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
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,268
10,255
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Theoretical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,886
3,497
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Neuropsychology of Language
Aphasia
Dyslexia
Dysgraphia
cognitive neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,897
3,713
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sign Language
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,488
3,323
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pragmatics
Semantics/pragmatics interface
grammaticalization
reference
accessibility theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,295
2,448
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,351
1,813
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Generative Grammar
Syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,049
2,161
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Armenian Studies
Second Temple Jewish literature and thought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,872
1,499
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Linguistics
Sign Languages
Language Emergence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,464
1,837
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neurobiology of Language
Cognitive Neuroscience
White matter pathways
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,072
1,947
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,012
984
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Reading
Dyslexia
motivation
intervention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,793
1,838
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Arabic language and literacy development
L2 literacy
Reading development and difficulties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,206
2,360
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bilingualism and Specific Language Impairment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,830
2,299
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
LINGUISTICS
bilingualism
development language disorder
aphasia
schizophrenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,824
1,847
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,699
3,339
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cognitive Poetics
Poetic Prosody
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,686
956
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
poetics
hermeneutics
religion
Jewish American culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,424
751
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Generative Grammar
Syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,423
662
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
linguistic theory
syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,220
520
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,164
2,441
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bilingualism
Executive Function
Learning Disabilities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,133
1,531
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Language and aging
Dementia
Word retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
1,357
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Language acquisition
Language impairment
Sign language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,794
1,390
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
discourse and grammar
interactional linguistics
discourse markers
bilingual discourse
spoken Hebrew syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,779
1,046
0.376
Batia Laufer
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,268
10,255
0.291
Vocabulary
Vocabulary acquisition
Second language acquisition
Lexicography
Attrition
Malka Hovav
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,886
3,497
0.220
Naama Friedmann
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,897
3,713
0.341
Neuropsychology of Language
Aphasia
Dyslexia
Dysgraphia
cognitive neuropsychology
Wendy Sandler
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,488
3,323
0.317
Sign Language
Linguistics
Mira Ariel
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,295
2,448
0.238
Pragmatics
Semantics/pragmatics interface
grammaticalization
reference
accessibility theory
Susan Rothstein
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,351
1,813
0.247
Idan Landau
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,049
2,161
0.307
Generative Grammar
Syntax
Michael E Stone
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,872
1,499
0.218
Armenian Studies
Second Temple Jewish literature and thought
Irit Meir
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,464
1,837
0.336
Linguistics
Sign Languages
Language Emergence
Michal Ben Shachar
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,072
1,947
0.384
Neurobiology of Language
Cognitive Neuroscience
White matter pathways
Nomi Erteschik Shir
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,012
984
0.196
Tami Katzir
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,793
1,838
0.383
Reading
Dyslexia
motivation
intervention
Elinor Saiegh Haddad
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,206
2,360
0.561
Arabic language and literacy development
L2 literacy
Reading development and difficulties
Sharon Armon Lotem
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,830
2,299
0.600
Bilingualism and Specific Language Impairment
Joel Walters
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,824
1,847
0.483
LINGUISTICS
bilingualism
development language disorder
aphasia
schizophrenia
Gabriel Stanovsky
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,699
3,339
0.903
Computational Linguistics
Reuven Tsur
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,686
956
0.259
Cognitive Poetics
Poetic Prosody
Shira Wolosky
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,424
751
0.219
poetics
hermeneutics
religion
Jewish American culture
Tal Siloni
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,423
662
0.193
Generative Grammar
Syntax
Julia Horvath
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,220
520
0.161
Omri Abend
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,164
2,441
0.771
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Anat Prior
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,133
1,531
0.489
Bilingualism
Executive Function
Learning Disabilities
Gitit Kave
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
1,357
0.471
Language and aging
Dementia
Word retrieval
Rama Novogrodsky
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,794
1,390
0.497
Language acquisition
Language impairment
Sign language
Yael Maschler
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,779
1,046
0.376
discourse and grammar
interactional linguistics
discourse markers
bilingual discourse
spoken Hebrew syntax