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
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,504
35,704
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,860
38,850
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,552
34,293
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,023
17,708
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,088
44,481
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,884
21,008
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,739
18,198
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,440
38,199
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Conversation Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,961
11,980
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,469
12,352
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,439
9,970
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,663
20,446
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,327
12,336
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,177
15,892
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,060
23,386
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
SLA
writing systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,828
9,134
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
crop-processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,257
17,742
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
linguistics
English language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,411
13,542
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
translation studies
comparative and world literature
English studies
Latin American literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,336
9,257
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Language
Bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,167
20,477
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Ethics
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,976
17,416
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Phonology
Morphology
Cognitive Science
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,434
6,587
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,272
11,791
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
History and philosophy of science
philosophy of social technology
causal inference
objectivity in science
evidence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,489
8,994
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Linguistics
Literacy Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,344
6,938
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jim Coleman
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,504
35,704
0.170
Applied linguistics
language learning and teaching
language education policy and practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,507
288
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ken Hyland
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,860
38,850
0.405
Applied linguistics
Academic discourse
EAP
discourse analysis
English for Specific
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,033
328
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,552
34,293
0.387
Radiocarbon
Geochronology
Bayesian statistics
Archaeology
Quaternary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,695
378
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David MacKay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,023
17,708
0.219
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,735
574
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,088
44,481
0.683
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,945
595
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andy Clark
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,884
21,008
0.329
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,793
1,031
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Norbert Schmitt
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,739
18,198
0.398
vocabulary
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
SLA
assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,842
1,223
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Max Roser
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,440
38,199
0.922
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,112
1,239
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Paul Drew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,961
11,980
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,401
1,256
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nick Black
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,469
12,352
0.305
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,022
1,309
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stringer C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,439
9,970
0.253
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,158
1,405
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mark Maslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,663
20,446
0.543
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,080
1,497
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Timothy Williamson
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,327
12,336
0.340
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,192
1,511
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Broome
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,177
15,892
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,283
1,517
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,060
23,386
0.649
Applied linguistics
second language acquisition
multilingualism
emotion
personality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,462
1,534
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vivian Cook
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,828
9,134
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,689
1,656
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dorian Q Fuller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,257
17,742
0.518
archaeology
archaeobotany
botany
domestication
crop-processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,418
1,727
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tony McEnery|Anthony McEnery, Anthony Mark McEnery
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,411
13,542
0.405
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
linguistics
English language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,488
1,734
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Susan Bassnett
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,336
9,257
0.278
translation studies
comparative and world literature
English studies
Latin American literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,649
1,752
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Li Wei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,167
20,477
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,821
1,766
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nick Bostrom
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,976
17,416
0.528
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Ethics
Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,352
1,818
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Janet B Pierrehumbert
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,434
6,587
0.203
Phonology
Morphology
Cognitive Science
Computational Linguistics
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,519
1,836
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel Nettle
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,272
11,791
0.365
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,409
1,984
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nancy Cartwright
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,489
8,994
0.295
History and philosophy of science
philosophy of social technology
causal inference
objectivity in science
evidence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,844
2,096
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David Barton
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,344
6,938
0.236
Linguistics
Literacy Studies