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
Coral biology
Coral reef ecology
Coral reef conservation
Natural history of the coral reefs and islands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,967
1,550
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Buddhism
Shugendo
Japanese religion
Tiantai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
325
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
comparative cognitive science
parental behavior
evolution
life history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
841
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Environmental History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
549
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Japanese History
premodern Japan
military history
samurai
bushido
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,033
275
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Japan
gender and sexuality studies
queer studies
history
globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
557
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
historical demography
family history
Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
371
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
343
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
History of science
Philosophy of science
History of the ancient and medieval exact sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
385
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Arthropod-borne viruses
Natural history of viruses
Virus evolution
Medical Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
738
700
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
COPD
Sphingolipids
Autophagy
Glucosylceramide
Lung endothelium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
669
382
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
philosophy
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
187
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
351
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
LumiSizer (direct and accelerated stability test)
Oil-in-water (O/W) Nanoemulsion Formulation
Physicochemical stability of (O/
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
543
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Informatics
History of Cultural Exchange
Copyright and Culture
Digital Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
149
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Philosophy
Phenomenology
Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
Japanese Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
383
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Philosophy of Mind
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
365
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
philosophy
contemporary Confucianism
philosophy of English language teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
185
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
feminist economics
history of economic thought
social ontology
basic income
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
194
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Buddhist studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
235
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
folklore
vernacular
outsider art
public history
human animal relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
101
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Economic History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
273
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
144
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Business and Economic History
Modern Japanese History
Railway History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
116
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
History
Gender
Russia
Reproduction
Population
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286
174
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,602
5,113
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yoshikatsu Nakano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,967
1,550
0.391
Coral biology
Coral reef ecology
Coral reef conservation
Natural history of the coral reefs and islands
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,571
11,280
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Paul L Swanson
Nanzan University
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
325
0.237
Buddhism
Shugendo
Japanese religion
Tiantai
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
578,992
11,557
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Atsuko Saito
Sophia University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
841
0.641
comparative cognitive science
parental behavior
evolution
life history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647,679
12,722
726
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rohan Dsouza
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
549
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,002
12,987
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Karl Friday
Saitama University
Saitama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,033
275
0.266
Japanese History
premodern Japan
military history
samurai
bushido
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,553
13,279
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Welker (ジェームズ・ウェルカー)|ジェームズ・ウェルカー, James R Welker
Kanagawa University
Yokohama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
557
0.568
Japan
gender and sexuality studies
queer studies
history
globalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,814
13,329
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Satomi Kurosu 黒須里美
Reitaku University
Kashiwa, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
371
0.381
historical demography
family history
Japan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
762,497
14,607
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mark Caprio
Rikkyo University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
343
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
783,138
14,940
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sidoli Nathan
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
385
0.521
History of science
Philosophy of science
History of the ancient and medieval exact sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
783,318
14,949
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Daisuke Kobayashi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
738
700
0.949
Arthropod-borne viruses
Natural history of viruses
Virus evolution
Medical Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,239
15,463
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kengo Koike
Juntendo University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
669
382
0.571
COPD
Sphingolipids
Autophagy
Glucosylceramide
Lung endothelium
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831,632
15,708
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masahiro Morioka
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
187
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
854,591
16,097
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Katsuhiko Sano
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
351
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
862,511
16,212
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lorena De Oliveira Felipe
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
543
0.933
LumiSizer (direct and accelerated stability test)
Oil-in-water (O/W) Nanoemulsion Formulation
Physicochemical stability of (O/
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
891,778
16,670
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shoji Yamada 山田奨治
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
149
0.281
Informatics
History of Cultural Exchange
Copyright and Culture
Digital Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
893,204
16,694
492
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shigeru Taguchi
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
383
0.725
Philosophy
Phenomenology
Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
Japanese Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
977,471
17,940
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ekaterina Sangati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
365
0.857
Philosophy of Mind
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,024,851
18,636
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shaun O'Dwyer
Meiji University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
185
0.488
philosophy
contemporary Confucianism
philosophy of English language teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,025,903
18,655
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Toru Yamamori (山森亮)
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
194
0.513
feminist economics
history of economic thought
social ontology
basic income
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,028,998
18,698
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shigeki Moro|師茂樹
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
235
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,062,327
19,162
696
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yutaka Suga
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
101
0.293
folklore
vernacular
outsider art
public history
human animal relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,090,391
19,566
566
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kota Ogasawara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
273
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,114,359
19,905
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mizutani Satoshi
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
144
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,130,986
20,147
750
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Naofumi Nakamura
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
116
0.399
Business and Economic History
Modern Japanese History
Railway History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,137,826
20,242
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mie Nakachi
Hokusei Gakuen University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286
174
0.608
History
Gender
Russia
Reproduction
Population