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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
162,987
Country Rank
19
Institution Rank : 19
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Generation
Vision and Language
Language Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,165
3,766
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
452,133
Country Rank
96
Institution Rank : 95
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,879
918
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
507,840
Country Rank
111
Institution Rank : 110
Computational Linguistics
Multimodal Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
476
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
644,483
Country Rank
159
Institution Rank : 157
Spanish literature
Spanish history
linguistics
comparative literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
473
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
674,056
Country Rank
168
Institution Rank : 165
pragmatics
semantics
relevance theory
(critical) discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
749
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
718,916
Country Rank
185
Institution Rank : 182
Contemporary Literature
Literary Theory
Posthumanism
Comparative Literature
Futures of Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
871
475
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
719,879
Country Rank
186
Institution Rank : 183
Maltese grammar
Maltese sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
197
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
742,350
Country Rank
199
Institution Rank : 195
Language typology
morpho-syntax
the Maltese language
writing systems
language policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
180
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
747,224
Country Rank
200
Institution Rank : 196
Italian Linguistics
Linguistic History of Malta
Dubbing of English-language films into Italian
Onomastics
Use of Italian in
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
805
269
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
869,998
Country Rank
248
Institution Rank : 243
Language Education
Second Language Acquisition
Teaching and learning foreign languages
Italian L2
Mutilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
277
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
889,774
Country Rank
257
Institution Rank : 250
bilingual language development
language impairment
vocabulary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
363
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
943,724
Country Rank
269
Institution Rank : 261
sociolinguistics
bilingualism
discourse analysis and research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
151
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
987,073
Country Rank
283
Institution Rank : 275
Phonetics
Phonology
Prosody and Intonation
Bi-/Multilingualism
Maltese/its Dialects/Maltese English
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
192
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
990,978
Country Rank
286
Institution Rank : 278
historical linguistics
morphology of Maltese (synchronic and diachronic)
language contact
language planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
93
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,025,591
Country Rank
300
Institution Rank : 291
Maltese linguistics
morphology
semantics
lexicography
dialectology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
164
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,041,247
Country Rank
310
Institution Rank : 299
Arabic language
Arabic dialectology
Maltese
Syriac and other Semitic Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
147
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,254,152
Country Rank
386
Institution Rank : 2
Modernist literature in English
Spanish
French and Portuguese
poetry and poetics
translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
76
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,278,509
Country Rank
398
Institution Rank : 382
English
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
95
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,474,455
Country Rank
461
Institution Rank : 437
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
55
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,478,816
Country Rank
462
Institution Rank : 438
Italian Language and Literature
Gothic
Horror and Fantastic Literature
Popular Culture
Film and Television Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,509,902
Country Rank
473
Institution Rank : 448
Maltese language & literature
stylistics
translation
literary criticism
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
27
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,535,661
Country Rank
476
Institution Rank : 451
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
62
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,588,794
Country Rank
491
Institution Rank : 464
Literary Translation
Translation Theory and History
Translation Semiotics
Critical and Literary Theory
Science Fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,589,526
Country Rank
493
Institution Rank : 466
French Literature
Identity
anthropology
representations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
17
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,617,552
Country Rank
501
Institution Rank : 474
Language variation
Sociophonetics
Phonetics and Phonology
Historical Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
29
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,987
19
19
Albert Gatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,165
3,766
0.611
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Generation
Vision and Language
Language Production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,133
96
95
Antoinette Camilleri Grima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,879
918
0.489
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
507,840
111
110
Patrizia Paggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
476
0.300
Computational Linguistics
Multimodal Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,483
159
157
JA Garrido Ardila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
473
0.442
Spanish literature
Spanish history
linguistics
comparative literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,056
168
165
Stavros Assimakopoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
749
0.760
pragmatics
semantics
relevance theory
(critical) discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
718,916
185
182
Ivan Callus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
871
475
0.545
Contemporary Literature
Literary Theory
Posthumanism
Comparative Literature
Futures of Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,879
186
183
Albert Borg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
197
0.227
Maltese grammar
Maltese sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
742,350
199
195
Ray Fabri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
180
0.221
Language typology
morpho-syntax
the Maltese language
writing systems
language policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
747,224
200
196
Joseph M Brincat (Giuseppe)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
805
269
0.334
Italian Linguistics
Linguistic History of Malta
Dubbing of English-language films into Italian
Onomastics
Use of Italian in
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
869,998
248
243
Sandro Caruana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
277
0.496
Language Education
Second Language Acquisition
Teaching and learning foreign languages
Italian L2
Mutilingualism
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
889,774
257
250
Daniela R Gatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
363
0.693
bilingual language development
language impairment
vocabulary
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
943,724
269
261
Lydia Sciriha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
151
0.346
sociolinguistics
bilingualism
discourse analysis and research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987,073
283
275
Alexandra Vella
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
192
0.512
Phonetics
Phonology
Prosody and Intonation
Bi-/Multilingualism
Maltese/its Dialects/Maltese English
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
990,978
286
278
Manwel Mifsud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
93
0.251
historical linguistics
morphology of Maltese (synchronic and diachronic)
language contact
language planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,025,591
300
291
Michael Spagnol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
164
0.503
Maltese linguistics
morphology
semantics
lexicography
dialectology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,041,247
310
299
Martin R. Zammit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
147
0.477
Arabic language
Arabic dialectology
Maltese
Syriac and other Semitic Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,254,152
386
2
John Pedro Schwartz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
76
0.487
Modernist literature in English
Spanish
French and Portuguese
poetry and poetics
translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,278,509
398
382
James Corby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
95
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,474,455
461
437
Jordan Wolfgang Klein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
55
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,478,816
462
438
Fabrizio Foni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
48
0.600
Italian Language and Literature
Gothic
Horror and Fantastic Literature
Popular Culture
Film and Television Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,509,902
473
448
Charles Briffa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
27
0.370
Maltese language & literature
stylistics
translation
literary criticism
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,535,661
476
451
Rachael M Agius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
62
0.925
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,588,794
491
464
Clare E Vassallo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
Literary Translation
Translation Theory and History
Translation Semiotics
Critical and Literary Theory
Science Fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,589,526
493
466
Dominique Lanni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
17
0.298
French Literature
Identity
anthropology
representations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,617,552
501
474
Sarah Grech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
29
0.558
Language variation
Sociophonetics
Phonetics and Phonology
Historical Linguistics