Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
273,867
73,288
0.268
* 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
196,862
40,173
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,302
49,284
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video games
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,840
41,563
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,986
44,346
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Literature studies
Media theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,424
35,054
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,347
34,166
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,027
10,458
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
linguistics
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,586
18,297
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,665
23,287
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Applied linguistics
EAP
English for Academic Purposes
discourse analysis
English for Specific Purposes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,197
41,988
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,558
38,453
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,622
43,821
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,759
30,287
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Trust
Research Methods
Ecommerce
IT Outsourcing
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,515
29,335
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
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
79,943
20,201
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,091
20,667
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,372
23,213
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,793
20,423
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,273
39,742
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,076
15,252
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Pendidikan Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,568
37,428
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,503
25,643
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,515
23,570
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
history of technology
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,228
10,354
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300
130
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George Lakoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273,867
73,288
0.268
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829
63
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
196,862
40,173
0.204
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,075
457
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Johnson
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,302
49,284
0.288
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,542
686
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
James Paul Gee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,840
41,563
0.291
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video games
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,620
8
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rod Ellis
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,986
44,346
0.319
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,855
42
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,424
35,054
0.271
Literature studies
Media theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,107
978
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David K Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,347
34,166
0.284
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,311
1,591
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Swofford
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,027
10,458
0.109
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,341
1,603
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,586
18,297
0.191
linguistics
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,611
10
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nestor Garcia Canclini
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,665
23,287
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,644
300
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ken Hyland
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,197
41,988
0.460
Applied linguistics
EAP
English for Academic Purposes
discourse analysis
English for Specific Purposes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,014
326
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,558
38,453
0.444
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,223
2,011
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dan Jurafsky
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,622
43,821
0.524
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,489
2,149
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Douglas Biber
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,759
30,287
0.375
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,511
2,161
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Gefen
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,515
29,335
0.364
Trust
Research Methods
Ecommerce
IT Outsourcing
Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,574
363
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David MacKay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,943
20,201
0.253
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
4,660
180
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pierre Lévy
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,091
20,667
0.261
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,741
12
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Steve Weiner
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,372
23,213
0.296
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,155
2,454
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kwame Anthony Appiah
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,793
20,423
0.273
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,410
19
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,273
39,742
0.609
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,597
3,125
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bernard Comrie
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,076
15,252
0.238
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,699
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Saiful Bahri
Institut Agama Islam Negeri IAIN Tulungagung
Tulungagung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,568
37,428
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,714
261
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Harald Baayen
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,503
25,643
0.404
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,873
593
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andy Clark
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,515
23,570
0.377
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,135
3,393
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nathan Rosenberg
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,228
10,354
0.169
history of technology
economic history