Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,674
24,027
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gothic
Science Fiction
Contemporary Literature
Supernatural
Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,373
2,715
0.426
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Contemporary Fiction
Digital Humanities
Stylistics
Scholarly Communications
Evaluative Cultures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,111
1,482
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Spanish pragmatics
digital discourse analysis
variational pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,835
1,146
0.404
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
utopia
contemporary literature
science fiction
Marxism
critical theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,223
530
0.433
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sociolinguistics
Language Planning and Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
751
441
0.587
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Spanish Republican Exile
Spanish Cultural Studies
Urbanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
386
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
SLA
psycholinguistics
emotion
personality
individual differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289
286
0.990
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
241
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309
170
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
modernist critical studies
medical humanities
gender & sexuality
psychoanalysis
critical theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
117
0.398
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
The Fourth Dimension
genre fiction
cultural and critical theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
71
0.789
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
50
0.495
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Utopia Studies
English Literature
Resistance Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Comparative Literature
Art History
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Language of flowers
floriography
Victorian Gothic
Female Gothic
ecoGothic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
contemporary literature
history of science and technology
posthumanism
human enhancement
medical humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,676
836
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,674
24,027
0.693
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,394
14,668
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Roger Luckhurst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,373
2,715
0.426
Gothic
Science Fiction
Contemporary Literature
Supernatural
Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,284
24,243
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Martin Paul Eve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,111
1,482
0.702
Contemporary Fiction
Digital Humanities
Stylistics
Scholarly Communications
Evaluative Cultures
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
430,918
28,817
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Maria Elena Placencia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,835
1,146
0.404
Spanish pragmatics
digital discourse analysis
variational pragmatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707,950
42,104
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Caroline Edwards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,223
530
0.433
utopia
contemporary literature
science fiction
Marxism
critical theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780,673
45,643
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lisa Mcentee-Atalianis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
751
441
0.587
Sociolinguistics
Language Planning and Policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836,912
48,554
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mari Paz Balibrea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
386
0.370
Spanish Republican Exile
Spanish Cultural Studies
Urbanism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
969,727
55,311
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sharona Moskowitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289
286
0.990
SLA
psycholinguistics
emotion
personality
individual differences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,047,104
59,141
225
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ruxandra-S. Comanaru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
241
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,209,383
66,457
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert Stearn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309
170
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,382,689
73,424
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jo Winning|Joanne Winning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
117
0.398
modernist critical studies
medical humanities
gender & sexuality
psychoanalysis
critical theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,600,621
80,460
295
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mark Blacklock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
71
0.789
The Fourth Dimension
genre fiction
cultural and critical theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,733,079
83,965
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Victoria Mills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
50
0.495
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,039,009
90,655
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Raphael Kabo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Utopia Studies
English Literature
Resistance Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,155,005
92,863
348
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sasha Dovzhyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
Comparative Literature
Art History
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,217,722
93,976
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jemma Stewart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Language of flowers
floriography
Victorian Gothic
Female Gothic
ecoGothic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,295,570
95,280
362
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hallvard Haug|Knut Hallvard Sverre Haug
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
contemporary literature
history of science and technology
posthumanism
human enhancement
medical humanities