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 :76
mass culture
mass literature
middle literature
sociocultural situation
cultural space
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,330
6,231
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Language Learning
Metacognition
L2 Reading & Writing
Bilingual/Biliteracy Intervention
L2 Teacher Cognition and Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,202
13,051
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
English Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,189
11,682
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Language testing
curriculum development
evaluation
research methods
and connected speech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,789
10,111
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Phonology-syntax interface
prosody
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,015
5,596
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Linguistics
Literacy Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,918
8,224
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Systematics
comparative biology
phylogenetics
systematic biology
historical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,668
6,263
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
comparative syntax
generative grammar
typology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,565
6,919
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,053
11,798
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
иранистика
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,519
7,056
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
variationist sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,513
5,714
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Cognitive Science
Psycholinguistics
Linguistics
Aesthetics
Cognitive Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,421
2,816
0.103
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,379
7,955
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Models
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,036
14,464
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
language and reading disabilities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,720
8,012
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
mass spectrometry
pharmacognosy
botanical dietary supplements
natural products
cancer chemoprevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,698
8,256
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Cognitive science
psychology
decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,529
11,486
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Indigenous Languages
Language Revitalisation
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,403
14,907
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
literacy
new literacies
digital technologies
new media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,312
8,139
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
English language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,293
24,718
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Computational Psycholinguistics
Computational Linguistics
Sentence Processing
Cognitive Science
Computational Pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,239
16,858
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
English language
legal English
English for Specific Purposes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,069
5,995
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Poetics
Creative Process and ABR
Writing Research
Translation
Border Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,799
15,189
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
phonology
learnability
metrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,783
5,153
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Second language acquisition
bilingualism
heritage language acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,777
10,830
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,848
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Виктор Гусев
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,330
6,231
0.205
mass culture
mass literature
middle literature
sociocultural situation
cultural space
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,014
72
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Lawrence Jun Zhang
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,202
13,051
0.432
Language Learning
Metacognition
L2 Reading & Writing
Bilingual/Biliteracy Intervention
L2 Teacher Cognition and Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,030
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Ismail Abbasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,189
11,682
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,510
10,383
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
James Dean Brown
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,789
10,111
0.339
Language testing
curriculum development
evaluation
research methods
and connected speech
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,489
10,830
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Elisabeth Selkirk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,015
5,596
0.193
Phonology-syntax interface
prosody
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,596
2,065
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
David Barton
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,918
8,224
0.284
Linguistics
Literacy Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,913
11,004
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Ward Wheeler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,668
6,263
0.218
Systematics
comparative biology
phylogenetics
systematic biology
historical linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,056
929
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Guglielmo Cinque
Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
Venezia, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,565
6,919
0.242
comparative syntax
generative grammar
typology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,721
223
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Catherine Mcbride
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,053
11,798
0.421
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,430
87
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Владимир Борисович Иванов
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,519
7,056
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,440
11,679
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Elaine Tarone
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,513
5,714
0.208
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
variationist sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,550
11,723
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Thomas G Bever
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,421
2,816
0.103
Cognitive Science
Psycholinguistics
Linguistics
Aesthetics
Cognitive Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,608
353
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Peter Robinson
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,379
7,955
0.291
second language acquisition
applied linguistics
psycholinguistics
individual differences
task-based language learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,109
1,143
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Mark Johnson
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,036
14,464
0.535
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Models
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,573
12,166
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Hugh Catts
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,720
8,012
0.300
language and reading disabilities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,607
12,182
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Richard B Van Breemen
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,698
8,256
0.309
mass spectrometry
pharmacognosy
botanical dietary supplements
natural products
cancer chemoprevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,861
12,281
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Steven Sloman
Brown University
Providence, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,529
11,486
0.433
Cognitive science
psychology
decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,054
1,186
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Steven Bird
Charles Darwin University
Avustralya, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,403
14,907
0.565
Indigenous Languages
Language Revitalisation
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,203
12,426
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Michele Knobel
Montclair State University
Montclair, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,312
8,139
0.309
literacy
new literacies
digital technologies
new media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,237
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Nisreen Sobhy|nisreen sobhy mohamed Ali elsayed
Tanta University
Tanta, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,293
24,718
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,313
12,477
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Roger Levy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,239
16,858
0.642
Computational Psycholinguistics
Computational Linguistics
Sentence Processing
Cognitive Science
Computational Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,583
1,069
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Christopher Williams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,069
5,995
0.230
English language
legal English
English for Specific Purposes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,029
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Haris C. Adhikari
Kathmandu University
Dhulikhel, Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,799
15,189
0.589
Poetics
Creative Process and ABR
Writing Research
Translation
Border Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,058
12,782
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Bruce Hayes
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,783
5,153
0.200
phonology
learnability
metrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,066
12,788
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Silvina Montrul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,777
10,830
0.420
Second language acquisition
bilingualism
heritage language acquisition