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World 45,499 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings - 2025

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dan Jurafsky
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
87
0.719
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
120
70
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rod Ellis
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
78
0.661
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
George Lakoff
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
64
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ken Hyland
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
86
0.754
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Paul Gee
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video games
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
64
0.627
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Harald Baayen
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
61
0.598
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
66
0.660
* 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
37
0.370
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rebecca Treiman
Language
reading
spelling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
37
0.378
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
81
0.835
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Douglas Biber
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
64
0.681
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
P David Pearson
Literacy
Education
Reading
Teacher Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
47
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
42
0.452
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anna Wierzbicka
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: 16
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
44
0.494
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jan Blommaert
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
56
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bernard Comrie
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
44
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
Literature studies
Media theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
46
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
D Quentin Miller
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
42
0.483
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Catherine Mcbride
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
58
0.674
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Susan Gass
second language acquisition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
46
0.541
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Janet Holmes
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse..
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
45
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Allan Luke
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: 25
Laurence Leonard
Language Development and Disorders
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
34
0.405
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dan Jurafsky
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
87
0.719
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Susan Goldin Meadow
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
70
0.583
language creation and development
using gesture to communicate
think
and learn
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rod Ellis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
78
0.661
second language acquisition
task-based language teaching
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
George Lakoff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
64
0.557
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ken Hyland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
86
0.754
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Paul Gee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
64
0.627
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Harald Baayen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
61
0.598
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
66
0.660
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Arbib
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
37
0.370
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rebecca Treiman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
37
0.378
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jean-Marc Dewaele
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
81
0.835
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Douglas Biber
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
64
0.681
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
register
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
P David Pearson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
47
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard B Van Breemen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
42
0.452
mass spectrometry
pharmacognosy
botanical dietary supplements
natural products
cancer chemoprevention
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anna Wierzbicka
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
47
0.516
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jim Coleman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
44
0.494
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jan Blommaert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
56
0.636
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bernard Comrie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
44
0.500
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
46
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
D Quentin Miller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
42
0.483
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Catherine Mcbride
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
58
0.674
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphia
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Susan Gass
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
46
0.541
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Janet Holmes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
45
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Allan Luke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
38
0.447
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Laurence Leonard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
34
0.405