Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Highly Cited Researchers 7 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 States
Robert C Evans
Literature
poetry
fiction
drama
literary criticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
150
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
William Gerard
English and American literature of the long eighteenth century
word and image studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
67
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Darren Harris-Fain
science fiction
fantasy
horror
comics
graphic novels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
33
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Shirley Toland-Dix
20th century African American Literature
Caribbean literature
Gender theory
diaspora and Black Atlantic theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
24
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Jason Shifferd
English Composition
Composition Pedagogy
Research
Fake News
Comedy and Satire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Catherine D Gooch
African American literature
Southern Literature
Environmental Humanities
Cultural Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
8
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Angela Fowler
English literature
nineteenth century literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
2
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
736,049
United States
215,421
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert C Evans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
150
0.171
Literature
poetry
fiction
drama
literary criticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,355,861
United States
319,067
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
William Gerard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
67
0.368
English and American literature of the long eighteenth century
word and image studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,596,242
United States
351,540
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Darren Harris-Fain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
33
0.320
science fiction
fantasy
horror
comics
graphic novels
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,736,844
United States
370,694
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shirley Toland-Dix
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
24
0.338
20th century African American Literature
Caribbean literature
Gender theory
diaspora and Black Atlantic theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,103,407
United States
418,200
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jason Shifferd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
English Composition
Composition Pedagogy
Research
Fake News
Comedy and Satire
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,213,545
United States
430,730
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Catherine D Gooch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
8
0.800
African American literature
Southern Literature
Environmental Humanities
Cultural Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,299,675
United States
439,504
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Angela Fowler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
2
0.400
English literature
nineteenth century literature