Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Massey University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences 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 :51
Librarianship
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
67
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Media Psychology
Video Games
Role Playing Games
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
136
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Refugee Theatre
Applied Theatre
Palestinian Theatre
Prison Theatre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
87
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
bibliometrics
information literacy
information management
research data management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
47
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Bilingualism
Heritage Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
99
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Japanese Language Education
Second Language Reading Acquisition
Extensive Reading
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
90
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
101
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Linguistics (descriptive documentary typological)
Polynesian languages
corpus linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
90
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Critical health and social psychology
digital sexual citizenship
youth sexuality
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
81
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
psychology
suicide
network analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
76
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Indigenous Psychology
Kaupapa Māori Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Indigenous Health
Mental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
57
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Second Language Acquisition
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Literature
Cultural History
New Zealand Writers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
9
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Metadrama
informers
Shakespeare
crossroads
ritual
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
32
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
English for Academic Purposes
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
38
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
24
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Transport Planning
Autonomous Vehicles
Mobilities
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Indigenous Psychologies
Wairua
Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational Healing
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
33
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
5
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Social Psychology
Political Psychology
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Intergroup Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
te reo Māori
Children's literature in te reo
language revitalisation
creative writing
resource development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
13
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
linguistics
language documentation
language variation
corpus analysis
Vanuatu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
linguística
psicolinguística
línguas indígenas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
9
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Concepts of Knowledge and Form
Dyslexia
Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,382,964
5,471
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Arlee Turner
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
67
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,433,191
5,568
575
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Shaun Stephen Garea
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
136
1.000
Media Psychology
Video Games
Role Playing Games
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,435,047
5,572
577
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Rand Hazou
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
87
0.640
Refugee Theatre
Applied Theatre
Palestinian Theatre
Prison Theatre
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,448,502
5,601
578
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Cuiying Mu
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
47
0.356
bibliometrics
information literacy
information management
research data management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,460,320
5,619
586
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Arianna Berardi-Wiltshire
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
99
0.773
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Bilingualism
Heritage Languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,473,603
5,646
590
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Mitsue Tabata-Sandom
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
90
0.726
Japanese Language Education
Second Language Reading Acquisition
Extensive Reading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,493,455
5,687
593
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Nicky Stanley-Clarke
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
101
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,567,681
5,792
614
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Sally Akevai Nicholas
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
90
0.918
Linguistics (descriptive documentary typological)
Polynesian languages
corpus linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,639,391
5,920
634
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Siobhán Healy-Cullen
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
81
1.000
Critical health and social psychology
digital sexual citizenship
youth sexuality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,663,840
5,952
641
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Mikayla Holman
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
76
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,716,040
6,042
656
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Pikihuia Pomare
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
57
0.864
Indigenous Psychology
Kaupapa Māori Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Indigenous Health
Mental
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,761,649
6,140
671
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Elizabeth Hiser
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
Second Language Acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,774,199
6,162
673
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Mary Edmond-Paul
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
9
0.161
Literature
Cultural History
New Zealand Writers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,822,239
6,254
684
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Bill Angus
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
32
0.667
Metadrama
informers
Shakespeare
crossroads
ritual
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,827,924
6,268
688
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
David Ishii
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
38
0.809
English for Academic Purposes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,829,411
6,272
691
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Heather M Lamond
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
24
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,872,875
6,348
702
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Moayad Shammut
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
Transport Planning
Autonomous Vehicles
Mobilities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,896,330
6,387
708
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Deanna Haami
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
Indigenous Psychologies
Wairua
Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational Healing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,898,938
6,390
709
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Victoria Kerry
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
33
0.892
Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,942,670
6,459
722
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Emma Qi（齐海静）
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
5
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,943,728
6,463
724
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Evan A Valdes
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
Social Psychology
Political Psychology
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Intergroup Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,986,807
6,545
736
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Darryn Joseph
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
13
0.481
te reo Māori
Children's literature in te reo
language revitalisation
creative writing
resource development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,008,820
6,572
739
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Eleanor Ridge
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
linguistics
language documentation
language variation
corpus analysis
Vanuatu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,048,550
6,633
746
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Cristiane Oliveira Da Silva
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
9
0.429
linguística
psicolinguística
línguas indígenas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,094,738
6,722
757
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Ruth Gibbons
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
Concepts of Knowledge and Form
Dyslexia
Anthropology