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
Language policy and planning
English Language Teaching
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
181
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
English Language Teacher Professional Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
127
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
language documentation
language typology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
106
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Languistic Typology
Linguistic Survey and Language Documentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
88
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Trauma studies
collage and writing
language and literature
technical communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
167
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sociolinguistics
contact and language policy
Language documentation and sociolinguistic studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
152
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
EFL
language policy
medium of instruction
linguistic diversity
professional development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
111
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Language and Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
32
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
language teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
97
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Language
linguistics
language teaching
language policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
89
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
art
literature
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
82
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
indigenous rights
inclusion-exclusion
land
social history of malaria
ethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
48
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rhetoric and Writing
Non-western Rhetoric
Cultural Studies
World Literatures
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
72
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
phonetics
phonology
sociolinguistics
language documentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
22
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Health Communication
English Language Teaching
Critical Thinking
English Literature
Academic Writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
51
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anglophone literature
cultural criticism
critical theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
20
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Language Teaching and Multilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
53
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Science
Pedagogy
Teacher Education
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Literature
Culture
Language
Critical Discourse Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
28
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Music and sports .
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
English Language Teaching (ELT)
Nepali and English Translation
ELT Research
ELT Trainning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
35
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Language documentation
typology
sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
17
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Trauma and Human Rights Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Language Education Policy
Medium of Instruction
Social Justice
Teacher Professional Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,225,305
469
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Basanta Kandel
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
181
0.736
Language policy and planning
English Language Teaching
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,241,809
482
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Khem Raj Joshi
Nepal Open University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
127
0.536
English Language Teacher Professional Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,260,277
498
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dubi Nanda Dhakal
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
106
0.467
language documentation
language typology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,272,062
507
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dan Raj Regmi
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
88
0.398
Languistic Typology
Linguistic Survey and Language Documentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,297,276
530
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Khagendra Acharya
Kathmandu University
Dhulikhel, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
167
0.803
Trauma studies
collage and writing
language and literature
technical communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,379,111
597
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bhim Lal Gautam
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
152
0.884
Sociolinguistics
contact and language policy
Language documentation and sociolinguistic studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,549,238
726
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mohan Singh Saud
Far Western University
Far Western Region, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
111
0.965
EFL
language policy
medium of instruction
linguistic diversity
professional development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,596,255
776
279
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Balaram Prasain
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
32
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,617,050
793
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gambhir Bahadur Chand
Far Western University
Far Western Region, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
97
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,638,206
807
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nanibabu Ghimire
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
89
0.967
Language
linguistics
language teaching
language policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,651,322
820
298
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yam Prasad Sharma
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
82
0.921
art
literature
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,711,469
863
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Janak Rai
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
48
0.632
indigenous rights
inclusion-exclusion
land
social history of malaria
ethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,719,040
867
311
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Raj Kumar Baral
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
72
0.973
Rhetoric and Writing
Non-western Rhetoric
Cultural Studies
World Literatures
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,722,211
870
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Krishnaprasad Chalise
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
22
0.297
phonetics
phonology
sociolinguistics
language documentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,725,772
874
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eak Prasad Duwadi
Kathmandu University
Dhulikhel, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
51
0.699
Health Communication
English Language Teaching
Critical Thinking
English Literature
Academic Writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,762,209
905
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bed Prasad Giri
Lumbini Buddhist University
Lumbini, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
20
0.303
Anglophone literature
cultural criticism
critical theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,824,421
953
338
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Prakash Bhattarai
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
53
0.981
Language Teaching and Multilingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,874,508
1,015
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lekhnath S Pathak
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Science
Pedagogy
Teacher Education
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,877,348
1,020
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ramesh Kumar Limbu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
28
0.609
Literature
Culture
Language
Critical Discourse Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,904,177
1,050
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Arabinda Bhattarai
Nepalese Army Institute of Health Science
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,930,990
1,082
396
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kumar Narayan Shrestha|Kumar Shrestha, KN Shrestha, Shrestha, KN
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
35
0.921
English Language Teaching (ELT)
Nepali and English Translation
ELT Research
ELT Trainning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,996,808
1,150
419
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tara Mani Rai|Taramani Rai, T. M. Rai, डा. तारामणि राई
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
17
0.567
Language documentation
typology
sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,034,571
1,189
437
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Suman Kamal Parajuli
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,832
1,223
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Uttam Poudel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
Trauma and Human Rights Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,067,515
1,230
453
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tek Mani Karki
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
Language Education Policy
Medium of Instruction
Social Justice
Teacher Professional Development