Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,296
20,513
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,940
23,972
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,486
44,833
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,553
32,326
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,516
21,141
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,957
14,308
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,344
37,598
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,082
11,604
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Deep Transitions
History of Technology
Sustainability Transitions
Strategic Niche Management
Multi-Level Perspective
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,507
20,170
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,477
12,764
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,475
21,799
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,750
13,846
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,473
18,252
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,468
14,487
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,030
22,876
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Ethics
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,868
19,186
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,840
13,597
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
History and philosophy of science
philosophy of social technology
causal inference
objectivity in science
evidence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,132
10,396
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Mycology
systematics
molecular identification
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,625
17,192
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Philosophy of Science
Social Studies of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,290
7,462
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Palynology
Holocene
Climate change
Cultural change
Neolithic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,176
11,099
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
bumblebees
systematics
biogeography
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,407
7,095
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Astrophysics
History of Cosmology
Ancient Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,306
9,960
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Lithic technology
Prehistory
Human Evolution
Paleoecology
Paleolithic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,255
9,788
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Palynology
Palaeoecology
Pollen analysis
Vegetation history
Quaternary geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,755
7,893
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,615
371
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David MacKay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,296
20,513
0.255
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,909
593
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andy Clark
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,940
23,972
0.381
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,186
624
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,486
44,833
0.729
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,984
362
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Johannes Krause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,553
32,326
0.604
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,447
156
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martin John Whitehouse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,516
21,141
0.509
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,315
1,253
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nick Black
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,957
14,308
0.358
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,670
1,277
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Max Roser
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,344
37,598
0.956
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,840
1,299
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stringer C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,082
11,604
0.297
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,173
377
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Johan Schot
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,507
20,170
0.524
Deep Transitions
History of Technology
Sustainability Transitions
Strategic Niche Management
Multi-Level Perspective
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,530
54
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dermot Moran
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,477
12,764
0.350
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,532
1,445
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mark Maslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,475
21,799
0.598
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,057
1,496
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Timothy Williamson
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,750
13,846
0.387
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,250
1,517
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John Broome
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,473
18,252
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,255
313
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Francesco D Errico
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,468
14,487
0.408
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,234
905
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mark van Kleunen
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,030
22,876
0.714
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,378
1,816
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nick Bostrom
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,868
19,186
0.602
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Ethics
Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,413
1,818
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daniel Nettle
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,840
13,597
0.427
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,223
1,980
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nancy Cartwright
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,132
10,396
0.345
History and philosophy of science
philosophy of social technology
causal inference
objectivity in science
evidence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,886
96
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Karl Henrik Larsson
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,625
17,192
0.580
Mycology
systematics
molecular identification
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,286
99
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Silvio Funtowicz
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,290
7,462
0.255
Philosophy of Science
Social Studies of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,426
413
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
José Antonio López Sáez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,176
11,099
0.380
Palynology
Holocene
Climate change
Cultural change
Neolithic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,398
2,138
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Paul Williams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,407
7,095
0.250
bumblebees
systematics
biogeography
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,830
1,012
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alberto Cappi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,306
9,960
0.365
Astrophysics
History of Cosmology
Ancient Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,437
498
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Eudald Carbonell
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Tarragona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,255
9,788
0.373
Lithic technology
Prehistory
Human Evolution
Paleoecology
Paleolithic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,230
745
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bas Van Geel
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,755
7,893
0.306
Palynology
Palaeoecology
Pollen analysis
Vegetation history
Quaternary geology