Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Highly Cited Researchers 19 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
United Arab Emirates
Philip Mccarthy|McCarthy PM, PM McCarthy
ESL
Discourse
Text
linguistics computer science
psychology cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,231
3,108
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United Arab Emirates
Ahmad Al-Issa
Sociolinguistics
Cross-cultural communication
Language and Identity
Global English
Pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
630
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Ali
Qur'an Translation
Qur'an
Qur'anic Linguistics
Islamic Text Translation
Applied Translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
461
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United Arab Emirates
Maher Bahloul
Theoretical
Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
245
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United Arab Emirates
Nawar Al-Hassan Golley
Gender and women's Stidies
Arab Women
Feminist Theory
Postcolonial and Transnational Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
163
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United Arab Emirates
Fatima Badry
language policy
psycholinguistics
Arabic acquisition
language and identity
global English
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
178
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United Arab Emirates
Hania Am Nashef هانياالناشف
Postcolonial
media representations
postmodern
comparative literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
158
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United Arab Emirates
Silvia Vaccino-Salvadore
Language teacher identity
multimodal composition
second language writing
vocabulary acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
113
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United Arab Emirates
Ji Young Shim
code-switching
bilingualism
psycholinguistics
syntax
Arabic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
54
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United Arab Emirates
Olatunbosun Ishaq Tijani
Arabic Literature
Middle Eastern Studies
Women and Gender Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
46
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United Arab Emirates
Aisha Sayidina
Literacy studies
contrastive discourse analysis
critical discourse analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
38
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United Arab Emirates
Boutheina Khaldi
20th C Egypt
literary salons
Epistolarity writing
gender studies
comparative literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
46
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United Arab Emirates
Anoud Abusalim
Second Language Writing
educational reseach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
63
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United Arab Emirates
Juana Park
Psycholinguistics
complex words
figurative language
embodied cognition
bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
27
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United Arab Emirates
Gregory Vanderpyl
academic writing
creative writing
linguistics
etymology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
12
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United Arab Emirates
Ghada J Lehn
Medieval Arabic and Islkamic studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
7
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United Arab Emirates
Brian J Mcallister
Narrative Theory
Ecocriticism
Contemporary Literature
Poetry
Spatial Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,176
United Arab Emirates
170
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Philip Mccarthy|McCarthy PM, PM McCarthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,231
3,108
0.430
ESL
Discourse
Text
linguistics computer science
psychology cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,280
United Arab Emirates
1,007
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ahmad Al-Issa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
630
0.434
Sociolinguistics
Cross-cultural communication
Language and Identity
Global English
Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707,287
United Arab Emirates
1,338
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ahmed Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
461
0.488
Qur'an Translation
Qur'an
Qur'anic Linguistics
Islamic Text Translation
Applied Translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
739,732
United Arab Emirates
1,413
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Maher Bahloul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
245
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
916,812
United Arab Emirates
1,787
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nawar Al-Hassan Golley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
163
0.316
Gender and women's Stidies
Arab Women
Feminist Theory
Postcolonial and Transnational Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,023,041
United Arab Emirates
2,014
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fatima Badry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
178
0.447
language policy
psycholinguistics
Arabic acquisition
language and identity
global English
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,186,292
United Arab Emirates
2,345
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hania Am Nashef هانياالناشف
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
158
0.590
Postcolonial
media representations
postmodern
comparative literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,411,470
United Arab Emirates
2,771
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Silvia Vaccino-Salvadore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
113
0.711
Language teacher identity
multimodal composition
second language writing
vocabulary acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,476,921
United Arab Emirates
2,888
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ji Young Shim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
54
0.394
code-switching
bilingualism
psycholinguistics
syntax
Arabic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,629,368
United Arab Emirates
3,146
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Olatunbosun Ishaq Tijani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
46
0.484
Arabic Literature
Middle Eastern Studies
Women and Gender Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,629,600
United Arab Emirates
3,148
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Aisha Sayidina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
38
0.400
Literacy studies
contrastive discourse analysis
critical discourse analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,633,588
United Arab Emirates
3,157
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Boutheina Khaldi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
46
0.489
20th C Egypt
literary salons
Epistolarity writing
gender studies
comparative literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,641,475
United Arab Emirates
3,166
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anoud Abusalim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
63
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,912,628
United Arab Emirates
3,625
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Juana Park
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
27
0.643
Psycholinguistics
complex words
figurative language
embodied cognition
bilingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,035,988
United Arab Emirates
3,800
281
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gregory Vanderpyl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
12
0.444
academic writing
creative writing
linguistics
etymology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,153,729
United Arab Emirates
3,962
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ghada J Lehn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
7
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,204,846
United Arab Emirates
4,016
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brian J Mcallister
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
Narrative Theory
Ecocriticism
Contemporary Literature
Poetry
Spatial Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,341,890
United Arab Emirates
4,176
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thomas Hodge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,347,704
United Arab Emirates
4,185
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mhd Tameem Kabbani|MHD Tameem Kabbani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
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