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
Political Philosophy
Postructuralism
Nietzsche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,550
7,663
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,743
5,486
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Systematic Review
HEOR
Real World Evidence
Meta-Analysis
Pharmacoepidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,802
22,949
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Economics and Philosophy
Political and Moral Philosophy
Rational Actor Political Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,240
3,993
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
philosophy of biology
philosophy of cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,679
6,163
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ancient History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,313
6,366
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philosophy of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,611
4,047
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Russian/Soviet history
twentieth century history
displacement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,533
3,324
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chaos
Nonlinear Time Series
Time Series Prediction
Complex Systems
Complex Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,605
5,308
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
metascience
history & philosophy of science
conservation science
psychology methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,841
6,997
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Archaeological Science
Quaternary Science
Aerobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,676
5,054
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Philosophy
free will
social epistemology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,251
6,083
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
work health and safety
precarious employment
industrial relations history ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,122
3,546
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bioinformatics
Genomics
transcriptomics
comparative genomics
interactomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,740
3,943
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
science
philosophy
intelligence
information
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,145
5,231
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
cognitive science
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,085
6,753
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Epistemology
reasoning
crowdsourcing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,019
1,958
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Philosophy of MInd
Foundations of Cognitive Science
Wittgenstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,746
4,846
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Australian History
History of Travel and Tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,253
2,331
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ethics
Applied Ethics
Feminist Philosophy
Moral Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,195
4,949
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
phil of mind & cognitive science
phil of biology
phil for children
community engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,341
2,534
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
memory
embodied cognition
distributed cognition
cog humanities
philosophy of cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,205
3,630
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Philosophy of Mind
Consciousness
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,178
3,853
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,010
1,792
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Technological Innovation and Diffusion
Economic History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,747
883
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,598
1,018
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Paul Patton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,550
7,663
0.259
Political Philosophy
Postructuralism
Nietzsche
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,368
1,212
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Frank Jackson
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,743
5,486
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,484
1,431
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ambrish Singh
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,802
22,949
0.964
Systematic Review
HEOR
Real World Evidence
Meta-Analysis
Pharmacoepidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,585
1,486
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Geoffrey Brennan
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,240
3,993
0.172
Economics and Philosophy
Political and Moral Philosophy
Rational Actor Political Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,535
2,045
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kim Sterelny
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,679
6,163
0.330
philosophy of biology
philosophy of cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,509
2,274
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Paul Burton
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,313
6,366
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,373
2,409
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Griffiths
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,611
4,047
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,672
2,888
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sheila Fitzpatrick
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,533
3,324
0.229
Russian/Soviet history
twentieth century history
displacement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,410
3,186
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Small
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,605
5,308
0.390
Chaos
Nonlinear Time Series
Time Series Prediction
Complex Systems
Complex Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,697
3,445
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fiona Fidler
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,841
6,997
0.545
metascience
history & philosophy of science
conservation science
psychology methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,858
3,513
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Simon Haberle
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,676
5,054
0.399
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Archaeological Science
Quaternary Science
Aerobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,994
3,634
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Neil Levy
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,251
6,083
0.497
Philosophy
free will
social epistemology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,077
3,688
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Quinlan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,122
3,546
0.293
work health and safety
precarious employment
industrial relations history ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,302
3,822
271
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nandan Deshpande
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,740
3,943
0.336
Bioinformatics
Genomics
transcriptomics
comparative genomics
interactomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,645
4,081
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marcus Hutter
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,145
5,231
0.469
science
philosophy
intelligence
information
physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,211
4,108
348
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jakob Hohwy
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,085
6,753
0.609
cognitive science
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,875
4,148
336
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tim Van Gelder
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,019
1,958
0.178
Epistemology
reasoning
crowdsourcing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,582
4,291
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Daniel D Hutto
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,746
4,846
0.451
Philosophy of MInd
Foundations of Cognitive Science
Wittgenstein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,719
4,523
363
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Richard White
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,253
2,331
0.227
Australian History
History of Travel and Tourism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,333
4,544
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Catriona Mackenzie
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,195
4,949
0.485
Ethics
Applied Ethics
Feminist Philosophy
Moral Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,699
5,021
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robert A Wilson
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,341
2,534
0.271
phil of mind & cognitive science
phil of biology
phil for children
community engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,486
5,086
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Sutton
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,205
3,630
0.394
memory
embodied cognition
distributed cognition
cog humanities
philosophy of cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,137
5,764
499
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tim Bayne
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,178
3,853
0.471
Philosophy of Mind
Consciousness
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,046
5,925
467
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marilyn Lake
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,010
1,792
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,897
6,164
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paul Robertson
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,747
883
0.114
Technological Innovation and Diffusion
Economic History