody
Finno-Ugric languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,077,977
717
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kristina Koppel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334
295
0.883
lexicography
linguistics
learners dictionaries
language learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,100,924
741
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nina Raud
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316
98
0.310
CLIL
ELT
Teacher Training
English Literature
Translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,127,027
767
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joshua Wilbur
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
179
0.605
linguistics
digital humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128,626
772
369
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kadri Koreinik
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
133
0.451
sociolinguistics
language policy
language-in-education police
discourse studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,158,202
814
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andres Karjus
Tallinn University
Tallinn, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
252
0.920
linguistics
culture and language dynamics
cultural data analytics
digital humanities
AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,201,404
858
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daniel Sävborg
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
216
0.874
Scandinavian literature
Scandinavian folklore
Scandinavian philology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,242,659
901
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Arvi Tavast
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
132
0.589