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
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,823
76,721
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,663
42,817
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
English Literature
Philosophy
Romanticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,215
77,826
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,170
50,016
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video games
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,525
42,192
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,491
45,175
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Literature studies
Media theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,055
35,565
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,294
35,584
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
syntax and semantics
dialectology
Igbo language and literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,348
105,437
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,510
10,800
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
linguistics
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,839
18,503
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,813
44,212
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,897
23,473
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,131
39,005
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,680
44,845
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Trust
Research Methods
Ecommerce
IT Outsourcing
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,479
30,884
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,318
30,853
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,296
20,513
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,471
20,987
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,665
23,496
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,047
20,651
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,006
40,446
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Pendidikan Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,281
38,067
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,197
15,407
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292
125
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George Lakoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,823
76,721
0.275
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
737
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jim Coleman
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,663
42,817
0.206
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,053
80
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Timothy Milnes
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,215
77,826
0.444
English Literature
Philosophy
Romanticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,086
460
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Johnson
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,170
50,016
0.291
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,558
689
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
James Paul Gee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,525
42,192
0.294
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video games
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,617
8
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rod Ellis
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,491
45,175
0.322
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,879
42
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,055
35,565
0.273
Literature studies
Media theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,103
968
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David K Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,294
35,584
0.291
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,248
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gabriella Nwaozuzu
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,348
105,437
0.891
syntax and semantics
dialectology
Igbo language and literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,363
1,602
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David Swofford
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,510
10,800
0.112
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,407
1,624
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,839
18,503
0.193
linguistics
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,562
293
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ken Hyland
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,813
44,212
0.471
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,685
10
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nestor Garcia Canclini
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,897
23,473
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,057
328
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,131
39,005
0.448
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,223
1,993
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dan Jurafsky
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,680
44,845
0.530
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,407
2,098
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David Gefen
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,479
30,884
0.374
Trust
Research Methods
Ecommerce
IT Outsourcing
Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,532
2,154
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Douglas Biber
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,318
30,853
0.379
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,638
373
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David MacKay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,296
20,513
0.255
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,721
180
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pierre Lévy
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,471
20,987
0.264
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,814
12
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Steve Weiner
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,665
23,496
0.299
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,234
2,469
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kwame Anthony Appiah
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,047
20,651
0.275
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,431
19
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,006
40,446
0.613
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,711
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Saiful Bahri
Institut Agama Islam Negeri IAIN Tulungagung
Tulungagung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,281
38,067
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,725
3,171
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bernard Comrie
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,197
15,407
0.240
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,787
263
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Harald Baayen
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing