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: 76
History
Historiography
Colonialism
Settler Colonialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,732
4,239
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Language Testing Research Centre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,658
3,477
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Archaeology
evolution of human behaviour
language origins
rock art
stone tools
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
1,545
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Philosophy of Logic
Philosophy of Mathematics
Decision Theory
Philosophy of Ecology
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,468
2,320
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Human Origins & Palaeolithic Archaeology
Geochronology & Geoarchaeology
Archaeomagnetism & Palaeomagnetism
Speleology & Cave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,444
3,068
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
archaeology lithics stone artefacts india neanderthals modern humans australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,408
3,476
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Populism
comparative politics
democratic theory
contemporary political theory
visual politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,301
5,620
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Radiocarbon dating
Archaeology
Palaeolithic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,273
3,475
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Cinema
cultural history and theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,272
758
0.104
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,203
2,266
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
applied ethics
bioethics
robotics
artificial intelligence
human enhancement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,188
3,974
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Archaeology
stone artefact
human-environment interactions
human evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,074
1,991
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Second Language Pragmatics
Second Language Acquisition
Language Testing
Conversation Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,931
3,022
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Music Performance
music education
gerontology
Arts education
research methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,855
1,452
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Australian History
Oral History
Memory Studies
Migration History
Family History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,845
1,802
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Human and primate evolution
dental development
life history
biological rhythms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,842
2,451
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Archaeology
Indigenous archaeology
coastal archaeology
Torres Strait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,705
2,470
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,697
1,155
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Walter Benjamin
aesthetics
ancient philosophy
architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,677
1,282
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,602
1,317
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Archaeological Science
Arqueología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,585
2,331
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Description of Spoken English
Healthcare Communication
Discourse Analysis
Functional Linguistics
Workplace Communication and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,571
2,136
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,505
2,621
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Aboriginal Studies
Terrestrial Archaeology
Maritime Archaeology
Coastal Archaeology
Native Title
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,450
2,134
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
archaeology
stone tools
Papua New Guinea
museums
starch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,445
1,045
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,171
6,170
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Lorenzo Veracini
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,732
4,239
0.548
History
Historiography
Colonialism
Settler Colonialism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,636
6,239
484
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Ute Knoch
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,658
3,477
0.454
Language Testing Research Centre
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,075
6,310
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Iain Davidson
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
1,545
0.204
Archaeology
evolution of human behaviour
language origins
rock art
stone tools
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,370
6,403
489
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Mark Colyvan
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,468
2,320
0.311
Philosophy of Logic
Philosophy of Mathematics
Decision Theory
Philosophy of Ecology
Conservation Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,823
6,428
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Andy IR Herries
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,444
3,068
0.412
Human Origins & Palaeolithic Archaeology
Geochronology & Geoarchaeology
Archaeomagnetism & Palaeomagnetism
Speleology & Cave
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,536
6,454
541
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Christopher Clarkson
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,408
3,476
0.469
archaeology lithics stone artefacts india neanderthals modern humans australia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,719
6,555
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Benjamin Moffitt
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,301
5,620
0.770
Populism
comparative politics
democratic theory
contemporary political theory
visual politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,326
6,590
342
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Rachel Wood
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,273
3,475
0.478
Radiocarbon dating
Archaeology
Palaeolithic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,357
6,594
448
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
James Donald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,272
758
0.104
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,795
6,662
454
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Judith Field
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,203
2,266
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,103
6,674
568
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Robert Sparrow
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,188
3,974
0.553
applied ethics
bioethics
robotics
artificial intelligence
human enhancement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,573
6,792
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Thomas Sutikna
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,074
1,991
0.281
Archaeology
stone artefact
human-environment interactions
human evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,715
6,952
541
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Carsten Roever
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,931
3,022
0.436
Second Language Pragmatics
Second Language Acquisition
Language Testing
Conversation Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,504
7,028
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Terrence Hays
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,855
1,452
0.212
Music Performance
music education
gerontology
Arts education
research methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,730
7,034
589
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Alistair Thomson
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,845
1,802
0.263
Australian History
Oral History
Memory Studies
Migration History
Family History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,796
7,037
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Tanya M Smith
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,842
2,451
0.358
Human and primate evolution
dental development
life history
biological rhythms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,061
7,175
601
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Ian J McNiven|Ian McNiven
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,705
2,470
0.368
Archaeology
Indigenous archaeology
coastal archaeology
Torres Strait
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,267
7,185
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Toni Makkai
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,697
1,155
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,755
7,209
605
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Andrew Benjamin
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,677
1,282
0.192
Walter Benjamin
aesthetics
ancient philosophy
architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,512
7,284
570
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Ken Gelder
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,602
1,317
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,942
7,299
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Colin Smith
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,585
2,331
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,321
7,317
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Diana Slade
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,571
2,136
0.325
Description of Spoken English
Healthcare Communication
Discourse Analysis
Functional Linguistics
Workplace Communication and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,964
7,398
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Edith Bavin
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,505
2,621
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,397
7,457
279
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Peter Veth
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,450
2,134
0.331
Aboriginal Studies
Terrestrial Archaeology
Maritime Archaeology
Coastal Archaeology
Native Title
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,543
7,464
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Robin Torrence
Australian Museum
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,445
1,045
0.162
archaeology
stone tools
Papua New Guinea
museums
starch