Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Language testing and assessment
Language learning strategies
ICT
Writing Skills
Washback
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,109
4,269
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Language Assessment
Language Testing
Language Teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,223
777
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
English literature
Reading Comprehension
Grammar
Advanced Writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
223
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Psychology
TESOL
Bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
162
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Willing to communicate
Second language writing
Critical language thinking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
251
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Corpus analysis with a focus on discourse analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
122
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
language testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
90
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Literary Criticism
Folktale Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Literary Stylistics
Contemporary Literate Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Literature
literary stylistics
contemporary literature studies and literary criticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
7
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
the Study of Manuscripts and Persian Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
3
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Persian Language and Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
ethymoogy.mythology.poem .
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Persian literature
Grammar
Rethoric
Lexicography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,391
1,158
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hadi Salehi هادی صالحی|هادی صالحی, Salehi, H
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,109
4,269
0.699
Language testing and assessment
Language learning strategies
ICT
Writing Skills
Washback
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606,282
9,043
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Omid Tabatabaei
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,223
777
0.635
Language Assessment
Language Testing
Language Teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,082,053
20,424
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mohammad Shojaee (محمد شجاعی)
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
223
0.670
English literature
Reading Comprehension
Grammar
Advanced Writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,082,289
20,441
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zahra Fotovatnia
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
162
0.486
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Psychology
TESOL
Bilingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,110,925
21,031
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marzieh Rafiee
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
251
0.810
Willing to communicate
Second language writing
Critical language thinking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,236,478
23,530
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sara Mansouri (سارا منصوری)|Sara Mansoori, سارا منصوری
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
122
0.530
Corpus analysis with a focus on discourse analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,540,819
28,481
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Golnaz Jamalifar
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
90
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,016,647
38,526
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mahboubeh Khorasani
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
Literary Criticism
Folktale Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,046,968
39,201
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Morteza Rashidi-Ashjerdi مرتضی رشيدی آشجردی
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
Literary Stylistics
Contemporary Literate Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,101,396
40,425
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Morteza Rashidi Ashjerdi
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
7
0.389
Literature
literary stylistics
contemporary literature studies and literary criticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,948
43,787
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mehrdad Chatraei Azizabadi
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
3
0.375
the Study of Manuscripts and Persian Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,318,500
45,608
338
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maryam Bolouri
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Persian Language and Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,340,136
46,061
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ghorbanali Ebrahimi
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
0
0.000
ethymoogy.mythology.poem .
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,386,710
47,010
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shahrzad Niazi
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
Persian literature
Grammar
Rethoric
Lexicography