Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
American University 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 :26
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
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165
126
0.764
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writing complexity
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164
126
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Poetry
Latin American Literature
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161
27
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
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157
118
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Modernist literature in English
Spanish
French and Portuguese
poetry and poetics
translation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
76
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Contemporay American Literature
Ethnic and Gender Studies
Comparative Literature
Postcolonial Studies
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Last 6 Years
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150
69
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Creative Writing
Discourse Analysis
Materials Development
English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
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138
117
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
American Poetry
African American poetry
hip-hop culture
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Last 6 Years / Total
136
46
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Language teacher identity
Language teacher education
Teaching academic writing
reflective
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
93
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Film
Latin American media
video essays
auteur study
transnational cinema.
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127
51
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
TESOL
ELT
program evaluation
curriculum
instructional technologies
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Last 6 Years
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126
77
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Language teacher identity
multimodal composition
second language writing
vocabulary acquisition
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Last 6 Years
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121
79
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
English Literature
Gender and Sexuality
Aesthetics
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116
92
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Comparative Literature
Philosophy
Literary Theory
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111
40
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
linguistics
pragmatics
discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
applied linguistics
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110
101
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Neurolinguistics
Speech Therapy and Aphisa
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104
37
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Arabic Fiction
Arab-American literature
American Studies
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94
47
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Literacy studies
contrastive discourse analysis
critical discourse analysis
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93
51
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
20th C Egypt
literary salons
Epistolarity writing
gender studies
comparative literature
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91
55
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Halk Bilimi Halk Edebiyatı Türkmen Edebiyatı Mahtumkulu Azadi Folklor yazılı anlatım yabancılara Türkçe öğretimi
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90
49
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
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88
57
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Arabic Literature
Middle Eastern Studies
Women and Gender Studies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
52
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Second Language Writing
educational reseach
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87
69
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
English Language and Applied Linguistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
84
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
contemporary literature
realism
modernism
queer theory
marxism
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
13
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,353,157
2,955
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Wafa Al Khadra
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Last 6 Years
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165
126
0.764
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,355,651
2,641
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Mark Wain Frear
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Last 6 Years
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164
126
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,364,549
320,852
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Consuelo Hernández
American University
Washington, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
27
0.168
Poetry
Latin American Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,374,094
11,991
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Tahia Abdel Nasser
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Last 6 Years
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157
118
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,377,472
383
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
John Pedro Schwartz
American University of Malta
Cospicua, Malta
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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
1,394,081
1,391
470
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Sirene Harb
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
69
0.460
Contemporay American Literature
Ethnic and Gender Studies
Comparative Literature
Postcolonial Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,428,165
659
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Ali Alkhaldi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
117
0.848
Creative Writing
Discourse Analysis
Materials Development
English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,435,732
330,312
374
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Keith D Leonard
American University
Washington, United States
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Last 6 Years / Total
136
46
0.338
American Poetry
African American poetry
hip-hop culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,454,098
13,497
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Mariah Fairley
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
93
0.715
Language teacher identity
Language teacher education
Teaching academic writing
reflective
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,464,617
334,285
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Jeffrey Middents
American University
Washington, United States
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127
51
0.402
Film
Latin American media
video essays
auteur study
transnational cinema.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,467,377
186
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Irshat Madyarov
American University of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
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Last 6 Years
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126
77
0.611
TESOL
ELT
program evaluation
curriculum
instructional technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,484,012
2,880
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Silvia Vaccino-Salvadore
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
79
0.653
Language teacher identity
multimodal composition
second language writing
vocabulary acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,500,789
339,269
380
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Dustin Friedman
American University
Washington, United States
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116
92
0.793
English Literature
Gender and Sexuality
Aesthetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,519,910
14,781
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
William Melaney
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Last 6 Years / Total
111
40
0.360
Comparative Literature
Philosophy
Literary Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,521,700
9,710
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Alexander Nikolaou
Hellenic American University
Nashua, Greece
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
101
0.918
linguistics
pragmatics
discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,546,039
714
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Hisham Adam
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Last 6 Years / Total
104
37
0.356
Neurolinguistics
Speech Therapy and Aphisa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,585,864
738
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Hani Elayyan
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94
47
0.500
Arabic Fiction
Arab-American literature
American Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,589,879
3,097
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Aisha Sayidina
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Last 6 Years / Total
93
51
0.548
Literacy studies
contrastive discourse analysis
critical discourse analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,598,385
3,104
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Boutheina Khaldi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
55
0.604
20th C Egypt
literary salons
Epistolarity writing
gender studies
comparative literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,602,784
934
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Ramazan Çakir
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
49
0.544
Halk Bilimi Halk Edebiyatı Türkmen Edebiyatı Mahtumkulu Azadi Folklor yazılı anlatım yabancılara Türkçe öğretimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,611,089
353,939
396
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Erez Naaman
American University
Washington, United States
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88
57
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,611,301
3,131
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Olatunbosun Ishaq Tijani
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
52
0.591
Arabic Literature
Middle Eastern Studies
Women and Gender Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,614,953
3,136
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Anoud Abusalim
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
69
0.793
Second Language Writing
educational reseach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,626,047
764
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Mersad Dervic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
84
1.000
English Language and Applied Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,643,717
40,694
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Geoff Gilbert
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
13
0.160
contemporary literature
realism
modernism
queer theory
marxism