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
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,379
7,955
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
HCI
Perception
NIME
New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,880
3,143
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Computer-assisted language learning
motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,258
2,810
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Theoretical Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,200
815
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
radiocarbon
stable isotopes
paleodiet
archaeological science
bioarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,630
2,829
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Corpus Linguistics
L2 Vocabulary Acquisition
Dictionary Use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,289
1,875
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
phonetics
phonology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,753
2,417
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,225
1,661
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,174
1,867
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Second language acquisition
statistics
informational design
age effects
phonology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,996
1,928
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Coral biology
Coral reef ecology
Coral reef conservation
Natural history of the coral reefs and islands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,967
1,550
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Text Mining
Summarization
Natural Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
1,797
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Phonetics
Language resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,631
1,208
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Social robotics
natural language processing
artificial intelligence
machine learning
computational linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,513
2,624
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Japanese Linguistics
Lexical Semantics
Treebank
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,437
1,096
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
linguistics
cognitive science
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,437
800
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,343
1,738
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
linguistics
pragmatics
semantics
Japanese
language documentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,255
663
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Theoretical Linguistics
Linguistic Theory
Syntax
Cognitive Science
Number
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,108
885
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Multimodal Dialogue Systems
Human-Machine Interaction
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,730
1,408
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,660
1,199
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Semantics/pragmatics
philosophy of language
social meaning
literature
environmental humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,541
1,244
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Linguistics
Indonesian
Grammar Engineering
Wordnet
Lexicography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,169
2,119
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Formal Language Theory
Computational Linguistics
Grammatical Inference
Proof Theory
Natural Language Semantics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,086
451
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Applied linguistcs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,071
832
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,514
353
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter Robinson
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,379
7,955
0.291
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,899
2,061
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael J Lyons
Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,880
3,143
0.354
HCI
Perception
NIME
New Interfaces for Musical Expression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,117
3,193
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Glenn Stockwell
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,258
2,810
0.449
Computer-assisted language learning
motivation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,695
3,220
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Naoki Fukui（福井直樹）
Sophia University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,200
815
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,342
3,618
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Minoru Yoneda
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,630
2,829
0.502
radiocarbon
stable isotopes
paleodiet
archaeological science
bioarchaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,557
3,840
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yukio Tono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,289
1,875
0.355
Corpus Linguistics
L2 Vocabulary Acquisition
Dictionary Use
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,619
4,331
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shigeto Kawahara
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,753
2,417
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,371
4,830
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daisuke Kawahara
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,225
1,661
0.393
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,071
4,897
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hiroya Takamura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,174
1,867
0.447
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,964
5,079
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jenifer Larson Hall
Kitakyushu University
Kitakyushu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,996
1,928
0.482
Second language acquisition
statistics
informational design
age effects
phonology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,602
5,113
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yoshikatsu Nakano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,967
1,550
0.391
Coral biology
Coral reef ecology
Coral reef conservation
Natural history of the coral reefs and islands
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,044
5,452
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Frank Schilder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
1,797
0.487
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Text Mining
Summarization
Natural Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,881
5,542
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kikuo Maekawa 前川喜久雄
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,631
1,208
0.333
Phonetics
Language resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,680
5,711
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Eric Nichols
Honda Motor Co. Ltd
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,513
2,624
0.747
Social robotics
natural language processing
artificial intelligence
machine learning
computational linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,018
5,827
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Masayuki Asahara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,437
1,096
0.319
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Japanese Linguistics
Lexical Semantics
Treebank
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,031
5,829
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Masatoshi Koizumi
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,437
800
0.233
linguistics
cognitive science
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,900
6,002
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Peter Backhaus
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,343
1,738
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,681
6,126
388
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
田窪行則 Takubo, Yukinori|Yuki Takubo
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,255
663
0.204
linguistics
pragmatics
semantics
Japanese
language documentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,438
6,377
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ken Hiraiwa
Meiji Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,108
885
0.285
Theoretical Linguistics
Linguistic Theory
Syntax
Cognitive Science
Number
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,236
7,056
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kotaro Funakoshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,730
1,408
0.516
Multimodal Dialogue Systems
Human-Machine Interaction
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,468
7,199
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tsutomu Hirao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,660
1,199
0.451
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,414
7,458
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elin Mccready
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,541
1,244
0.490
Semantics/pragmatics
philosophy of language
social meaning
literature
environmental humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,793
8,446
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Moeljadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,169
2,119
0.977
Linguistics
Indonesian
Grammar Engineering
Wordnet
Lexicography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
424,890
8,659
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Makoto Kanazawa
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,086
451
0.216
Formal Language Theory
Computational Linguistics
Grammatical Inference
Proof Theory
Natural Language Semantics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
427,196
8,706
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yasuo Nakatani
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,071
832
0.402