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
Aesthetics
User Experience
Design & Emotion
Design Methodology
Social Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,143
4,891
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
art
cultural sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,240
1,084
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lexical Semantics
Lexical Resources
Temporal Processing
Sentiment Analysis
Event Detection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,755
2,828
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,484
3,463
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Artistic research
Music theory
Science and technology studies (STS
Philosophy of music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,300
1,651
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
postcolonialism
feminism
cinema
migration
new media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,566
1,092
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
art-based research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,233
1,224
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
information retrieval
user behavior
learning to rank
art history
museum studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,440
869
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
music therapy
music interventions
stress
anxiety
music psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,230
1,221
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Musicology
Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,133
394
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Multilingualism
plagiarism
writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
937
236
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Art history
Literature reviews
Meta-Analyses
Systematic reviews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
709
488
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
art
technology
popular culture
curating
preservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
305
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
cognitive neuroscience
creativity
music
language
brain oscillations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
526
467
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Arts Management
Performance Evaluation
Accountability
Cultural Policy
Arts Consumer Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
143
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
theatre
performance
feminism
decolonialism
translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
213
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
art
architecture
fashion
history
visual culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
70
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Music Cognition
Cognition
Extended Realities
Technological Mediation
4E Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
268
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
art history
pilgrimage and manuscripts
charity
disasters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
148
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Early modern history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
156
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
119
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Music
DSP
Instrument Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
40
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Music Psychology
Music Theory
Computational Musicology
Cognitive Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
205
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
art
sustainability
art education
ecology
environmental philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
114
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theatre
Performance Studies
Live Art
Political Art
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
115
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,045
1,727
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Paul Hekkert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,143
4,891
0.346
Aesthetics
User Experience
Design & Emotion
Design Methodology
Social Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,762
5,456
399
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Koen Van Eijck
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,240
1,084
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,685
5,950
617
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tommaso Caselli
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,755
2,828
0.753
Lexical Semantics
Lexical Resources
Temporal Processing
Sentiment Analysis
Event Detection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,847
6,286
708
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Florien Van Royen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,484
3,463
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,540
6,542
515
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Henk Borgdorff
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,300
1,651
0.500
Artistic research
Music theory
Science and technology studies (STS
Philosophy of music
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,303
7,654
865
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sandra Ponzanesi
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,566
1,092
0.426
postcolonialism
feminism
cinema
migration
new media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
413,482
8,291
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Florian Cramer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,233
1,224
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
557,344
10,493
873
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ilya Markov
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,440
869
0.603
information retrieval
user behavior
learning to rank
art history
museum studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
612,321
11,200
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Martina De Witte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,230
1,221
0.993
music therapy
music interventions
stress
anxiety
music psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
642,129
11,601
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peter Van Kranenburg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,133
394
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
710,179
12,534
543
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John Harbord
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
937
236
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
807,636
13,788
1,103
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stefano Giani
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
709
488
0.688
Art history
Literature reviews
Meta-Analyses
Systematic reviews
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,655
15,041
1,171
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Annet Dekker
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
305
0.569
art
technology
popular culture
curating
preservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
908,525
15,144
671
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ioanna Zioga
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
526
467
0.888
cognitive neuroscience
creativity
music
language
brain oscillations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,075,888
17,543
1,365
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Francesco Chiaravalloti
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
143
0.410
Arts Management
Performance Evaluation
Accountability
Cultural Policy
Arts Consumer Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,103,524
17,942
1,403
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sruti Bala
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
213
0.653
theatre
performance
feminism
decolonialism
translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,173,771
18,852
1,483
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sophie Berrebi
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
70
0.254
art
architecture
fashion
history
visual culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183,295
18,988
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kelsey E. Onderdijk
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
268
0.996
Music Cognition
Cognition
Extended Realities
Technological Mediation
4E Cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,192,309
19,106
866
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hanneke Van Asperen
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
148
0.561
art history
pilgrimage and manuscripts
charity
disasters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,197,197
19,164
1,574
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Van Der Linden
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
156
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,199,102
19,186
1,000
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mohammadali Heidari Jozam
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
119
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,210,866
19,349
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joel Ryan
SDO Hogeschool
Maassluis, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
40
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,261,571
19,972
1,573
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David John Baker
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
205
0.915
Music Psychology
Music Theory
Computational Musicology
Cognitive Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,266,394
20,040
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jan Van Boeckel
Hanze University Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
114
0.514
art
sustainability
art education
ecology
environmental philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,282,277
20,222
1,962
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theron Schmidt
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
115
0.537
Theatre
Performance Studies
Live Art
Political Art