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
Maltese Prehistory
Roman Sculpture
Archaeology of the Central Mediterranean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,609
501
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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: 5
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: 6
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
506
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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: 8
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: 9
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: 10
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: 11
European and Maltese History
politics
migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
184
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
History of Museums
Landscape Archaeology
Cultural Landscapes
Public Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
735
411
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
bioethics
theology of marriage and sexuality
social ethics
future generations
bioethics and public policy in Europe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
672
211
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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: 15
Archaeology
Anthropolgy
GIS
Spatial Analysis
Categorical Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
283
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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: 17
16th-17th century: food culture
witchcraft and popular religion
cultural values
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574
220
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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: 19
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: 20
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: 21
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: 22
performance and power
censorship
popular theatre and commedia dell'arte
theatre laboratories
costume..
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
139
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
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: 24
history
politics
elections
Mediterranean
Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
94
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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
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
511,949
114
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anthony Bonanno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,609
501
0.311
Maltese Prehistory
Roman Sculpture
Archaeology of the Central Mediterranean
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
514,035
115
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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: 5
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
679,678
166
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nicholas C Vella
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
506
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,847
180
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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: 8
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: 9
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: 10
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
779,664
207
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Henry J Frendo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
184
0.244
European and Maltese History
politics
migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
787,778
210
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Reuben Grima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
735
411
0.559
History of Museums
Landscape Archaeology
Cultural Landscapes
Public Archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818,658
224
219
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Emmanuel Agius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
672
211
0.314
bioethics
theology of marriage and sexuality
social ethics
future generations
bioethics and public policy in Europe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866,072
243
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
867,226
244
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gianmarco Alberti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
283
0.489
Archaeology
Anthropolgy
GIS
Spatial Analysis
Categorical Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
869,248
245
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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
870,126
246
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carmel Cassar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574
220
0.383
16th-17th century: food culture
witchcraft and popular religion
cultural values
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
889,569
254
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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: 19
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: 20
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: 21
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
1,043,305
286
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Vicki Ann Cremona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
139
0.379
performance and power
censorship
popular theatre and commedia dell'arte
theatre laboratories
costume..
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,083,464
299
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
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
1,084,825
301
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dominic Fenech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
94
0.284
history
politics
elections
Mediterranean
Malta
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,103,401
306
295
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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