The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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.
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Ranking Based On Selection :1
cognitive anthropology
linguistic pragmatics
cultural evolution
psychology of reasoning
philosophy of the social and cogniti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,780
25,548
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,118
17,048
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
social-cognitive development
mentalization and communication
self development
psychopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,171
10,847
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
history philosophy political science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,206
5,171
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
complex networks
econophysics
computational social science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,145
8,916
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,491
9,351
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
psychology
neuroscience
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,276
6,360
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
vegetation ecology
traditional ecological knowledge
ethnoecology
landscape history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,246
16,230
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,961
8,842
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Polymer Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,626
7,630
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Network and System Security
Privacy Enhancing Technologies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,230
2,637
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Sustainable and Green Chemistry
Catalysis
Fluorous Chemistry
Biomass conversion
In situ spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,012
3,783
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
applied linguistics
second language learning
motivation
autonomy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,558
7,127
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
regional economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,662
3,567
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sport
Exercise
Placebo
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,187
6,633
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
behavioral medicine - health psychology - substance use and healh behavior - risk and protecive factors - social inequalities in
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,020
4,237
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,628
9,980
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
psychology of video games
problematic online gaming
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,491
9,757
0.849
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
entrepreneurship
small business
competitiveness
entrepreneurial finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,347
7,170
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
economics
labor economics
applied econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,066
5,714
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
clinical neuroscience and psychiatry
clinical psychology
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,835
4,236
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Tourism
Cultural Tourism
Health Tourism
Wellness
Urban Tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,796
6,023
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Comparative Methods
QCA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,347
6,527
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
dynamics
time delay
machining processes
periodic systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,137
3,871
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Philosophy of mind
metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,756
3,240
0.332
Dan Sperber
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,780
25,548
0.264
cognitive anthropology
linguistic pragmatics
cultural evolution
psychology of reasoning
philosophy of the social and cogniti
Zoltan Kovecses
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,118
17,048
0.425
metaphor
cognitive linguistics
emotion language
figurative language
cognitive science
György Gergely
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,171
10,847
0.308
social-cognitive development
mentalization and communication
self development
psychopathology
Michael Ignatieff
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,206
5,171
0.177
history philosophy political science
Janos Kertesz
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,145
8,916
0.341
complex networks
econophysics
computational social science
Günther Knoblich
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,491
9,351
0.398
István Winkler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,276
6,360
0.286
Zsolt Molnár
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,246
16,230
0.802
vegetation ecology
traditional ecological knowledge
ethnoecology
landscape history
Zsolt Radak
University of Physical Education
Budapest, Hungary
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,961
8,842
0.443
Béla Pukánszky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,626
7,630
0.389
Levente Buttyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,230
2,637
0.145
Network and System Security
Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Istvan T Horvath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,012
3,783
0.252
Sustainable and Green Chemistry
Catalysis
Fluorous Chemistry
Biomass conversion
In situ spectroscopy
Kata Csizér
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,558
7,127
0.490
applied linguistics
second language learning
motivation
autonomy
Attila Varga
University of Pécs
Macaristan, Hungary
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,662
3,567
0.261
Attila Szabo
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,187
6,633
0.544
Sport
Exercise
Placebo
Bettina Piko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,020
4,237
0.352
behavioral medicine - health psychology - substance use and healh behavior - risk and protecive factors - social inequalities in
József Popp
Szent István University
Gödöllo, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,628
9,980
0.858
Király Orsolya
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,491
9,757
0.849
psychology of video games
problematic online gaming
László Szerb
University of Pécs
Macaristan, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,347
7,170
0.632
entrepreneurship
small business
competitiveness
entrepreneurial finance
Andrea Weber
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,066
5,714
0.516
economics
labor economics
applied econometrics
Szabolcs Kéri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,835
4,236
0.391
clinical neuroscience and psychiatry
clinical psychology
cognitive science
Melanie Smith
Budapest Metropolitan University
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,796
6,023
0.558
Tourism
Cultural Tourism
Health Tourism
Wellness
Urban Tourism
Carsten Q Schneider
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,347
6,527
0.631
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Comparative Methods
QCA
Tamás Insperger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,137
3,871
0.382
dynamics
time delay
machining processes
periodic systems
Tim Crane
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,756
3,240
0.332
Philosophy of mind
metaphysics