Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

University of Westminster Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United Kingdom
Julio Gimenez
English language
academic literacies
email communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,082
276
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United Kingdom
John Beck
literature
visual culture
art history
photography
landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
258
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United Kingdom
Paul Breen
Academic development
teacher education
sociolinguistics
national identities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
305
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United Kingdom
Anand Syea
Theoretical syntax
Creole Linguistics
Language Acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395
96
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United Kingdom
Svetlana Kurteš
Intercultural Communication
(Contrastive) Pragmatics
Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics
Language Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
186
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United Kingdom
Jonathan Kasstan
sociolinguistics
language variation and change
language contact
language endangerment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
254
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United Kingdom
Charles Denroche
Cognitive Linguistics
Semiotics
Figurative Language and Thought
Translation and Interpreting Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
110
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United Kingdom
Georgina Colby
twentieth and twenty-first century avant-garde writing
feminist theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
65
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United Kingdom
Jeeshan Gazi
Moving Images
Literature
Pop Culture
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,152
United Kingdom
39,145
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Julio Gimenez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,082
276
0.255
English language
academic literacies
email communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
828,315
United Kingdom
47,042
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Beck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
258
0.410
literature
visual culture
art history
photography
landscape
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
934,410
United Kingdom
51,394
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Breen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
305
0.662
Academic development
teacher education
sociolinguistics
national identities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
996,402
United Kingdom
54,738
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Anand Syea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395
96
0.243
Theoretical syntax
Creole Linguistics
Language Acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,016,990
United Kingdom
55,806
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Svetlana Kurteš
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
186
0.496
Intercultural Communication
(Contrastive) Pragmatics
Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics
Language Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,072,677
United Kingdom
58,608
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jonathan Kasstan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
254
0.782
sociolinguistics
language variation and change
language contact
language endangerment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,387,917
United Kingdom
72,576
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Charles Denroche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
110
0.724
Cognitive Linguistics
Semiotics
Figurative Language and Thought
Translation and Interpreting Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,660,795
United Kingdom
81,662
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Georgina Colby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
65
0.844
twentieth and twenty-first century avant-garde writing
feminist theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,976,068
United Kingdom
89,189
219
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jeeshan Gazi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786