Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature 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
Second language acquisition
bilingualism
heritage language acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,917
10,978
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Latin American Literature
Film Studies
New Media Studies
Disability Studies
Catalan Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,411
3,005
0.881
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
historical and comparative linguistics
Sanskrit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,563
2,637
0.276
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Writing Studies
academic writing
literacy
semiotics
cultural-historical activity theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,395
2,411
0.326
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Cultural Analytics
Digital Humanities
English Literary History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,902
2,073
0.714
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
evaluation
ethnography
sociolinguistics
comparative educational reform
Namibia and southern Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,779
1,950
0.516
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Language Testing
Educational Measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,207
1,653
0.749
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
instructed second and heritage language acquisition
research methods
language testing and assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,279
1,500
0.457
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Andes
bioacoustics
elevational gradients
katydids
taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,380
1,247
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
language
sentence comprehension
prediction
ERP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,555
1,208
0.777
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Second Language Acquisition
Bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,840
1,167
0.634
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Literacy
Rhetoric
Writing
Global English
Disability Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,937
1,100
0.279
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
bilingual education
literacy instruction and assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,972
1,002
0.168
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,644
973
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Arabic literature and culture
postcolonail studies
translation studies
comparative literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,399
667
0.477
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
English
language
technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,841
653
0.230
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
17th and 18th century British Literature
Science Studies
Digital Media
Science Fiction
Anglo-Chinese Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,451
549
0.224
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Ethnic Studies
Postcolonial Studies
Globalization
World Literature
Diaspora Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,582
471
0.298
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
phonetics
phonology and sociolinguistics of French
francophonie
language policy and plannin in the European Union
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
419
0.297
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Spanish culture
cultural theory
affect and emotions theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
821
413
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Chinese linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,566
405
0.158
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Russian literature and film
gender & women studies
film studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
643
316
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
violence
Yiddish
Russian literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
304
0.340
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Old English
Medieval Studies
Biblical Apocrypha
Manuscripts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
283
0.300
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Asexuality
Language and Sexuality
Corpus Linguistics
Variationist Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
258
0.422
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,918
12,474
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Silvina Montrul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,917
10,978
0.424
Second language acquisition
bilingualism
heritage language acquisition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,221
58,983
498
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eduardo Ledesma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,411
3,005
0.881
Latin American Literature
Film Studies
New Media Studies
Disability Studies
Catalan Literature
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,630
66,924
567
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hans Henrich Hock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,563
2,637
0.276
historical and comparative linguistics
Sanskrit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,603
72,895
619
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paul Prior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,395
2,411
0.326
Writing Studies
academic writing
literacy
semiotics
cultural-historical activity theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,166
83,536
714
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ted Underwood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,902
2,073
0.714
Cultural Analytics
Digital Humanities
English Literary History
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,981
88,020
764
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rodney Hopson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,779
1,950
0.516
evaluation
ethnography
sociolinguistics
comparative educational reform
Namibia and southern Africa
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,550
100,982
870
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Xun Yan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,207
1,653
0.749
Language Testing
Educational Measurement
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,547
109,136
933
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Melissa A Bowles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,279
1,500
0.457
instructed second and heritage language acquisition
research methods
language testing and assessment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,336
125,350
1,074
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Holger Braun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,380
1,247
0.524
Andes
bioacoustics
elevational gradients
katydids
taxonomy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,102
128,246
1,109
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jakub M Szewczyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,555
1,208
0.777
language
sentence comprehension
prediction
ERP
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
427,385
131,268
1,134
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jill Jegerski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,840
1,167
0.634
Second Language Acquisition
Bilingualism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,456
136,733
1,176
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Catherine Prendergast
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,937
1,100
0.279
Literacy
Rhetoric
Writing
Global English
Disability Studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,842
145,353
1,243
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Georgia Earnest Garcia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,972
1,002
0.168
bilingual education
literacy instruction and assessment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490,163
148,036
1,270
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hyun Sook Kang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,644
973
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,985
182,872
1,519
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Waïl S Hassan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,399
667
0.477
Arabic literature and culture
postcolonail studies
translation studies
comparative literature
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
634,469
184,703
1,537
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dennis Baron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,841
653
0.230
English
language
technology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
698,353
199,771
1,648
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robert Markley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,451
549
0.224
17th and 18th century British Literature
Science Studies
Digital Media
Science Fiction
Anglo-Chinese Relations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,965
212,820
1,738
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Susan Koshy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,582
471
0.298
Ethnic Studies
Postcolonial Studies
Globalization
World Literature
Diaspora Studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
804,209
222,769
1,800
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zsuzsanna Fagyal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
419
0.297
phonetics
phonology and sociolinguistics of French
francophonie
language policy and plannin in the European Union
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
810,487
224,003
1,805
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Luisa Elena Delgado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
821
413
0.503
Spanish culture
cultural theory
affect and emotions theories
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818,431
225,533
1,818
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Chin Chuan Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,566
405
0.158
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
924,977
246,280
1,917
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lilya Kaganovsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
643
316
0.491
Russian literature and film
gender & women studies
film studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
941,808
249,358
1,930
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Harriet Murav
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
304
0.340
violence
Yiddish
Russian literature
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
973,503
255,004
1,947
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Charles D Wright
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
283
0.300
Old English
Medieval Studies
Biblical Apocrypha
Manuscripts
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,015,052
262,319
1,972
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew Hinderliter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
258
0.422
Asexuality
Language and Sexuality
Corpus Linguistics
Variationist Sociolinguistics