Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Victoria University Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings 2025
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
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse..
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,748
14,846
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
language learning strategies
vocabulary learning strategies
language assessment
formative assessment
vocabulary acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,104
2,981
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Applied Linguistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,000
3,625
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics
Workplace communication
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,287
2,072
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
second language phonology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,491
922
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Language Variation and Change
Historical Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,130
1,322
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Applied linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Second language acquisition
Mental lexicon
Computer-assisted language learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,921
1,694
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Romanticism
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,114
515
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,749
691
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Theoretical phonology
morphology
Salish & Wakashan languages
language revitalization
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
274
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Health literacy
adolescent literacy
media and visual literacies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,551
701
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Language socialization
Second language writing
Applied linguistics
internationalization of higher
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
833
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
poetry
women's literature
cinema studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
911
91
0.100
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
linguistics
sociolinguistics
applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
752
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Nineteenth-century literature and culture
Victorian poetry
women's writing
digital humanities
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
693
217
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Literature
history
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
119
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
classical receptions
Shakespeare
children's literature
fantasy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
111
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Literacy
Social Justice
Education
Poetry teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
192
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
London
early modern drama
textual criticism and digital editions
digital geohumanities
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
139
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
English Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
192
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Languages
Intercultural literacies
Multiculturalism
Research literacies
Student retention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
101
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Japan
theatre
literature
folklore
religion
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
61
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Canadian literature
American literature
poetry
environment
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
44
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Modernism
Canadian Literature
Twentieth-Century Poetry
Digital Humanities Research and Methodologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
74
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Canadian Literature
women's writing
disability studies
writing studies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
63
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,508
37
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Janet Holmes
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,748
14,846
0.325
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse..
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,852
733
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Yongqi Gu|Peter Gu, Yongqi Gu
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,104
2,981
0.420
language learning strategies
vocabulary learning strategies
language assessment
formative assessment
vocabulary acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,108
745
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Newton Jonathan
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,000
3,625
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,078
1,020
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Meredith Marra
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,287
2,072
0.392
Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics
Workplace communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,659
11,838
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John Archibald
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,491
922
0.264
second language phonology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,247
12,829
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alexandra D Arcy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,130
1,322
0.422
Language Variation and Change
Historical Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,621
1,848
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
İrina Elgort
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,921
1,694
0.580
Applied linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Second language acquisition
Mental lexicon
Computer-assisted language learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425,545
16,551
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Miles
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,114
515
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
486,183
19,800
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vincent Rouillard
Victoria University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,749
691
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
505,734
18,957
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Suzanne Urbanczyk
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
274
0.166
Theoretical phonology
morphology
Salish & Wakashan languages
language revitalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
526,865
19,594
362
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Deborah Begoray
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,551
701
0.452
Health literacy
adolescent literacy
media and visual literacies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,782
23,273
435
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tim Anderson
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
833
0.778
Language socialization
Second language writing
Applied linguistics
internationalization of higher
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715,218
26,838
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rose Lucas
Victoria University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
911
91
0.100
poetry
women's literature
cinema studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,559
3,770
386
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Corinne Seals
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
752
0.843
linguistics
sociolinguistics
applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
811,082
27,310
491
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alison Chapman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
693
217
0.313
Nineteenth-century literature and culture
Victorian poetry
women's writing
digital humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879,652
4,353
456
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lydia Wevers
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
119
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
974,953
4,604
488
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Geoffrey Miles
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
111
0.256
classical receptions
Shakespeare
children's literature
fantasy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,106,966
32,986
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mary Weaven
Victoria University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
192
0.617
Literacy
Social Justice
Education
Poetry teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,119,010
35,272
586
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Janelle Jenstad
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
139
0.460
London
early modern drama
textual criticism and digital editions
digital geohumanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,280,808
308,659
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anmar Akeel
University of Houston Victoria
Victoria, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
192
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,395,054
36,352
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Teresa De Fazio
Victoria University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
101
0.647
Languages
Intercultural literacies
Multiculturalism
Research literacies
Student retention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,415,020
42,732
691
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cody M Poulton
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
61
0.409
Japan
theatre
literature
folklore
religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,498,913
44,723
724
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nicholas Bradley
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
44
0.361
Canadian literature
American literature
poetry
environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,505,162
44,877
729
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Graham Jensen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
74
0.617
Modernism
Canadian Literature
Twentieth-Century Poetry
Digital Humanities Research and Methodologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,602,467
47,039
755
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Heidi Tiedemann Darroch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
63
0.670
Canadian Literature
women's writing
disability studies
writing studies