Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Ghent University 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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Computational linguistics
multilinguality
semantics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,796
5,587
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Readability Prediction
Sentiment Analysis
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,109
3,164
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Lexicography
Corpus Linguistics
African Linguistics
Bantu Linguistics
Bantu Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,593
1,115
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
memory studies
trauma studies
postcolonial studies
environmental humanities
ecocriticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,480
2,172
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Language technology
natural language processing
terminology extraction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,119
2,191
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Cognitive literary studies
Narrative theory
Literature and the climate crisis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
2,087
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
historical linguistics
typology
Sanskrit
Vedic studies
Maldivian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,318
914
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Language
Lateralization
Word recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
1,104
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Linguistic pragmatics
business communication
news discourse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,868
734
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Post-editing
Machine translation
Computer-Assisted Translation
Terminology Extraction
Parallel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,745
1,132
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Neurolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
940
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
linguistics
epistemology
philosophy of language
semantics pragmatics interface
German grammar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,327
586
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Literary Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,317
570
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Linguistics
Syntax
Semantics
Metaphor
Grammatical metaphor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,298
550
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
construction grammar
historical linguistics
argument structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,228
496
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
translation studies
corpus linguistics
Dutch syntax
quantitative linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,170
641
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
phonetics
phonology
second language acquisition
speech perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,029
511
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Linguistics - Research Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
519
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Linguistik
Sprachwissenschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
355
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
linguistics
multilingual communication
translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
474
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Italian linguistics
Syntax-prosody interface
Sociolinguistics
History of grammar
Second Language Acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
440
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
German & Austrian Literature
Literary Theory
Rhetoric
Narratology
Digital Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
191
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Second Language Acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
323
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Linguistics
second language acquisition
TEFL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
547
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Educational sociolinguistics
multilingualism
language policy
language ideologies
functional multilingual learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
211
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,774
1,061
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Veronique Hoste
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,796
5,587
0.635
Computational linguistics
multilinguality
semantics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,894
2,133
441
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Orphee De Clercq
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,109
3,164
0.770
Readability Prediction
Sentiment Analysis
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,337
2,377
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gilles Maurice De Schryver
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,593
1,115
0.310
Lexicography
Corpus Linguistics
African Linguistics
Bantu Linguistics
Bantu Languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,771
2,426
486
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stef Craps
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,480
2,172
0.624
memory studies
trauma studies
postcolonial studies
environmental humanities
ecocriticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,788
2,633
515
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Els Lefever
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,119
2,191
0.702
Language technology
natural language processing
terminology extraction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,778
2,728
533
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marco Caracciolo
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
2,087
0.706
Cognitive literary studies
Narrative theory
Literature and the climate crisis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,276
3,193
604
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Leonid Kulikov|Леонид Куликов
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,318
914
0.394
historical linguistics
typology
Sanskrit
Vedic studies
Maldivian
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,829
3,633
683
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lise Van Der Haegen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
1,104
0.579
Language
Lateralization
Word recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,275
3,677
693
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Geert Jacobs
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,868
734
0.393
Linguistic pragmatics
business communication
news discourse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,878
3,822
718
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lieve Macken
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,745
1,132
0.649
Post-editing
Machine translation
Computer-Assisted Translation
Terminology Extraction
Parallel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,386
3,912
742
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
De Letter
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
940
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,159
4,470
865
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Klaas Willems
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,327
586
0.442
linguistics
epistemology
philosophy of language
semantics pragmatics interface
German grammar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,747
4,488
869
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gert Buelens
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,317
570
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,851
4,522
882
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Miriam Taverniers
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,298
550
0.424
Linguistics
Syntax
Semantics
Metaphor
Grammatical metaphor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
593,240
4,670
913
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Timothy Colleman
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,228
496
0.404
construction grammar
historical linguistics
argument structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
610,127
4,778
926
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gert De Sutter
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,170
641
0.548
translation studies
corpus linguistics
Dutch syntax
quantitative linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,175
5,080
974
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ellen Simon
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,029
511
0.497
phonetics
phonology
second language acquisition
speech perception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,319
5,252
1,006
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ludovic De Cuypere
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
519
0.546
Linguistics - Research Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,854
5,584
1,059
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Torsten Leuschner
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
355
0.435
Linguistik
Sprachwissenschaft
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
745,805
5,626
1,062
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Patrick Goethals
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
474
0.592
linguistics
multilingual communication
translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,675
5,891
1,099
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Claudia Crocco
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
440
0.621
Italian linguistics
Syntax-prosody interface
Sociolinguistics
History of grammar
Second Language Acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
851,211
6,202
1,148
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gunther Martens
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
191
0.325
German & Austrian Literature
Literary Theory
Rhetoric
Narratology
Digital Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
855,423
6,232
1,151
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kristof Baten
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
323
0.558
Second Language Acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867,396
6,283
1,157
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vanessa De Wilde
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
547
0.982
Linguistics
second language acquisition
TEFL
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,000,327
7,214
1,315
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Steven Delarue
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
211
0.540
Educational sociolinguistics
multilingualism
language policy
language ideologies
functional multilingual learning