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
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,321
18,804
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Dependency Parsing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,761
8,280
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Philosophy
risk
logic
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,063
6,951
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Archaeogenetics
Bronze Age
archaeological heritage
archaeological theory
history of archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,488
9,883
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Bayesian statistics
MCMC
Model selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,541
4,736
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Linguistics
Language typology
Cultural evolution
Tense and Aspect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,611
4,079
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
design
democracy
participation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,642
4,213
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,250
3,267
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Semantics
Natural Language
Language Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,451
1,827
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
music
expertise
creativity
skill learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,894
4,475
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
History of entrepreneurship
interestingness
entrepreneurial finance
business angels
crowdfunding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,881
3,431
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
bryologi
systematik
fylogeografi
artbildning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,531
3,587
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
ecotoxicology
statistics
monitoring
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,456
3,393
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Political economy of climate change
History of the fossil economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,509
7,155
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
archaeological theory
heritage
heritage futures
heritage studies
contemporary archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,086
3,706
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
bilingualism
SLA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,954
2,148
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mesolithic
Neolithic
prehistoric economy
Megalithic tombs
bioarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,712
5,683
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Paleobotany
Palaeobotany
Paleontology
Palaeontology
Palynology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,694
3,483
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
archaeozoology
zooarchaeology
archaeology
zoology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,203
3,112
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
climate history
economic history
medieval history
historical geography
paleoclimatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,093
5,034
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philosophy
logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,883
1,375
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Palaeontology
Palynology
Geobiology
astrobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,965
3,965
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Operational Analysis
Isotope Geochemistry
Marine Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,949
1,863
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Music performance
audio analysis and perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,603
1,419
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
linguistics
syntax
Germanic languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,499
1,202
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,397
156
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin John Whitehouse
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,321
18,804
0.444
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,915
354
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Joakim Nivre
Research Institutes of Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,761
8,280
0.321
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Dependency Parsing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,606
513
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sven Ove Hansson
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,063
6,951
0.330
Philosophy
risk
logic
ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,182
537
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kristian Kristiansen
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,488
9,883
0.482
Archaeogenetics
Bronze Age
archaeological heritage
archaeological theory
history of archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,787
576
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Johan AA Nylander
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,541
4,736
0.242
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Bayesian statistics
MCMC
Model selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,770
617
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Östen Dahl
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,611
4,079
0.219
Linguistics
Language typology
Cultural evolution
Tense and Aspect
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,064
854
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pelle Ehn
Malmo University
Malmö, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,642
4,213
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,009
1,118
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stefan Bengtson
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,250
3,267
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,785
1,218
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robin Cooper
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,451
1,827
0.160
Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Semantics
Natural Language
Language Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,074
1,304
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fredrik Ullen
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,894
4,475
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,196
1,307
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hans Landström
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,881
3,431
0.315
History of entrepreneurship
interestingness
entrepreneurial finance
business angels
crowdfunding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,707
1,356
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lars Hedenäs
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,531
3,587
0.341
bryologi
systematik
fylogeografi
artbildning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,504
1,370
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anders Bignert
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,456
3,393
0.325
ecotoxicology
statistics
monitoring
biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,490
1,543
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andreas Malm
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,509
7,155
0.752
Political economy of climate change
History of the fossil economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,138
1,642
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cornelius Holtorf
Linnaeus University
Småland, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,086
3,706
0.408
archaeological theory
heritage
heritage futures
heritage studies
contemporary archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,030
1,672
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kenneth Hyltenstam
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,954
2,148
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,609
1,728
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karl Göran Sjögren
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,712
5,683
0.652
Mesolithic
Neolithic
prehistoric economy
Megalithic tombs
bioarchaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,881
1,731
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stephen McLoughlin
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,694
3,483
0.401
Paleobotany
Palaeobotany
Paleontology
Palaeontology
Palynology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,713
1,858
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Laszlo Bartosiewicz
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,203
3,112
0.379
archaeozoology
zooarchaeology
archaeology
zoology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,586
1,881
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,093
5,034
0.622
climate history
economic history
medieval history
historical geography
paleoclimatology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,373
1,948
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dag Prawitz
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,883
1,375
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,940
2,236
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Vivi Vajda
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,965
3,965
0.569
Palaeontology
Palynology
Geobiology
astrobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,318
2,245
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Per S Andersson
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,949
1,863
0.268
Operational Analysis
Isotope Geochemistry
Marine Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,482
2,352
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anders Friberg
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,603
1,419
0.215
Music performance
audio analysis and perception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,114
2,403
274
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Halldór Ármann Sigurðsson
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,499
1,202
0.185
linguistics
syntax
Germanic languages