Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

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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
Bulgaria
Petar Tsonev
General Linguistics
Phonetics and Phonology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
82
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Bulgaria
Ellie Boyadzhieva
General Linguistics
English Language
Contrastive Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
115
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Bulgaria
Dafina Kostadinova
linguistics
contrastive analysis
academic English
specialized translation
error analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
83
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bulgaria
Bilyana Todorova
Linguistics
Computer-Mediated Comminication
Discourse Studies
Pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
45
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Bulgaria
Milena Levunlieva
Cognitive linguistics
semantics
contrastive linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Bulgaria
Sofiya Mitsova
linguistics
sociolinguistics
language management
dialectology
language variation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
10
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Bulgaria
Gergana Pencheva-ApostolovaDrhabil
Philosophy of language
Applied linguistics
Cognitive studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
3
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Bulgaria
Yana Manova-Georgieva
literary onomastics
literary names
nominative symbolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,391,052
Bulgaria
2,258
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Petar Tsonev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
82
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,419,115
Bulgaria
2,346
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ellie Boyadzhieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
115
0.816
General Linguistics
English Language
Contrastive Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,568,169
Bulgaria
2,779
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dafina Kostadinova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
83
0.847
linguistics
contrastive analysis
academic English
specialized translation
error analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,760,725
Bulgaria
3,381
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bilyana Todorova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
45
0.776
Linguistics
Computer-Mediated Comminication
Discourse Studies
Pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,809,207
Bulgaria
3,511
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gergana Padareva-Ilieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
37
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,906,727
Bulgaria
3,749
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Milena Levunlieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
Cognitive linguistics
semantics
contrastive linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,106,539
Bulgaria
4,284
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sofiya Mitsova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
10
0.625
linguistics
sociolinguistics
language management
dialectology
language variation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,194,760
Bulgaria
4,530
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gergana Pencheva-ApostolovaDrhabil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
3
0.300
Philosophy of language
Applied linguistics
Cognitive studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,207,667
Bulgaria
4,565
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yana Manova-Georgieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
literary onomastics
literary names
nominative symbolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,289,116
Bulgaria
4,807
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Elena Andonova - Kalapsazova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
0
0.000