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World 45,024 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
89
0.736
* 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
72
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rod Ellis
second language acquisition
task-based language teachin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
78
0.667
* 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
65
0.565
* 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
113
87
0.770
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Paul Gee
linguistics
literacy
learning
and video game
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
65
0.625
* 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
Michael Arbib
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
39
0.386
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
67
0.670
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
83
0.838

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Asbah Ambalawi|ASBAH M.Hum
Linguistics
Humaniora
Pendidikan
English
Social Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
76
0.784
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Douglas Biber
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
registe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
65
0.684
* 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
95
48
0.505
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard B Van Breemen
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
Anna Wierzbicka
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
Jim Coleman
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
45
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jan Blommaert
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
56
0.629
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bernard Comrie
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
43
0.489
* 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
87
47
0.540
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
D Quentin Miller
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
41
0.471
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Catherine Mcbride
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
59
0.686
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Susan Gass
second language acquisition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
47
0.547
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Allan Luke
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
39
0.453
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Preslav Nakov
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
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dan Jurafsky
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
89
0.736
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
72
0.600
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
117
78
0.667
second language acquisition
task-based language teachin
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
George Lakoff
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
65
0.565
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
113
87
0.770
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
104
65
0.625
* 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
Michael Arbib
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
39
0.386
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
67
0.670
Language acquisition
play
spatial learning
media
early education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jean-Marc Dewaele
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
83
0.838
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality

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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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: 12
Asbah Ambalawi|ASBAH M.Hum
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
76
0.784
Linguistics
Humaniora
Pendidikan
English
Social Science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Douglas Biber
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
65
0.684
Linguistics
corpus linguistics
English grammar
registe
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
P David Pearson
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
48
0.505
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard B Van Breemen
       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
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anna Wierzbicka
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
48
0.522
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psycholog
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jim Coleman
       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 practice
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jan Blommaert
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
56
0.629
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bernard Comrie
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
43
0.489
linguistic typology
Caucasian languages
Papuan languages
historical linguistics
language documentation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marshall Herbert Mcluhan
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
47
0.540
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
D Quentin Miller
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
41
0.471
American Literature
African American Literature
Narrative
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Catherine Mcbride
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
59
0.686
literacy development across cultures
dyslexia
dysgraphi
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Susan Gass
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
47
0.547
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Allan Luke
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
39
0.453
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculu
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Preslav Nakov
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
72
0.837
Computational Linguistics
Large Language Models
Fact-checking
Fake New