Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

College of William Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings 2025

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 IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United States
Talbot Taylor
Language Theories
Wittgenstein
Metalanguage
Philosophy of Language
Child Language Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,595
767
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Denise Johnson
children's literature
technology and literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,503
666
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Jack B Martin
Linguistics
language documentation
Muskogean languages
Native American languages
lexicography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
248
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Vassiliki Panoussi
Greek Literature
Latin Literature
Classical Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
199
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Lindy L Johnson
literacy
teacher education
game-based learning
multimodal composition
adolescent literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
248
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Jennifer Putzi
Nineteenth-century American literature
women's writing
and poetry
diaries and letters
scholarly editing.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
106
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Monica Seger
Italian Literature
Film Studies
Ecocriticism
Environmental Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
52
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Leslie Cochrane
discourse analysis
sociocultural linguistics
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
24
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Alicia Andrzejewski
early modern cultural studies
queer theory & LGBTQIA+ studies
critical race and gender studies
performance theory
and pregna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Jennifer A Lorden
Medieval Literature
Old & Middle English
Poetry
Narrative
Fictionality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Peiyu Yang
Arabic Literature
Nahda Studies
Translation Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,291
United States
76,964
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Talbot Taylor
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,803
United States
162,557
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Denise Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,503
666
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,631
United States
220,125
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jack B Martin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
248
0.316
Linguistics
language documentation
Muskogean languages
Native American languages
lexicography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
965,192
United States
263,223
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Vassiliki Panoussi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
199
0.466
Greek Literature
Latin Literature
Classical Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,069,182
United States
279,717
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lindy L Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
248
0.756
literacy
teacher education
game-based learning
multimodal composition
adolescent literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,140,400
United States
290,057
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jennifer Putzi
Citation Metrics
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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,681,088
United States
363,542
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Monica Seger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
52
0.712
Italian Literature
Film Studies
Ecocriticism
Environmental Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,957,767
United States
400,730
341
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Leslie Cochrane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
24
0.800
discourse analysis
sociocultural linguistics
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,001,229
United States
406,364
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alicia Andrzejewski
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,173,688
United States
427,194
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jennifer A Lorden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
Medieval Literature
Old & Middle English
Poetry
Narrative
Fictionality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,291,673
United States
439,907
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peiyu Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Arabic Literature
Nahda Studies
Translation Studies