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
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,553
32,326
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,030
22,876
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
semantics
pragmatics
syntax
Oceanic languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,102
7,804
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Linguistics
Syntax
Morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,925
6,359
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Paralinguistics
Prosody
Affective Computing
Phonetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,353
6,297
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,300
10,764
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Cognitives Science
Philosophy of Mind
Consciousness
Self-consciousness
Applied Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,997
6,300
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
ethics
technology assessment
sustainable development
energy transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,143
6,010
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Decision Theory
Social Choice Theory
Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Mind
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,026
5,837
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Phylodynamics
Phylogenetics
Molecular epidemiology
Stochastic processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,786
10,971
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Sociolinguistics
Media linguistics
Discourse analysis
Computer-mediated communication
German
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,690
5,848
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Language Technology
Applied Ontology
Multimodality
Semiotics
Spatial Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,189
5,881
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Modern Social Political and Cultural History
History of Emotions
Gender History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,196
3,662
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
computational linguistics
natural language processing
language technology
information retrieval
ontology engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,881
3,257
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Politikwissenschaft
Sociology of Religion
Comparative Politics
Religion and Politics
Political Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,644
5,456
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
African history
African Politics
Development Studies
Decolonial/postcolonial theory
Global history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,633
8,497
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Long-term ecological research
river and floodplain ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,599
7,250
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
English language
Linguistics
English Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Linguistic theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,484
3,923
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,439
4,403
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
language technology
natural language processing
computational linguistics
information retrieval
cognitive computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,437
7,436
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Lingüística
Dialectology
Dialectología
Sociolinguistics
Sociolingüística
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,610
4,370
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Paleoecology
Paleoclimatology
Vegetation history
Palynology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,522
3,866
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
The economic history of the rise of Trumpism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,473
2,392
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Population Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,336
8,030
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,749
262
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Harald Baayen
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,984
362
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Johannes Krause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,553
32,326
0.604
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,234
905
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark van Kleunen
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,030
22,876
0.714
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,317
1,272
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Manfred Krifka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,102
7,804
0.311
semantics
pragmatics
syntax
Oceanic languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,080
2,024
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Artemis Alexiadou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,925
6,359
0.355
Linguistics
Syntax
Morphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,225
2,321
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anton Batliner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,353
6,297
0.385
Paralinguistics
Prosody
Affective Computing
Phonetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,205
2,542
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nicole Boivin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,300
10,764
0.704
Archaeology
Human evolution
Human impacts
Biodiversity change
Material culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,819
2,606
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Metzinger
Helmholtz Institut Mainz
Mainz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,997
6,300
0.420
Cognitives Science
Philosophy of Mind
Consciousness
Self-consciousness
Applied Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,559
2,842
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Armin Grunwald
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,143
6,010
0.425
ethics
technology assessment
sustainable development
energy transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,256
2,871
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christian List
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,026
5,837
0.416
Decision Theory
Social Choice Theory
Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Mind
Political Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,769
2,946
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Denise Kühnert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,786
10,971
0.796
Phylodynamics
Phylogenetics
Molecular epidemiology
Stochastic processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,372
2,969
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jannis Androutsopoulos
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,690
5,848
0.427
Sociolinguistics
Media linguistics
Discourse analysis
Computer-mediated communication
German
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,683
3,106
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John Bateman
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,189
5,881
0.446
Language Technology
Applied Ontology
Multimodality
Semiotics
Spatial Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,805
3,429
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ute Frevert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,196
3,662
0.300
Modern Social Political and Cultural History
History of Emotions
Gender History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,320
3,530
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Udo Hahn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,881
3,257
0.274
computational linguistics
natural language processing
language technology
information retrieval
ontology engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,336
3,617
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gert Pickel
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,644
5,456
0.469
Politikwissenschaft
Sociology of Religion
Comparative Politics
Religion and Politics
Political Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,447
3,623
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sabelo J Ndlovu Gatsheni
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,633
8,497
0.730
African history
African Politics
Development Studies
Decolonial/postcolonial theory
Global history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,741
3,641
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter Haase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,599
7,250
0.625
Long-term ecological research
river and floodplain ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,736
3,684
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hans-Jörg Schmid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,484
3,923
0.342
English language
Linguistics
English Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Linguistic theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,105
3,699
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Strube
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,439
4,403
0.385
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,124
3,702
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Chris Biemann
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,437
7,436
0.650
language technology
natural language processing
computational linguistics
information retrieval
cognitive computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,054
4,037
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Francisco Moreno Fernández
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,610
4,370
0.412
Lingüística
Dialectology
Dialectología
Sociolinguistics
Sociolingüística
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,919
4,067
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Thomas Litt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,522
3,866
0.367
Paleoecology
Paleoclimatology
Vegetation history
Palynology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,410
4,086
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
John Komlos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,473
2,392
0.228
The economic history of the rise of Trumpism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,850
4,148
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stephan Schiffels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,336
8,030
0.777
Population Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics