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World Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings 2025

AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.

Total 45.496 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Timothy Milnes
English Literature
Philosophy
Romanticism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
116
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Dan Jurafsky
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
90
0.756
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Susan Goldin Meadow
language creation and development
using gesture to communicate
think
and learn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
75
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Rod Ellis
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
83
0.709
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
George Lakoff
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
68
0.596
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ken Hyland
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
91
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
James Paul Gee
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video games
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
67
0.657
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Harald Baayen
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
64
0.627
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Michael Arbib
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
40
0.400
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
70
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Rebecca Treiman
Language
reading
spelling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
41
0.423
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
80
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Douglas Biber
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
68
0.723
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
P David Pearson
Literacy
Education
Reading
Teacher Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
51
0.543
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Виктор Гусев
mass culture
mass literature
middle literature
sociocultural situation
cultural space
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
39
0.415
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Richard B Van Breemen
mass spectrometry
pharmacognosy
botanical dietary supplements
natural products
cancer chemoprevention
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
47
0.505
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Anna Wierzbicka
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
52
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Jim Coleman
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
46
0.517
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
Literature studies
Media theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
51
0.580
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Jan Blommaert
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
61
0.701
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Bernard Comrie
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
47
0.540
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
D Quentin Miller
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
45
0.523
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Catherine Mcbride
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
60
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Janet Holmes
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse..
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
51
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Timothy Milnes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
116
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dan Jurafsky
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
90
0.756
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Susan Goldin Meadow
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
75
0.636
language creation and development
using gesture to communicate
think
and learn
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rod Ellis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
83
0.709
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
George Lakoff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
68
0.596
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ken Hyland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
91
0.813
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
James Paul Gee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
67
0.657
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Harald Baayen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
64
0.627
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Arbib
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
40
0.400
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
70
0.707
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rebecca Treiman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
41
0.423
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jean-Marc Dewaele
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
80
0.833
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Douglas Biber
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
68
0.723
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
P David Pearson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
51
0.543
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Виктор Гусев
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
39
0.415
mass culture
mass literature
middle literature
sociocultural situation
cultural space
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard B Van Breemen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
47
0.505
mass spectrometry
pharmacognosy
botanical dietary supplements
natural products
cancer chemoprevention
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ismail Abbasi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
55
0.598
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anna Wierzbicka
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
52
0.571
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jim Coleman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
46
0.517
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
51
0.580
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jan Blommaert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
61
0.701
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bernard Comrie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
47
0.540
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
D Quentin Miller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
45
0.523
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Catherine Mcbride
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
60
0.706
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Janet Holmes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
51
0.600