Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 Theories
Wittgenstein
Metalanguage
Philosophy of Language
Child Language Development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,595
767
0.167
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Ranking Based On Selection :2
children's literature
technology and literacy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,503
666
0.443
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Ranking Based On Selection :3
Linguistics
language documentation
Muskogean languages
Native American languages
lexicography
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
248
0.316
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Ranking Based On Selection :4
Greek Literature
Latin Literature
Classical Studies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
199
0.466
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Ranking Based On Selection :5
literacy
teacher education
game-based learning
multimodal composition
adolescent literacy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
248
0.756
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Ranking Based On Selection :6
Nineteenth-century American literature
women's writing
and poetry
diaries and letters
scholarly editing.
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
106
0.385
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Ranking Based On Selection :7
Italian Literature
Film Studies
Ecocriticism
Environmental Humanities
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
52
0.712
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Ranking Based On Selection :8
discourse analysis
sociocultural linguistics
linguistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
24
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
early modern cultural studies
queer theory & LGBTQIA+ studies
critical race and gender studies
performance theory
and pregna
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Medieval Literature
Old & Middle English
Poetry
Narrative
Fictionality
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
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Ranking Based On Selection :11
Arabic Literature
Nahda Studies
Translation Studies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Talbot Taylor
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,595
767
0.167
Language Theories
Wittgenstein
Metalanguage
Philosophy of Language
Child Language Development
Denise Johnson
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,503
666
0.443
children's literature
technology and literacy
Jack B Martin
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
248
0.316
Linguistics
language documentation
Muskogean languages
Native American languages
lexicography
Vassiliki Panoussi
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
199
0.466
Greek Literature
Latin Literature
Classical Studies
Lindy L Johnson
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
248
0.756
literacy
teacher education
game-based learning
multimodal composition
adolescent literacy
Jennifer Putzi
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
106
0.385
Nineteenth-century American literature
women's writing
and poetry
diaries and letters
scholarly editing.
Monica Seger
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
52
0.712
Italian Literature
Film Studies
Ecocriticism
Environmental Humanities
Leslie Cochrane
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
24
0.800
discourse analysis
sociocultural linguistics
linguistics
Alicia Andrzejewski
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
early modern cultural studies
queer theory & LGBTQIA+ studies
critical race and gender studies
performance theory
and pregna
Jennifer A Lorden
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
Medieval Literature
Old & Middle English
Poetry
Narrative
Fictionality
Peiyu Yang
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Arabic Literature
Nahda Studies
Translation Studies