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World 45,023 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings - 2025
Measure your academic influence with the AD Scientific Index 2025 H-Index Rankings.
These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
91
0.734
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
language creation and development
using gesture to communicate
think
and lear
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
72
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
second language acquisition
task-based language teachin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
79
0.675
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specifi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
89
0.774
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psycholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
65
0.570
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video game
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
66
0.635
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
62
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personalit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
85
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
40
0.392
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early educatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
68
0.673
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Language
reading
spellin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
38
0.388
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Linguistics
Humaniora
Pendidikan
English
Social Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
78
0.804
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
registe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
66
0.695
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Literacy
Education
Reading
Teacher Educatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
49
0.516
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
mass spectrometry
pharmacognosy
botanical dietary supplements
natural products
cancer chemopreventio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
43
0.453
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psycholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
48
0.522
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
57
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
45
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Literature studies
Media theor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
48
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
second language acquisitio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
48
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
43
0.489
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrativ
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
42
0.483
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Computational Linguistics
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake New
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
72
0.837
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
60
0.698
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
47
0.547
Dan Jurafsky
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
91
0.734
Natural Language Processing
Speech Recognition
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Computational Social Scienc
Susan Goldin Meadow
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
72
0.595
language creation and development
using gesture to communicate
think
and lear
Rod Ellis
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
79
0.675
second language acquisition
task-based language teachin
Ken Hyland
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
89
0.774
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specifi
George Lakoff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
65
0.570
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Politics
Law
Psycholog
James Paul Gee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
66
0.635
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video game
Harald Baayen
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
62
0.602
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processin
Jean-Marc Dewaele
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
85
0.833
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personalit
Michael Arbib
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
40
0.392
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatic
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
68
0.673
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early educatio
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Rebecca Treiman
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
38
0.388
Language
reading
spellin
Asbah Ambalawi|ASBAH M.Hum
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
78
0.804
Linguistics
Humaniora
Pendidikan
English
Social Scienc
Douglas Biber
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
66
0.695
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
registe
P David Pearson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
49
0.516
Literacy
Education
Reading
Teacher Educatio
Richard B Van Breemen
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
43
0.453
mass spectrometry
pharmacognosy
botanical dietary supplements
natural products
cancer chemopreventio
Anna Wierzbicka
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
48
0.522
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psycholog
Jan Blommaert
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
57
0.633
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theor
Jim Coleman
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
45
0.500
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practic
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
48
0.545
Literature studies
Media theor
Susan Gass
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
48
0.545
second language acquisitio
Bernard Comrie
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
43
0.489
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentatio
D Quentin Miller
Suffolk University
Boston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
42
0.483
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrativ
Preslav Nakov
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
72
0.837
Computational Linguistics
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake New
Catherine Mcbride
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
60
0.698
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphi
Janet Holmes
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
47
0.547
Sociolinguistics
Gender and discourse.