Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
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 :2
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 :3
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 :4
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 :5
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 :6
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 :7
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 :8
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 :9
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 :10
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 :11
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 :12
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 :13
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
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Philosophie der Medien
Erkenntnistheorie
Digitalisierung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,275
3,756
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Classics
Roman religion
urban religion
Theory of religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,854
4,603
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Religionssoziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,809
3,003
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Islamic Studies
history of Islamic astronomy & geography
Islamic prayer-times & qibla
medieval astronomical instruments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,902
4,214
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
philosophy
simulation
computational social science
opinion dynamics
social epistemology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,191
2,885
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Stream Ecology
Entomology
Evolutionary Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,814
3,800
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Paleontology
Evolution
Evo-Devo
Triassic
Paleozoic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,724
3,010
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Political Sociology
History of Economic Ideas
Comparative Capitalism
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,679
3,192
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
History of Science: Indian scientists
Nobel Prizes
International Relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,627
2,301
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,618
1,206
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
European History
military history
nationalism
universities
revolutions 1848
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,558
1,345
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Physics
Formal Epistemology
Social Epistemology
(Bayesian) Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,506
2,905
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,984
362
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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: 2
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
59,819
2,606
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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: 4
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: 5
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: 6
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
77,805
3,429
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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
82,336
3,617
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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: 9
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: 10
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
92,919
4,067
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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: 12
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: 13
Stephan Schiffels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,336
8,030
0.777
Population Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,500
4,172
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sybille Krämer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,275
3,756
0.366
Philosophie der Medien
Erkenntnistheorie
Digitalisierung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,172
4,377
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Joerg Ruepke|Jörg Rüpke, Jorg Rupke
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,854
4,603
0.467
Classics
Roman religion
urban religion
Theory of religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,704
4,406
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Detlef Pollack
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,809
3,003
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,401
4,880
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David A. King
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,902
4,214
0.473
Islamic Studies
history of Islamic astronomy & geography
Islamic prayer-times & qibla
medieval astronomical instruments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,473
5,319
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rainer Hegselmann
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,191
2,885
0.352
philosophy
simulation
computational social science
opinion dynamics
social epistemology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,442
6,374
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Steffen U. Pauls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,814
3,800
0.558
Stream Ecology
Entomology
Evolutionary Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,549
6,447
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rainer R. Schoch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,724
3,010
0.448
Paleontology
Evolution
Evo-Devo
Triassic
Paleozoic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,600
6,480
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dieter Plehwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,679
3,192
0.478
Political Sociology
History of Economic Ideas
Comparative Capitalism
Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,913
6,551
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rajinder Singh
Carl Von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,627
2,301
0.347
History of Science: Indian scientists
Nobel Prizes
International Relation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,140
6,560
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nadine Duperre
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,618
1,206
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,583
6,616
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dieter Langewiesche
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,558
1,345
0.205
European History
military history
nationalism
universities
revolutions 1848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,819
6,669
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stephan Hartmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,506
2,905
0.447
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Physics
Formal Epistemology
Social Epistemology
(Bayesian) Cognitive Science