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
Music cognition/computation and creation
previously biochemistry. ORCID : 0000-0002-8859-8902
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,170
3,801
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,429
5,348
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Professional practice
workplace learning
informal learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,850
2,741
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Theatre and Performance Studies
Autoethnography
Critical Autoethnography
Queer and Feminist Theory
Affect and New Materialis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,768
6,951
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
music therapy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,325
4,890
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Populism
comparative politics
democratic theory
contemporary political theory
visual politics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,301
5,620
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cinema
cultural history and theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,272
758
0.104
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Music Performance
music education
gerontology
Arts education
research methodology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,855
1,452
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,697
1,155
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Music
Music Therapy
Schools
Adolescents
Youth
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,352
3,204
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,208
2,293
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Music
computing
interaction design
artificial intelligence
arts education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,147
1,208
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Artistic Research
Visual Arts
Art Theory
New Materialisms
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,068
1,477
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
arts-based methods
refugee and asylum seeker studies
participatory research
refugee women
ethics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,272
2,481
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Music Therapy - Neurorehabilitation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,263
2,169
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
contemporary theatre
intercultural theatre
space and theatre
virtual reality and theatre
cultural herita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,087
897
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
film and television studies
film
celebrity
cultural studies
audience studies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,786
1,023
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Communication
Responsible AI
Recommender Systems
Music Industry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,642
1,267
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,491
1,836
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,302
881
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
arts
early childhood
creativity
multimodality
semiotics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,279
736
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,960
1,480
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
music therapy
autism spectrum
disability
family therapy
social engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,932
1,315
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Music
health
wellbeing
First Nations' social justice
creative ethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,859
889
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Creative Systems
Computational Creativity
Interaction Design
Creative AI
Generative Music
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,819
896
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,271
1,106
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Roger T Dean
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,170
3,801
0.135
Music cognition/computation and creation
previously biochemistry. ORCID : 0000-0002-8859-8902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,054
2,255
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jane Davidson
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,429
5,348
0.307
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,334
3,783
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Hager
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,850
2,741
0.231
Professional practice
workplace learning
informal learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,054
3,813
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stacy Holman Jones
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,768
6,951
0.591
Theatre and Performance Studies
Autoethnography
Critical Autoethnography
Queer and Feminist Theory
Affect and New Materialis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,893
5,026
404
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Felicity Baker
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,325
4,890
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,719
6,555
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
143,357
6,594
448
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
James Donald
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,272
758
0.104
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,504
7,028
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
156,267
7,185
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
165,010
7,576
591
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Katrina McFerran
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,352
3,204
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,461
11,002
274
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wayne Hall
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,208
2,293
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,804
11,133
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew R Brown
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,147
1,208
0.291
Music
computing
interaction design
artificial intelligence
arts education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,320
11,345
861
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Barbara Bolt
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,068
1,477
0.363
Artistic Research
Visual Arts
Art Theory
New Materialisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,747
13,410
953
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Caroline Lenette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,272
2,481
0.758
arts-based methods
refugee and asylum seeker studies
participatory research
refugee women
ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,495
13,440
983
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jeanette Tamplin
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,263
2,169
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,010
14,028
1,065
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joanne Tompkins
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,087
897
0.291
contemporary theatre
intercultural theatre
space and theatre
virtual reality and theatre
cultural herita
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,879
15,064
436
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sean Redmond
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,786
1,023
0.367
film and television studies
film
celebrity
cultural studies
audience studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,012
15,632
415
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Patrik Wikström
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,642
1,267
0.480
Computational Communication
Responsible AI
Recommender Systems
Music Industry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,850
16,245
588
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andy Li
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,491
1,836
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,296
17,063
425
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Scott Harrison
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,302
881
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,300
17,169
1,236
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Susan Wright
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,279
736
0.323
arts
early childhood
creativity
multimodality
semiotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
454,357
18,821
1,259
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Timothy Broady
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,960
1,480
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,983
18,994
1,341
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Grace Thompson
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,932
1,315
0.681
music therapy
autism spectrum
disability
family therapy
social engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,388
19,404
486
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Naomi Sunderland
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,859
889
0.478
Music
health
wellbeing
First Nations' social justice
creative ethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,432
19,660
1,319
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Oliver Bown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,819
896
0.493
Creative Systems
Computational Creativity
Interaction Design
Creative AI
Generative Music