Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World 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 :26
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,948
19,602
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Linguistic Theory
Cognitive Science
Syntax
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,530
6,729
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,524
20,030
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Computational Linguistics
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,035
11,645
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,179
12,180
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Language and Identity
Critical Literacy
International Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,965
17,375
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Linguistics
Phonology
Morphology
Arabic
Semitic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,263
6,087
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
translation theory
translation history
translation practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,065
14,547
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,041
8,461
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,949
5,782
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Semantics
Pragmatics
Computational Pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,823
27,804
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Conversation Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,274
13,285
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,213
16,291
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,851
13,909
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,278
10,848
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
BioNLP
Biomedical Informatics
Medical AI
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,123
27,109
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,573
18,260
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
computer-mediated communication
computer-mediated discourse
gender and CMC
multimodal CMC
telepresence robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,566
10,769
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
color
linguistics
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,880
8,853
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Cognitive semantics
cognitive linguistics
natural-language semantics
language universals and typologies
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,821
8,685
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Cognitive science
AI
linguistics
Integrating neural and symbolic computation for grammatical theory and reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,371
7,451
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
phonology
morphology
syntax
metrics
historical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,977
5,800
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
SLA
writing systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,771
10,414
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
research methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,601
13,310
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Natural language semantics
the syntax-semantics interface
philosophy of language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,339
9,580
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,392
271
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jan Blommaert
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,948
19,602
0.436
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,005
5,742
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Ivan Sag
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,530
6,729
0.155
Linguistic Theory
Cognitive Science
Syntax
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,008
1,051
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Norbert Schmitt
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,524
20,030
0.460
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,229
5,837
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Marti A Hearst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,035
11,645
0.271
Computational Linguistics
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,146
6,267
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
D Quentin Miller
Suffolk University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,179
12,180
0.296
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,256
528
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Bonny Norton
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,965
17,375
0.424
Language and Identity
Critical Literacy
International Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,633
6,481
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
John Mccarthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,263
6,087
0.151
Linguistics
Phonology
Morphology
Arabic
Semitic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,745
6,539
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Lawrence Venuti
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,065
14,547
0.363
translation theory
translation history
translation practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,757
6,547
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Paul Hopper
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,041
8,461
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,816
6,574
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Joan Bresnan
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,949
5,782
0.145
Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Syntax
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,871
6,604
287
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Christopher Potts
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,823
27,804
0.698
Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Semantics
Pragmatics
Computational Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,192
1,245
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Paul Drew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,274
13,285
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,221
26
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Zoltan Kovecses
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,213
16,291
0.415
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,433
6,849
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Bo Pang
Google Inc.
Kaliforniya, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,851
13,909
0.358
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,792
601
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Allan Luke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,278
10,848
0.283
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,886
7,063
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Zhiyong Lu
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,123
27,109
0.711
BioNLP
Biomedical Informatics
Medical AI
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,243
7,222
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,573
18,260
0.486
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,246
7,223
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Susan C Herring
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,566
10,769
0.287
computer-mediated communication
computer-mediated discourse
gender and CMC
multimodal CMC
telepresence robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,667
7,418
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Paul Kay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,880
8,853
0.240
color
linguistics
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,714
7,436
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Leonard Talmy
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,821
8,685
0.236
Cognitive semantics
cognitive linguistics
natural-language semantics
language universals and typologies
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,039
7,580
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Paul Smolensky
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,371
7,451
0.205
Cognitive science
AI
linguistics
Integrating neural and symbolic computation for grammatical theory and reasoning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,321
7,719
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Paul Kiparsky
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,977
5,800
0.161
phonology
morphology
syntax
metrics
historical linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,199
1,505
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Vivian Cook
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,771
10,414
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,343
8,161
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Alison Mackey
Georgetown University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,601
13,310
0.385
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
research methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,571
8,262
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Angelika Kratzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,339
9,580
0.279
Natural language semantics
the syntax-semantics interface
philosophy of language