Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Universität Tubingen 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
Germany
Harald Baayen
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Michael Ramscar
Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,979
3,590
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Gerhard Jäger
linguistics
game theory
phylogenetic methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,102
1,874
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Claudia Maienborn
Linguistics
Semantics
Pragmatics
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,956
1,899
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Çağrı Çöltekin
Language acquistion
Natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
2,404
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Kurt Kohn
English as a lingua franca
ELF
ELT
CALL
intercultural telecollaboration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
834
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Cyrus Shaoul
Language
Psycholinguistics
Learning
Memory
Computational Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,622
868
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Matthias Urban
General Linguistics
Historical Linguistics
Language Contact
Typology
Andean Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
666
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Germany
Dale Gerdemann
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
160
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Germany
Viktoria Eschbach Szabo
Japanese studies
linguistics
semiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
163
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Germany
Kordula De Kuthy
Linguistics
Syntax
Information Structure
Intonation
Corpora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
415
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Germany
Jörg Robert
Germanistik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533
308
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Germany
Juergen Leonhardt
classics latin world languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491
217
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Germany
James Griffiths
Linguistics
syntax
discourse structure
parenthesis
ellipsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
267
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Germany
Johannes Dellert
computational historical linguistics
automated reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
219
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Germany
Jessie Nixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
322
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Germany
Uwe Küchler
TESOL
Environmental Literacy
Literature
Digital Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
262
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Germany
Zarah Weiss
NLP
ICALL
SLA
linguistic complexity
learning analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
296
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Germany
Carola Lorea
South Asia
anthropology of religion
sound
Tantra
folklore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
255
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Germany
Oezkan Ezli
Interkulturelle Literaturwissenschaft
Komparatistik
Medienwissenschaft
Migrationsforschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
85
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Germany
Lynn Anthonissen
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
236
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Germany
Konstantin Sering
quantitative linguistics
computational modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
193
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Germany
Julia Genz
Germanistik
Komparatistik
Literaturwissenschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
99
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Germany
Helga Gese
Linguistics
Educational linguistics
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
47
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Germany
Nadejda Grigorieva
Literatur- und Kulturtheorie
Philosophische Anthropologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
29
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,749
Germany
262
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Harald Baayen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,051
Germany
5,438
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Ramscar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,979
3,590
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,819
Germany
8,236
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gerhard Jäger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,102
1,874
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,675
Germany
8,435
219
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Claudia Maienborn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,956
1,899
0.383
Linguistics
Semantics
Pragmatics
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,960
Germany
12,717
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Çağrı Çöltekin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
2,404
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,876
Germany
15,628
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kurt Kohn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
834
0.393
English as a lingua franca
ELF
ELT
CALL
intercultural telecollaboration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,055
Germany
18,281
435
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cyrus Shaoul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,622
868
0.535
Language
Psycholinguistics
Learning
Memory
Computational Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,776
Germany
22,427
508
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Matthias Urban
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
666
0.613
General Linguistics
Historical Linguistics
Language Contact
Typology
Andean Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
688,828
Germany
23,645
520
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dale Gerdemann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
160
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,835
Germany
24,281
536
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Viktoria Eschbach Szabo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
163
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
729,053
Germany
24,830
544
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kordula De Kuthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
415
0.478
Linguistics
Syntax
Information Structure
Intonation
Corpora
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
893,904
Germany
29,986
616
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jörg Robert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533
308
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
925,644
Germany
31,137
639
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Juergen Leonhardt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491
217
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
938,250
Germany
31,553
649
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James Griffiths
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
267
0.561
Linguistics
syntax
discourse structure
parenthesis
ellipsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,008,913
Germany
34,218
688
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Johannes Dellert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
219
0.548
computational historical linguistics
automated reasoning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,034,252
Germany
35,176
705
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jessie Nixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
322
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,083,103
Germany
36,938
741
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Uwe Küchler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
262
0.789
TESOL
Environmental Literacy
Literature
Digital Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,107,862
Germany
37,846
759
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zarah Weiss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
296
0.949
NLP
ICALL
SLA
linguistic complexity
learning analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,145,426
Germany
39,207
785
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carola Lorea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
255
0.895
South Asia
anthropology of religion
sound
Tantra
folklore
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,184,988
Germany
40,631
815
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Oezkan Ezli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
85
0.327
Interkulturelle Literaturwissenschaft
Komparatistik
Medienwissenschaft
Migrationsforschung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,193,766
Germany
40,952
821
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lynn Anthonissen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
236
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,235,819
Germany
42,404
859
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Konstantin Sering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
193
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,322,124
Germany
45,249
905
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Julia Genz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
99
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,345,963
Germany
45,922
917
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Helga Gese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
47
0.264
Linguistics
Educational linguistics
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,496,923
Germany
50,325
1,006
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nadejda Grigorieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
29
0.232
Literatur- und Kulturtheorie
Philosophische Anthropologie