Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
North America History, Philosophy, Theology Highly Cited Researchers 6.671 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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: 26
evolutionary medicine
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history evolution
cooperation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,676
13,454
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Logic
Semantics of Programming Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,227
4,052
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,680
6,472
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Philosophy of language
mind
and logic. German idealism
pragmatism
Sellars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,165
8,535
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Early Modern European Economic History
Global History
Consumer Behavior
Urban History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,054
12,650
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Islam
Philosophy
Religion
Science
Art
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,042
9,757
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Systematic Zoology
Mammalogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,628
7,339
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
heart failure
hypertension
history of medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,191
7,392
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
filoviruses
BSL-4
viral hemorrhagic fevers
biodefense
bioengagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,812
19,195
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Star Formation
Planet Formation
Interstellar Medium Structure
Galaxy Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,430
7,591
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
French Revolution
cultural history
gender history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,420
5,575
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
philosophy
consciousness
perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,282
6,574
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,622
8,076
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Inequality
Public economics
International macro
Economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,491
17,647
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Machine Learning
Causal Inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,486
10,963
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
paleontology
systematics
geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,201
7,493
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Historical Demography
Family Demography
History of the Family
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,040
10,752
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
historical thinking
web credibility
digital literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,936
8,460
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Philosophy of Action
Shared Agency
Practical Reason
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,591
5,796
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Systematics
Evolution
Behavior
Biodiversity
Arachnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,523
6,625
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
ethics
history of ethics
practical reason
action
animal ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,101
7,292
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Systematic Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Vertebrate Biology
Herpetology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,097
6,080
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Coleoptera Systematics
Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,749
7,435
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Mycology
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,713
11,735
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
philosophy
epistemology
metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,548
6,147
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,111
9,321
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Michael Gurven
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,676
13,454
0.412
evolutionary medicine
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history evolution
cooperation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,580
9,962
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Dana Scott
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,227
4,052
0.130
Logic
Semantics of Programming Languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,168
10,208
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
John Esposito
Georgetown University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,680
6,472
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,809
10,512
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Robert Brandom
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,165
8,535
0.283
Philosophy of language
mind
and logic. German idealism
pragmatism
Sellars
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,960
10,584
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jan De Vries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,054
12,650
0.421
Early Modern European Economic History
Global History
Consumer Behavior
Urban History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,983
10,596
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,042
9,757
0.325
Islam
Philosophy
Religion
Science
Art
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,499
10,834
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Don E Wilson
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,628
7,339
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,010
11,043
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Hector Ventura
Ochsner Health System
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,191
7,392
0.253
heart failure
hypertension
history of medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,453
11,236
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jens H Kuhn
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,812
19,195
0.666
filoviruses
BSL-4
viral hemorrhagic fevers
biodefense
bioengagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,953
11,463
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,430
7,591
0.267
Star Formation
Planet Formation
Interstellar Medium Structure
Galaxy Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,966
11,470
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Lynn Hunt
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,420
5,575
0.196
French Revolution
cultural history
gender history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,149
11,552
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ned Block
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,282
6,574
0.232
philosophy
consciousness
perception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,559
12,584
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Linda Alcoff
CUNY Hunter College
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,622
8,076
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,358
13,323
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Gabriel Zucman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,491
17,647
0.692
Inequality
Public economics
International macro
Economic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,367
13,327
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Peter Spirtes
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,486
10,963
0.430
Machine Learning
Causal Inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,914
13,574
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Mark Norell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,201
7,493
0.297
paleontology
systematics
geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,196
13,696
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Steven Ruggles
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,040
10,752
0.429
Historical Demography
Family Demography
History of the Family
Demography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,390
13,787
529
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Sam Wineburg
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,936
8,460
0.339
historical thinking
web credibility
digital literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,023
14,040
537
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Michael Bratman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,591
5,796
0.236
Philosophy of Action
Shared Agency
Practical Reason
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,142
14,092
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Jonathan A Coddington
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,523
6,625
0.270
Systematics
Evolution
Behavior
Biodiversity
Arachnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,903
14,396
769
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Christine M Korsgaard
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,101
7,292
0.303
ethics
history of ethics
practical reason
action
animal ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,908
14,399
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Kevin de Queiroz
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,097
6,080
0.252
Systematic Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Vertebrate Biology
Herpetology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,583
14,679
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Terry L Erwin
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,749
7,435
0.313
Coleoptera Systematics
Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,653
14,703
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Andrew N Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,713
11,735
0.495
Mycology
Phylogenetics
Systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,992
14,843
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Ernest Sosa
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,548
6,147
0.261
philosophy
epistemology
metaphysics