Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
North America History, Philosophy, Theology / Theology Highly Cited Researchers 1.004 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
religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,501
9,905
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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: 3
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: 4
molecular signaling
ethics
theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,156
1,190
0.066
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Religion
Health
Behavior Change
Attitudes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,369
3,789
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bible
Scripture
New Testament
Theology
Theological Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,390
2,866
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Phenomenology
Husserl
Aristotle
Philosophy and Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,637
2,220
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Engineering Education
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Science and Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,592
1,160
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Leadership
Business Ethics
Humor
Biblical Humor
Biblical Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,433
2,723
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
religion and families
African American families
qualitative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,106
3,900
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Religion and Politics
International Relations
Middle Eastern Politics
European Politics
Critical theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,087
2,070
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
religion and global politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,067
2,421
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Buddhism
heat transfer
nano-fabrication
manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,875
1,441
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
christian origins
Q
early christianity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,849
1,963
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
religion
art
visual and material culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,775
2,468
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
religion
sociology
immigration
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,616
3,184
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Catholic Theology
Philosophical Theology
Buddhist Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,512
1,344
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
new religions
Black church
vampires
religious demographics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,228
1,067
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Genesis
Job
Daniel
ancient Near Eastern studies
Old Testament Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,163
2,628
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
positive youth development
thriving
religious development
spiritual development
theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,140
2,656
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Islamic history
history of technology
world history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,989
1,329
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Islam
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,943
1,960
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Surgery
Perioperative Medicine
Medical Ethics
Theology of Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,715
3,587
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Islamic studies
Religious Studies
South Asia
Sufism
yoga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,517
1,738
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ancient Christianity
New Testament
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,422
1,296
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,013
7,076
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Neal Krause
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,501
9,905
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,221
10,230
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
23,038
10,619
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
47,477
20,627
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Craig Curtis Malbon
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,156
1,190
0.066
molecular signaling
ethics
theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,805
27,251
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jerry W Lee
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,369
3,789
0.264
Religion
Health
Behavior Change
Attitudes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,411
38,550
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joel B Green
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,390
2,866
0.276
Bible
Scripture
New Testament
Theology
Theological Anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,003
46,322
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Robert Sokolowski
Catholic University of America
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,637
2,220
0.257
Phenomenology
Husserl
Aristotle
Philosophy and Theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,699
46,544
397
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charles W Patrick Jr
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,592
1,160
0.135
Engineering Education
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Science and Theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,258
47,375
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hershey Friedman
City University of New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,433
2,723
0.323
Leadership
Business Ethics
Humor
Biblical Humor
Biblical Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,624
49,159
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Loren Marks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,106
3,900
0.481
religion and families
African American families
qualitative methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,977
49,278
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jocelyne Cesari
Georgetown University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,087
2,070
0.256
Religion and Politics
International Relations
Middle Eastern Politics
European Politics
Critical theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,314
49,379
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Daniel Philpott
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,067
2,421
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,800
50,524
413
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
AA Tseng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,875
1,441
0.183
Buddhism
heat transfer
nano-fabrication
manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,947
6,719
742
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John S Kloppenborg
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,849
1,963
0.287
christian origins
Q
early christianity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,713
57,874
736
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Morgan
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,775
2,468
0.364
religion
art
visual and material culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,484
59,079
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,616
3,184
0.481
religion
sociology
immigration
science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,124
59,931
753
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul J Griffiths
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,512
1,344
0.206
Catholic Theology
Philosophical Theology
Buddhist Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,687
62,295
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
J Gordon Melton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,228
1,067
0.171
new religions
Black church
vampires
religious demographics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,381
62,843
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
John Walton
Wheaton College Illinois
Wheaton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,163
2,628
0.426
Genesis
Job
Daniel
ancient Near Eastern studies
Old Testament Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,011
63,050
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pamela Ebstyne King
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,140
2,656
0.433
positive youth development
thriving
religious development
spiritual development
theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,390
64,375
1,007
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Richard Bulliet
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,989
1,329
0.222
Islamic history
history of technology
world history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,711
64,786
525
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mark Woodward
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,943
1,960
0.330
Islam
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,746
66,943
641
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,715
3,587
0.628
Surgery
Perioperative Medicine
Medical Ethics
Theology of Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,158
68,885
650
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Carl Ernst
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,517
1,738
0.315
Islamic studies
Religious Studies
South Asia
Sufism
yoga
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,419
69,864
494
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Margaret M Mitchell
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,422
1,296
0.239
Ancient Christianity
New Testament