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
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,580
17,457
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,418
1,967
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,953
2,172
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Finnish syntax
linguistic theory
L1 acquisition
L2 acquisition
literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,091
642
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
adaptation studies
cinema studies
literary theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,845
1,514
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Syntax
Semantics
Morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,698
2,061
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Linguistics
Semantics
Pragmatics
Syntax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,050
537
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Language Development
Complex Syntax
Developmental Language Disorder
Implementation Science
Intervention Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,637
851
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Psychology
theoretical linguistics
cognitive neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,524
386
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Literacy Development
Multilingual Learners
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Cross-language Transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,429
770
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
diversity
composition and rhetoric
linguistics
narrative
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,256
789
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Literacy
Writing
Adolescent Literacy. ELA Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,111
520
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
language
literacy
executive function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,073
651
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Early American Literature
American History
History of Cartography
Cultural Geography
Material Culture Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
238
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Applied Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
327
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
338
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
African American literature
film
black women
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
142
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Italian Renaissance literature
Italian women writers
early modern letter-writing
early modern scientific culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
183
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Spec Fiction
The novel
American literature
empire
The American Revolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
89
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Second language acquisition
French linguistics
Amazigh studies
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
79
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
30
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Spanish Golden Age
early modern Spanish and Latin American literature and culture
Cervantes
opera
theater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
77
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
literacy instructions for multilingual learners
bilingual education
automated writing evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
112
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
theoretical and experimental syntax
sentence processing
ellipsis
Psycholinguistics
ERPs and processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Psycholinguistics
Neurolinguistics
Child Lang Dev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
44
1.000
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,580
17,457
0.441
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
Peter Cole
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,418
1,967
0.158
Aquiles Iglesias
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,953
2,172
0.365
Anne Vainikka
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,091
642
0.126
Finnish syntax
linguistic theory
L1 acquisition
L2 acquisition
literacy
Thomas Leitch
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,845
1,514
0.312
adaptation studies
cinema studies
literary theory
Benjamin Bruening
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,698
2,061
0.439
Syntax
Semantics
Morphology
Satoshi Tomioka
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,050
537
0.262
Linguistics
Semantics
Pragmatics
Syntax
Amanda Owen Van Horne
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,637
851
0.520
Language Development
Complex Syntax
Developmental Language Disorder
Implementation Science
Intervention Research
Arild Hestvik
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,524
386
0.253
Psychology
theoretical linguistics
cognitive neuroscience
Adrian Pasquarella
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,429
770
0.539
Literacy Development
Multilingual Learners
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Cross-language Transfer
Stephanie Kerschbaum
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,256
789
0.628
diversity
composition and rhetoric
linguistics
narrative
disability
William E Lewis
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,111
520
0.468
Literacy
Writing
Adolescent Literacy. ELA Methods
Stephanie N Del Tufo
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,073
651
0.607
language
literacy
executive function
Martin Brückner
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
238
0.284
Early American Literature
American History
History of Cartography
Cultural Geography
Material Culture Studies
Jorge H Cubillos
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
327
0.424
Lowell Duckert
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
338
0.604
Carol E Henderson
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
142
0.272
African American literature
film
black women
Meredith K. Ray
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
183
0.482
Italian Renaissance literature
Italian women writers
early modern letter-writing
early modern scientific culture
Edward J Larkin
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
89
0.263
Spec Fiction
The novel
American literature
empire
The American Revolution
Ali Alalou
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
79
0.395
Second language acquisition
French linguistics
Amazigh studies
Sociolinguistics
Bernard Mckenna
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
30
0.170
Chad M Gasta
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
77
0.448
Spanish Golden Age
early modern Spanish and Latin American literature and culture
Cervantes
opera
theater
Fan Zhang
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
112
0.696
literacy instructions for multilingual learners
bilingual education
automated writing evaluation
Bilge Palaz
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
theoretical and experimental syntax
sentence processing
ellipsis
Psycholinguistics
ERPs and processing
Fei Ting Woon
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
44
1.000
Psycholinguistics
Neurolinguistics
Child Lang Dev