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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 14 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
English for Academic Purpose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621
536
0.863
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Systemic Functional Linguistics
Multimodal Discourse Analysis
Multimodality
Scientific Literacy
Chemistry Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
230
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Second language education
Applied linguistics
L2 writing and listening
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
468
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
international education
academic mobility
international student
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
232
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
eCommerce
Internation
Marketing
Management
Cross Cultural Communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
76
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cognitive semantics
discourse analysis
neurolinguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
92
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Law
Business
Management
and Educatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
49
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cognitive Linguistics
corpus linguistics
lexical semantics
construction gramma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
37
0.860
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Language teaching
language teaching pedagogy
Second language Acquisitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
American Theater
Gender Studies
Asian American Literatur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
2
0.069
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Language Testing
Language Learning
sensor technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
socail media sentiment analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
colocaciones colocación unidades fraseológicas fraseología locución locucione
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867,514
40,154
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hang Su
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621
536
0.863
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
English for Academic Purpose
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
959,927
44,197
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yu Liu
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
230
0.470
Systemic Functional Linguistics
Multimodal Discourse Analysis
Multimodality
Scientific Literacy
Chemistry Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
970,658
44,684
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jian Xu
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
468
0.983
Second language education
Applied linguistics
L2 writing and listening
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,279,874
58,201
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xing Xu
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
232
0.991
international education
academic mobility
international student
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,459,700
66,313
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rami Khalil
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
76
0.461
eCommerce
Internation
Marketing
Management
Cross Cultural Communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,626,482
73,078
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yu Deng
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
92
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,801,723
79,782
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Asad Khalil
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
49
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,940,642
84,876
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jia Li
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,069,575
89,343
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Shuqiong Wu
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
37
0.860
Cognitive Linguistics
corpus linguistics
lexical semantics
construction gramma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,173,087
92,829
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Qiaoling He
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
Language teaching
language teaching pedagogy
Second language Acquisitio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,200,785
93,627
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
姜萌萌
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
2
0.069
American Theater
Gender Studies
Asian American Literatur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,342,595
98,109
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tingting Liu
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Language Testing
Language Learning
sensor technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,473,084
101,847
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hao Liu
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,563,227
104,129
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hui Wen
Sichuan International Studies University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
colocaciones colocación unidades fraseológicas fraseología locución locucione