Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Michigan State University Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature 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
second language acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,780
17,843
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Sociolinguistics
Dialectology
Language attitudes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,757
3,905
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
speech perception
psycholinguistics
language development
social cognitive neuroscience
music perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
2,156
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Linguistics
Syntax
Semantics
Language Acquisition
Language Variation and Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,345
695
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Scholarly Communication
Digital Media
Digital Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,157
877
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Task-based language teaching
multilingualism
language assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,412
969
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,254
729
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
English Education
Adolescent literacy
Writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,186
764
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
literacy
language
Critical Race English Education
urban education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,142
1,055
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Language Development
Autism
Language Intervention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
957
701
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
corpus linguistics
English varieties
interlanguage
learner corpus research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
872
612
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Linguistics
Swahili language
Language Documentation
Morphosyntax
Metaphors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
821
277
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Gender and sexuality
Chinese literature and film
independent documentaries
urban studies
Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
225
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Colonial Spanish American studies
Latin American literature and culture
Colonial women's studies
Indigenous studies
Race and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
554
269
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Poetry
poetic inquiry
children's/YA literature
trauma
Rwanda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
211
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Early Christianity
Infancy Gospels
Religious Studies
Biblical Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
149
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Language
Teaching
Technology
Foreign Language Teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
135
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
dialogic talk
discussion
literacy
teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
127
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Applied Linguistics
second language acquisition
Arabic as a foreign language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
129
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Language testing and assessments
Second language acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
142
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
20th-21st century German literature and film
science fiction and utopian studies
East German cinema
green studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
64
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Second Language Acquisition
Arabic
Dialectology
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
120
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
seventeenth and eighteenth century french literature
women writers
gender studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
25
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
critical language policy
applied linguistics
heritage language maintenance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
109
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
psycholinguistics
neurolinguistics
semantics
cognitive science
neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
94
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,145
3,891
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Susan Gass
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,780
17,843
0.314
second language acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,681
30,531
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dennis Preston
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,757
3,905
0.306
Sociolinguistics
Dialectology
Language attitudes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,220
69,302
485
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Laura Dilley
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
2,156
0.402
speech perception
psycholinguistics
language development
social cognitive neuroscience
music perception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,797
99,682
706
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alan Munn
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,345
695
0.208
Linguistics
Syntax
Semantics
Language Acquisition
Language Variation and Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,028
133,610
934
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,157
877
0.407
Scholarly Communication
Digital Media
Digital Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,205
170,640
1,158
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Koen Van Gorp
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,412
969
0.686
Task-based language teaching
multilingualism
language assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
597,419
181,372
1,229
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Suzanne Evans Wagner
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,254
729
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
617,184
186,487
1,258
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jennifer Vanderheide
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,186
764
0.644
English Education
Adolescent literacy
Writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
630,663
189,951
1,274
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lamar L Johnson
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,142
1,055
0.924
literacy
language
Critical Race English Education
urban education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
694,160
205,688
1,365
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Courtney E Venker
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
957
701
0.732
Language Development
Autism
Language Intervention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,602
213,703
1,418
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sandra C Deshors
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
872
612
0.702
corpus linguistics
English varieties
interlanguage
learner corpus research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
749,428
218,823
1,452
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Deo Ngonyani
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
821
277
0.337
Linguistics
Swahili language
Language Documentation
Morphosyntax
Metaphors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
832,188
237,216
1,539
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tze-Lan Sang 桑梓蘭
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
225
0.349
Gender and sexuality
Chinese literature and film
independent documentaries
urban studies
Taiwan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
881,484
247,808
1,597
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rocio Quispe Agnoli
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
554
269
0.486
Colonial Spanish American studies
Latin American literature and culture
Colonial women's studies
Indigenous studies
Race and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
934,018
257,309
1,634
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Laura Apol
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
211
0.439
Poetry
poetic inquiry
children's/YA literature
trauma
Rwanda
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956,837
261,202
1,640
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chris Frilingos
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
149
0.327
Early Christianity
Infancy Gospels
Religious Studies
Biblical Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,306,240
312,455
1,779
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dustin De Felice
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
135
0.692
Language
Teaching
Technology
Foreign Language Teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,401,726
325,532
1,883
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shireen Al-Adeimi
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
127
0.814
dialogic talk
discussion
literacy
teacher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,424,010
328,483
1,903
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ayman A Mohamed
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
129
0.872
Applied Linguistics
second language acquisition
Arabic as a foreign language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,432,001
329,499
1,911
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wenyue Ma
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
142
0.979
Language testing and assessments
Second language acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,436,881
330,132
1,917
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sonja Fritzsche
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
64
0.444
20th-21st century German literature and film
science fiction and utopian studies
East German cinema
green studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,462,994
333,743
1,949
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elizabeth Huntley|Lizz Huntley
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
120
0.889
Second Language Acquisition
Arabic
Dialectology
Psycholinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,538,417
343,871
2,048
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aurora Wolfgang
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
25
0.221
seventeenth and eighteenth century french literature
women writers
gender studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,546,749
345,015
2,056
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lee Her
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
109
0.991
critical language policy
applied linguistics
heritage language maintenance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,585,264
350,271
2,098
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ye Ma
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
94
0.940
psycholinguistics
neurolinguistics
semantics
cognitive science
neuroimaging