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
EFL
ELT
TEFL
CALL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,639
2,811
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
English as a Lingua Franca
intercultural communication
mobile/blended learning
content and language integrated learning (CLIL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,132
2,840
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
öğretmen eğitimi
dil politikası
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,071
2,424
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
critical thinking
insevice teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,848
2,087
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
English Language Teaching
Educational Technology
Foreign Language Teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,373
1,828
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ana çocuk sağlığı
afetlerde sağlık hizmetleri
epidemiyoloji
kronik hastalıklar
bağışıklama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,108
1,099
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
yabancı dil öğretim methodolojisi
uygulamalı dilbilimi
materyal geliştirme
öğretim teknolojisi
sınav hazırlama tekn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,926
1,569
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Medical Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
1,324
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Qualitative Studies
Medieval Studies
American Studies
Multiculturalism
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,526
1,269
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,215
1,961
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Eğitim programları
öğrenme
araştırma teknikleri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,085
1,171
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Reading
Working memory
Technology-enhanced language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
875
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
yabancı dil öğretmeni eğitimi yabancı dil becerileri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
704
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
English Language Teaching
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,869
974
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Language Teaching
Web Technologies
Learner Autonomy
Teacher Education
Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,839
1,068
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Applied Linguistics
English Language Teaching
Teacher Training
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,605
685
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Foreign Language Education
EFL Education
English Language Teaching
Intercultural Competence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,592
903
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Yabancı dil öğretimi
yabancı dil öğretiminde psikoloji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,428
893
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,423
944
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Self-Determination Theory
Language Learning
Motivation
Learner Autonomy
Engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
1,097
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
English Language Teaching
Second Language Teacher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,275
1,029
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Foreign Language Education
foreign language teacher education
teaching English to young learners
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
925
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,270
660
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
academic integrity
teaching academic writing
metacognitive reading strategies
language assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,243
747
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
foreign language education
ELT materials
teacher training
program evaluation
CBI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,239
569
0.459
Selami Aydın
İstanbul Medeniyet University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,639
2,811
0.606
Yasemin Bayyurt
Bogazici University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,132
2,840
0.687
English as a Lingua Franca
intercultural communication
mobile/blended learning
content and language integrated learning (CLIL
Yasemin Kırkgöz
Çukurova University
Adana, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,071
2,424
0.595
öğretmen eğitimi
dil politikası
Derin Atay
Bahçeşehir University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,848
2,087
0.542
critical thinking
insevice teacher education
Murat Hişmanoğlu
Uşak University
Uşak, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,373
1,828
0.542
English Language Teaching
Educational Technology
Foreign Language Teaching
Yasemin Açık
Fırat University
Elazığ, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,108
1,099
0.354
Ana çocuk sağlığı
afetlerde sağlık hizmetleri
epidemiyoloji
kronik hastalıklar
bağışıklama
Arif Sarıçoban
Selçuk University
Konya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,926
1,569
0.536
yabancı dil öğretim methodolojisi
uygulamalı dilbilimi
materyal geliştirme
öğretim teknolojisi
sınav hazırlama tekn
Zehraoya Uyguner
İstanbul University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
1,324
0.473
Arda Arıkan
Akdeniz University
Antalya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,526
1,269
0.502
Qualitative Studies
Medieval Studies
American Studies
Multiculturalism
Sustainability
Emine Göçet Tekin
Sakarya University
Sakarya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,215
1,961
0.885
Ahmet Özcan
Yozgat Bozok University
Yozgat, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,085
1,171
0.562
Eğitim programları
öğrenme
araştırma teknikleri
Naciye Gülcan Erçetin Koca
Bogazici University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
875
0.438
Reading
Working memory
Technology-enhanced language learning
Ayşe Semra Akyel
Yeditepe University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
704
0.369
yabancı dil öğretmeni eğitimi yabancı dil becerileri
Mehmet Demirezen
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,869
974
0.521
English Language Teaching
Linguistics
Cem Balçıkanlı
Gazi University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,839
1,068
0.581
Language Teaching
Web Technologies
Learner Autonomy
Teacher Education
Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language
Erdoğan Bada
Çukurova University
Adana, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,605
685
0.427
Applied Linguistics
English Language Teaching
Teacher Training
Servet Çelik|SERVET CELIK
Trabzon University
Trabzon, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,592
903
0.567
Foreign Language Education
EFL Education
English Language Teaching
Intercultural Competence
Dilek Çakıcı Büyükahıska
Ondokuz Mayıs University
Samsun, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,428
893
0.625
Yabancı dil öğretimi
yabancı dil öğretiminde psikoloji
Mustafa Naci Kayaoğlu
Karadeniz Teknik University
Trabzon, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,423
944
0.663
Ali Dinçer|Ali Dinçer
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University
Erzincan, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
1,097
0.810
Self-Determination Theory
Language Learning
Motivation
Learner Autonomy
Engagement
Gökhan Öztürk
Anadolu University
Eskişehir, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,275
1,029
0.807
English Language Teaching
Second Language Teacher Education
Esim Gürsoy
Bursa Uludağ University
Bursa, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
925
0.727
Foreign Language Education
foreign language teacher education
teaching English to young learners
Neşe Cabaroğlu
Çukurova University
Adana, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,270
660
0.520
Salim Razı
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Çanakkale, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,243
747
0.601
academic integrity
teaching academic writing
metacognitive reading strategies
language assessment
Ali Işık
İstinye University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,239
569
0.459
foreign language education
ELT materials
teacher training
program evaluation
CBI