Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Auckland 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
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,491
45,175
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Language Learning
Metacognition
L2 Reading & Writing
Bilingual/Biliteracy Intervention
L2 Teacher Cognition and Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,520
13,365
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
language rights
language policy
bilingual education
multiculturalism
indigenous education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,460
6,434
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
language
language teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,779
6,037
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,062
6,590
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
written corrective feedback
feedback on writing
thesis and dissertation writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,822
5,910
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
language learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,631
2,345
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Corpus Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Technology and Language Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,659
1,156
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Literacies
children-families
learning
equity
teacher leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,237
801
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
child language
discourse
linguistics
culture
communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,939
625
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
1,144
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Translanguaging
decoloniality
Chinese languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,331
1,114
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Language teaching and learning pronunciation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,143
685
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
sociolinguistics
corpus-based discourse analysis
multilingual societies
ethnolinguistic diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,065
793
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sociolinguistics
the Balkans
Language Policy
Former Yugoslavia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
281
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Victorian Britain
history of New Zealand science
domestic technology and housework
science and theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
920
300
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
French and Francophone literatures Pacific literatures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
759
151
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
medieval studies
literacy
english linguistics
history of linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
244
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Bilingual education
Identity in language education
Sociolinguistics
Language pedagogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
607
299
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
medieval literature and history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
538
257
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
(new) media
internet
communication
critical discourse analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
152
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
poetry
theory
transnational experimental artistic practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360
127
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Attic black-figure vase-painting
ancient Greek literature
Homer
traditional oral poetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
109
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Korean language pedagogy
sociolinguistics
language and identity
heritage language education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
291
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
literacy development in a second language
language teaching methodology
effects of professional development
teacher identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
257
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,612
8
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rod Ellis
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,491
45,175
0.322
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,764
72
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lawrence Jun Zhang
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,520
13,365
0.438
Language Learning
Metacognition
L2 Reading & Writing
Bilingual/Biliteracy Intervention
L2 Teacher Cognition and Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,440
236
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephen May
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,460
6,434
0.416
language rights
language policy
bilingual education
multiculturalism
indigenous education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,512
324
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Helen Basturkmen
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,779
6,037
0.472
language
language teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,858
350
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gary Barkhuizen
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,062
6,590
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,772
358
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Bitchener
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,822
5,910
0.500
written corrective feedback
feedback on writing
thesis and dissertation writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,602
941
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rosemary Erlam
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,631
2,345
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,206
1,187
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael Barlow
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,659
1,156
0.248
Corpus Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Technology and Language Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,963
2,239
543
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Janet S Gaffney
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,237
801
0.358
Literacies
children-families
learning
equity
teacher leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,580
2,486
605
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Linda Hand
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,939
625
0.322
child language
discourse
linguistics
culture
communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
496,423
2,724
658
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rosemary Wette
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
1,144
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,465
3,168
743
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Danping Wang
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,331
1,114
0.837
Translanguaging
decoloniality
Chinese languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
630,463
3,405
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Graeme Couper
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,143
685
0.599
Language teaching and learning pronunciation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,712
3,499
801
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Louisa Buckingham
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,065
793
0.745
sociolinguistics
corpus-based discourse analysis
multilingual societies
ethnolinguistic diversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
687,672
3,638
825
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robert Greenberg
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
281
0.288
Sociolinguistics
the Balkans
Language Policy
Former Yugoslavia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708,529
3,726
846
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ruth Barton
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
920
300
0.326
Victorian Britain
history of New Zealand science
domestic technology and housework
science and theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
776,870
4,005
890
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
raylene ramsay
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
759
151
0.199
French and Francophone literatures Pacific literatures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
821,107
4,162
915
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mark Amsler
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
244
0.366
medieval studies
literacy
english linguistics
history of linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
852,145
4,294
937
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Naashia Mohamed
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
607
299
0.493
Bilingual education
Identity in language education
Sociolinguistics
Language pedagogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890,919
4,405
951
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tracy Adams
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
538
257
0.478
medieval literature and history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
911,041
4,475
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philippa Smith
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
152
0.299
(new) media
internet
communication
critical discourse analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,050,881
4,792
969
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lisa Samuels
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360
127
0.353
poetry
theory
transnational experimental artistic practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,053,157
4,799
970
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
E Anne Mackay
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
109
0.304
Attic black-figure vase-painting
ancient Greek literature
Homer
traditional oral poetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,098,777
4,901
975
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mi Yung Park
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
291
0.912
Korean language pedagogy
sociolinguistics
language and identity
heritage language education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,114,899
4,927
977
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Christine Biebricher
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
257
0.837
literacy development in a second language
language teaching methodology
effects of professional development
teacher identity