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
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,384
15,446
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
vegetation ecology
traditional ecological knowledge
ethnoecology
landscape history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,134
15,790
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
applied linguistics
second language learning
motivation
autonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,874
6,248
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Philosophy of mind
metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,872
2,746
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
archaeology of Europe
Neolithic
bioarchaeology landscape archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,632
3,689
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Acarology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,565
1,088
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,827
929
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
archaeology
Europe
Bronze Age
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,425
2,826
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,197
1,838
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
gender history
oral history
Holocaust
cultural history
political violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,553
2,032
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fonetika
pszicholingvisztika
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,447
856
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
linguistics
phonology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,108
620
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
linguistics
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,820
574
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Palaeontology
Geology
Environmental History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,799
835
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
1,036
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Syntax
Optimality Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,602
357
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
prehistoric archaeology
lithic technology
human behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,395
1,286
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ethics
Social philosophy
Political philosophy
Appllied ethics
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
1,244
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
film style and psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
682
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
sociocultural and educational linguistics
multimodal multilingualism
linguistic diversity
Hungarian Sign Language
multimodal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,688
446
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
intellectual history
history of political thought
Eastern Europe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
783
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Medicine
history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,557
650
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
paleontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,478
459
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
cognitive linguistics
metonymy
word-formation
contrastive linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
547
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,349
860
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,873
26
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zoltan Kovecses
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,384
15,446
0.373
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,436
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zsolt Molnár
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,134
15,790
0.747
vegetation ecology
traditional ecological knowledge
ethnoecology
landscape history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,793
111
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kata Csizér
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,874
6,248
0.420
applied linguistics
second language learning
motivation
autonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,035
216
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tim Crane
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,872
2,746
0.278
Philosophy of mind
metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,781
341
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Eszter Bánffy
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,632
3,689
0.556
archaeology of Europe
Neolithic
bioarchaeology landscape archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,190
424
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sándor Mahunka
Hungarian Natural History Museum
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,565
1,088
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,122
520
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Giampaolo Salvi
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,827
929
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,295
570
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Viktória Kiss
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,425
2,826
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,029
607
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pál Raczky
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,197
1,838
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,040
746
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peto Andrea
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,553
2,032
0.572
gender history
oral history
Holocaust
cultural history
political violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,628
770
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mária Gósy
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,447
856
0.248
Fonetika
pszicholingvisztika
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,198
858
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Péter Siptár
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,108
620
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,487
970
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Miklós Kontra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,820
574
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,528
978
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Miklos Kazmer
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,799
835
0.298
Palaeontology
Geology
Environmental History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,478
1,024
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ottó Merkl
Hungarian Natural History Museum
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
1,036
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
368,275
1,039
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mark Newson
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,602
357
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,529
1,110
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
György Lengyel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,395
1,286
0.537
prehistoric archaeology
lithic technology
human behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,005
1,256
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anca Gheaus
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
1,244
0.593
Ethics
Social philosophy
Political philosophy
Appllied ethics
Bioethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,808
1,293
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kovács András Bálint
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
682
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,568
1,516
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Csilla Bartha
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,688
446
0.264
sociocultural and educational linguistics
multimodal multilingualism
linguistic diversity
Hungarian Sign Language
multimodal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,691
1,596
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Balazs Trencsenyi
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
783
0.494
intellectual history
history of political thought
Eastern Europe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,778
1,621
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tamas F Molnar
University of Pécs
Pécs, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,557
650
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,530
1,671
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alfréd Dulai
Hungarian Natural History Museum
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,478
459
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,517
1,778
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rita Brdar Szabó
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
547
0.401
cognitive linguistics
metonymy
word-formation
contrastive linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
579,982
1,790
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tivadar Vida
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,349
860
0.638