Leaderboards/Semiotics and Representation Studies

Semiotics and Representation Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Héctor S. Barrón Soto
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2
Devon Schiller
University of Vienna
3
Enzo D’Armenio
Université Jean Moulin Lyon III
4
Tim Juvshik
Middlebury College
5
Remo Gramigna
University of Turin
6
Mario Ricca
Roma Tre University
7
Marília Jardim
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
8
Sergio Torres–Martínez
Universidad de Antioquia
9
Aurélie Huz
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
10
Kubilay Aktulum
Hacettepe University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Semiotics of Machinic Co-Enunciation
Signata|2024
14 cit.
2
Embodied human language models vs. Large Language Models, or why Artificial Intelligence cannot explain the modal be able to
Biosemiotics|2024
13 cit.
3
<i>Agentive Cognitive Construction Grammar</i>: a predictive semiotic theory of mind and language
Semiotica|2024
7 cit.
4
Dehumanizing the human, humanizing the machine: organic consciousness as a hallmark of the persistence of the human against the backdrop of artificial intelligence
AI & Society|2025
7 cit.
5
Preserving Anonymity: Deep-Fake as an Identity-Protection Device and as a Digital Camouflage
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique|2024
6 cit.
6
<i>Semiosic Translation</i>: a Bayesian-heuristic theory of translation and translating
Language and Semiotic Studies|2024
6 cit.
7
Embodied essentialism in the reconstruction of the animal sign in robot animal design
Biosystems|2024
6 cit.
8
From the Ontology of Video Games to the Epistemology of Digital Movements. Towards a Semiotics of Virtual Practices
Games and Culture|2024
6 cit.
9
A predictive human model of language challenges traditional views in linguistics and pretrained transformer research
Language and Semiotic Studies|2024
6 cit.
10
Bridging embodied cognition and AI: Agentive Cognitive Construction Grammar as a backing theory for neuro-symbolic AI
AI & Society|2025
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Wolfgang Schulz
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
2
Natalie Schwarz
University of Lausanne
3
Olimpia G. Loddo
University of Cagliari
4
Theo Jacob van Leeuwen
University of Southern Denmark
5
Danielle Giffort
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy
6
Virginie Julliard
Université de Technologie de Compiègne
7
Mihaela Popa‐Wyatt
University of Manchester
8
Michael Kimmel
Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien
9
Craig N. Cipolla
Tufts University
10
Tamara Rabinovich
Quincy College

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
ChatGPT, LaMDA, and the Hype Around Communicative AI: The Automation of Communication as a Field of Research in Media and Communication Studies
Human-Machine Communication|2023
62 cit.
2
Trajectories of AI technologies: Insights for managers
Business Horizons|2024
21 cit.
3
What affords being creative? Opportunities for novelty in light of perception, embodied activity, and imaginative skill
Adaptive Behavior|2023
15 cit.
4
Online Hate: Is Hate an Infectious Disease? Is Social Media a Promoter?
Journal of Applied Philosophy|2023
12 cit.
5
An “in vivo” analysis of crafts practices and creativity—Why affordances provide a productive lens
Frontiers in Psychology|2023
10 cit.
6
The spectrum of distributed creativity: Tango dancing and its generative modalities.
Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts|2022
9 cit.
7
“Introjecting” imagery: A process model of how minds and bodies are co-enacted
Language Sciences|2023
7 cit.
8
Un regard situé pour étudier les communautés interprétatives et émotionnelles
Communication & langages|2022
6 cit.
9
Regulatory Artifacts: Prescribing, Constituting, Steering
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique|2022
6 cit.
10
Intersemiotic Legal Translation: Semiotic Pluralism in Normative Drafting
Global Jurist|2022
5 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Maria Francesca Freda
University of Naples Federico II
2
Frédéric Fol Leymarie
McGill University
3
Guillermo Cecchi
IBM (United States)
4
James R. Taylor
Stanford Medicine
5
Richard M. Harland
University of California, Berkeley
6
Michele Zappavigna
UNSW Sydney
7
Frédérique de Vignemont
Institut Jean Nicod
8
Kay L. O’Halloran
University of London
9
Charbel Niño El-Hani
Universidade Federal da Bahia
10
Nick Lee
University of Warwick

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Appendix G: In Situ Hybridization: An Improved Whole-Mount Method for Xenopus Embryos
Methods in cell biology|1991
2.1k cit.
2
Word of mouth communication within online communities: Conceptualizing the online social network
Journal of Interactive Marketing|2007
1.7k cit.
3
Noggin, Cartilage Morphogenesis, and Joint Formation in the Mammalian Skeleton
Science|1998
823 cit.
4
Ambient affiliation: A linguistic perspective on Twitter
New Media & Society|2011
719 cit.
5
Injected Xwnt-8 RNA acts early in Xenopus embryos to promote formation of a vegetal dorsalizing center
Cell|1991
650 cit.
6
Tracking deformable objects in the plane using an active contour model
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence|1993
551 cit.
7
Embodiment, ownership and disownership
Consciousness and Cognition|2010
485 cit.
8
Searchable talk: the linguistic functions of hashtags
Social Semiotics|2015
472 cit.
9
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
New England Journal of Medicine|1990
464 cit.
10
Prediction of psychosis across protocols and risk cohorts using automated language analysis
World Psychiatry|2018
393 cit.

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