Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

South-West University Neofit Rilski Blagoevgrad 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
Bulgaria
Petar Tsonev
General Linguistics
Phonetics and Phonology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
83
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Bulgaria
Ellie Boyadzhieva
General Linguistics
English Language
Contrastive Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
123
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Bulgaria
Dafina Kostadinova
linguistics
contrastive analysis
academic English
specialized translation
error analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
89
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bulgaria
Bilyana Todorova
Linguistics
Computer-Mediated Comminication
Discourse Studies
Pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
52
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Bulgaria
Milena Levunlieva
Cognitive linguistics
semantics
TESL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
33
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Bulgaria
Sofiya Mitsova
linguistics
sociolinguistics
language management
dialectology
language variation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Bulgaria
Yana Manova-Georgieva
literary onomastics
literary names
nominative symbolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Bulgaria
Gergana Pencheva-ApostolovaDrhabil
Philosophy of language
Applied linguistics
Cognitive studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
3
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,401,928
Bulgaria
2,259
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Petar Tsonev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
83
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,418,018
Bulgaria
2,317
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ellie Boyadzhieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
123
0.826
General Linguistics
English Language
Contrastive Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,565,903
Bulgaria
2,745
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dafina Kostadinova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
89
0.856
linguistics
contrastive analysis
academic English
specialized translation
error analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,741,911
Bulgaria
3,301
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bilyana Todorova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
52
0.800
Linguistics
Computer-Mediated Comminication
Discourse Studies
Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,797,771
Bulgaria
3,466
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gergana Padareva-Ilieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
42
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,916,833
Bulgaria
3,764
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Milena Levunlieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
33
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,107,056
Bulgaria
4,273
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sofiya Mitsova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
linguistics
sociolinguistics
language management
dialectology
language variation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,185,482
Bulgaria
4,482
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yana Manova-Georgieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
literary onomastics
literary names
nominative symbolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,204,214
Bulgaria
4,553
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gergana Pencheva-ApostolovaDrhabil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
3
0.300
Philosophy of language
Applied linguistics
Cognitive studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,293,777
Bulgaria
4,818
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Elena Andonova - Kalapsazova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
0
0.000