Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University West 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
Language Learning and Motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,862
4,337
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Medieval literature
medieval hunting
manuscripts
history of the book
textual editing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,234
1,892
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
children's literature
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,211
1,031
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Second Language Acquisition
Study Abroad
Task-based Language Teaching
Corpus Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,652
1,803
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
1,834
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Sociolinguistics
Linguistics
Language Variation and Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
641
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
language contact
bilingualism
typology
fieldwork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,810
844
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Acculturation
diversity
leadership
employee attitudes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,698
900
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
African American Literature
African American History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,487
463
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Afro-Hispanic Literature
Hispanic poetry
Caribbean Women writers
Life writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,449
1,052
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Frankenstein
Rosina Bulwer Lytton
Dracula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
471
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Cognitive and linguistic skills that underpin reading comprehension and text writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,234
754
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Multilingualism
Afrikaans-English bilingualism
language and identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
516
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
187
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Hispanic Literature and Culture
Eighteenth Century Studies
Intellectual History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
582
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Early Caribbean literature
eco-criticism
Caribbean women's writing
images of early Caribbean landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
251
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Language Computing
Education
Physics
Career Guidance
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
534
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
American literature
ecocriticism
environmental humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
864
194
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Phonetics
phonology
music cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
843
452
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
English Literature in a political context
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
822
821
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Conversation Analysis
Interactional Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
796
614
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
764
540
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Applied Corpus Linguistics
Academic Writing
Digital Humanities
Romanian Education
Literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
764
496
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
child language development
child language disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
290
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
adolescent literacy
teacher education in writing instruction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
722
213
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,473
2,640
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alastair Henry
University West
Trollhättan, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,862
4,337
0.740
Language Learning and Motivation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,093
1,041
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Scott-Macnab
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,234
1,892
0.447
Medieval literature
medieval hunting
manuscripts
history of the book
textual editing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,047
4,657
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Maj Asplund Carlsson
University West
Trollhättan, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,211
1,031
0.321
children's literature
education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,780
117,289
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nicole Tracy Ventura
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,652
1,803
0.680
Second Language Acquisition
Study Abroad
Task-based Language Teaching
Corpus Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,937
118,715
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Amy S Thompson
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
1,834
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,228
144,587
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kirk Hazen
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
641
0.337
Sociolinguistics
Linguistics
Language Variation and Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,499
31,101
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jeanette Sakel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,810
844
0.466
language contact
bilingualism
typology
fieldwork
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
496,782
2,435
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Leon Jackson
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,698
900
0.530
Acculturation
diversity
leadership
employee attitudes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
541,871
166,475
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Ernest
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,487
463
0.311
African American Literature
African American History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,595
60
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nicole Roberts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,449
1,052
0.726
Afro-Hispanic Literature
Hispanic poetry
Caribbean Women writers
Life writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,559
35,409
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marie Mulvey Roberts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
471
0.333
Frankenstein
Rosina Bulwer Lytton
Dracula
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606,814
37,724
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Selma Babayiğit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,234
754
0.611
Cognitive and linguistic skills that underpin reading comprehension and text writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
660,971
3,406
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
516
0.486
Multilingualism
Afrikaans-English bilingualism
language and identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,074
196,986
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jeffrey Sommers
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
187
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,427
201,029
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yvonne Fuentes
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
582
0.573
Hispanic Literature and Culture
Eighteenth Century Studies
Intellectual History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,006
36
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Evelyn O Callaghan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
251
0.284
Early Caribbean literature
eco-criticism
Caribbean women's writing
images of early Caribbean landscape
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
733,443
6,050
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Evangelos Papakitsos
University of West Attica
Egaleo, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
534
0.614
Language Computing
Education
Physics
Career Guidance
Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735,773
215,074
440
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Timothy Sweet
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
864
194
0.225
American literature
ecocriticism
environmental humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,398
217,090
444
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jonah Katz
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
843
452
0.536
Phonetics
phonology
music cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753,184
3,956
219
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Farzanah Loonate
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
822
821
0.999
English Literature in a political context
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
764,647
221,791
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joshua Raclaw
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
796
614
0.771
Conversation Analysis
Interactional Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
778,965
4,134
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Crizelle Els
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
764
540
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
779,003
1,726
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Madalina Chitez
West University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
764
496
0.649
Applied Corpus Linguistics
Academic Writing
Digital Humanities
Romanian Education
Literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794,588
228,423
465
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jayne Brandel
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
290
0.397
child language development
child language disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
798,944
106
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Krishna Seunarinesingh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
722
213
0.295
adolescent literacy
teacher education in writing instruction