Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Universidade de Vigo 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
Spain
Helena Cortés Gabaudan
Literatura
Traducción
Filosofía
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,277
1,228
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Spain
Jesús G. Maestro
Teoría de la Literatura
Miguel de Cervantes
Materialismo Filosófico
Hispanismo
Literatura Comparada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,624
502
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Spain
José M. García-Miguel
Lingüística
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,183
363
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Spain
José Yuste Frías
traducción
símbolo e imagen en traducción
traductología
traducción inversa
paratraducción
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,042
489
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Spain
Elena Seoane
Lingüística Histórica
Nuevos Ingleses
Gramaticalización
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
932
494
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Spain
Xose Manuel Dasilva
Literary Studies
Translation Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
394
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Spain
Rosa Alonso Alonso
applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
445
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Spain
Silvia García Méndez
Computational linguistics
eXplainable Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Natural Language P
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
445
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Spain
María Del Carmen Méndez Santos
Applied Linguistics
Foreign languages
Demotivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
311
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Spain
Ana Luna Alonso
Traducción
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
159
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Spain
Xosé Henrique Costas
Linguística
Sociolingüística
Dialectologia
Galego
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
119
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Spain
Antonio Chas Aguion
Literatura medieval
Edad Media
cancionero
edición de textos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
149
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Spain
Burghard Baltrusch
Literatura
Filosofia
Tradução
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
136
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Spain
Antonia Virginia Acuña Ferreira
Lingüística Hispánica
Sociolingüística Interaccional
Análisis Conversacional
Género y Discurso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
140
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Spain
Elena Sánchez Trigo
Medical Translation
Terminology
Corpus Linguistics
Textual Genres
Translation Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
104
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Spain
Carlos Valcárcel Riveiro
Second language teaching
Geolinguistics
Lexicography
Terminology
Language Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258
205
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Spain
Montserrat Ribao Pereira
Literatura Española. Siglo XIX. Romanticismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
90
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Spain
Antonio Rifon
Lingüística. Lengua española
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
89
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Spain
Alberto Álvarez Lugrís
Translation
Paratranslation
Identity
Corpus Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
37
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Spain
Aurea Fernandez Rodriguez
Traducción
literatura comparada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
113
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Spain
Ártemis López
linguistics
gender
non-binary
transgender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
181
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Spain
Ángel Rodríguez Gallardo
lengua española
lingüística
historia contemporánea
estudios culturales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
77
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Spain
Montero Küpper, Silvia
translation studies
politics of literary translation
minority cultures
contrastive linguistics
german-galician
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
90
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Spain
Carmen Becerra
literatura
teoría
crítica
comparatismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
41
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,351
Spain
8,894
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Helena Cortés Gabaudan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,277
1,228
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,132
Spain
15,923
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jesús G. Maestro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,624
502
0.309
Teoría de la Literatura
Miguel de Cervantes
Materialismo Filosófico
Hispanismo
Literatura Comparada
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
617,994
Spain
19,543
319
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
José M. García-Miguel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,183
363
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,726
Spain
21,076
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
José Yuste Frías
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,042
489
0.469
traducción
símbolo e imagen en traducción
traductología
traducción inversa
paratraducción
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703,925
Spain
22,288
358
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Elena Seoane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
932
494
0.530
Lingüística Histórica
Nuevos Ingleses
Gramaticalización
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
779,554
Spain
24,701
393
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Xose Manuel Dasilva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
394
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
803,869
Spain
25,487
402
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rosa Alonso Alonso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
445
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
954,902
Spain
30,763
456
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Silvia García Méndez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
445
0.978
Computational linguistics
eXplainable Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Natural Language P
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,039,738
Spain
34,166
499
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
María Del Carmen Méndez Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
311
0.845
Applied Linguistics
Foreign languages
Demotivation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,081,122
Spain
35,872
521
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ana Luna Alonso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
159
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,088,410
Spain
36,133
523
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Xosé Henrique Costas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
119
0.365
Linguística
Sociolingüística
Dialectologia
Galego
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,115,265
Spain
37,193
540
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Antonio Chas Aguion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
149
0.489
Literatura medieval
Edad Media
cancionero
edición de textos
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,119,045
Spain
37,322
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
María Del Carmen Cabeza Pereiro|Carmen Cabeza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
184
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,122,012
Spain
37,435
546
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Burghard Baltrusch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
136
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,162,340
Spain
38,927
568
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Antonia Virginia Acuña Ferreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
140
0.515
Lingüística Hispánica
Sociolingüística Interaccional
Análisis Conversacional
Género y Discurso
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,165,657
Spain
39,038
570
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elena Sánchez Trigo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
104
0.385
Medical Translation
Terminology
Corpus Linguistics
Textual Genres
Translation Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183,784
Spain
39,711
578
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carlos Valcárcel Riveiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258
205
0.795
Second language teaching
Geolinguistics
Lexicography
Terminology
Language Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,199,342
Spain
40,288
583
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Montserrat Ribao Pereira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
90
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,204,416
Spain
40,483
585
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Antonio Rifon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
89
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,213,110
Spain
40,814
590
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alberto Álvarez Lugrís
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
37
0.154
Translation
Paratranslation
Identity
Corpus Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,280,358
Spain
43,133
619
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Aurea Fernandez Rodriguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
113
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,322,472
Spain
44,544
642
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ártemis López
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
181
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,345,156
Spain
45,286
652
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ángel Rodríguez Gallardo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
77
0.438
lengua española
lingüística
historia contemporánea
estudios culturales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,359,773
Spain
45,723
656
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Montero Küpper, Silvia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
90
0.529
translation studies
politics of literary translation
minority cultures
contrastive linguistics
german-galician
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,399,363
Spain
46,989
673
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carmen Becerra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
41
0.265