Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Ancient DNA
Biological Anthropology
Archaeological Science
Human Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,241
15,190
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Human Ethology
Evolutionary Psychology
Cognitive Science
Symmetry
Non-verbal behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,623
5,344
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
human life history
evolutionary human biology
bioarcheology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,498
1,871
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Evolutionary anthropology
Human behavior
Evolutionary psychology
Geometric Morphometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,239
1,895
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Migration
Gender
Transnational
Motherhood
Domestic Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,056
133
0.065
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Anthropology
Climate Change
Infrastructure
Alaska
Siberia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,731
860
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Geometric morphometrics
face
facial shape
face shape
digit ratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
1,055
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Prehistory
Palaeolithic
Bone tools
Human evolution
Ancient DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,607
873
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Digital transformation
Educational research
Techno-Anthropology
Classroom based research
Video analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,150
614
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
anthropology
musicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,036
629
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
945
483
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Ancient DNA
Population genetics
Domestication
Conservation Biology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
870
510
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
cognitive science
cognitive psychology
linguistics
semiotics
anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
235
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Anthropology
Paleoanthropology
Palaeoanthropology
Human Evolution
Geometric Morphometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
559
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Behavioral Sciences
Person perception
Nonverbal Communication
Body motion
Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
244
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
204
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Anthropology
Peace and Conflict Studies
Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
132
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
128
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Feministische Anthropologie
Lateinamerika
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
41
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Zooarchaeology
tropical/island environments
prehistory
anthropology
Pacific and ISEA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
98
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
59
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
loanword adaptation
contact linguistics
historical linguistics
computational linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Antropologia culturale
antropologia visuale
apicoltura
Sardegna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Adivasis Anthropology of activism and social movements Anthropology of development Anthropology of humour Anthropology of organi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
anthropology of the middle East
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Ron Pinhasi
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,241
15,190
0.715
Ancient DNA
Biological Anthropology
Archaeological Science
Human Evolution
Karl Grammer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,623
5,344
0.287
Human Ethology
Evolutionary Psychology
Cognitive Science
Symmetry
Non-verbal behavior
Sylvia Kirchengast
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,498
1,871
0.340
human life history
evolutionary human biology
bioarcheology
Katrin Schaefer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,239
1,895
0.362
Evolutionary anthropology
Human behavior
Evolutionary psychology
Geometric Morphometrics
Heike Wagner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,056
133
0.065
Migration
Gender
Transnational
Motherhood
Domestic Work
Peter P Schweitzer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,731
860
0.497
Anthropology
Climate Change
Infrastructure
Alaska
Siberia
Sonja Windhager
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
1,055
0.631
Geometric morphometrics
face
facial shape
face shape
digit ratio
Jose Miguel Tejero
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,607
873
0.543
Prehistory
Palaeolithic
Bone tools
Human evolution
Ancient DNA
Kathrin Otrel Cass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,150
614
0.534
Digital transformation
Educational research
Techno-Anthropology
Classroom based research
Video analysis
Bernd Brabec De Mori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,036
629
0.607
Fabian Kanz
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
945
483
0.511
Elmira Mohandesan
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
870
510
0.586
Ancient DNA
Population genetics
Domestication
Conservation Biology
Bioinformatics
August Fenk
Alpen Adria Universität Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
235
0.277
cognitive science
cognitive psychology
linguistics
semiotics
anthropology
Stefanie Stelzer
Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
559
0.826
Anthropology
Paleoanthropology
Palaeoanthropology
Human Evolution
Geometric Morphometrics
Markus Koppensteiner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
244
0.478
Behavioral Sciences
Person perception
Nonverbal Communication
Body motion
Cognition
Lukas Waltenberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
204
0.967
Gunnar Stange
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
132
0.680
Anthropology
Peace and Conflict Studies
Migration
Ivan Rajković
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
128
0.800
Patricia Zuckerhut
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
41
0.261
Feministische Anthropologie
Lateinamerika
Annette Oertle
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
98
0.961
Zooarchaeology
tropical/island environments
prehistory
anthropology
Pacific and ISEA
Susanna Gartler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
59
0.952
Viktor Martinović
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
loanword adaptation
contact linguistics
historical linguistics
computational linguistics
Greca N Meloni
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
Antropologia culturale
antropologia visuale
apicoltura
Sardegna
Claudia Caterina Aufschnaiter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
Adivasis Anthropology of activism and social movements Anthropology of development Anthropology of humour Anthropology of organi
Sabine Bauer Amin
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000