Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 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
United States
Heidi Anne Mesmer
Text
Beginning Reading
Readability
Common Core
RtI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,863
816
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Aarnes Gudmestad
Second Language Acquisition
Sociolinguistics
Language Variation
Quantitative Analyses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,465
805
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Trevor Thomas Stewart
English Education
Reading Education
Bakhtin
Qualitative Analysis
Transactional Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,026
728
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Andrew S Becker
Poetics
Latin
Ancient Greek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
686
164
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Evan Lavender Smith
fiction
poetry
creative nonfiction
hybrid-genre writing
publishing & editing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
18
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Ghazal Saeedfar
translation studies
sociolinguistics
women studies
technology in translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,253
United States
145,374
820
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Heidi Anne Mesmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,863
816
0.438
Text
Beginning Reading
Readability
Common Core
RtI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
542,385
United States
166,542
934
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Aarnes Gudmestad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,465
805
0.549
Second Language Acquisition
Sociolinguistics
Language Variation
Quantitative Analyses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
668,300
United States
198,694
1,111
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Trevor Thomas Stewart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,026
728
0.710
English Education
Reading Education
Bakhtin
Qualitative Analysis
Transactional Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
699,239
United States
206,261
1,155
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Abby Walker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
942
604
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
811,419
United States
232,079
1,313
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew S Becker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
686
164
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,016,714
United States
407,307
1,404
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Evan Lavender Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
18
0.720
fiction
poetry
creative nonfiction
hybrid-genre writing
publishing & editing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,335,256
United States
442,755
1,485
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ghazal Saeedfar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
translation studies
sociolinguistics
women studies
technology in translation