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Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Reima Al-Jarf
King Saud University
2
Sarah Hopkyns
University of Islamic Studies
3
Yurii Kovbasko
King Danylo University
4
Tobias Schroedler
University of Duisburg-Essen
5
Gambhir Bahadur Chand
Far-western University
6
Olesya Khanina
University of Helsinki
7
Milica Denić
University of Amsterdam
8
Nurlaily Sofyan
Muhammadiyah University of North Maluku
9
Bin Wang
Sichuan Tourism University
10
Nina Markl
University of Essex

Rising Stars Papers

1
How language arousal affects purchase intentions in online retailing? The role of virtual versus human influencers, language typicality, and trust
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services|2024
49 cit.
2
The design principles of a sociolinguistic typological questionnaire for language contact research
Language Dynamics and Change|2025
41 cit.
3
Translanguaging and emotionality of English as a second language (ESL) teachers
IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching|2024
28 cit.
4
Sticky Objects and Places: Entangled Emotions in an English‐Medium University Educationscape
International Journal of Applied Linguistics|2025
12 cit.
5
A third player: Chinese linguistic and cultural influence at a UAE university
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development|2024
10 cit.
6
The politics of distraction in English-medium higher education across three global settings: a collaborative autoethnography
Current Issues in Language Planning|2024
7 cit.
7
Who do you want to purchase with? The effect of naming strategy on consumer participation in online group purchase
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services|2024
5 cit.
8
DeepSeek, Google Translate and Copilot’s Translation of Arabic Grammatical Terms Used Metaphorically
Journal of Computer Science and Technology Studies|2025
5 cit.
9
From ‘lip service’ to ‘more language support needed’: Perspectives from academic leaders of English in global English-medium higher education contexts
System|2025
5 cit.
10
Feminine Sound Plurals Endings in /ya:t/ and /yya:t/ in Native and Loan Lexemes in Arabic
International Journal of Middle Eastern Research|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
David Hirsh
Cambridge Health Alliance
2
Alice Lackner
Freie Universität Berlin
3
David Choi
University of Waterloo
4
Gretchen McCulloch
La Trobe University
5
Ming Xu
Shanghai Normal University
6
Tove Rosendal
University of Gothenburg
7
Maria Nisar
Riphah International University
8
Maggie Glass
University of Limerick
9
Ahmad S. Haider
Applied Science Private University
10
Maha Alhaysony
University of Ha'il

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
A Corpus-Assisted Translation Study of Strategies Used in Rendering Culture-Bound Expressions in the Speeches of King Abdullah II
Theory and Practice in Language Studies|2022
32 cit.
2
Amid signs of change: language policy, ideology and power in the linguistic landscape of urban Rwanda
Language Policy|2022
26 cit.
3
Translating classical Arabic verse: human translation vs. AI large language models (Gemini and ChatGPT)
Cogent Social Sciences|2024
26 cit.
4
Modern Standard Arabic as a Means of <i>Euphemism: A Case Study of the MSA Intralingual Subtitling of Jinn Series</i>
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research|2022
24 cit.
5
Subtitling Taboo Expressions from a Conservative to a More Liberal Culture
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication|2023
24 cit.
6
Dubbing television advertisements across cultures and languages: A case study of English and Arabic
Language Value|2022
20 cit.
7
Religious and Cultural Expressions in Legal Discourse: Evidence from Interpreting Canadian Courts Hearings from Arabic into English
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique|2023
15 cit.
8
Stereotyping Arab women in jokes circulated on social media during the coronavirus crisis
European Journal of Humour Research|2022
12 cit.
9
Strategies of Subtitling Egyptian Idiomatic Expressions and Proverbs into English
Language Value|2023
12 cit.
10
Assessing the accuracy of MT and AI tools in translating humanities or social sciences Arabic research titles into English: Evidence from Google Translate, Gemini, and ChatGPT
International Journal of Data and Network Science|2024
12 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Sendhil Mullainathan
National Bureau of Economic Research
2
Gün R. Semin
University of Sussex
3
Jennifer Jenkins
Utah State University
4
Frank R. Kardes
University of Cincinnati
5
Durk Gorter
University of the Basque Country
6
Dan‐Olof Rooth
Stockholm University
7
Dirk Geeraerts
KU Leuven
8
James A. Walker
The University of Melbourne
9
Laurence D. Stephens
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10
Anne‐Wil Harzing
Middlesex University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|2004
10.6k cit.
2
Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations
Science|2019
6.1k cit.
3
Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination
American Economic Review|2004
4.4k cit.
4
Enjoying the Quiet Life? Corporate Governance and Managerial Preferences
Journal of Political Economy|2003
3.9k cit.
5
On the automatic activation of attitudes.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|1986
2k cit.
6
On the automatic activation of attitudes.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|1986
1.9k cit.
7
Machine Learning: An Applied Econometric Approach
The Journal of Economic Perspectives|2017
1.9k cit.
8
Are CEOs Rewarded for Luck? The Ones Without Principals Are
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|2001
1.8k cit.
9
The Phonology of English as an International Language
TESOL Quarterly|2001
1.8k cit.
10
Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science: a longitudinal and cross-disciplinary comparison
Scientometrics|2015
1.7k cit.

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