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
Rong Chen (陈融)|陈融
Cognitive linguistics
pragmatics
discourse analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,677
806
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Caroline Vickers
applied linguistics
language socialization
multilingualism
health equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
239
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Jennifer Lotte Andersen
early modern English literature
political satire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
80
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
David J Carlson
Native American Studies
Early American Literature
Science Fiction
Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
90
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Jonathan Jd Robinson Anthony
psycholinguistics
bilingualism
language processing
cognitive control
speech-language pathology and disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
70
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Sarah Dowman
Latinx/e and Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Taofeeq Adebayo
Language variation and change
Syntax
Semantics
Discourse
Optimality Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,249
United States
117,288
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rong Chen (陈融)|陈融
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,677
806
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
816,982
United States
233,280
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Caroline Vickers
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
239
0.350
applied linguistics
language socialization
multilingualism
health equity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,100,566
United States
283,331
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jennifer Lotte Andersen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
80
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,157,755
United States
291,716
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David J Carlson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
90
0.335
Native American Studies
Early American Literature
Science Fiction
Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,813,274
United States
378,376
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jonathan Jd Robinson Anthony
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
70
1.000
psycholinguistics
bilingualism
language processing
cognitive control
speech-language pathology and disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,181,883
United States
423,208
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sarah Dowman
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
Latinx/e and Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,207,940
United States
426,112
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Taofeeq Adebayo
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714
Language variation and change
Syntax
Semantics
Discourse
Optimality Theory