Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Highly Cited Researchers 40 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Generation
Vision and Language
Language Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,611
3,751
0.567
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
903
0.446
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
pragmatics
(critical) discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
digital humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
491
0.797
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Contemporary Literature
Literary Theory
Posthumanism
Comparative Literature
Futures of Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
487
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Linguistics
Multimodal Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
429
0.265
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Spanish literature
Spanish history
linguistics
comparative literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,115
405
0.363
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
bilingual language development
language impairment
vocabulary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
553
310
0.561
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Language Education
Second Language Acquisition
Teaching and learning foreign languages
Italian L2
Mutilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
292
0.486
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Italian Linguistics
Linguistic History of Malta
Dubbing of English-language films into Italian
Onomastics
Use of Italian in
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
822
212
0.258
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Phonetics
Phonology
Prosody and Intonation
Bi-/Multilingualism
Maltese/its Dialects/Maltese English
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387
175
0.452
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Maltese grammar
Maltese sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
173
0.193
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Language typology
morpho-syntax
the Maltese language
writing systems
language policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
173
0.205
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Maltese linguistics
morphology
semantics
lexicography
dialectology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
142
0.418
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
sociolinguistics
bilingualism
discourse analysis and research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
139
0.308
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Arabic language
Arabic dialectology
Maltese
Syriac and other Semitic Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
130
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
English
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
89
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
historical linguistics
morphology of Maltese (synchronic and diachronic)
language contact
language planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
76
0.202
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Modernist literature in English
Spanish
French and Portuguese
poetry and poetics
translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
65
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
German
Maltese
Media Literacy
Multimodality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
60
0.759
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
59
0.819
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Italian Language and Literature
Gothic
Horror and Fantastic Literature
Popular Culture
Film and Television Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
54
0.563
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
49
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Literary Translation
Translation Theory and History
Translation Semiotics
Critical and Literary Theory
Science Fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
34
0.548
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Language variation
Sociophonetics
Phonetics and Phonology
Historical Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
32
0.582
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Applied Linguistics
Literary Reading Processes
Stylistics
Learner Corpora
TESOL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
31
0.608
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,272
24
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Albert Gatt
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,611
3,751
0.567
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Generation
Vision and Language
Language Production
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
480,331
110
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antoinette Camilleri Grima
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
903
0.446
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
705,255
170
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stavros Assimakopoulos
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
491
0.797
pragmatics
(critical) discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
digital humanities
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708,093
171
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ivan Callus
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
487
0.512
Contemporary Literature
Literary Theory
Posthumanism
Comparative Literature
Futures of Literature
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
759,793
189
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Patrizia Paggio
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
429
0.265
Computational Linguistics
Multimodal Communication
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784,187
196
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
JA Garrido Ardila
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,115
405
0.363
Spanish literature
Spanish history
linguistics
comparative literature
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,609
229
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniela R Gatt
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
553
310
0.561
bilingual language development
language impairment
vocabulary
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
928,703
239
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sandro Caruana
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
292
0.486
Language Education
Second Language Acquisition
Teaching and learning foreign languages
Italian L2
Mutilingualism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,077,846
270
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joseph M Brincat (Giuseppe)
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
822
212
0.258
Italian Linguistics
Linguistic History of Malta
Dubbing of English-language films into Italian
Onomastics
Use of Italian in
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,170,177
299
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alexandra Vella
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387
175
0.452
Phonetics
Phonology
Prosody and Intonation
Bi-/Multilingualism
Maltese/its Dialects/Maltese English
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,175,080
301
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Albert Borg
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
173
0.193
Maltese grammar
Maltese sociolinguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,175,092
302
293
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ray Fabri
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
173
0.205
Language typology
morpho-syntax
the Maltese language
writing systems
language policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,269,878
330
320
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Spagnol
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
142
0.418
Maltese linguistics
morphology
semantics
lexicography
dialectology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,279,783
332
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lydia Sciriha
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
139
0.308
sociolinguistics
bilingualism
discourse analysis and research methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,311,943
345
333
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Martin R. Zammit
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
130
0.400
Arabic language
Arabic dialectology
Maltese
Syriac and other Semitic Studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,486,512
383
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
James Corby
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
89
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,553,341
402
384
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Manwel Mifsud
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
76
0.202
historical linguistics
morphology of Maltese (synchronic and diachronic)
language contact
language planning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,618,657
418
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
John Pedro Schwartz
American University of Malta
Bormla, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
65
0.406
Modernist literature in English
Spanish
French and Portuguese
poetry and poetics
translation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,652,449
431
408
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cremona George
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
60
0.759
German
Maltese
Media Literacy
Multimodality
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,659,418
435
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rachael M Agius
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
59
0.819
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,691,914
450
425
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fabrizio Foni
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
54
0.563
Italian Language and Literature
Gothic
Horror and Fantastic Literature
Popular Culture
Film and Television Studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,728,371
461
435
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jordan Wolfgang Klein
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
49
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,853,904
498
470
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Clare E Vassallo
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
34
0.548
Literary Translation
Translation Theory and History
Translation Semiotics
Critical and Literary Theory
Science Fiction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,873,187
502
474
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sarah Grech
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
32
0.582
Language variation
Sociophonetics
Phonetics and Phonology
Historical Linguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,883,130
508
480
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Odette Vassallo
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
31
0.608
Applied Linguistics
Literary Reading Processes
Stylistics
Learner Corpora
TESOL