Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
American University 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 :51
multilingualism
intercultural education
language teaching
French as a foreign language
applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
54
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Irish literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
85
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Arabic Literature
Middle Eastern Studies
Women and Gender Studies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
53
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
English Language and Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
89
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
58
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Second Language Writing
educational reseach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
70
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Applied Linguistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
82
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Postmodern Fiction
US Literature
American Literature
Literature and Deliberation
Anti-Mimetic Fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
56
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
(English) linguistics
English language
cognitive linguistics
pragmatics
semantics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
76
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
contemporary literature
realism
modernism
queer theory
marxism
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
12
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
French literature
Michel Houellebecq
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
70
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Linguistics
Education
Gamification
Educational Games
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
31
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
gender
English literature
Arabic literature
Anglophone Lebanese Literature
Women Writers
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
54
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
English teaching and translation
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
55
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Discourse Analysis
Corpus Linguistics
Language Documentation
African Languages & Linguistics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
33
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Linguistics
Terminology
Language Education
Health Communication
Ecological Literacy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
42
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Literature - Poetics
Philosophy
Technology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
34
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
comparative literature
global drama
Middle Eastern/Yemeni studies
Shakespeare
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
51
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Modernism
Phenomenology
Samuel Beckett
Contemporary Literature
Creative Writing
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
49
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
57
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Syntax
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
49
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Comparative Literature
Francophone Literature
Mediterranean Studies
Feminist Theory
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
24
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Education
Language
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
46
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
applied linguistics
language teaching
communication
corpus análisis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Sufism
Arabic theatre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
31
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,611,176
2,879
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Krastanka Bozhinova|Terzieva Bozhinova
American University in Bulgaria
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
54
0.587
multilingualism
intercultural education
language teaching
French as a foreign language
applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,613,850
756
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Lydia Rouanet Cechova
American International University Kuwait
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
85
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,619,595
3,137
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Olatunbosun Ishaq Tijani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
53
0.589
Arabic Literature
Middle Eastern Studies
Women and Gender Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,620,981
762
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Mersad Dervic
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
89
1.000
English Language and Applied Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,623,739
354,861
400
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Erez Naaman
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
58
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,627,671
3,151
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Anoud Abusalim
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
70
0.795
Second Language Writing
educational reseach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,631,174
7,075
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Hamidul Haque
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
82
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,659,359
98
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Ali Chetwynd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
56
0.691
Postmodern Fiction
US Literature
American Literature
Literature and Deliberation
Anti-Mimetic Fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,662,661
557
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Marjana Vaneva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
76
0.950
(English) linguistics
English language
cognitive linguistics
pragmatics
semantics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,665,307
41,037
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Geoff Gilbert
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
12
0.150
contemporary literature
realism
modernism
queer theory
marxism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,667,915
41,089
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Russell Williams
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
70
0.886
French literature
Michel Houellebecq
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,669,721
790
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Mikolaj Sobocinski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
31
0.392
Linguistics
Education
Gamification
Educational Games
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,697,413
1,771
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Luma Balaa
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
54
0.740
gender
English literature
Arabic literature
Anglophone Lebanese Literature
Women Writers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,702,295
1,220
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Hassan Naqeeb
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
55
0.764
English teaching and translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,718,260
150
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Tristan Purvis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
33
0.478
Discourse Analysis
Corpus Linguistics
Language Documentation
African Languages & Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,722,807
24,576
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Richard Àwoshiri Kamai
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
42
0.618
Linguistics
Terminology
Language Education
Health Communication
Ecological Literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,738,853
9,949
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
John Wall
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
34
0.523
Literature - Poetics
Philosophy
Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,753,820
831
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Katherine Hennessey
American University of Kuwait
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
51
0.823
comparative literature
global drama
Middle Eastern/Yemeni studies
Shakespeare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,753,943
42,540
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Amanda Dennis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
49
0.790
Modernism
Phenomenology
Samuel Beckett
Contemporary Literature
Creative Writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,758,286
3,899
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Wafa Al Khadra|Winner of the Outstanding Paper in 2023 &2024 Emerald Literati Awards
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
57
0.934
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,810,167
861
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Saleem Abdelhady
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
49
0.942
Syntax
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,818,925
21,005
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Megan C. Macdonald
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
24
0.471
Comparative Literature
Francophone Literature
Mediterranean Studies
Feminist Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,822,875
873
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Filomachi Spathopoulou
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
46
0.920
Education
Language
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,836,282
879
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Hanane Benali Taouis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
applied linguistics
language teaching
communication
corpus análisis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,843,715
1,942
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Nada Saab
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
31
0.660