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Zoltán Kövecses
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Social Sciences and Humanities
Hungary
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
47
Citations
31187
World Ranking
3230
National Ranking
3

Zoltán Kövecses publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zoltán Kövecses sits on this spectrum.

44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44 publications 570+

This scientist: 255 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Zoltán Kövecses D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zoltán Kövecses sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Hungary Leader Award

Best Publications

  • Metaphor: A Practical Introduction

    Zoltán Kövecses;Réka Benczes

  • Metaphor in Culture: Universality and Variation

    Zoltán Kövecses

  • Metaphor and Emotion: Language, Culture, and Body in Human Feeling

    Zoltán Kövecses

  • Metaphor in Culture

    Unknown

  • Metonymy: Developing a cognitive linguistic view

    Zoltán Kövecses;Günter Radden

  • Metaphor

    Unknown

  • Language, Mind, and Culture: A Practical Introduction

    Zoltán Kövecses;Bálint Koller

  • Idioms: A View from Cognitive Semantics

    Zoltan Kovecses;Peter Szabo

  • Towards a Theory of Metonymy

    Unknown

  • Where Metaphors Come From

    Unknown

  • The cognitive model of anger inherent in American English

    George Lakoff;Zoltan Kovecses

  • Metaphors of Anger, Pride and Love

    Unknown

  • The language of love : the semantics of passion in conversational English

    Zoltán Kövecses

  • The scope of metaphor

    Zoltán Kövecses

  • Language, Figurative Thought, and Cross-Cultural Comparison

    Zoltán Kövecses

  • Anger: Its language, conceptualization, and physiology in the light of cross-cultural evidence

    Zoltán Kövecses

  • A new look at metaphorical creativity in cognitive linguistics

    Zoltán Kövecses

  • Metaphor and Emotion

    Unknown

  • Conceptual metaphor theory: Some criticisms and alternative proposals

    Zoltán Kövecses

  • Happiness: A Definitional Effort

    Zoltán Kövecses

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond W. Gibbs
Raymond W. Gibbs University of California, Santa Cruz
Elena Semino
Elena Semino Lancaster University
Gerard J. Steen
Gerard J. Steen University of Amsterdam
Lynne Cameron
Lynne Cameron The Open University
Alan Cienki
Alan Cienki Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
George Lakoff
George Lakoff University of California, Berkeley

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Best Scientists Citing Zoltán Kövecses

Gerard J. Steen

Gerard J. Steen

University of Amsterdam

Publications: 33

Elizabeth Closs Traugott

Elizabeth Closs Traugott

Stanford University

Publications: 29

Jeannette Littlemore

Jeannette Littlemore

University of Birmingham

Publications: 27

Elena Semino

Elena Semino

Lancaster University

Publications: 26

Raymond W. Gibbs

Raymond W. Gibbs

University of California, Santa Cruz

Publications: 26

Charles Forceville

Charles Forceville

University of Amsterdam

Publications: 19

Ekaterina Shutova

Ekaterina Shutova

University of Amsterdam

Publications: 19

Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez

Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez

University of La Rioja

Publications: 18

William Croft

William Croft

University of New Mexico

Publications: 15

Christian Burgers

Christian Burgers

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Publications: 15

Michael D. Robinson

Michael D. Robinson

North Dakota State University

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Frank Boers

Frank Boers

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Mark J. Landau

Mark J. Landau

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Publications: 13

Chu-Ren Huang

Chu-Ren Huang

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Publications: 12

Veronika Koller

Veronika Koller

Lancaster University

Publications: 12

Brian P. Meier

Brian P. Meier

Gettysburg College

Publications: 11

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