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
cultures of learning
English language learning
metaphor analysis
narrative analysis
intercultural communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,006
2,811
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Intermedial Studies
Translation Studies
Comparative Literature
Contemporary Poetry
Brazilian Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,700
805
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sociolinguistics
Language Contact
Creole Portuguese
Acquisition of Portuguese in contact situations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
777
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Second Language Acquisition
Working Memory
Language Aptitude
Individual Differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,991
1,267
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chinese History
Urban History
Social and Cultural History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
172
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Portuguese
Phonology
Language Contact
Portuguse-based Creoles
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
395
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
338
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
819
476
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sociolinguistics
World Englishes
Popular Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
395
0.504
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chinese Linguistics
Syntax-Phonology Interface
Prosodic Phonology
Poetic Prosody
Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
323
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Music research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
517
4
0.008
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chinese history
legal history
business history
historical geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459
133
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Social Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Cross-Cultural Research
Life History Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445
425
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
91
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
English Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
91
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bilingualism
Language and aging.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
318
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
14
0.040
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Critical Thinking
Applied Linguistics
technology-enhanced language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348
339
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
translation studies
corpus linguistics
intercultural pragmatics
world Englishes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
135
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pragmatics
Translation Studies
Sociolinguistics
Language Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
66
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
123
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
language teacher education
EMI in higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
164
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Interlanguage Corpora Studies
Comparative Language Studies
Second Language Acquisition
Applied
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
146
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Translation Studies
Neurolinguistics
Comparative Literature
19th Century Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
129
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
interpreting
applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
109
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,073
39
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lixian Jin
City University of Macau
Macao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,006
2,811
0.281
cultures of learning
English language learning
metaphor analysis
narrative analysis
intercultural communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,558
108
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Raquel Abi Sâmara
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,700
805
0.298
Intermedial Studies
Translation Studies
Comparative Literature
Contemporary Poetry
Brazilian Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,757
114
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alan Norman Baxter
University of Saint Joseph
Macao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
777
0.307
Sociolinguistics
Language Contact
Creole Portuguese
Acquisition of Portuguese in contact situations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456,683
149
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wen Zhisheng Edward
Macau Polytechnic Institute
Makao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,991
1,267
0.636
Second Language Acquisition
Working Memory
Language Aptitude
Individual Differences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,662
205
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Di Wang 王笛
City University of Macau
Macao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
172
0.157
Chinese History
Urban History
Social and Cultural History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
737,433
234
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gabriel Antunes De Araujo
City University of Macau
Macao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
395
0.474
Portuguese
Phonology
Language Contact
Portuguse-based Creoles
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,928
237
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bin Yang (杨斌)
City University of Macau
Macao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
338
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
761,291
244
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cecilia Guanfang Zhao
City University of Macau
Macao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
819
476
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
770,065
249
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andrew Moody
City University of Macau
Macao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
395
0.504
Sociolinguistics
World Englishes
Popular Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
887,873
297
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hongming Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
323
0.575
Chinese Linguistics
Syntax-Phonology Interface
Prosodic Phonology
Poetic Prosody
Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
917,219
303
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
代百生 Dai Baisheng
Macau Polytechnic Institute
Makao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
517
4
0.008
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
967,055
319
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Billy Kl So (蘇基朗)
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459
133
0.290
Chinese history
legal history
business history
historical geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
981,808
322
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nan Zhu
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445
425
0.955
Social Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Cross-Cultural Research
Life History Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
992,030
326
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Wang Qingjie James
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
91
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,048,417
352
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yan Wang
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
91
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,064,204
357
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Haoyun Zhang
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
318
0.866
Bilingualism
Language and aging.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,075,338
363
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Zhong Chen
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
14
0.040
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,086,060
369
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Weijun Liang|Tim Liang, Weijun (Tim) Liang
City University of Macau
Macao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348
339
0.974
Critical Thinking
Applied Linguistics
technology-enhanced language learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,281,218
428
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vincent X Wang
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
135
0.611
translation studies
corpus linguistics
intercultural pragmatics
world Englishes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,283,827
430
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zhaoxing Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
66
0.308
Pragmatics
Translation Studies
Sociolinguistics
Language Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,321,615
441
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zhang Jingwei
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
123
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,409,194
458
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Shuwen Liu
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
164
0.982
language teacher education
EMI in higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,429,608
463
225
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jing Zhang
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
146
0.918
Interlanguage Corpora Studies
Comparative Language Studies
Second Language Acquisition
Applied
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,453,818
472
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Victoria Lei
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
129
0.872
Translation Studies
Neurolinguistics
Comparative Literature
19th Century Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,473,275
483
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lily Lim
Macau Polytechnic Institute
Makao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
109
0.757
interpreting
applied linguistics