Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Essex Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings 2025
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
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Ranking Based On Selection :1
Linguistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,651
2,195
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,536
3,023
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Bilingualism
psycholinguistics
language attrition
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,926
4,090
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Grammatical Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,380
960
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
morphosyntax
constraint-based grammar
Arabic
Welsh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,067
701
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Conversation Analysis
Linguistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,669
1,294
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Linguistics
Syntax
Semantics
English
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,291
420
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Literature and Film
Book History
Digital Media
Comparative Media
Translation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,853
896
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Second language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,524
887
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Shakespeare
Early Modern Literature
History of Ideas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
292
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Arabic
Dialect Contact
New-Dialect Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,401
711
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Phonology
Morphology
Bantu Languages
Phonology-Syntax Interface
Prosody
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
643
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Historical phonology
Metrical phonology
Poetry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
174
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Applied Linguistics
Sociocultural Theory
CALL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
373
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Linguistics
language acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
268
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
literature
history
women's suffrage
theatre
law and literature
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
170
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
229
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Caribbean Literatures
Comparative Literature
Derek Walcott
Haiti-Dominican Republic
Literature-Visual Arts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
141
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
U.S. Literature
literature of the U.S. South
William Faulkner
New Orleans literature and culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239
59
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Romanticism
ecocriticism
transatlantic studies
periodicals
19th century literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
168
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Linguistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
129
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Language and Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
78
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Applied Linguistics
Language Teaching
SFL
New Technologies
World cinema
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
39
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
feminist & queer theory
psychoanalytic history
postcolonial theory
political theory
20th c literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
60
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Italian
French and British Literature and Culture
Cultural History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
20
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,694
8,297
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andrew Spencer
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,651
2,195
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,654
9,392
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Florence Myles
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,536
3,023
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,474
10,161
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Monika Schmid
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,926
4,090
0.516
Bilingualism
psycholinguistics
language attrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,156
17,034
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robert D Borsley
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,380
960
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,193
22,078
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Louisa Sadler
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,067
701
0.229
morphosyntax
constraint-based grammar
Arabic
Welsh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,294
24,261
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rebecca Clift
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,669
1,294
0.485
Conversation Analysis
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,721
26,647
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Doug Arnold
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,291
420
0.183
Linguistics
Syntax
Semantics
English
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
454,851
30,078
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Karin Littau
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,853
896
0.484
Literature and Film
Book History
Digital Media
Comparative Media
Translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
519,055
33,407
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Karen Roehr Brackin
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,524
887
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,850
33,760
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John Gillies
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
292
0.195
Shakespeare
Early Modern Literature
History of Ideas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
547,354
34,817
302
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Enam Al Wer
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,401
711
0.507
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Arabic
Dialect Contact
New-Dialect Formation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,851
34,989
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nancy C Kula
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
643
0.464
Phonology
Morphology
Bantu Languages
Phonology-Syntax Interface
Prosody
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,593
40,342
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christopher McCully
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
174
0.173
Historical phonology
Metrical phonology
Poetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
761,622
44,536
390
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gabriela Adela Gánem Gutiérrez
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
373
0.487
Applied Linguistics
Sociocultural Theory
CALL
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,686
46,324
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Carol Jaensch
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
268
0.401
Linguistics
language acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
978,554
53,775
457
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Katharine Cockin
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
170
0.412
literature
history
women's suffrage
theatre
law and literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
986,129
54,181
459
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sanja Bahun
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
229
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,052,109
57,577
486
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maria Cristina Fumagalli
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
141
0.411
Caribbean Literatures
Comparative Literature
Derek Walcott
Haiti-Dominican Republic
Literature-Visual Arts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,198,683
64,606
546
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Owen Robinson
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239
59
0.247
U.S. Literature
literature of the U.S. South
William Faulkner
New Orleans literature and culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,201,591
64,730
547
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Susan Oliver
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
168
0.709
Romanticism
ecocriticism
transatlantic studies
periodicals
19th century literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,433,839
74,276
637
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Colin Reilly
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
129
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,653,207
81,434
686
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Simona Floare Bora
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
78
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,671,827
81,994
690
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Antonio M Da Silva
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
39
0.520
Applied Linguistics
Language Teaching
SFL
New Technologies
World cinema
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,705,537
82,939
699
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Carolyn Laubender
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
60
0.882
feminist & queer theory
psychoanalytic history
postcolonial theory
political theory
20th c literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,718,104
83,250
704
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jonathan White
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
20
0.303
Italian
French and British Literature and Culture
Cultural History