Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
History, Philosophy, Theology Highly Cited Researchers Citation in New Zealand Rankings 2025
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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
philosophy of art
aesthetics
evolution theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,350
4,464
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
history of emotions
history of the body
history of masculinities
discourse analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,733
4,849
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Palaeoecology
human impacts
fire history
extinctions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,323
5,873
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Public Economics
Labour Economics
Income Distribution
History of Economic Thought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,087
1,759
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
embodied cognition
philosophy of mind
bioethics
post-structuralism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,713
1,907
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Paleontology
macroevolution
stratigraphy
NZ Cretaceous history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,667
2,614
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,579
1,985
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
philosophy of language
metaethics
metaphysics
philosophy of mind
Wittgenstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,152
1,714
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
British empire and colonisation
colonial knowledge
mobility
global history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,115
1,892
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Oral History
Memory Studies
History and Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,956
1,979
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Maori ethnography
Pacific ethnography
cross-cultural philosophy
cross-cultural encounters
environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,708
1,542
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Political Philosophy
Global Justice
Ethics
Applied Ethics
International Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,988
1,632
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
critical management studies
management education
management history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,553
2,366
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Reef Fish Ecology
Population and Community Ecology
Larval Dispersal
Population Regulation
Early Life History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,475
1,264
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Logic
modal logic
chinese logic
hybrid logic
situation theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,938
647
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Conservation
Herpetology
Physiology
Reproduction
Natural History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,606
1,380
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,570
1,574
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
marketing
sustainability
macromarketing
brands
theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,465
1,594
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
philosophy
logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,412
977
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Slave trade
Atlantic history
Liverpool
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,380
500
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Aging
Life history evolution
Evolution
Sex
Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,340
1,641
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
History
South Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
1,013
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Ethics
Political philosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophy of mental health and disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,268
1,125
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,134
957
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
New Zealand history
medical history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,090
555
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,581
173
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stephen Davies
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,350
4,464
0.243
philosophy of art
aesthetics
evolution theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,111
283
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jean Jacques Courtine
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,733
4,849
0.353
history of emotions
history of the body
history of masculinities
discourse analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,160
392
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Janet M. Wilmshurst
Landcare Research Ltd
Lincoln, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,323
5,873
0.519
Palaeoecology
human impacts
fire history
extinctions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,852
518
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John Creedy
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,087
1,759
0.194
Public Economics
Labour Economics
Income Distribution
History of Economic Thought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,217
567
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Grant Gillett
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,713
1,907
0.219
embodied cognition
philosophy of mind
bioethics
post-structuralism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,861
779
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James S. Crampton
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,667
2,614
0.392
Paleontology
macroevolution
stratigraphy
NZ Cretaceous history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,174
952
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Joyce
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,579
1,985
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,984
1,051
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alexander Miller
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,152
1,714
0.333
philosophy of language
metaethics
metaphysics
philosophy of mind
Wittgenstein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,329
1,061
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tony Ballantyne
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,115
1,892
0.370
British empire and colonisation
colonial knowledge
mobility
global history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,676
1,103
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Anna Green
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,956
1,979
0.399
Oral History
Memory Studies
History and Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,086
1,175
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anne Salmond
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,708
1,542
0.328
Maori ethnography
Pacific ethnography
cross-cultural philosophy
cross-cultural encounters
environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,139
1,397
359
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gillian Brock
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,988
1,632
0.409
Political Philosophy
Global Justice
Ethics
Applied Ethics
International Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,808
1,559
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Todd Bridgman
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,553
2,366
0.666
critical management studies
management education
management history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,273
1,589
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jeffrey Shima
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,475
1,264
0.364
Reef Fish Ecology
Population and Community Ecology
Larval Dispersal
Population Regulation
Early Life History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,394
1,843
467
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jeremy Seligman
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,938
647
0.220
Logic
modal logic
chinese logic
hybrid logic
situation theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,581
2,004
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kelly Hare
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,606
1,380
0.530
Conservation
Herpetology
Physiology
Reproduction
Natural History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,473
2,029
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Justin Sytsma
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,570
1,574
0.612
Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,384
2,092
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ben Wooliscroft
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,465
1,594
0.647
marketing
sustainability
macromarketing
brands
theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,789
2,118
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Edwin Mares
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,412
977
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,782
2,136
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stephen D. Behrendt
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,380
500
0.210
Slave trade
Atlantic history
Liverpool
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,677
2,160
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Garratt
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,340
1,641
0.701
Aging
Life history evolution
Evolution
Sex
Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,121
2,196
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
1,013
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,836
2,217
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Simon Keller
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,268
1,125
0.496
Ethics
Political philosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophy of mental health and disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,384
2,307
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tim Mulgan
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,134
957
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,957
2,344
571
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Linda Bryder
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,090
555
0.266
New Zealand history
medical history