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Australia 603 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
47
0.516
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
38
0.447
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
critical applied linguistics
global spread of English
metrolingual practices
language & popular culture
semiotic assemblages
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
61
0.772
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Models
Machine Learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
38
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Language
Culture
Cognition
Interaction
Social Behaviour
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
44
0.710
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Linguistic typology
linguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
39
0.650
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Linguistics
Child language
Universal Grammar. Logic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
28
0.475
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Applied linguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
46
0.793
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Australian languages
Papuan languages
typology
linguistic anthropology
language documentation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Applied Linguistics
Autonomy in learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
44
0.772
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Neurobiology of Language
Neurotypology
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Neuroscience
Linguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
33
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
language
literacy
reading instruction
youth offenders
leaving care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
35
0.648
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
second language writing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
43
0.827
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
language
neuroscience
aphasia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
39
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Language Neuroscience
Psycholinguistics
Aphasia
functional neuroimaging
dopamine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
36
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Early modern literature
early modern women's writing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
22
0.423
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Pragmatics
Conversation Analysis
Intercultural Communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
41
0.804
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
neurobiology of language
cognitive neuroscience
neurotypology
psycholinguistics
language processing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
31
0.608
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
languages education
research education
school structures
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
29
0.569
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
natural language processing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
26
0.510
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
speech perception
phonetics
language acquisition
word learning
bilingualism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Intercultural communication
nonverbal communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
41
0.891
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
literacy
English curriculum
children's literature
grammar
visual literacy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Indigenous Languages
Language Revitalisation
Computational Linguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
23
0.511
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Language policy and planning
language testing and world Englishes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
37
0.841
Anna Wierzbicka
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
47
0.516
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Allan Luke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
38
0.447
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
Alastair Pennycook
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
61
0.772
critical applied linguistics
global spread of English
metrolingual practices
language & popular culture
semiotic assemblages
Mark Johnson
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
38
0.551
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Models
Machine Learning
NJ Enfield
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
44
0.710
Language
Culture
Cognition
Interaction
Social Behaviour
Alexandra Aikhenvald
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
39
0.650
Linguistic typology
linguistics
Stephen Crain
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
28
0.475
Linguistics
Child language
Universal Grammar. Logic
Anne Burns
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
46
0.793
Nicholas Evans
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
Australian languages
Papuan languages
typology
linguistic anthropology
language documentation
Phil Benson
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
44
0.772
Applied Linguistics
Autonomy in learning
Matthias Schlesewsky
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
33
0.600
Neurobiology of Language
Neurotypology
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Neuroscience
Linguistics
Pamela Snow
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
35
0.648
language
literacy
reading instruction
youth offenders
leaving care
Neomy Storch
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
43
0.827
Stephen M Wilson
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
39
0.750
language
neuroscience
aphasia
David Copland
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
36
0.692
Language Neuroscience
Psycholinguistics
Aphasia
functional neuroimaging
dopamine
Rosalind Smith
University of Newcastle
Callaghan, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
22
0.423
Early modern literature
early modern women's writing
Michael Haugh
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
41
0.804
Pragmatics
Conversation Analysis
Intercultural Communication
Ina Bornkessel Schlesewsky
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
31
0.608
neurobiology of language
cognitive neuroscience
neurotypology
psycholinguistics
language processing
Michael Singh
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
29
0.569
languages education
research education
school structures
Robert Dale
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
26
0.510
natural language processing
Paola Escudero
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
speech perception
phonetics
language acquisition
word learning
bilingualism
Ping Yang
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
41
0.891
Intercultural communication
nonverbal communication
Len Unsworth
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
literacy
English curriculum
children's literature
grammar
visual literacy
Steven Bird
Charles Darwin University
Avustralya, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
23
0.511
Indigenous Languages
Language Revitalisation
Computational Linguistics
Obaidul Hamid
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
37
0.841
Language policy and planning
language testing and world Englishes