Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Malta 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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Generation
Vision and Language
Language Production
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,165
3,766
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,879
918
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Computational Linguistics
Multimodal Communication
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
476
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Spanish literature
Spanish history
linguistics
comparative literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
473
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
pragmatics
semantics
relevance theory
(critical) discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
749
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Contemporary Literature
Literary Theory
Posthumanism
Comparative Literature
Futures of Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
871
475
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Maltese grammar
Maltese sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
197
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Language typology
morpho-syntax
the Maltese language
writing systems
language policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
180
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
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
805
269
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Language Education
Second Language Acquisition
Teaching and learning foreign languages
Italian L2
Mutilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
277
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
bilingual language development
language impairment
vocabulary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
363
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
sociolinguistics
bilingualism
discourse analysis and research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
151
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Phonetics
Phonology
Prosody and Intonation
Bi-/Multilingualism
Maltese/its Dialects/Maltese English
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
192
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
historical linguistics
morphology of Maltese (synchronic and diachronic)
language contact
language planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
93
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Maltese linguistics
morphology
semantics
lexicography
dialectology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
164
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Arabic language
Arabic dialectology
Maltese
Syriac and other Semitic Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
147
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Modernist literature in English
Spanish
French and Portuguese
poetry and poetics
translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
76
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
English
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
95
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
55
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Italian Language and Literature
Gothic
Horror and Fantastic Literature
Popular Culture
Film and Television Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Maltese language & literature
stylistics
translation
literary criticism
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
27
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
62
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Literary Translation
Translation Theory and History
Translation Semiotics
Critical and Literary Theory
Science Fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
French Literature
Identity
anthropology
representations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
17
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Language variation
Sociophonetics
Phonetics and Phonology
Historical Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
29
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,412
18
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Albert Gatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,165
3,766
0.611
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Generation
Vision and Language
Language Production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,335
95
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antoinette Camilleri Grima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,879
918
0.489
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
505,796
110
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Patrizia Paggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
476
0.300
Computational Linguistics
Multimodal Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,811
157
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
JA Garrido Ardila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
473
0.442
Spanish literature
Spanish history
linguistics
comparative literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
671,255
165
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stavros Assimakopoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
749
0.760
pragmatics
semantics
relevance theory
(critical) discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715,983
182
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ivan Callus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
871
475
0.545
Contemporary Literature
Literary Theory
Posthumanism
Comparative Literature
Futures of Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,937
183
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Albert Borg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
197
0.227
Maltese grammar
Maltese sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
739,360
196
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ray Fabri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
180
0.221
Language typology
morpho-syntax
the Maltese language
writing systems
language policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,205
197
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joseph M Brincat (Giuseppe)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
805
269
0.334
Italian Linguistics
Linguistic History of Malta
Dubbing of English-language films into Italian
Onomastics
Use of Italian in
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866,603
245
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sandro Caruana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
277
0.496
Language Education
Second Language Acquisition
Teaching and learning foreign languages
Italian L2
Mutilingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
886,329
254
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Daniela R Gatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
363
0.693
bilingual language development
language impairment
vocabulary
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956,095
266
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lydia Sciriha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
151
0.346
sociolinguistics
bilingualism
discourse analysis and research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,016,976
280
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alexandra Vella
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
192
0.512
Phonetics
Phonology
Prosody and Intonation
Bi-/Multilingualism
Maltese/its Dialects/Maltese English
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,022,482
283
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Manwel Mifsud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
93
0.251
historical linguistics
morphology of Maltese (synchronic and diachronic)
language contact
language planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,071,872
297
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael Spagnol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
164
0.503
Maltese linguistics
morphology
semantics
lexicography
dialectology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,094,248
307
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Martin R. Zammit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
147
0.477
Arabic language
Arabic dialectology
Maltese
Syriac and other Semitic Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,377,472
383
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John Pedro Schwartz
American University of Malta
Cospicua, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
76
0.487
Modernist literature in English
Spanish
French and Portuguese
poetry and poetics
translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,407,962
395
379
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
James Corby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
95
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,642,609
455
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jordan Wolfgang Klein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
55
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,647,563
456
432
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fabrizio Foni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
Italian Language and Literature
Gothic
Horror and Fantastic Literature
Popular Culture
Film and Television Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,682,134
467
442
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Charles Briffa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
27
0.370
Maltese language & literature
stylistics
translation
literary criticism
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,710,369
470
445
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rachael M Agius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
62
0.925
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,767,283
485
458
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Clare E Vassallo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
Literary Translation
Translation Theory and History
Translation Semiotics
Critical and Literary Theory
Science Fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,768,065
487
460
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dominique Lanni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
17
0.298
French Literature
Identity
anthropology
representations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,797,433
495
468
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sarah Grech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
29
0.558
Language variation
Sociophonetics
Phonetics and Phonology
Historical Linguistics