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
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,504
35,704
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,860
38,850
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,739
18,198
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Conversation Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,961
11,980
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,060
23,386
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
SLA
writing systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,828
9,134
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
linguistics
English language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,411
13,542
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
translation studies
comparative and world literature
English studies
Latin American literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,336
9,257
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Language
Bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,167
20,477
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Phonology
Morphology
Cognitive Science
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,434
6,587
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Linguistics
Literacy Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,344
6,938
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Forensic Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,370
4,534
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cognitive Neuroscience
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,667
8,596
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
translation
literature
literary theory
translation theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,401
6,248
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
motivation
learner autonomy
language learning
sociocultural theory
applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,232
9,433
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
child language development and disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,443
7,663
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Corpus linguistics
Corpus Assisted Discourse Studies
Discourse analysis
Language and Gender
Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,609
11,160
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Linguistics
morphology
typology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,078
5,687
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pragmatics
History of English
Stylistics
Corpus Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,517
8,956
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
developmental linguistics
bilingualism
cognitive psychology
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,824
6,120
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
language evolution
cultural evolution
linguistics
cognitive science
evolutionary linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,583
5,780
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
pragmatics
semantics
linguistics
cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,851
4,022
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
discourse
language technology
computational linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,835
2,984
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,764
6,779
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
language disorders
autism
eye tracking
language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,481
7,109
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jim Coleman
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,504
35,704
0.170
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,507
288
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ken Hyland
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,860
38,850
0.405
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,793
1,031
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Norbert Schmitt
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,739
18,198
0.398
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,112
1,239
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paul Drew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,961
11,980
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,283
1,517
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,060
23,386
0.649
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,462
1,534
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vivian Cook
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,828
9,134
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,418
1,727
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tony McEnery|Anthony McEnery, Anthony Mark McEnery
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,411
13,542
0.405
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
linguistics
English language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,488
1,734
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Susan Bassnett
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,336
9,257
0.278
translation studies
comparative and world literature
English studies
Latin American literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,649
1,752
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Li Wei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,167
20,477
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,352
1,818
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Janet B Pierrehumbert
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,434
6,587
0.203
Phonology
Morphology
Cognitive Science
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,844
2,096
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David Barton
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,344
6,938
0.236
Linguistics
Literacy Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,579
2,575
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Malcolm Coulthard
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,370
4,534
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,872
2,702
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Matthew H Davis
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,667
8,596
0.348
Cognitive Neuroscience
Psycholinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,354
2,745
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andre Lefevere
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,401
6,248
0.256
translation
literature
literary theory
translation theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,648
2,767
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ema Ushioda
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,232
9,433
0.389
motivation
learner autonomy
language learning
sociocultural theory
applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,200
2,916
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gina Conti Ramsden
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,443
7,663
0.327
child language development and disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,914
3,058
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul Baker
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,609
11,160
0.494
Corpus linguistics
Corpus Assisted Discourse Studies
Discourse analysis
Language and Gender
Applied Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,090
3,157
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Greville Corbett
University of Surrey
Guildford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,078
5,687
0.258
Linguistics
morphology
typology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,854
3,737
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jonathan Culpeper
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,517
8,956
0.459
Pragmatics
History of English
Stylistics
Corpus Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,053
3,924
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Antonella Sorace
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,824
6,120
0.325
developmental linguistics
bilingualism
cognitive psychology
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,483
4,607
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Simon Kirby
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,583
5,780
0.349
language evolution
cultural evolution
linguistics
cognitive science
evolutionary linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,804
4,873
424
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
robyn carston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,851
4,022
0.254
pragmatics
semantics
linguistics
cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,884
4,881
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bonnie Webber
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,835
2,984
0.188
discourse
language technology
computational linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,208
4,905
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Angela Creese
University of Stirling
Stirling, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,764
6,779
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,638
5,042
436
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Courtenay Norbury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,481
7,109
0.459
language disorders
autism
eye tracking
language