Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Massey University 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 :1
applied linguistics
language learning
language and technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,835
2,301
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
language and literacy
literacy and social justice
phonology and literacy difficulties
teaching spelling and writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,692
774
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
English for academic purposes
international students
Chinese distance language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
204
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
vocabulary
teaching methodology
song-based teaching
academic writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
248
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Anthropology linguistics
Language and gender
Discourse analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
268
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
sex work
prostitution decriminalisation
transgender studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
242
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Victorian literature
New Zealand literature
Settler colonialism
Ecocriticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
181
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Bilingualism
Heritage Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
107
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Japanese Language Education
Second Language Reading Acquisition
Extensive Reading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
99
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Linguistics (descriptive documentary typological)
Polynesian languages
corpus linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
98
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Second Language Acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
32
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Literature
Cultural History
New Zealand Writers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
9
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
English for Academic Purposes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
40
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Metadrama
informers
Shakespeare
crossroads
ritual
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
32
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
34
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
te reo Māori
Children's literature in te reo
language revitalisation
creative writing
resource development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
14
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
linguistics
language documentation
language variation
corpus analysis
Vanuatu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
linguística
psicolinguística
línguas indígenas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
10
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Early modern English literature
feminist issues in 21st century NZ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
8
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Early modern literature
Online and blended education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Victorian Literature
Captain Frederick Marryat
Politics in Victorian Works
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,341
895
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Cynthia White
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,835
2,301
0.394
applied linguistics
language learning
language and technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,496
1,505
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
tom nicholson
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,692
774
0.210
language and literacy
literacy and social justice
phonology and literacy difficulties
teaching spelling and writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
929,460
4,519
463
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gillian Skyrme
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
204
0.416
English for academic purposes
international students
Chinese distance language learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,162,049
5,001
501
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Friederike Tegge
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
248
0.905
vocabulary
teaching methodology
song-based teaching
academic writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,164,840
5,007
502
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nelly Martin-Anatias
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
268
0.985
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Anthropology linguistics
Language and gender
Discourse analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,239,622
5,180
514
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
242
0.996
sex work
prostitution decriminalisation
transgender studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,270,794
5,239
524
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philip Steer
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
181
0.834
Victorian literature
New Zealand literature
Settler colonialism
Ecocriticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,466,133
5,628
586
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Arianna Berardi-Wiltshire
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
107
0.781
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Bilingualism
Heritage Languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,475,825
5,642
589
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mitsue Tabata-Sandom
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
99
0.744
Japanese Language Education
Second Language Reading Acquisition
Extensive Reading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,558,023
5,782
615
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sally Akevai Nicholas
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
98
0.925
Linguistics (descriptive documentary typological)
Polynesian languages
corpus linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,781,247
6,164
673
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Elizabeth Hiser
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
32
0.542
Second Language Acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,787,713
6,175
674
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mary Edmond-Paul
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
9
0.158
Literature
Cultural History
New Zealand Writers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,840,403
6,290
692
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Ishii
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
40
0.816
English for Academic Purposes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,841,274
6,292
693
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bill Angus
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
32
0.667
Metadrama
informers
Shakespeare
crossroads
ritual
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,909,289
6,409
714
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Victoria Kerry
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
34
0.895
Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,993,621
6,553
736
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Darryn Joseph
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
14
0.500
te reo Māori
Children's literature in te reo
language revitalisation
creative writing
resource development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,024,614
6,602
742
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eleanor Ridge
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
linguistics
language documentation
language variation
corpus analysis
Vanuatu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,052,479
6,643
748
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cristiane Oliveira Da Silva
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
10
0.455
linguística
psicolinguística
línguas indígenas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,159,418
6,822
772
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hannah August
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
8
0.571
Early modern English literature
feminist issues in 21st century NZ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,170,981
6,838
776
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Catherine Stevens
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
Early modern literature
Online and blended education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,365,854
7,102
824
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Seyyedali Khanihoolari
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Victorian Literature
Captain Frederick Marryat
Politics in Victorian Works