top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Languages & Linguistics

2025 single-year list · 545 listed authors · Communication & Textual Studies

545 researchers whose main subfield is Languages & Linguistics, part of Communication & Textual Studies, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 25,930 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 498 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
545
2.10% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
25,930
Median citations
8
top 1% from 374 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#163
Hyland, Ken

Top countries

  1. United States14927%
  2. United Kingdom11020%
  3. Hong Kong367%
  4. Australia285%
  5. Canada275%
  6. China204%
  7. Netherlands163%
  8. Spain153%
  9. New Zealand153%
  10. Germany143%

Top institutions

  1. The University of Hong Kong102%
  2. University of California, Los Angeles92%
  3. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University92%
  4. University College London81%
  5. Pennsylvania State University81%
  6. The Education University of Hong Kong81%
  7. Lancaster University71%
  8. The University of Sydney71%
  9. University of Warwick71%
  10. Northern Arizona University61%

545 listed scientists in Languages & Linguistics

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