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
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,696
1,369
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
history of economic thought
history of ideas
contemporary history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,389
1,026
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
History of Education
Comparative Education
Administration and educational policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,511
1,357
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Epigraphy
Ancient History
Archaeology
Epigrafia
Arqueologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
567
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Byzantine Fault Tolerance
Consortium Blockchains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,803
1,218
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
História Medieval
Ordens Religiosas e Militares
Concelhos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,777
916
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
História das Ciências e da Tecnologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
504
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Prehistory of Peaseant Societies (Neolithic to the Late bronze Age)
Archaeometallurgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,714
346
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Filosofia
Ética
Bioética
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,568
560
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
History and Philosophy of Economics
Sustainable Human Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,506
675
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
História Moderna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,418
454
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
estudos de religião
antropologia
música
teologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
552
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
História
História medieval
arquivística
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,397
484
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Prehistory
Archaeology
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
798
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
History of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,358
535
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Morphology
Evolution
Systematics
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,305
667
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
história da ciência
história da farmácia
saúde e sociedade
ética farmacêutica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,254
436
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
História Social
História Religiosa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,174
348
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citizen Science - History of Horse Domestication - Natural History Collections - Public Engagement with Science - Conservation G
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,161
536
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
History
Middle Ages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,098
244
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
História da Tecnologia
Património Industrial
História da Engenharia
História do Gás e da Electricidade
História Urbana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
384
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
History of Education
History Colonial Education
Comparative Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
208
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Utopian Studies
Shakespearian Studies
Literary Translation Studies
Political History Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
519
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
História do Brasil Colonial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
271
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
História
São Tomé e Príncipe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
358
0.368
Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,696
1,369
0.292
José Luís Cardoso
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,389
1,026
0.303
history of economic thought
history of ideas
contemporary history
Ana Lucia Cunha Fernandes
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,511
1,357
0.540
History of Education
Comparative Education
Administration and educational policy
Amílcar Guerra
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
567
0.289
Epigraphy
Ancient History
Archaeology
Epigrafia
Arqueologia
João Sousa
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,803
1,218
0.676
Byzantine Fault Tolerance
Consortium Blockchains
Paula Maria de Carvalho Pinto Costa
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,777
916
0.515
História Medieval
Ordens Religiosas e Militares
Concelhos
Ana Simões
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
504
0.286
História das Ciências e da Tecnologia
João Carlos Senna-Martinez
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,714
346
0.202
Prehistory of Peaseant Societies (Neolithic to the Late bronze Age)
Archaeometallurgy
Maria Do Céu Patrão Neves
Universidade dos Açores
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,568
560
0.357
Nuno Ornelas Martins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,506
675
0.448
History and Philosophy of Economics
Sustainable Human Development
Mafalda Soares da Cunha
Universidade de Évora
Santo Antão, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,418
454
0.320
Alfredo Teixeira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
552
0.391
estudos de religião
antropologia
música
teologia
Maria de Lurdes Rosa
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,397
484
0.346
História
História medieval
arquivística
Ana Catarina Sousa
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
798
0.574
Prehistory
Archaeology
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Henrique Leitão
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,358
535
0.394
Roberto A Keller
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,305
667
0.511
Morphology
Evolution
Systematics
Entomology
João Rui Pita
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,254
436
0.348
história da ciência
história da farmácia
saúde e sociedade
ética farmacêutica
Maria Marta Lobo De Araújo
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,174
348
0.296
História Social
História Religiosa
Cristina Luis
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,161
536
0.462
Citizen Science - History of Horse Domestication - Natural History Collections - Public Engagement with Science - Conservation G
Humberto Baquero Moreno
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,098
244
0.222
Ana Cardoso de Matos
Universidade de Évora
Santo Antão, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
384
0.370
História da Tecnologia
Património Industrial
História da Engenharia
História do Gás e da Electricidade
História Urbana
Ana Isabel Madeira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
208
0.202
History of Education
History Colonial Education
Comparative Education
Fátima Vieira
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
519
0.511
Utopian Studies
Shakespearian Studies
Literary Translation Studies
Political History Studies
Angela Maria Vieira Domingues
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
271
0.269
Augusto Nascimento
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
358
0.368