Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Stellenbosch 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
South African literature
translation
whiteness studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,868
533
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Education
Multilingual Education
Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,600
732
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Linguistic Typology
African languages
Semitic languages
Cognitive linguistics
Anthrozoology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
721
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Chronicles
Persian period biblical literature
Ezra-Nehemiah
Multilingualism in Achaemenid Persia
Levite discourse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
496
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Sociolinguistics
Discourse Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis
Bilingualism
Mulitlingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
916
378
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Reading
language policy
multilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
281
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Queer and Gender Studies
Onomastics
Cultural Studies
Comparative Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
408
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
bilingual education language education
literature
translanguaging
sociolinguistics
visual
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
194
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
sociolinguistics
sociology of language
higher education
research methology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
109
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Linguistics
African languages
Khoisan languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
106
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
African Cultural Studies
Critical Theory
Thing theory
Ecocriticism
Adorno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
88
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
postcolonialism
German Jewish literature
Heiner Müller
Klaus Mann
German literature on Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
56
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Hebrew Bible
Cognitive Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
73
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
English Literature
Applied Linguistics
Language Testing
Children's Literature
South African Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
83
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
English/African Literature
Biography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
45
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
language acquisition
language teaching
curriculum design
teaching approaches
teaching methodologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
31
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
German Literature
Music
Musicology
Intermediality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
6
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Language Education
Multilingual Education
Teacher Education
Genre Based Pedagogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Literature
Genocide
Psychoanalysis
Cultural Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
African Literature
John Eppel
Geocriticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Postcolonial literature
Research Support
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,297
2,155
274
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Leon De Kock
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,868
533
0.285
South African literature
translation
whiteness studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
502,591
2,419
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christa Van Der Walt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,600
732
0.458
Education
Multilingual Education
Applied Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,817
2,694
330
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alexander Andrason
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
721
0.518
Linguistic Typology
African languages
Semitic languages
Cognitive linguistics
Anthrozoology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
579,044
2,883
353
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Louis C. Jonker|Louis Jonker, L.C. Jonker
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
496
0.388
Chronicles
Persian period biblical literature
Ezra-Nehemiah
Multilingualism in Achaemenid Persia
Levite discourse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
698,036
3,571
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christine Anthonissen
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
916
378
0.413
Sociolinguistics
Discourse Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis
Bilingualism
Mulitlingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,544
4,816
566
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mla Le Cordeur
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
281
0.562
Reading
language policy
multilingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
909,462
4,875
573
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gibson Ncube
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
408
0.833
Queer and Gender Studies
Onomastics
Cultural Studies
Comparative Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
957,835
5,237
611
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Liesel Hibbert
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
194
0.446
bilingual education language education
literature
translanguaging
sociolinguistics
visual
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,210,990
7,421
805
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lloyd Hill
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
109
0.470
sociolinguistics
sociology of language
higher education
research methology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,266,217
7,914
848
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Menan Du Plessis
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
106
0.522
Linguistics
African languages
Khoisan languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,343,436
8,598
902
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Louise Green
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
88
0.521
African Cultural Studies
Critical Theory
Thing theory
Ecocriticism
Adorno
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,369,679
8,863
927
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Carlotta Von Maltzan
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
56
0.352
postcolonialism
German Jewish literature
Heiner Müller
Klaus Mann
German literature on Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,399,688
9,126
947
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Es Stein
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
73
0.493
Hebrew Bible
Cognitive Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,425,889
9,345
967
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rebecca Patterson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
83
0.597
English Literature
Applied Linguistics
Language Testing
Children's Literature
South African Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,530,740
10,286
1,052
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shaun Viljoen
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
45
0.417
English/African Literature
Biography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,728,463
12,055
1,186
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elbie Adendorff
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
31
0.484
language acquisition
language teaching
curriculum design
teaching approaches
teaching methodologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,120,869
15,954
1,491
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ingo Müller
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
6
0.400
German Literature
Music
Musicology
Intermediality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,223,346
17,030
1,577
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simthembile Xeketwana
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Language Education
Multilingual Education
Teacher Education
Genre Based Pedagogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,312,862
18,042
1,661
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lauren Van Der Rede
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Literature
Genocide
Psychoanalysis
Cultural Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,331,631
18,268
1,682
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nhlanhla Dube
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
African Literature
John Eppel
Geocriticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,331,631
18,268
1,682
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jeanne Ellis
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,331,631
18,268
1,682
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marié Roux
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Postcolonial literature
Research Support