Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 45.599 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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: 26
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,265
17,704
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
стилистика
преподавание русского языка иностранцам
stylistics
teaching Russian to foreigners
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,786
11,038
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse..
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,465
12,766
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,739
18,198
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Computational Linguistics
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,445
11,025
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Linguistic Theory
Cognitive Science
Syntax
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,285
5,764
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Semantics
Pragmatics
Computational Pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,007
28,711
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Language and Identity
Critical Literacy
International Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,654
15,966
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,228
10,807
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
translation theory
translation history
translation practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,878
13,318
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
BioNLP
Biomedical Informatics
Medical AI
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,735
27,958
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,384
15,446
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Linguistics
Phonology
Morphology
Arabic
Semitic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,206
5,465
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,039
7,475
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Conversation Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,961
11,980
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,619
5,034
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,934
11,673
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,580
17,457
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,179
9,507
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
computer-mediated communication
computer-mediated discourse
gender and CMC
multimodal CMC
telepresence robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,578
9,543
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
color
linguistics
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,815
7,704
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Cognitive semantics
cognitive linguistics
natural-language semantics
language universals and typologies
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,746
7,626
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Cognitive science
AI
linguistics
Integrating neural and symbolic computation for grammatical theory and reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,903
6,689
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
phonology
morphology
syntax
metrics
historical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,702
5,080
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,060
23,386
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,188
263
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jan Blommaert
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,265
17,704
0.375
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,369
46
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Виталий Григорьевич Костомаров Vitaly G. Kostomarov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,786
11,038
0.236
стилистика
преподавание русского языка иностранцам
stylistics
teaching Russian to foreigners
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,496
39
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Janet Holmes
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,465
12,766
0.275
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse..
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,793
1,031
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Norbert Schmitt
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,739
18,198
0.398
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,365
5,846
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Marti A Hearst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,445
11,025
0.248
Computational Linguistics
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,444
5,880
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Ivan Sag
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,285
5,764
0.130
Linguistic Theory
Cognitive Science
Syntax
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,578
5,947
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Christopher Potts
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,007
28,711
0.652
Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Semantics
Pragmatics
Computational Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,233
521
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Bonny Norton
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,654
15,966
0.374
Language and Identity
Critical Literacy
International Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,441
6,343
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
D Quentin Miller
Suffolk University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,228
10,807
0.256
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,609
6,417
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Lawrence Venuti
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,878
13,318
0.318
translation theory
translation history
translation practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,689
6,459
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Zhiyong Lu
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,735
27,958
0.670
BioNLP
Biomedical Informatics
Medical AI
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,873
26
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Zoltan Kovecses
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,384
15,446
0.373
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,973
6,588
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
John Mccarthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,206
5,465
0.133
Linguistics
Phonology
Morphology
Arabic
Semitic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,067
6,623
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Paul Hopper
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,039
7,475
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,112
1,239
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Paul Drew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,961
11,980
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,319
6,749
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Joan Bresnan
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,619
5,034
0.124
Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Syntax
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,725
6,934
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Bo Pang
Google Inc.
California, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,934
11,673
0.292
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,925
7,029
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,580
17,457
0.441
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,172
629
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Allan Luke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,179
9,507
0.243
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,527
7,293
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Susan C Herring
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,578
9,543
0.247
computer-mediated communication
computer-mediated discourse
gender and CMC
multimodal CMC
telepresence robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,055
7,534
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Paul Kay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,815
7,704
0.204
color
linguistics
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,102
7,552
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Leonard Talmy
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,746
7,626
0.202
Cognitive semantics
cognitive linguistics
natural-language semantics
language universals and typologies
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,656
7,810
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Paul Smolensky
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,903
6,689
0.181
Cognitive science
AI
linguistics
Integrating neural and symbolic computation for grammatical theory and reasoning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,778
7,869
335
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Paul Kiparsky
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,702
5,080
0.138
phonology
morphology
syntax
metrics
historical linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,283
1,517
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,060
23,386
0.649
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality