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Top institutions in the United States for Languages & Linguistics

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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Languages & Linguistics?

149 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Languages & Linguistics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.2% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 40 countries in the subfield. 139 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of California, Los Angeles has the most (9), followed by Pennsylvania State University (8) and Northern Arizona University (6). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
149
0.2% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
139
93.3% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 40 countries in Languages & Linguistics
Highest-ranked
#1,005
Suresh Canagarajah, A. A.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of California, Los Angeles99#2Schegloff, Emanuel Abraham #2,604
2Pennsylvania State University87#5Suresh Canagarajah, A. A. #1,005
3Northern Arizona University66#10Plonsky, Luke D. #2,037
4University of California, Santa Barbara66#12Gries, Stefan Th #6,431
5University of Michigan, Ann Arbor55#19Ellis, Nick C. #4,438
6Michigan State University55#21de Costa, Peter I. #6,320
7University of Maryland, College Park55#22DeKeyser, Robert M. #13,719
8Georgetown University44#26Ortega, Lourdes #4,837
9The University of Chicago42#29Silverstein, Michael #18,823
10The University of Arizona44#32Kayi-Aydar, Hayriye #25,479
11University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa44#35Crookes, Graham V. #60,326
12University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education33#39Flores, Nelson #3,116
13Stanford University33#42Rosa, Jonathan Daniel #7,038
14Columbia University33#45Labov, William #13,514
15Iowa State University33#51Chapelle, Carol A. #25,723
16Carnegie Mellon University32#61Koda, Keiko #57,960

The top 100 in Languages & Linguistics in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Suresh Canagarajah, A. A.
    Pennsylvania State University
  2. 2
    García, Ofelia
    The Graduate Center
  3. 3
    Plonsky, Luke D.
    Northern Arizona University
  4. 4
    Biber, Douglas
    Northern Arizona University
  5. 5
    Schegloff, Emanuel Abraham
    University of California, Los Angeles
  6. 6
    Flores, Nelson
    University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
  7. 7
    Stivers, Tanya
    University of California, Los Angeles
  8. 8
    Ellis, Nick C.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  9. 9
    Goodwin, Charles
    University of California, Los Angeles
  10. 10
    Pavlenko, Aneta
    Drexel University
  11. 11
    Ortega, Lourdes
    Georgetown University
  12. 12
    Kramsch, Claire J.
    University of California, Berkeley
  13. 13
    Larsen-Freeman, Diane E.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  14. 14
    de Costa, Peter I.
    Michigan State University
  15. 15
    Lu, Xiaofei
    Pennsylvania State University
  16. 16
    Gries, Stefan Th
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  17. 17
    Rosa, Jonathan Daniel
    Stanford University
  18. 18
    Jeon, Jaeho
    Indiana University Bloomington
  19. 19
    Horwitz, Elaine Kolker
    The University of Texas at Austin
  20. 20
    Bucholtz, Mary
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  21. 21
    Hiver, Phil
    Florida State University
  22. 22
    Godwin-Jones, Robert
    Virginia Commonwealth University
  23. 23
    Agha, Asif
    University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  24. 24
    Lantolf, James P.
    Pennsylvania State University
  25. 25
    Eckert, Penelope
    Stanford University
  26. 26
    Taguchi, Naoko
    Northern Arizona University
  27. 27
    Bybee, Joan L.
    The University of New Mexico
  28. 28
    Papi, Mostafa
    Florida State University
  29. 29
    Labov, William
    Columbia University
  30. 30
    DeKeyser, Robert M.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  31. 31
    De Fina, Anna
    Georgetown University
  32. 32
    Yazan, Bedrettin
    The University of Texas at San Antonio
  33. 33
    Langacker, Ronald W.
    University of California, San Diego
  34. 34
    Oxford, Rebecca L.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  35. 35
    Silverstein, Michael
    The University of Chicago
  36. 36
    Gal, Susan
    The University of Chicago
  37. 37
    Kyle, Kristopher
    University of Oregon
  38. 38
    Schleppegrell, Mary J.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  39. 39
    Giles, Howard L.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  40. 40
    Alim, H. Samy
    University of California, Los Angeles
  41. 41
    Hornberger, Nancy Hughes
    University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
  42. 42
    Ferris, Dana R.
    University of California, Davis
  43. 43
    Croft, William A.
    The University of New Mexico
  44. 44
    Butler, Yuko Goto
    University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
  45. 45
    Montrul, Silvina Andrea
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  46. 46
    Kayi-Aydar, Hayriye
    The University of Arizona
  47. 47
    Johnson, Karen E.
    Pennsylvania State University
  48. 48
    Chapelle, Carol A.
    Iowa State University
  49. 49
    Long, Michael H.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  50. 50
    Kumaravadivelu, B.
    San Jose State University
  51. 51
    Jarvis, Scott
    Northern Arizona University
  52. 52
    Ochs, Elinor
    University of California, Los Angeles
  53. 53
    Gregersen, Tammy S.
    Baylor University
  54. 54
    Loewen, Shawn
    Michigan State University
  55. 55
    Traugott, Elizabeth Closs
    Stanford University
  56. 56
    Gass, Susan M.
    Michigan State University
  57. 57
    Palmer, Deborah K.
    University of Colorado Boulder
  58. 58
    Selvi, Ali Fuad
    Department of English
  59. 59
    Bamberg, Michael
    Clark University
  60. 60
    Benesch, Sarah
    College of Staten Island
  61. 61
    Polinsky, Maria S.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  62. 62
    Leeman, Jennifer
    George Mason University
  63. 63
    Kim, Youjin
    Georgia State University
  64. 64
    Attardo, Salvatore
    Texas A&M University-Commerce
  65. 65
    MacKey, Alison J.
    Georgetown University
  66. 66
    Vásquez, Camilla
    University of South Florida, Tampa
  67. 67
    Macswan, Jeff
    University of Maryland, College Park
  68. 68
    Belcher, Diane D.
    Georgia State University
  69. 69
    Song, Juyoung
    Murray State University
  70. 70
    Kessler, Matt
    University of South Florida, Tampa
  71. 71
    Fraser, Bruce
    Boston University
  72. 72
    Swales, John M.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  73. 73
    Tardy, Christine M.
    The University of Arizona
  74. 74
    Levis, John Michael
    Iowa State University
  75. 75
    Herman, David
    The Ohio State University
  76. 76
    Pomerantz, Anita M.
    State University of New York Albany
  77. 77
    Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen
    Indiana University Bloomington
  78. 78
    Plakans, Lia
    University of Iowa
  79. 79
    House, Juliane H.
    Hellenic American University
  80. 80
    Kratzer, Angelika
    Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Human Abilities
  81. 81
    Poehner, Matthew E.
    Pennsylvania State University
  82. 82
    Li, Mimi
    Texas A&M University
  83. 83
    Matsuda, Aya
    Arizona State University
  84. 84
    Koda, Keiko
    Carnegie Mellon University
  85. 85
    Thorne, Steven L.
    Portland State University
  86. 86
    Duranti, Alessandro
    University of California, Los Angeles
  87. 87
    Crookes, Graham V.
    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  88. 88
    Kasper, Gabriele
    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  89. 89
    Phyak, Prem Bahadur
    Columbia University
  90. 90
    Raymond, Geoffrey
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  91. 91
    Polio, Charlene G.
    Michigan State University
  92. 92
    Irvine, Judith Temkin
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  93. 93
    Miller, Elizabeth R.
    The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  94. 94
    Kecskes, Istvan
    State University of New York Albany
  95. 95
    King, Kendall A.
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  96. 96
    Clayman, Steven E.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  97. 97
    Goodwin, Marjorie Harness
    University of California, Los Angeles
  98. 98
    VanPatten, Bill
    Independent Scholar
  99. 99
    Campbell-Kibler, Kathryn
    The Ohio State University
  100. 100
    Tannen, Deborah
    Georgetown University

149 listed scientists in Languages & Linguistics in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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