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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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
linguistics
syntax
morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,292
2,088
0.252
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Typology
corpus linguistics
psycholinguistics
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,337
1,893
0.810
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
German as a Foreign Language
Test Research and Development
Corpus Linguistics
Vocabulary
Grammar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,246
830
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Linguistics
German
Morphology
Syntax
Word Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
822
454
0.552
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Phraseology
Interlinguistics
Esperanto studies
Lingua Franca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,119
428
0.382
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Linguistik
Syntax
Morphologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638
422
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Syntax
Semantics
Learnability
Mathematical Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,091
409
0.375
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Linguistics
Syntax
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
765
388
0.507
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Digital Classics
Digital Philology
Historiography
Epigraphy
Historical Text Reuse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
719
388
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
computational linguistics
Latin
Ancient Greek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488
370
0.758
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Phonology
Morphology
Theoretical Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
346
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Usage-based linguistics
construction grammar
corpus linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
330
0.338
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
psycholinguistics
linguistics
language processing
second language acquisition
L2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
313
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
298
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
linguistics
syntax
morphology
semantics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
266
0.818
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
sociolinguistics
applied linguistics
african studies
language philosophy
language and race
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
195
0.871
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
word recognition
speech perception
language production
psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
101
0.404
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
American Studies
Narrative
Popular Culture
Postmodernism
19th-Century Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
84
0.923
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Literaturwissenschaften
Tibetologie
Asienwissenschaften
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
47
0.595
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Linguistics
Syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
33
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
linguistics
morphology
syntax
phonology
psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
digital humanities
maps
literature
wikipedia
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Literature
Culture
Space
Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Literaturwissenschaft
Kulturgeschichte
Literarturtheorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
10
0.130
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,083
9,792
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gereon Müller
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,292
2,088
0.252
linguistics
syntax
morphology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,037
10,686
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Natalia Levshina
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,337
1,893
0.810
Typology
corpus linguistics
psycholinguistics
statistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,664
19,320
218
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Erwin Tschirner
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,246
830
0.370
German as a Foreign Language
Test Research and Development
Corpus Linguistics
Vocabulary
Grammar
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,856
26,498
279
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Barbara Schlücker
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
822
454
0.552
Linguistics
German
Morphology
Syntax
Word Formation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
770,021
27,325
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sabine Fiedler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,119
428
0.382
Phraseology
Interlinguistics
Esperanto studies
Lingua Franca
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
776,155
27,557
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Philipp Weisser
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638
422
0.661
Linguistik
Syntax
Morphologie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,735
27,991
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gregory M Kobele
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,091
409
0.375
Syntax
Semantics
Learnability
Mathematical Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
810,948
28,787
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jana Häussler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
765
388
0.507
Linguistics
Syntax
Psycholinguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
810,988
28,788
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Monica Berti
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
719
388
0.540
Digital Classics
Digital Philology
Historiography
Epigraphy
Historical Text Reuse
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831,222
29,494
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Giuseppe Ga Celano
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488
370
0.758
computational linguistics
Latin
Ancient Greek
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
859,700
30,497
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Eva Zimmermann
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
346
0.592
Phonology
Morphology
Theoretical Linguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879,673
31,216
334
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Doris Schönefeld
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
330
0.338
Usage-based linguistics
construction grammar
corpus linguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
903,022
32,026
346
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andreas Opitz
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
313
0.699
psycholinguistics
linguistics
language processing
second language acquisition
L2
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
924,092
32,761
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Petr Biskup
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
298
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
975,238
34,593
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andrew Murphy
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
266
0.818
linguistics
syntax
morphology
semantics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,116,647
39,666
423
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
LaraStephanie KrauseAlzaidi
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
195
0.871
sociolinguistics
applied linguistics
african studies
language philosophy
language and race
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,417,100
48,872
503
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Malte Viebahn
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
101
0.404
word recognition
speech perception
language production
psycholinguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,499,817
51,082
527
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stefan Schubert
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
84
0.923
American Studies
Narrative
Popular Culture
Postmodernism
19th-Century Literature
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,726,939
56,730
594
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Franz Xaver Erhard
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
47
0.595
Literaturwissenschaften
Tibetologie
Asienwissenschaften
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,845,419
59,106
618
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hyunjung Lee
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
33
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,846,781
59,128
619
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yuriy Kushnir
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
linguistics
morphology
syntax
phonology
psycholinguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,857,427
59,343
625
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Silvia E Gutiérrez De La Torre
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
digital humanities
maps
literature
wikipedia
history of science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,967,040
61,322
645
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Steffen Wöll|Steffen Adrian Wöll
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
Literature
Culture
Space
Mobility
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,015,503
62,198
652
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marie-Luise Popp
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,133,370
64,178
668
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wolfgang F Schwarz
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
10
0.130
Literaturwissenschaft
Kulturgeschichte
Literarturtheorie