Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Highly Cited Researchers 33 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Cognitive semantics
cognitive linguistics
natural-language semantics
language universals and typologies
cognitive science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,746
7,626
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
New Literacies
Literature
Multimodality
Teacher Education
Text Discussion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,102
2,727
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
language education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,226
989
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Semantic Typology
Semantics
Linguistic Anthropology
Mesoamerican languages
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,604
1,095
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,648
453
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
literacy
positioning theory
narrative
multimodality
engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,611
1,080
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
American literature
Poetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
474
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,312
935
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Feminist theory
feminist philosophy
modernism
literary theory
feminist aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,949
494
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Early Modern Literary and Cultural Studies
History of Science
Technology and the Book
Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,768
290
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Caribbean Studies
Feminist Studies
Medical Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,467
474
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Syntax
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,224
662
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mexican philosophy
Mexican literature
French philosophy from Descartes to Derrida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,175
224
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
aesthetics
poetry and poetics
Continental philosophy
avant-garde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,123
278
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
phonetics
tone
laboratory phonology
corpus phonetics
linguistic fieldwork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
484
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
medieval German
medieval Latin
Yiddish
Norse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,014
273
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
child language
morphosyntax
cochlear implants
specific language impairment
diagnostic accuracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
906
479
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Infant Speech Perception
Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
352
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
131
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sociolinguistics
bilingualism
code-switching
phonology
variation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
97
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Literacy
Education
Vocabulary
Teacher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
62
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
71
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Conversation Analysis
Interactional Linguistics
Communication Disorders
Language and Social Int.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
44
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
20th-21st century French literature and philosophy
psychoanalysis
contemporary art
women writers
sound studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
41
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
writing studies
rhetoric and composition
writing program administration
adult learners
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
26
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,139
7,572
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Leonard Talmy
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,746
7,626
0.202
Cognitive semantics
cognitive linguistics
natural-language semantics
language universals and typologies
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,603
39,660
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Suzanne M Miller
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,102
2,727
0.270
New Literacies
Literature
Multimodality
Teacher Education
Text Discussion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,043
85,175
314
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Janina Brutt Griffler
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,226
989
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,192
95,897
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Juergen Bohnemeyer
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,604
1,095
0.304
Semantic Typology
Semantics
Linguistic Anthropology
Mesoamerican languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,159
118,965
455
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David A Zubin
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,648
453
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
367,997
120,049
463
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mary Mcvee
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,611
1,080
0.414
literacy
positioning theory
narrative
multimodality
engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,962
124,644
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cristanne Miller
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
474
0.192
American literature
Poetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,752
129,771
501
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeff Good
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,312
935
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,163
144,313
561
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ewa Plonowska Ziarek
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,949
494
0.253
Feminist theory
feminist philosophy
modernism
literary theory
feminist aesthetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,019
152,800
588
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mazzio Carla
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,768
290
0.164
Early Modern Literary and Cultural Studies
History of Science
Technology and the Book
Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552,170
169,364
640
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carine Mardorossian
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,467
474
0.323
Caribbean Studies
Feminist Studies
Medical Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
615,534
185,775
706
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rui Pedro Da Costa Chaves
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,224
662
0.541
Syntax
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
630,364
189,596
724
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David E Johnson
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,175
224
0.191
Mexican philosophy
Mexican literature
French philosophy from Descartes to Derrida
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,691
193,650
740
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Krzysztof Ziarek
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,123
278
0.248
aesthetics
poetry and poetics
Continental philosophy
avant-garde
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
667,581
198,918
756
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christian Dicanio
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
484
0.457
phonetics
tone
laboratory phonology
corpus phonetics
linguistic fieldwork
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
683,420
202,783
766
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jerold C Frakes
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,014
273
0.269
medieval German
medieval Latin
Yiddish
Norse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
723,820
212,517
794
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ling Yu Guo
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
906
479
0.529
child language
morphosyntax
cochlear implants
specific language impairment
diagnostic accuracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
748,729
218,348
810
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marieke Van Heugten
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
352
0.417
Infant Speech Perception
Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
783,281
226,119
834
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Joseph Conte
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
131
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,362,699
320,013
1,009
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Colleen Balukas
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
97
0.542
Sociolinguistics
bilingualism
code-switching
phonology
variation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,692,266
364,719
1,198
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Blythe E Anderson
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
62
0.775
Literacy
Education
Vocabulary
Teacher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,728,607
369,600
1,221
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ali Salehi
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
71
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,880,986
390,174
1,328
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Francesco Possemato
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
44
0.978
Conversation Analysis
Interactional Linguistics
Communication Disorders
Language and Social Int.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,882,033
390,306
1,330
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fernanda Negrete
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
41
0.911
20th-21st century French literature and philosophy
psychoanalysis
contemporary art
women writers
sound studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,897,540
392,226
1,334
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Collie Fulford|Carolyn Fulford
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
26
0.605
writing studies
rhetoric and composition
writing program administration
adult learners