Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of British Columbia 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 and Identity
Critical Literacy
International Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,962
18,202
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
applied linguistics
(second) language education and socialization
language learning
qualitative research methods in applied l
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,313
9,390
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
critical applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,437
6,339
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
English historical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,611
3,521
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Literacy education
cross-national
assessment
writing
equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,037
1,142
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Time-varying coordination during communicative behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,578
1,522
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Chinese philosophy
cognitive science of religion
virtue ethics
cognitive linguistics
science-humanities integration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,861
3,513
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
phonology
morphology
African languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,775
1,040
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,189
2,966
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Education
bilingualism
teacher education
transnational literacy
migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,733
3,069
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
cognitive linguistics
semantics
cognitive poetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,259
2,405
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
syntax
theoretical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,169
2,259
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Phonetics
Laboratory Phonology
Speech Science
Speech Motor Control
Biomechanics of Speech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,037
1,963
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Feminist
Postcolonial
Multicultural
Diasporic cultural theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,646
832
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Writing
literacy
rhetoric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,990
1,357
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Syntax
Information Structure
Prosody
Focus
Givenness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,767
544
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Linguistics
Semantics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,697
1,116
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
second language phonology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,491
922
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Literacy
early literacy
family literacy
community literacy
digital literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
1,060
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Language Variation and Change
Historical Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,130
1,322
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Language Acquisition
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,057
1,279
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
New Literacy Studies
multimodality
international development
visual methodologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
1,346
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Syntactic theory
Algonquian
Na-Dene
Niger-Congo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,718
667
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Romanticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,114
515
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Theoretical phonology
morphology
Salish & Wakashan languages
language revitalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
274
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,299
520
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bonny Norton
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,962
18,202
0.434
Language and Identity
Critical Literacy
International Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,950
1,481
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Patricia A Duff
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,313
9,390
0.421
applied linguistics
(second) language education and socialization
language learning
qualitative research methods in applied l
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,381
3,077
358
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ryuko Kubota
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,437
6,339
0.472
critical applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,638
4,133
456
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Laurel Brinton
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,611
3,521
0.332
English historical linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,266
4,954
530
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert J Tierney
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,037
1,142
0.126
Literacy education
cross-national
assessment
writing
equity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,310
5,936
612
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eric Vatikiotis Bateson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,578
1,522
0.201
Time-varying coordination during communicative behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,382
6,601
662
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Edward Slingerland
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,861
3,513
0.512
Chinese philosophy
cognitive science of religion
virtue ethics
cognitive linguistics
science-humanities integration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,380
6,685
673
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Douglas Pulleyblank
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,775
1,040
0.154
phonology
morphology
African languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,269
7,268
718
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Julian Brooke
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,189
2,966
0.479
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,468
7,763
767
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Guofang Li
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,733
3,069
0.535
Education
bilingualism
teacher education
transnational literacy
migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,365
8,402
814
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Barbara Dancygier
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,259
2,405
0.457
cognitive linguistics
semantics
cognitive poetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,618
8,537
828
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Martina Wiltschko
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,169
2,259
0.437
syntax
theoretical linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,745
8,768
845
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bryan Gick
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,037
1,963
0.390
Phonetics
Laboratory Phonology
Speech Science
Speech Motor Control
Biomechanics of Speech
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,239
9,419
907
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sneja Gunew
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,646
832
0.179
Feminist
Postcolonial
Multicultural
Diasporic cultural theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,651
10,704
1,005
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anthony Pare
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,990
1,357
0.340
Writing
literacy
rhetoric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,851
11,183
1,042
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Michael Rochemont
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,767
544
0.144
Syntax
Information Structure
Prosody
Focus
Givenness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,194
11,341
1,051
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hotze Rullmann
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,697
1,116
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,995
11,849
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
John Archibald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,491
922
0.264
second language phonology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,859
12,677
1,134
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jim Anderson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
1,060
0.332
Literacy
early literacy
family literacy
community literacy
digital literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,620
12,841
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alexandra D Arcy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,130
1,322
0.422
Language Variation and Change
Historical Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,835
13,053
1,162
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Carla Hudson Kam
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,057
1,279
0.418
Language Acquisition
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,530
13,893
1,224
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Maureen Kendrick
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
1,346
0.481
New Literacy Studies
multimodality
international development
visual methodologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,947
14,195
1,241
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rose Marie Dechaine
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,718
667
0.245
Syntactic theory
Algonquian
Na-Dene
Niger-Congo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,015
16,566
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert Miles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,114
515
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
506,316
18,975
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Suzanne Urbanczyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
274
0.166
Theoretical phonology
morphology
Salish & Wakashan languages
language revitalization