Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
North America History, Philosophy, Theology / History Highly Cited Researchers 3.771 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: 1
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,931
8,857
0.091
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
history of technology
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,828
8,620
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,793
12,729
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
energy environment food population technical innovation history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,329
12,719
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,141
7,037
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Science
Art
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,427
6,301
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
history of science
climate change
women in science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,093
16,496
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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: 9
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: 10
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: 11
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: 12
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: 13
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: 14
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: 15
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: 16
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: 17
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: 18
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: 19
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: 20
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: 21
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: 22
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: 23
gendered innovations
gender methodology
intersectional analysis
colonialism
Atlantic World
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,308
10,321
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
climate change
species interactions
fragmentation
natural history
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,063
9,716
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hereditary eye disease
hereditary cancer
natural history of hereditary diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,158
3,279
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,442
1,635
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Swofford
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,931
8,857
0.091
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,314
3,463
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nathan Rosenberg
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,828
8,620
0.139
history of technology
economic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,238
5,794
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Glass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,793
12,729
0.284
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,453
484
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Vaclav Smil
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,329
12,719
0.287
energy environment food population technical innovation history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,052
6,619
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nick Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,141
7,037
0.171
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,350
7,667
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Miral Dizdaroglu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,427
6,301
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,559
7,766
464
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Naomi Oreskes
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,093
16,496
0.445
history of science
climate change
women in science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,161
9,343
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
23,015
10,607
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
23,554
10,857
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
24,066
11,066
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
25,012
11,486
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
25,026
11,493
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
29,428
13,352
310
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
29,985
13,604
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
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
30,268
13,726
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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
30,463
13,817
530
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
31,215
14,122
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
31,977
14,427
770
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
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
31,982
14,430
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
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
32,658
14,710
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
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
32,728
14,734
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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
33,539
15,063
569
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Londa Schiebinger
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,308
10,321
0.443
gendered innovations
gender methodology
intersectional analysis
colonialism
Atlantic World
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,030
15,281
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joshua Tewksbury
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,063
9,716
0.421
climate change
species interactions
fragmentation
natural history
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,006
1,543
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jane S Green
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,158
3,279
0.148
Hereditary eye disease
hereditary cancer
natural history of hereditary diseases