Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
North America 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
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,170
50,016
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,294
35,584
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,510
10,800
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
linguistics
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,839
18,503
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,471
20,987
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,047
20,651
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,640
23,846
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
history of technology
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,410
10,496
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,511
18,806
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,887
17,014
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,450
18,587
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,398
15,812
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,838
22,853
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Sartre
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,893
19,229
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Mycology
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,137
29,874
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Philosophy of Language
Metaphysics
Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,859
10,019
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,308
14,806
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
energy environment food population technical innovation history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,786
14,750
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,611
9,185
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,740
8,713
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,113
8,540
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,089
11,482
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Science
Art
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,098
7,297
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
history of science
climate change
women in science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,299
18,486
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
philosophy of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,420
7,237
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,082
460
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mark Johnson
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,170
50,016
0.291
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,091
966
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David K Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,294
35,584
0.291
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,344
1,599
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Swofford
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,510
10,800
0.112
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,388
1,621
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,839
18,503
0.193
linguistics
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,697
180
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pierre Lévy
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,471
20,987
0.264
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,207
2,466
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kwame Anthony Appiah
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,047
20,651
0.275
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,162
3,400
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Chalmers
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,640
23,846
0.387
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,200
3,418
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nathan Rosenberg
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,410
10,496
0.171
history of technology
economic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,362
3,492
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Taylor Carman
Barnard College Columbia University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,511
18,806
0.311
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,744
4,645
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Barry Smith
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,887
17,014
0.334
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,884
385
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Evan Thompson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,450
18,587
0.368
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,206
4,858
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Philip Pettit
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,398
15,812
0.320
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,724
5,101
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shaun Gallagher
University of Memphis
Memphis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,838
22,853
0.478
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,409
5,418
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kenneth Anderson
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,893
19,229
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,739
5,567
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andrew N Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,137
29,874
0.662
Mycology
Phylogenetics
Systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,870
5,647
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Saul Aaron Kripke|Saul Aaron Kripke, Saul Kripke
CUNY Graduate Center
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,859
10,019
0.223
Philosophy of Language
Metaphysics
Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,109
5,748
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Glass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,308
14,806
0.334
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,334
481
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vaclav Smil
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,786
14,750
0.337
energy environment food population technical innovation history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,403
6,348
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Evelyn Fox Keller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,611
9,185
0.221
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,864
6,552
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nick Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,740
8,713
0.214
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,228
564
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Paul Thagard
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,113
8,540
0.213
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,835
7,006
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Neal Krause
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,089
11,482
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,110
7,583
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Miral Dizdaroglu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,098
7,297
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,651
7,835
465
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Naomi Oreskes
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,299
18,486
0.509
history of science
climate change
women in science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,298
8,126
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Elliott Sober
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,420
7,237
0.204