Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
American University Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature 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
Second Language Acquisition
TESOL
Research Methods
Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,648
3,596
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
ESL
Discourse
Text
linguistics computer science
psychology cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,104
3,571
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
20th-21st C. French Literature
Womens (auto)fiction
Psychoanalysis
Illiteracy
Theories of Reading & Writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,151
1,940
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Arabic Applied Linguistics
Arabic Lingusitics
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
Arabic Discourse Analysis
Arabic Socioli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,388
824
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
TEFL
EAP/ESP
CALL
Testing Bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,140
1,049
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Language Planning
Assessment
Affect in ESL
Teacher Professional Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,007
726
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sociolinguistics
Cross-cultural communication
Language and Identity
Global English
Pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,440
707
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
assessment literacy
language testing and assessment
teacher beliefs and student and teacher motivation
teacher professional d
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
322
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
ELT
TESL
Applied Linguistics
Educational Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
986
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Beliefs about language learning
Second Language Writing
WAC/WID
Socio-political factors in SLA
Writing Centers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
988
379
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Qur'an Translation
Qur'an
Qur'anic Linguistics
Islamic Text Translation
Applied Translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
536
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Theoretical
Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
306
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Critical Genre Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis
Business Communication
CMC
Mass/Social Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
671
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Gender and women's Stidies
Arab Women
Feminist Theory
Postcolonial and Transnational Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
195
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
English Language Teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
229
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
English Teaching
Language Testing
Teacher Development
Reflection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
285
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Applied Linguistics
Multimodality and Multiliteracies
Digital Storytelling
Identity Negotiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
230
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
language policy
psycholinguistics
Arabic acquisition
language and identity
global English
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
390
208
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Pragmatics
Historical Linguistics
Large Language Models
Communication
ESL studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
351
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Arabic Literature
Philology
Sufism
Islamic studies
Koranic studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
174
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Arabic Literature
Comparative Literature
Cultural History
Middle East Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
139
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Language teaching
Intercultural communication
Teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
265
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Postcolonial
media representations
postmodern
comparative literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258
164
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Linguistics
FL teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
121
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
American Literature
Gender Studies
Pragmatics
Teaching Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
160
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,765
45,492
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Younghee Sheen
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,648
3,596
0.416
Second Language Acquisition
TESOL
Research Methods
Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,849
168
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Philip Mccarthy|McCarthy PM, PM McCarthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,104
3,571
0.503
ESL
Discourse
Text
linguistics computer science
psychology cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,489
9,633
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
AnneMarie Picard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,151
1,940
0.616
20th-21st C. French Literature
Womens (auto)fiction
Psychoanalysis
Illiteracy
Theories of Reading & Writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
388,806
275
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mahmoud Al Batal
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,388
824
0.345
Arabic Applied Linguistics
Arabic Lingusitics
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
Arabic Discourse Analysis
Arabic Socioli
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,599
307
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nahla Nola Bacha
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,140
1,049
0.490
TEFL
EAP/ESP
CALL
Testing Bilingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,911
331
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kassim Shaaban
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,007
726
0.362
Language Planning
Assessment
Affect in ESL
Teacher Professional Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552,090
997
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ahmad Al-Issa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,440
707
0.491
Sociolinguistics
Cross-cultural communication
Language and Identity
Global English
Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
652,055
3,305
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Deena Boraie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
322
0.297
assessment literacy
language testing and assessment
teacher beliefs and student and teacher motivation
teacher professional d
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,133
1,252
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
986
0.999
ELT
TESL
Applied Linguistics
Educational Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,071
567
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rula L Diab|Rula Diab
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
988
379
0.384
Beliefs about language learning
Second Language Writing
WAC/WID
Socio-political factors in SLA
Writing Centers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
712,759
1,346
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ahmed Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
536
0.585
Qur'an Translation
Qur'an
Qur'anic Linguistics
Islamic Text Translation
Applied Translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
740,480
1,404
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maher Bahloul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
306
0.360
Theoretical
Applied Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
795,230
304
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mohammad Awad Alafnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
671
0.926
Critical Genre Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis
Business Communication
CMC
Mass/Social Media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
910,916
1,761
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nawar Al-Hassan Golley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
195
0.383
Gender and women's Stidies
Arab Women
Feminist Theory
Postcolonial and Transnational Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
917,117
326
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
İzzettin Kök
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
229
0.457
English Language Teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
979,177
408
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ulas Kayapinar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
285
0.664
English Teaching
Language Testing
Teacher Development
Reflection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,003,258
268,605
314
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Polina Vinogradova
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
230
0.569
Applied Linguistics
Multimodality and Multiliteracies
Digital Storytelling
Identity Negotiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,017,401
1,995
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fatima Badry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
390
208
0.533
language policy
psycholinguistics
Arabic acquisition
language and identity
global English
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,055,811
463
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marina Jovic|Марина Јовић, Marina Jović
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
351
0.994
Pragmatics
Historical Linguistics
Large Language Models
Communication
ESL studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,142,405
1,074
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bilal Orfali
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
174
0.611
Arabic Literature
Philology
Sufism
Islamic studies
Koranic studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,153,025
1,082
429
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
139
0.500
Arabic Literature
Comparative Literature
Cultural History
Middle East Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,159,494
291,987
336
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tabitha Kidwell
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
265
0.971
Language teaching
Intercultural communication
Teacher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183,704
2,324
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hania Am Nashef هانياالناشف
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258
164
0.636
Postcolonial
media representations
postmodern
comparative literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,240,923
550
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tamara Oshchepkova / Ощепкова
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
121
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,242,440
615
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nazife Aydinoglu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
160
0.714
American Literature
Gender Studies
Pragmatics
Teaching Languages