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
Literatura centroamericana
literatura costarricense
literatura regional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,952
2,340
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Historia
Memoria
Identidad
América Latina
Nacionalismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
646
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Women History
Domestic Violence
Sufragist Movement
Costa Rica History
Central America History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,330
325
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
historia económica
historia ambiental
estudios sociales de la ciencia
historia de la desigualdad y de la pobreza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
526
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Filosofía analítica
Filosofía de la tecnología
Epistemología
Desarrollo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
687
397
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
History
Culture
Theatre
Centroamérica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
222
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
175
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cine
documentales
literatura
arte
filosofía
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
241
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
language testing
TESOL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
194
0.454
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
sinología
Misión China
masonería
Sociedad Teosófica
religiones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
193
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cine
Literatura
Centroamérica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
133
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
historia ambiental
historia económica
historia de la ciencia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
139
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Historia de las mujeres
Historia la comunicación
Historia de la publicidad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
58
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Filosofía
literatura
administración
calidad
modernidad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
179
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Historia de la salud
historia de la medicina
historia social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
58
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
lingüística
estudios del discurso
pragmática
multimodalidad
lingüística forense
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
90
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
historia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
84
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Literatura colonial
Barroco
Historia
Centroamérica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
108
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Language Technologies
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Proccesing
Artificial Intelligence
Multi Agent Systems and Comp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
60
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Historia Económica
Historia Agraria
Historia Ambiental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
95
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cuerpo
subjetividad
sexualidad
biopolítica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
107
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
literatura colonial
sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
teatro breve virreinal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
84
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Psicoanálisis
Teoría Política
Filosofía Contemporánea.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
68
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
archaeology
Costa Rica
precolombian architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
59
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
History
Political Science
Citizenship
Afro-descendants & Diaspora
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
61
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,289
20
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Francisco Rodríguez Cascante
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,952
2,340
0.337
Literatura centroamericana
literatura costarricense
literatura regional
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,430
149
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Díaz Arias
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
646
0.474
Historia
Memoria
Identidad
América Latina
Nacionalismo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,352
152
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eugenia Rodriguez Sáenz
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,330
325
0.244
Women History
Domestic Violence
Sufragist Movement
Costa Rica History
Central America History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,220
169
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ronny J Viales Hurtado
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
526
0.459
historia económica
historia ambiental
estudios sociales de la ciencia
historia de la desigualdad y de la pobreza
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818,788
246
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Álvaro Carvajal Villaplana
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
687
397
0.578
Filosofía analítica
Filosofía de la tecnología
Epistemología
Desarrollo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823,925
251
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
A Patricia Fumero Vargas
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
222
0.328
History
Culture
Theatre
Centroamérica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
894,204
285
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ana María Botey
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
175
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
971,222
316
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alexander Rojas Parajeles
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
241
0.533
Cine
documentales
literatura
arte
filosofía
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
994,728
324
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Allen Quesada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
194
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,006,282
329
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ricardo Martínez Esquivel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
193
0.465
sinología
Misión China
masonería
Sociedad Teosófica
religiones
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,030,559
345
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Maria Cortes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
133
0.340
Cine
Literatura
Centroamérica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,169,710
416
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anthony Goebel Mc Dermott
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
139
0.498
historia ambiental
historia económica
historia de la ciencia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,247,164
458
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Virginia Mora Carvajal
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
58
0.249
Historia de las mujeres
Historia la comunicación
Historia de la publicidad
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,278,638
468
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gustavo Hernández Castro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
179
0.829
Filosofía
literatura
administración
calidad
modernidad
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,308,608
490
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ana Paulina Malavassi Aguilar
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
58
0.287
Historia de la salud
historia de la medicina
historia social
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,317,174
498
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Adrian Vergara Heidke
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
90
0.455
lingüística
estudios del discurso
pragmática
multimodalidad
lingüística forense
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,317,223
499
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Edgar Solano
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
84
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,404,869
567
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alexánder Sánchez Mora
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
108
0.663
Literatura colonial
Barroco
Historia
Centroamérica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,425,238
583
297
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Edgar Casasola
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
60
0.385
Language Technologies
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Proccesing
Artificial Intelligence
Multi Agent Systems and Comp
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,451,348
597
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrea Montero
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
95
0.646
Historia Económica
Historia Agraria
Historia Ambiental
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,454,203
601
307
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Camilo Retana
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
107
0.733
Cuerpo
subjetividad
sexualidad
biopolítica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,499,854
636
327
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Leonardo Sancho
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
84
0.636
literatura colonial
sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
teatro breve virreinal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,503,457
640
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Laura Álvarez Garro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
68
0.519
Psicoanálisis
Teoría Política
Filosofía Contemporánea.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,520,931
654
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jeffrey Peytrequín
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
59
0.468
archaeology
Costa Rica
precolombian architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,560,731
692
352
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Diana Senior-Angulo
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
61
0.530
History
Political Science
Citizenship
Afro-descendants & Diaspora
International Relations