Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Highly Cited Researchers Citation in Malta Rankings 2025
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
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Generation
Vision and Language
Language Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,426
4,009
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
976
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computational Linguistics
Multimodal Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,599
487
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Spanish literature
Spanish history
linguistics
comparative literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,097
489
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Contemporary Literature
Literary Theory
Posthumanism
Comparative Literature
Futures of Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
499
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Maltese grammar
Maltese sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
212
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Language typology
morpho-syntax
the Maltese language
writing systems
language policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
201
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Italian Linguistics
Linguistic History of Malta
Dubbing of English-language films into Italian
Onomastics
Use of Italian in
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
811
274
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Language Education
Second Language Acquisition
Teaching and learning foreign languages
Italian L2
Mutilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
298
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
pragmatics
(critical) discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
digital humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
575
485
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
bilingual language development
language impairment
vocabulary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
378
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
sociolinguistics
bilingualism
discourse analysis and research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
156
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Phonetics
Phonology
Prosody and Intonation
Bi-/Multilingualism
Maltese/its Dialects/Maltese English
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
198
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
historical linguistics
morphology of Maltese (synchronic and diachronic)
language contact
language planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
94
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Maltese linguistics
morphology
semantics
lexicography
dialectology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
170
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Arabic language
Arabic dialectology
Maltese
Syriac and other Semitic Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316
154
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Modernist literature in English
Spanish
French and Portuguese
poetry and poetics
translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
78
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
English
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
97
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Italian Language and Literature
Gothic
Horror and Fantastic Literature
Popular Culture
Film and Television Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
53
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
56
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
German
Maltese
Media Literacy
Multimodality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
68
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Maltese language & literature
stylistics
translation
literary criticism
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
29
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
66
0.930
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Literary Translation
Translation Theory and History
Translation Semiotics
Critical and Literary Theory
Science Fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
35
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
French Literature
Identity
anthropology
representations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
17
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,825
18
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Albert Gatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,426
4,009
0.624
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Generation
Vision and Language
Language Production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449,060
95
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antoinette Camilleri Grima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
976
0.501
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
514,035
115
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Patrizia Paggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,599
487
0.305
Computational Linguistics
Multimodal Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
645,304
158
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
JA Garrido Ardila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,097
489
0.446
Spanish literature
Spanish history
linguistics
comparative literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,847
180
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ivan Callus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
499
0.555
Contemporary Literature
Literary Theory
Posthumanism
Comparative Literature
Futures of Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
721,373
185
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Albert Borg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
212
0.239
Maltese grammar
Maltese sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
741,730
195
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ray Fabri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
201
0.240
Language typology
morpho-syntax
the Maltese language
writing systems
language policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753,818
200
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joseph M Brincat (Giuseppe)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
811
274
0.338
Italian Linguistics
Linguistic History of Malta
Dubbing of English-language films into Italian
Onomastics
Use of Italian in
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866,072
243
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sandro Caruana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
298
0.513
Language Education
Second Language Acquisition
Teaching and learning foreign languages
Italian L2
Mutilingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
869,248
245
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stavros Assimakopoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
575
485
0.843
pragmatics
(critical) discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
digital humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
889,569
254
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Daniela R Gatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
378
0.700
bilingual language development
language impairment
vocabulary
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
967,589
267
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lydia Sciriha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
156
0.352
sociolinguistics
bilingualism
discourse analysis and research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,027,279
280
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alexandra Vella
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
198
0.518
Phonetics
Phonology
Prosody and Intonation
Bi-/Multilingualism
Maltese/its Dialects/Maltese English
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,036,960
284
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Manwel Mifsud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
94
0.252
historical linguistics
morphology of Maltese (synchronic and diachronic)
language contact
language planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,083,464
299
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael Spagnol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
170
0.512
Maltese linguistics
morphology
semantics
lexicography
dialectology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,103,401
306
295
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Martin R. Zammit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316
154
0.487
Arabic language
Arabic dialectology
Maltese
Syriac and other Semitic Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,391,671
386
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John Pedro Schwartz
American University of Malta
Cospicua, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
78
0.488
Modernist literature in English
Spanish
French and Portuguese
poetry and poetics
translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,424,734
397
379
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
James Corby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
97
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,650,515
455
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fabrizio Foni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
53
0.624
Italian Language and Literature
Gothic
Horror and Fantastic Literature
Popular Culture
Film and Television Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,663,850
459
435
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jordan Wolfgang Klein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
56
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,686,233
464
439
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cremona George
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
68
0.883
German
Maltese
Media Literacy
Multimodality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,692,787
465
440
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Charles Briffa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
29
0.382
Maltese language & literature
stylistics
translation
literary criticism
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,715,148
469
444
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rachael M Agius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
66
0.930
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,785,942
486
459
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Clare E Vassallo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
35
0.603
Literary Translation
Translation Theory and History
Translation Semiotics
Critical and Literary Theory
Science Fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,792,416
489
462
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dominique Lanni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
17
0.298
French Literature
Identity
anthropology
representations