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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 should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,542
56,657
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Business Schools
Digital transformation
Higher education
Metaverse
Social Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,538
31,639
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Evolutionary biology
Genomics
Ancient DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,974
27,619
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,630
11,400
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Reading
Dyslexia
Reading Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,762
10,844
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
anthropologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,836
13,249
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
political economy
political science
globalisation
political analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,551
8,479
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Cognitive development
psycholinguistics
language acquisition
cognitive modeling
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,504
10,991
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Industrial Organization
Transportation/Urban Economics
Discrete choice analysis
Risk Algorithms
Entropy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,438
6,669
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sociology Politics Urban Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,861
7,408
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Psychologie cognitive
développement
éducation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,020
5,392
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Neuroanatomy
Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,647
11,595
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
NLP
IA
LLM
Predictive Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,560
9,458
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Welfare state
Public Policy
Reforms
Comparative social policy
Social Investment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,399
6,393
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Music
Language
brain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,063
4,821
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Optimization of logistic and transportation systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,996
6,176
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Social psychology
Health psychology
Motivation
sport
physical education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,259
6,541
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
developmental psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,139
5,839
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
circuit design
programming languages
formal semantics
formal verification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,850
1,309
0.095
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
social studies of finance
anthropology of finance
cultural economy
performativity
whatnot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,591
5,550
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sociology of work and gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,287
5,824
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,009
3,897
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
open content
literature reviews
digitalization
ICT for development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,824
7,795
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
ergonomie
psychologie
ergonomics
user centred design
usability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,665
3,856
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Sustainability
Climate change adaptation
Social-ecological systems
Human-nature interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,630
8,286
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,149
21
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stanislas Dehaene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,542
56,657
0.346
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,139
146
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andreas Kaplan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,538
31,639
0.570
Business Schools
Digital transformation
Higher education
Metaverse
Social Media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,262
222
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ludovic Orlando
Université de Toulouse III
Toulouse, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,974
27,619
0.643
Evolutionary biology
Genomics
Ancient DNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,310
315
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jonathan Grainger
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,630
11,400
0.329
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,835
395
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Johannes Ziegler
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,762
10,844
0.353
Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Reading
Dyslexia
Reading Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,795
421
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Philippe Descola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,836
13,249
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,104
521
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Colin Hay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,551
8,479
0.319
political economy
political science
globalisation
political analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,177
525
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Emmanuel Dupoux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,504
10,991
0.415
Cognitive development
psycholinguistics
language acquisition
cognitive modeling
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,275
528
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
André de Palma
CY Cergy Paris Université
Cergy-Pontoise, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,438
6,669
0.252
Industrial Organization
Transportation/Urban Economics
Discrete choice analysis
Risk Algorithms
Entropy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,821
586
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Patrick Le Galès
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,861
7,408
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,294
707
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fayol Michel
Université Clermont Auvergne
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,020
5,392
0.245
Psychologie cognitive
développement
éducation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,323
852
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Thiebaut De Schotten, M|De Schotten, MT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,647
11,595
0.590
Neuroanatomy
Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Neuroimaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,502
925
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Guidere Mathieu
Université de Paris VIII
Saint-Denis, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,560
9,458
0.510
NLP
IA
LLM
Predictive Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,007
937
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bruno Palier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,399
6,393
0.347
Welfare state
Public Policy
Reforms
Comparative social policy
Social Investment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,942
1,195
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mireille Besson
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,063
4,821
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,231
1,203
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christian Prins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,996
6,176
0.386
Optimization of logistic and transportation systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,660
1,298
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Philippe Sarrazin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,259
6,541
0.429
Social psychology
Health psychology
Motivation
sport
physical education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,273
1,320
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Olivier Pascalis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,139
5,839
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,334
1,522
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gérard Berry
Université PSL Paris
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,850
1,309
0.095
circuit design
programming languages
formal semantics
formal verification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,951
1,565
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fabian Muniesa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,591
5,550
0.408
social studies of finance
anthropology of finance
cultural economy
performativity
whatnot
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,918
1,610
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Helena Hirata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,287
5,824
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,769
1,677
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Robert Lalonde
Université de Rouen Normandie
Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,009
3,897
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,038
1,713
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chitu Okoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,824
7,795
0.608
open content
literature reviews
digitalization
ICT for development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,185
1,749
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pierre Rabardel
Université de Paris VIII
Saint-Denis, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,665
3,856
0.304
ergonomie
psychologie
ergonomics
user centred design
usability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,422
1,754
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bruno Locatelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,630
8,286
0.656
Sustainability
Climate change adaptation
Social-ecological systems
Human-nature interactions