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
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,471
20,987
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,450
18,587
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
energy environment food population technical innovation history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,786
14,750
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Language and Identity
Critical Literacy
International Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,962
18,202
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,113
8,540
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,964
14,708
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Geriatric Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,478
10,983
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
language learning
intercultural communication
motivation
identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,731
10,212
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
applied linguistics
pronunciation
intelligibility
comprehensibility
immigration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,596
10,913
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
music perception
maternal singing
speech perception
cochlear implants
child development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,993
6,756
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Second language education
immersion education
corrective feedback
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,780
8,679
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
applied linguistics
(second) language education and socialization
language learning
qualitative research methods in applied l
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,313
9,390
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
second language acquisition
linguistics
bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,021
4,184
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Hereditary eye disease
hereditary cancer
natural history of hereditary diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,933
3,765
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Reflective Practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,163
10,956
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
history of science
science policy
sociology of science
bibliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,913
8,230
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Philosophy of science
philosophy of mathematics
thought experiments
commercialization of research
science and religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,780
6,759
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Geology
Stratigraphy
Sedimentology
Proterozoic Earth history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,950
8,487
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
child bilingualism
child language disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,347
6,813
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Language Variation and Change
Comparative Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,540
6,065
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Logic
AI
HCI
History science & technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,575
1,441
0.099
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
critical applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,437
6,339
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Bilingualism
cognitive development
fMRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,637
6,813
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
new interfaces for musical expression
NIME
music technology
sound and music computing
computer music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
4,247
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Applied Linguistics
TESOL
Cognitive Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,426
6,003
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,697
180
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Pierre Lévy
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,471
20,987
0.264
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,884
385
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Evan Thompson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,450
18,587
0.368
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,334
481
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vaclav Smil
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,786
14,750
0.337
energy environment food population technical innovation history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,233
520
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bonny Norton
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,962
18,202
0.434
Language and Identity
Critical Literacy
International Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,228
564
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paul Thagard
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,113
8,540
0.213
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,671
731
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Richards
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,964
14,708
0.421
Archaeology
Archaeological Science
Stable Isotopes
Paleodiet
Bioarchaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,592
1,051
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christopher G Brown
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,478
10,983
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,990
1,247
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kim Noels
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,731
10,212
0.413
language learning
intercultural communication
motivation
identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,251
1,258
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tracey Derwing
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,596
10,913
0.444
applied linguistics
pronunciation
intelligibility
comprehensibility
immigration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,369
1,316
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sandra Trehub
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,993
6,756
0.282
music perception
maternal singing
speech perception
cochlear implants
child development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,785
1,339
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Roy Lyster
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,780
8,679
0.365
Second language education
immersion education
corrective feedback
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,739
1,475
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Patricia A Duff
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,313
9,390
0.421
applied linguistics
(second) language education and socialization
language learning
qualitative research methods in applied l
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,423
1,508
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lydia White
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,021
4,184
0.190
second language acquisition
linguistics
bilingualism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,609
1,522
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jane S Green
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,933
3,765
0.172
Hereditary eye disease
hereditary cancer
natural history of hereditary diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,125
1,743
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Thomas SC Farrell
Brock University
St. Catharines, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,163
10,956
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,700
1,916
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yves Gingras
Université du Québec Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,913
8,230
0.435
history of science
science policy
sociology of science
bibliometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,640
2,078
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James Robert Brown
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,780
6,759
0.380
Philosophy of science
philosophy of mathematics
thought experiments
commercialization of research
science and religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,765
2,214
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Galen Halverson
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,950
8,487
0.501
Geology
Stratigraphy
Sedimentology
Proterozoic Earth history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,260
2,332
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Johanne Paradis
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,347
6,813
0.417
child bilingualism
child language disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,000
2,511
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sali A Tagliamonte
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,540
6,065
0.390
Language Variation and Change
Comparative Sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,047
2,739
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Brian Gaines
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,575
1,441
0.099
Logic
AI
HCI
History science & technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,954
3,067
358
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ryuko Kubota
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,437
6,339
0.472
critical applied linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,572
3,300
281
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gigi Luk
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,637
6,813
0.539
Bilingualism
cognitive development
fMRI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,607
3,350
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marcelo M Wanderley
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
4,247
0.340
new interfaces for musical expression
NIME
music technology
sound and music computing
computer music
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,073
3,366
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Frank Boers
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,426
6,003
0.483
Applied Linguistics
TESOL
Cognitive Linguistics