Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World 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 :26
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,337
20,669
0.446
* 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
46,029
13,878
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse..
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,748
14,846
0.325
* 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
44,765
21,093
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Linguistic Theory
Cognitive Science
Syntax
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,901
6,977
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Computational Linguistics
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,807
12,342
0.282
* 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
42,014
29,944
0.713
* 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
41,962
18,202
0.434
* 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
41,726
12,599
0.302
* 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
40,973
15,271
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Linguistics
Phonology
Morphology
Arabic
Semitic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,773
6,358
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,597
8,848
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,295
6,009
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
BioNLP
Biomedical Informatics
Medical AI
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,130
29,077
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,118
17,048
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Conversation Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,923
13,808
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,494
14,447
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,797
11,249
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,729
19,285
0.498
* 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
38,029
11,148
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
color
linguistics
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,341
9,230
0.247
* 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
37,239
9,003
0.242
* 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
36,547
7,696
0.211
* 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
36,363
6,007
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
SLA
writing systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,337
10,832
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,253
266
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jan Blommaert
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,337
20,669
0.446
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,354
47
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Виталий Григорьевич Костомаров Vitaly G. Kostomarov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,029
13,878
0.302
стилистика
преподавание русского языка иностранцам
stylistics
teaching Russian to foreigners
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,470
37
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Janet Holmes
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,748
14,846
0.325
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse..
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,914
1,044
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Norbert Schmitt
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,765
21,093
0.471
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,291
5,841
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Ivan Sag
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,901
6,977
0.159
Linguistic Theory
Cognitive Science
Syntax
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,327
5,858
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Marti A Hearst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,807
12,342
0.282
Computational Linguistics
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,198
6,271
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Christopher Potts
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,014
29,944
0.713
Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Semantics
Pragmatics
Computational Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,233
520
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Bonny Norton
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,962
18,202
0.434
Language and Identity
Critical Literacy
International Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,358
6,332
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
D Quentin Miller
Suffolk University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,726
12,599
0.302
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,737
6,500
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Lawrence Venuti
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,973
15,271
0.373
translation theory
translation history
translation practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,844
6,543
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
John Mccarthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,773
6,358
0.156
Linguistics
Phonology
Morphology
Arabic
Semitic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,941
6,592
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Paul Hopper
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,597
8,848
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,119
6,678
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Joan Bresnan
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,295
6,009
0.149
Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Syntax
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,215
6,733
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Zhiyong Lu
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,130
29,077
0.725
BioNLP
Biomedical Informatics
Medical AI
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,222
26
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Zoltan Kovecses
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,118
17,048
0.425
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,329
1,256
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Paul Drew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,923
13,808
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,580
6,894
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Bo Pang
Google Inc.
Kaliforniya, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,494
14,447
0.366
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,994
618
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Allan Luke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,797
11,249
0.290
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,036
7,098
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,729
19,285
0.498
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,474
7,304
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
38,029
11,148
0.293
computer-mediated communication
computer-mediated discourse
gender and CMC
multimodal CMC
telepresence robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,939
7,504
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Paul Kay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,341
9,230
0.247
color
linguistics
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,010
7,537
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Leonard Talmy
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,239
9,003
0.242
Cognitive semantics
cognitive linguistics
natural-language semantics
language universals and typologies
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,473
7,749
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Paul Smolensky
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,547
7,696
0.211
Cognitive science
AI
linguistics
Integrating neural and symbolic computation for grammatical theory and reasoning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,605
7,819
334
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Paul Kiparsky
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,363
6,007
0.165
phonology
morphology
syntax
metrics
historical linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,368
1,528
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Vivian Cook
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,337
10,832
0.307