Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Yazd University Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings 2025
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applied linguistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,110
1,560
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Second Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics
Language Testing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
693
319
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Language Teaching Methodology/ Language Skills/ Discourse
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
531
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
English for Specific Purposes
Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Language Skills
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
326
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
English Language Teaching
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
256
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Psycholinguistics
Perfectionism
Educational Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
434
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Second/foreign languae acquisition of syntax & phonology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
174
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Discourse Analysis
Academic Writing
Task-based Teaching
Syllabus Design
CDA
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
142
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
English language teaching (TEFL)
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
115
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Applied Linguistics/TEFL
Genre and Text Analysis
EAP/ESP
CDA
Sociolinguistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
94
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Applied Linguistics TEFL
Second Language Acquisition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
58
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Comparative Literature
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
27
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Language Teaching
Critical Discourse Analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
discourse analysis
academic writing
genre-based pedagogy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Linguistics
Literary Criticism
Romantic and Victorian Poetry
Elizabethan Drama
Literary History
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
language and linguistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Applied Linguistics. Psycholinguistics. Second Language Acquisition
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12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Teaching Arabic Language
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11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
English Lit.
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11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Persian Literature
Rhetoric
Prosody
Poetry/Prose
Literary Writing/Editing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Persian Language and Literature
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Litirature
Mysticism
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8
5
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
literature
Epic
Mistysism
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
3
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Literary schools
literary criticism and theory
History of Literature and Comparative Stylistics
Linguistics
grammar and comp
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Comparative literature
Arabic and Farsi Literature
Literary types
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,580
2,912
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Akbar Jabbary
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,110
1,560
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796,077
14,044
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mohammad Javad Rezai
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
693
319
0.460
Second Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics
Language Testing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,500
14,622
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
531
0.817
Language Teaching Methodology/ Language Skills/ Discourse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
860,375
15,750
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Golnar Mazdayasna
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
326
0.572
English for Specific Purposes
Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Language Skills
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888,256
16,462
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Amin Naeimi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
256
0.491
English Language Teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
934,934
17,458
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mohammad Hasan Razmi
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
434
0.943
Psycholinguistics
Perfectionism
Educational Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,223,026
23,345
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ali Akbar Jabbari
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
174
0.773
Second/foreign languae acquisition of syntax & phonology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,398,140
26,355
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fatemeh Mahdavirad
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
142
0.959
Discourse Analysis
Academic Writing
Task-based Teaching
Syllabus Design
CDA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,450,218
27,149
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ali Hashemi
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
115
0.878
English language teaching (TEFL)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,551,915
28,697
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Seyedeh Elham Elhambakhsh
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
94
0.922
Applied Linguistics/TEFL
Genre and Text Analysis
EAP/ESP
CDA
Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,615,479
29,799
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Forough Amirjalili
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
58
0.667
Applied Linguistics TEFL
Second Language Acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,939,956
36,731
391
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Muhammad Hussein Oroskhan
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
27
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,980,450
37,697
408
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Najmeh Barzegar
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
Language Teaching
Critical Discourse Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,064,361
39,578
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mohammad Hossein Ghane
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
discourse analysis
academic writing
genre-based pedagogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,136,196
41,230
453
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Masoud Rostami
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
Linguistics
Literary Criticism
Romantic and Victorian Poetry
Elizabethan Drama
Literary History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,152,135
41,644
460
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Farangis Shahidzade
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,152,823
41,659
461
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Maryam Khodaverdian Dehkordi
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
Applied Linguistics. Psycholinguistics. Second Language Acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,167,166
41,990
465
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sajed Zare
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,167,166
41,990
465
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sayed Mohammad Anoosheh
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,192,251
42,564
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Seyed Mahmoud Elhambakhsh
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
Persian Literature
Rhetoric
Prosody
Poetry/Prose
Literary Writing/Editing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,195,893
42,660
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yadollah Jalali Pandari
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Persian Language and Literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,227,096
43,452
487
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mahdi Maleksabet
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
5
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,228,206
43,494
488
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mohammad Kazem Kahdouei
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
3
0.375
literature
Epic
Mistysism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,272,208
44,547
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
فصل نامه علمی جستارنامه ادبیات تطبیقی
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Literary schools
literary criticism and theory
History of Literature and Comparative Stylistics
Linguistics
grammar and comp
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,285,819
44,902
502
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Arezu Pooryazdanpanah
Yazd University
Yazd, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
Comparative literature
Arabic and Farsi Literature
Literary types