Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
BRICS Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 818 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,746
World Rank
40
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Forensic science | Physical anthropology | Forensic anthropology | Anthropology | biologica
Forensic science | Physical anthropology | Forensic anthropology | Anthropology | biologica
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Total112,093
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Last 6 Years102,259
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Last 6 Years / Total0.912
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
7,889
World Rank
87
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Citation Metrics
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Total61,100
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Last 6 Years38,015
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Last 6 Years / Total0.622
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
52,648
World Rank
81
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Citation Metrics
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Total17,428
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Last 6 Years9,241
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Last 6 Years / Total0.530
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
53,884
World Rank
558
Country Rank
173
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Antropologia Social | Antropologia das Populações Afro-Brasileiras | Diversidade cultural | Diversidade étnica | Áfric
Antropologia Social | Antropologia das Populações Afro-Brasileiras | Diversidade cultural | Diversidade étnica | Áfric
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Total17,122
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Last 6 Years8,094
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Last 6 Years / Total0.473
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
65,222
World Rank
744
Country Rank
27
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Anthropology | Public Health | Indigenous Peoples | Race and Ethnicity | History of Physical/Biological Anthropolog
Anthropology | Public Health | Indigenous Peoples | Race and Ethnicity | History of Physical/Biological Anthropolog
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Total14,826
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Last 6 Years5,275
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Last 6 Years / Total0.356
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
66,018
World Rank
2,822
Country Rank
196
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Recycling | Urban mining | Circularity | Circular economy | Waste managemen
Recycling | Urban mining | Circularity | Circular economy | Waste managemen
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Total14,694
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Last 6 Years10,209
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Last 6 Years / Total0.695
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
78,467
World Rank
262
Country Rank
38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Citation Metrics
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Total12,814
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Last 6 Years4,174
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Last 6 Years / Total0.326
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
83,606
World Rank
283
Country Rank
63
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Social Sciences / Anthropology
anthropology | African studies | media and communication studies | identities | citizenshi
anthropology | African studies | media and communication studies | identities | citizenshi
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Total12,168
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Last 6 Years4,506
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Last 6 Years / Total0.370
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
85,974
World Rank
291
Country Rank
44
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
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Total11,890
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Last 6 Years4,513
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Last 6 Years / Total0.380
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
87,861
World Rank
1,145
Country Rank
37
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Indigenous People's Health | Medical Anthropology | Human Ecology | Health and Nutrition | Cerrad
Indigenous People's Health | Medical Anthropology | Human Ecology | Health and Nutrition | Cerrad
Citation Metrics
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Total11,678
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Last 6 Years3,627
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Last 6 Years / Total0.311
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
99,388
World Rank
1,379
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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Total10,518
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Last 6 Years4,955
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Last 6 Years / Total0.471
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
102,946
World Rank
1,449
Country Rank
422
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Citation Metrics
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Total10,207
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Last 6 Years2,665
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Last 6 Years / Total0.261
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
118,575
World Rank
1,801
Country Rank
72
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Citation Metrics
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Total9,010
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Last 6 Years3,074
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Last 6 Years / Total0.341
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
119,907
World Rank
1,830
Country Rank
145
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Citation Metrics
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Total8,922
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Last 6 Years2,073
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Last 6 Years / Total0.232
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
135,976
World Rank
534
Country Rank
48
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Citation Metrics
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Total7,969
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Last 6 Years2,049
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Last 6 Years / Total0.257
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
144,088
World Rank
6,556
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Citation Metrics
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Total7,549
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Last 6 Years3,412
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Last 6 Years / Total0.452
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
147,424
World Rank
2,521
Country Rank
131
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
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Total7,389
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Last 6 Years2,163
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Last 6 Years / Total0.293
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
150,698
World Rank
2,608
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Citation Metrics
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Total7,235
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Last 6 Years1,621
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Last 6 Years / Total0.224
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
154,976
World Rank
2,737
Country Rank
209
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Citation Metrics
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Total7,045
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Last 6 Years2,248
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Last 6 Years / Total0.319
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
163,311
World Rank
2,993
Country Rank
86
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Citation Metrics
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Total6,700
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Last 6 Years1,576
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Last 6 Years / Total0.235
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
165,425
World Rank
460
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Antropologi/Anthropology | Budaya/Culture | Agama/Religion | Etnisitas/Ethnicity | Pendidikan/Educatio
Antropologi/Anthropology | Budaya/Culture | Agama/Religion | Etnisitas/Ethnicity | Pendidikan/Educatio
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Total6,615
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Last 6 Years4,064
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Last 6 Years / Total0.614
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
169,856
World Rank
3,202
Country Rank
125
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
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Total6,452
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Last 6 Years1,410
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Last 6 Years / Total0.219
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
183,400
World Rank
3,591
Country Rank
987
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Antropologia | Antropologia da Religião | Psicanálise | Surdez | Língua Brasileira de Sinai
Antropologia | Antropologia da Religião | Psicanálise | Surdez | Língua Brasileira de Sinai
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Total5,978
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Last 6 Years2,372
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Last 6 Years / Total0.397
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
191,092
World Rank
8,942
Country Rank
82
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Population genomics | Y Chromosome | Molecular Anthropology | Ancient DNA | Forensic genetic
Population genomics | Y Chromosome | Molecular Anthropology | Ancient DNA | Forensic genetic
Citation Metrics
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Total5,733
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Last 6 Years4,469
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Last 6 Years / Total0.780
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
195,270
World Rank
9,157
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
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Total5,606
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Last 6 Years5,000
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Last 6 Years / Total0.892
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