The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,700
15,817
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
critical applied linguistics
global spread of English
metrolingual practices
language & popular culture
semiotic assemblages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,502
20,413
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,797
11,249
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Political Philosophy
Postructuralism
Nietzsche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,105
9,087
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Music cognition/computation and creation
previously biochemistry. ORCID : 0000-0002-8859-8902
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,955
4,659
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Models
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,300
14,696
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Indigenous Languages
Language Revitalisation
Computational Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,688
15,170
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,496
6,406
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,629
9,835
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,049
11,817
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Applied Linguistics
Autonomy in learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,895
10,643
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Economics and Philosophy
Political and Moral Philosophy
Rational Actor Political Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,056
4,827
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Linguistic typology
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,863
9,130
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Systematic Review
HEOR
Real World Evidence
Meta-Analysis
Pharmacoepidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,139
21,573
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,136
5,631
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Linguistics
Child language
Universal Grammar. Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,565
3,848
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
philosophy of biology
philosophy of cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,461
7,098
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,803
8,849
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Dendrochronology
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,585
11,670
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,177
6,029
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Philosophy of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,392
4,642
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
second language writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,130
8,983
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Language
Culture
Cognition
Interaction
Social Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,398
7,480
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Language Policy Planning
Multilingual Education
Literacy & Multi-literacies
Language Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,742
4,189
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Australian languages
Papuan languages
typology
linguistic anthropology
language documentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,460
5,306
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,931
312
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Anna Wierzbicka
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,700
15,817
0.274
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,868
387
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alastair Pennycook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,502
20,413
0.404
critical applied linguistics
global spread of English
metrolingual practices
language & popular culture
semiotic assemblages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,994
618
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Allan Luke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,797
11,249
0.290
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,517
1,006
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paul Patton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,105
9,087
0.312
Political Philosophy
Postructuralism
Nietzsche
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,973
1,085
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Roger T Dean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,955
4,659
0.167
Music cognition/computation and creation
previously biochemistry. ORCID : 0000-0002-8859-8902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,841
1,136
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mark Johnson
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,300
14,696
0.538
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Statistical Models
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,756
1,178
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Steven Bird
Charles Darwin University
Avustralya, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,688
15,170
0.568
Indigenous Languages
Language Revitalisation
Computational Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,042
1,197
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Frank Jackson
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,496
6,406
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,453
1,261
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Richard Armstrong
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,629
9,835
0.384
Geology
archaeology
geochemistry
geochronology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,278
1,379
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Anne Burns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,049
11,817
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,564
1,391
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Phil Benson
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,895
10,643
0.445
Applied Linguistics
Autonomy in learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,168
1,460
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Geoffrey Brennan
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,056
4,827
0.209
Economics and Philosophy
Political and Moral Philosophy
Rational Actor Political Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,556
1,479
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alexandra Aikhenvald
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,863
9,130
0.399
Linguistic typology
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,131
1,552
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ambrish Singh
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,139
21,573
0.974
Systematic Review
HEOR
Real World Evidence
Meta-Analysis
Pharmacoepidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,528
1,659
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter Bellwood|P.S. Bellwood
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,136
5,631
0.266
Archaeology
Prehistory
Southeast Asia
human migration
cultural evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,811
2,004
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephen Crain
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,565
3,848
0.207
Linguistics
Child language
Universal Grammar. Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,185
2,027
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kim Sterelny
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,461
7,098
0.384
philosophy of biology
philosophy of cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,559
2,127
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zenobia Jacobs
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,803
8,849
0.497
Archaeology
Geochronology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,339
2,158
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jonathan Palmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,585
11,670
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,935
2,230
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jane Davidson
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,177
6,029
0.351
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,081
2,388
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Paul Griffiths
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,392
4,642
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,268
2,447
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Neomy Storch
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,130
8,983
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,721
2,609
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
NJ Enfield
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,398
7,480
0.486
Language
Culture
Cognition
Interaction
Social Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,115
2,755
219
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joseph Lo Bianco
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,742
4,189
0.284
Language Policy Planning
Multilingual Education
Literacy & Multi-literacies
Language Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,685
2,835
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nicholas Evans
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,460
5,306
0.367
Australian languages
Papuan languages
typology
linguistic anthropology
language documentation