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
Applied Linguistics
Stylistics
ELT
ESP
Sociology and Research Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
241
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
rhetoric
linguistics and literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258
172
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Linguistics
Appraisal Theory
Discourse Analysis
Optimality Theory
Stylistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245
207
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Genocide Studies
Post-colonial literature
Stylistics
English Language Teaching
Literary theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
207
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Discourse studies
Applied Linguistics and Communication
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
54
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Work Integrated Learning
Applied Linguistics
TVET Teacher Education
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
55
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
English literature
linguistics
feminist studies
cultural studies
genocide studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
37
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
African Literature
Afropolitanism
Crime-Fiction
New African Identities
Blesser/Blessee Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Formal and sociolinguistics. Khoesan linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
20
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
linguistics
pragmatics
literature stylistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Applied linguistics
Literature
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Intercultural communication
linguistics
International relations
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Linguistic
Forensic linguistics
communication
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Haileleul Zeleke Woldemariam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
241
0.880
Applied Linguistics
Stylistics
ELT
ESP
Sociology and Research Methodology
Jairos Kangira
University of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258
172
0.667
rhetoric
linguistics and literature
Collen Sabao
University of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245
207
0.845
Linguistics
Appraisal Theory
Discourse Analysis
Optimality Theory
Stylistics
Sarala Krishnamurthy
University of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
207
0.852
Genocide Studies
Post-colonial literature
Stylistics
English Language Teaching
Literary theory
Rewai Makamani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
54
0.545
Discourse studies
Applied Linguistics and Communication
Petrina Batholmeus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
55
1.000
Work Integrated Learning
Applied Linguistics
TVET Teacher Education
Alexandra Tjiramanga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
37
0.771
English literature
linguistics
feminist studies
cultural studies
genocide studies
Emelda Gawas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
African Literature
Afropolitanism
Crime-Fiction
New African Identities
Blesser/Blessee Relations
Niklaas Fredericks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
20
0.909
Formal and sociolinguistics. Khoesan linguistics
Hiskia Akuupa|Hiskia Kenemtuna Ndayambekwa Akuupa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Kaarina Emvula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
linguistics
pragmatics
literature stylistics
Kalola Eben Ezer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Applied linguistics
Literature
Beven Kamwi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Intercultural communication
linguistics
International relations
Ndamononghenda Ndalipo Ndatyapo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Linguistic
Forensic linguistics
communication