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
United States
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
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
United States
Peter Cole
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
United States
Aquiles Iglesias
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
United States
Anne Vainikka
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
United States
Thomas Leitch
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
United States
Benjamin Bruening
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
United States
Satoshi Tomioka
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
United States
Amanda Owen Van Horne
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
United States
Arild Hestvik
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
United States
Adrian Pasquarella
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
United States
Stephanie Kerschbaum
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
United States
William E Lewis
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
United States
Stephanie N Del Tufo
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
United States
Martin Brückner
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
United States
Jorge H Cubillos
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
United States
Lowell Duckert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
338
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Carol E Henderson
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
United States
Meredith K. Ray
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
United States
Edward J Larkin
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
United States
Ali Alalou
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: 22
United States
Chad M Gasta
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
United States
Fan Zhang
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
United States
Bilge Palaz
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
United States
Fei Ting Woon
Psycholinguistics
Neurolinguistics
Child Lang Dev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
44
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,962
United States
7,049
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,580
17,457
0.441
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,902
United States
31,989
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Cole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,418
1,967
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,422
United States
64,711
246
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Aquiles Iglesias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,953
2,172
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,753
United States
73,599
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Anne Vainikka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,091
642
0.126
Finnish syntax
linguistic theory
L1 acquisition
L2 acquisition
literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,786
United States
76,559
298
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Thomas Leitch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,845
1,514
0.312
adaptation studies
cinema studies
literary theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,129
United States
78,426
307
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Benjamin Bruening
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,698
2,061
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,053
United States
139,982
543
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Satoshi Tomioka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,050
537
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
514,954
United States
159,624
608
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Amanda Owen Van Horne
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,156
United States
166,065
624
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Arild Hestvik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,524
386
0.253
Psychology
theoretical linguistics
cognitive neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,182
United States
171,795
652
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Adrian Pasquarella
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606,334
United States
183,455
693
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stephanie Kerschbaum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,256
789
0.628
diversity
composition and rhetoric
linguistics
narrative
disability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650,385
United States
194,573
737
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
William E Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,111
520
0.468
Literacy
Writing
Adolescent Literacy. ELA Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
662,769
United States
197,704
745
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stephanie N Del Tufo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,073
651
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,678
United States
219,059
816
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Martin Brückner
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780,450
United States
225,511
841
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jorge H Cubillos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
327
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888,356
United States
248,702
926
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lowell Duckert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
338
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
914,284
United States
253,505
941
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carol E Henderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
142
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,044,052
United States
275,052
980
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Meredith K. Ray
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,090,572
United States
282,066
999
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Edward J Larkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
89
0.263
Spec Fiction
The novel
American literature
empire
The American Revolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,314,968
United States
313,482
1,116
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ali Alalou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
79
0.395
Second language acquisition
French linguistics
Amazigh studies
Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,370,710
United States
321,123
1,150
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bernard Mckenna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
30
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,380,244
United States
322,461
1,156
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chad M Gasta
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,408,521
United States
326,238
1,179
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
112
0.696
literacy instructions for multilingual learners
bilingual education
automated writing evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,856,979
United States
386,935
1,474
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bilge Palaz
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,886,500
United States
390,890
1,499
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fei Ting Woon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
44
1.000
Psycholinguistics
Neurolinguistics
Child Lang Dev