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
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,144
68,954
0.243
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,729
37,313
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosoph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,881
44,822
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video game
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,437
38,125
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
second language acquisition
task-based language teachin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,210
41,094
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Literature studies
Media theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,141
31,656
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
min
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,423
32,710
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specifi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,073
41,196
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
linguistics
cognitive scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,469
16,160
0.166
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,894
9,130
0.094
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,094
20,869
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,478
45,622
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,159
36,439
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
registe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,138
29,006
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Trust
Research Methods
Ecommerce
IT Outsourcing
Sociolinguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,049
28,013
0.329
* 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 Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,303
18,737
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cybercultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,226
18,540
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,759
21,455
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,524
18,518
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,848
51,192
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,140
40,371
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pendidikan Isla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,010
35,009
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Linguistics
Humaniora
Pendidikan
English
Social Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,957
29,849
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,685
13,604
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Philosophy
Cognitive Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,433
22,719
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309
129
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George Lakoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,144
68,954
0.243
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
787
58
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
210,729
37,313
0.177
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,154
485
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Johnson
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,881
44,822
0.258
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosoph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,568
684
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
James Paul Gee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,437
38,125
0.257
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video game
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,639
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
145,210
41,094
0.283
second language acquisition
task-based language teachin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,951
42
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,141
31,656
0.238
Literature studies
Media theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,208
1,023
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David K Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,423
32,710
0.263
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
min
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,531
284
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ken Hyland
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,073
41,196
0.420
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specifi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,575
1,673
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,469
16,160
0.166
linguistics
cognitive scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,605
1,686
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David Swofford
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,894
9,130
0.094
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,723
12
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nestor Garcia Canclini
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,094
20,869
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,995
1,880
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dan Jurafsky
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,478
45,622
0.499
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,020
322
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,159
36,439
0.400
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,490
2,120
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Douglas Biber
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,138
29,006
0.341
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
registe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,500
2,125
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Gefen
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,049
28,013
0.329
Trust
Research Methods
Ecommerce
IT Outsourcing
Sociolinguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,772
377
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David MacKay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,303
18,737
0.228
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,880
187
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pierre Lévy
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,226
18,540
0.228
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cybercultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,935
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Steve Weiner
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,759
21,455
0.266
Biomineralization
microarchaeology
archaeological scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,415
2,561
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kwame Anthony Appiah
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,524
18,518
0.242
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,025
507
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,848
51,192
0.713
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,110
18
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,140
40,371
0.567
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,586
7
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
68,010
35,009
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,598
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Asbah Ambalawi|ASBAH M.Hum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,957
29,849
0.439
Linguistics
Humaniora
Pendidikan
English
Social Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,951
3,277
15
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
65,685
13,604
0.207
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,983
587
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andy Clark
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,433
22,719
0.347
Philosophy
Cognitive Scienc