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Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
molecular biology
ancient DNA
evolutionary genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,313
25,373
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
linguistics
language typology
syntax
syntactic theory
morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,724
16,697
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
nuclear architecture
4D nucleome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,987
6,502
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Paleolithic
Human Evolution
Virtual Paleoanthropology
Neanderthal
Modern Humans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,566
16,923
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Evolutionary Genomics
Computational Biology
Evolution
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,568
14,364
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Population genetics
sediment DNA
Neandertals
migration
selection on gene regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,184
14,839
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
social learning
evolutionary ecology
Bayesian statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,115
14,756
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Social cognition
Animal Communication
Cooperation
Hormones & Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,024
16,457
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
ancient DNA
human evolution
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,126
14,805
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
human evolution
brain evolution
RNA-seq
iPSC
comparative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,479
9,589
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
molecular anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,481
5,745
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,114
6,445
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,437
8,431
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Human Evolution
Brain Evolution
Geometric Morphometrics
Evolution and Development
Paleoanthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,324
7,301
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Evolutionary Genetics
Biotechnology
Genome Editing
iPS Cells
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,006
5,840
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
behavioural ecology
social cognition
evolution of sociality
conflict managment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,548
7,844
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
anthropology
religion
asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,581
3,195
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
population genetics
anthropology
natural selection
ancient dna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,043
6,382
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Paleolithic Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,587
5,693
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Ecology
Conservation
Anthropology
Great Apes
Large Carnivores
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,277
7,090
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
evolutionary archaeology
primate behavior
comparative psychology
evolution of culture
tool use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,726
4,429
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Anthropology
state
bureaucracy
development
police
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,660
2,045
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Ethnography
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Ethnomethodology
Socio-Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,442
2,934
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
general linguistics
historical linguistics
Chinese linguistics
computational linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,183
4,106
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Evolution
population genetics
cultural evolution
gene-culture coevolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,787
2,242
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,665
491
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Matthias Meyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,313
25,373
0.573
molecular biology
ancient DNA
evolutionary genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,372
526
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Martin Haspelmath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,724
16,697
0.391
linguistics
language typology
syntax
syntactic theory
morphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,240
566
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thomas Cremer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,987
6,502
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,598
724
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jean-Jacques Hublin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,566
16,923
0.476
Paleolithic
Human Evolution
Virtual Paleoanthropology
Neanderthal
Modern Humans
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,011
936
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kay Prüfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,568
14,364
0.470
Evolutionary Genomics
Computational Biology
Evolution
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,396
952
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Benjamin Vernot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,184
14,839
0.492
Population genetics
sediment DNA
Neandertals
migration
selection on gene regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,473
960
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Mcelreath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,115
14,756
0.490
Evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
social learning
evolutionary ecology
Bayesian statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,300
1,308
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Catherine Crockford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,024
16,457
0.685
Social cognition
Animal Communication
Cooperation
Hormones & Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,054
1,388
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wolfgang Haak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,126
14,805
0.640
ancient DNA
human evolution
archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,544
1,543
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wolfgang Enard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,479
9,589
0.446
human evolution
brain evolution
RNA-seq
iPSC
comparative methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,795
1,759
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Linda Vigilant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,481
5,745
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,398
2,501
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Martha Robbins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,114
6,445
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,914
2,658
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Katerina Harvati
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,437
8,431
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,528
2,696
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Philipp Gunz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,324
7,301
0.510
Human Evolution
Brain Evolution
Geometric Morphometrics
Evolution and Development
Paleoanthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,789
3,063
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tomislav Maricic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,006
5,840
0.449
Evolutionary Genetics
Biotechnology
Genome Editing
iPS Cells
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,974
3,209
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Roman M Wittig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,548
7,844
0.625
behavioural ecology
social cognition
evolution of sociality
conflict managment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,483
3,532
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Peter Van Der Veer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,581
3,195
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,189
3,750
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cesare De Filippo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,043
6,382
0.578
population genetics
anthropology
natural selection
ancient dna
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,591
3,928
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shannon Mcpherron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,587
5,693
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,788
4,071
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hjalmar S. Kühl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,277
7,090
0.690
Ecology
Conservation
Anthropology
Great Apes
Large Carnivores
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,504
6,280
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Claudio Tennie
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,726
4,429
0.658
evolutionary archaeology
primate behavior
comparative psychology
evolution of culture
tool use
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,058
6,349
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas Bierschenk
Helmholtz Institut Mainz
Mainz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,660
2,045
0.307
Anthropology
state
bureaucracy
development
police
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,839
7,635
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peter Tolmie
Universität Siegen
Siegen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,442
2,934
0.539
Ethnography
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Ethnomethodology
Socio-Informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,620
7,947
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Johann-Mattis List
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,183
4,106
0.792
general linguistics
historical linguistics
Chinese linguistics
computational linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,095
8,487
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Adam Powell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,787
2,242
0.468
Evolution
population genetics
cultural evolution
gene-culture coevolution