Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
United Kingdom Highly Cited Researchers Citation History, Philosophy, Theology History, Philosophy, Theology / History in United Kingdom Rankings 2025
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
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,516
13,916
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,467
37,636
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,386
11,049
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,077
20,519
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,222
13,074
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
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
29,567
9,961
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
bumblebees
systematics
biogeography
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,327
6,896
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Natural history of trace metals
Marine biology of trace metals
Barnacle biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,150
5,593
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Systematics
arthropod evolution
palaeontology
Chilopoda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,797
7,705
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
soil ecology
termites
ecosystem engineers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,527
7,163
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Technological Change
Economic Growth
Labour Markets
Economic History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,768
14,654
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
collections
systematics
parasitology
metazoa
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,666
7,258
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Parasitology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,535
7,622
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Copepods
Parasitic Crustacea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,182
5,694
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
war strategy cold war history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,046
4,946
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Perception
Color theory
History of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,812
3,594
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
history and philosophy of social sciences and statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,106
5,324
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
human evolution
prehistory
evolutionary biology
African archaeology
ancient genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,444
6,457
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
History and Philosophy of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,995
3,664
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,913
5,396
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
palaeontology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,847
3,285
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Palaeontology
Palaeogeography
Mycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,698
2,534
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Palaeontology
Dinosaurs
Macroevolution
palaeobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,339
6,139
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Freshwater biology
palaeoecology
environmental change
Chironomidae
Odonata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,250
5,133
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Ancient DNA
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,701
6,396
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,056
1,233
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nick Black
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,516
13,916
0.352
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,085
1,236
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Max Roser
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,467
37,636
0.954
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,738
1,286
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stringer C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,386
11,049
0.288
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,978
1,483
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Maslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,077
20,519
0.585
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,354
1,808
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Daniel Nettle
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,222
13,074
0.419
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,160
1,967
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nancy Cartwright
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,567
9,961
0.337
History and philosophy of science
philosophy of social technology
causal inference
objectivity in science
evidence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,686
2,078
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Williams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,327
6,896
0.243
bumblebees
systematics
biogeography
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,320
2,469
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rainbow PS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,150
5,593
0.222
Natural history of trace metals
Marine biology of trace metals
Barnacle biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,205
3,255
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gregory D. Edgecombe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,797
7,705
0.370
Systematics
arthropod evolution
palaeontology
Chilopoda
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,925
3,311
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul Eggleton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,527
7,163
0.349
soil ecology
termites
ecosystem engineers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,970
3,475
402
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carl Benedikt Frey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,768
14,654
0.741
Technological Change
Economic Growth
Labour Markets
Economic History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,268
3,500
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
DTJ Littlewood|Tim Littlewood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,666
7,258
0.369
collections
systematics
parasitology
metazoa
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,584
3,795
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Rollinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,535
7,622
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,761
3,905
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Geoff Boxshall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,182
5,694
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,209
3,943
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lawrence Freedman
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,046
4,946
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,013
4,007
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Mollon
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,812
3,594
0.202
Perception
Color theory
History of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,668
4,225
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mary Morgan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,106
5,324
0.311
history and philosophy of social sciences and statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,287
4,445
293
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marta Mirazon Lahr
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,444
6,457
0.393
human evolution
prehistory
evolutionary biology
African archaeology
ancient genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,235
4,598
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Geoffrey Lloyd
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,995
3,664
0.229
History and Philosophy of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,598
4,625
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ken Norris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,913
5,396
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,897
4,643
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andrew B Smith|A B Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,847
3,285
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,589
4,697
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard Fortey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,698
2,534
0.161
Palaeontology
Palaeogeography
Mycology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,455
5,273
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul M Barrett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,339
6,139
0.428
Palaeontology
Dinosaurs
Macroevolution
palaeobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,957
5,315
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stephen J. Brooks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,250
5,133
0.360
Freshwater biology
palaeoecology
environmental change
Chironomidae
Odonata
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,279
5,587
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ian Barnes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,701
6,396
0.467