Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Norwegian University of Science 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
Language Technology
Computational Linguistics
Machine Learning
Machine Translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,784
2,492
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
computational linguistics
natural language processing
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,346
635
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
sociolinguistics
sociophonetics
language variation and change
London English
language and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,650
1,313
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
linguistic theory
psycholinguistics
language processing
language acquisition
developmental disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,644
1,365
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Cognitive science
Neurolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,478
1,699
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Linguistics
Comparative grammar
Multilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,448
1,618
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Professional digital competence
artificial intelligence
AI literacy
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,099
959
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
syntax
sentence processing
memory
psycholinguistics
linguistic theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
687
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
literacy education
assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
557
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
formal linguistics
corpus linguistic approaches to African languages Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
200
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Pragmatics and semantics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
764
203
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Linguistics
Pragmatics
Procedural Meaning
Biblical Studies
Translation Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
138
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
language acquisition
multilingualism
syntax
mental lexicon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
378
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
335
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Second language acquisition
phonetics
phonolpronunciation
crosslinguistic comparisons
Vietnamese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
97
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
formal generative linguistics
morphosyntax
semantics-syntax interface
exoskeletal models
language mixing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
170
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Cognitive Linguistics
Science Communication
language learning
dynamic usage-based SLA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
130
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Computational Linguistics
Machine Translation
Self-Organized Maps
Unsupervised Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
106
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Memory politics
Decolonization
Autobiography
Britain
Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
152
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
modern breakthrough literature
finance and fiction
literature education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
118
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
American literature
English
social theory
queer theory
pedagogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
94
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
literature & transmedia storytelling
human rights
migration
environmental humanities
pedagogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
48
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
language contact
borrowing
code-switching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
91
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Pragmatics
Grammar
Interactional Linguistics
Conversation Analysis
Contrastive Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
81
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Scandinavian literature
modernism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
41
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,223
1,436
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Björn Gambäck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,784
2,492
0.521
Language Technology
Computational Linguistics
Machine Learning
Machine Translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,640
2,067
372
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Erwin Marsi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,346
635
0.190
computational linguistics
natural language processing
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,038
2,506
455
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eivind Torgersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,650
1,313
0.495
sociolinguistics
sociophonetics
language variation and change
London English
language and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,672
2,513
457
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mila Vulchanova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,644
1,365
0.516
linguistic theory
psycholinguistics
language processing
language acquisition
developmental disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,259
2,651
482
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Giosuè Baggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,478
1,699
0.686
Cognitive science
Neurolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Syntax
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,810
2,672
484
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Terje Lohndal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,448
1,618
0.661
Linguistics
Comparative grammar
Multilingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,550
4,490
800
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fredrik Mørk Røkenes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,099
959
0.873
Professional digital competence
artificial intelligence
AI literacy
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
721,097
4,934
880
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dave Kush
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
687
0.764
syntax
sentence processing
memory
psycholinguistics
linguistic theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,776
5,094
901
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Henning Fjørtoft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
557
0.662
literacy education
assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
775,108
5,288
921
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dorothee Beermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
200
0.259
formal linguistics
corpus linguistic approaches to African languages Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
779,258
5,311
922
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kaja Borthen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
764
203
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
936,243
6,264
1,046
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christoph Unger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
138
0.286
Linguistics
Pragmatics
Procedural Meaning
Biblical Studies
Translation Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
971,598
6,519
1,094
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anne Dahl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
378
0.857
language acquisition
multilingualism
syntax
mental lexicon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
971,742
6,521
1,095
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stian Hårstad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
335
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,118,968
7,497
1,297
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Olaf Husby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
97
0.318
Second language acquisition
phonetics
phonolpronunciation
crosslinguistic comparisons
Vietnamese
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,205,608
8,013
1,414
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maren Berg Grimstad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
170
0.688
formal generative linguistics
morphosyntax
semantics-syntax interface
exoskeletal models
language mixing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,279,239
8,428
1,514
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hana Smiskova Gustafsson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
130
0.628
Cognitive Linguistics
Science Communication
language learning
dynamic usage-based SLA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,279,448
8,429
1,515
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lars Bungum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
106
0.512
Computational Linguistics
Machine Translation
Self-Organized Maps
Unsupervised Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,384,540
8,974
1,646
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Astrid Rasch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
152
0.944
Memory politics
Decolonization
Autobiography
Britain
Zimbabwe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,426,729
9,189
1,675
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lars August Fodstad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
118
0.808
modern breakthrough literature
finance and fiction
literature education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,447,940
9,309
1,700
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Eir Anne Edgar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
94
0.676
American literature
English
social theory
queer theory
pedagogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,530,530
9,720
1,789
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hanna Musiol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
48
0.421
literature & transmedia storytelling
human rights
migration
environmental humanities
pedagogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,569,639
9,883
1,828
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Anne Mette Sunde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
91
0.883
language contact
borrowing
code-switching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,635,407
10,132
1,889
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paweł Urbanik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
81
0.931
Pragmatics
Grammar
Interactional Linguistics
Conversation Analysis
Contrastive Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,707,113
10,403
1,941
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
John Brumo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
41
0.569
Scandinavian literature
modernism