Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
* Total 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
* Total 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
* Total 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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Phraseology
Interlinguistics
Esperanto studies
Lingua Franca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,119
428
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Syntax
Semantics
Learnability
Mathematical Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,091
409
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Usage-based linguistics
construction grammar
corpus linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
330
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Linguistics
German
Morphology
Syntax
Word Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
822
454
0.552
* Total 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
* Total 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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Linguistik
Syntax
Morphologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638
422
0.661
* Total 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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
298
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
computational linguistics
Latin
Ancient Greek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488
370
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
psycholinguistics
linguistics
language processing
second language acquisition
L2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
313
0.699
* Total 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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
word recognition
speech perception
language production
psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
101
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
sociolinguistics
applied linguistics
african studies
language philosophy
language and race
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
195
0.871
* Total 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
* Total 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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Literaturwissenschaft
Kulturgeschichte
Literarturtheorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
10
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Linguistics
Syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
33
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
linguistics
morphology
syntax
phonology
psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
digital humanities
maps
literature
wikipedia
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Literature
Culture
Space
Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,435
5,112
61
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,887
14,367
177
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,504
14,773
183
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,237
21,727
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
635,261
21,978
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
675,476
23,215
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
736,622
25,023
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
762,029
25,761
294
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
783,418
26,389
301
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823,869
27,631
311
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Philipp Weisser
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638
422
0.661
Linguistik
Syntax
Morphologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
852,645
28,520
316
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867,690
28,998
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Petr Biskup
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
298
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
911,160
30,514
325
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
945,852
31,756
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,072,610
36,477
395
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,179,671
40,364
430
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,224,647
41,973
446
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,596,846
52,983
557
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,652,263
54,394
574
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,662,732
54,636
579
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wolfgang F Schwarz
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
10
0.130
Literaturwissenschaft
Kulturgeschichte
Literarturtheorie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,755,900
56,835
601
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hyunjung Lee
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
33
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,848,717
58,807
622
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,906,640
59,964
639
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,023,160
62,064
651
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,025,226
62,095
652
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marie-Luise Popp
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783