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
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,516
21,141
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Philosophy
risk
logic
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,748
7,859
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Bayesian statistics
MCMC
Model selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,365
5,597
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,107
3,848
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
History of entrepreneurship
interestingness
entrepreneurial finance
business angels
crowdfunding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,706
3,959
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
bryologi
systematik
fylogeografi
artbildning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,362
4,008
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
ecotoxicology
statistics
monitoring
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,355
3,881
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Political economy of climate change
History of the fossil economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,120
7,494
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Paleobotany
Palaeobotany
Paleontology
Palaeontology
Palynology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,553
3,793
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Mesolithic
Neolithic
prehistoric economy
Megalithic tombs
bioarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,420
6,278
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
climate history
economic history
medieval history
historical geography
paleoclimatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,894
5,581
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Philosophy
logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,846
1,619
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Operational Analysis
Isotope Geochemistry
Marine Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,865
2,125
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Palaeontology
Palynology
Geobiology
astrobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,792
4,210
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Evolution
Ecology
Phenotypic plasticity
Life history theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,404
2,534
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,707
2,455
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,542
2,460
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
1,502
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Palaeobotany
Cenozoic
macro fossils
palynology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,150
2,869
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Logic
Philosophical Logic
Logic in Computer Science
Multi-agent Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,046
1,584
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
paleontology
paleobiology
deep-sea
evolution
chemosymbiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,756
2,247
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,711
1,472
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
theory & history & politics of science
research policy
polar research
Antarctic humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,604
921
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
philosophy medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,234
2,106
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Economics
Decision Theory
Economic Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,193
2,849
0.679
Martin John Whitehouse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,516
21,141
0.509
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
Sven Ove Hansson
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,748
7,859
0.379
Philosophy
risk
logic
ethics
Johan AA Nylander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,365
5,597
0.289
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Bayesian statistics
MCMC
Model selection
Stefan Bengtson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,107
3,848
0.318
Hans Landström
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,706
3,959
0.370
History of entrepreneurship
interestingness
entrepreneurial finance
business angels
crowdfunding
Lars Hedenäs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,362
4,008
0.387
bryologi
systematik
fylogeografi
artbildning
Anders Bignert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,355
3,881
0.375
ecotoxicology
statistics
monitoring
biology
Andreas Malm
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,120
7,494
0.822
Political economy of climate change
History of the fossil economy
Stephen McLoughlin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,553
3,793
0.443
Paleobotany
Palaeobotany
Paleontology
Palaeontology
Palynology
Karl Göran Sjögren
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,420
6,278
0.746
Mesolithic
Neolithic
prehistoric economy
Megalithic tombs
bioarchaeology
Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,894
5,581
0.707
climate history
economic history
medieval history
historical geography
paleoclimatology
Dag Prawitz
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,846
1,619
0.206
Per S Andersson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,865
2,125
0.310
Operational Analysis
Isotope Geochemistry
Marine Chemistry
Vivi Vajda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,792
4,210
0.620
Palaeontology
Palynology
Geobiology
astrobiology
Karl Gotthard
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,404
2,534
0.396
Evolution
Ecology
Phenotypic plasticity
Life history theory
Johannes Bergsten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,707
2,455
0.430
Martin Irestedt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,542
2,460
0.444
Thord Fransson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
1,502
0.280
Thomas Denk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,150
2,869
0.557
Palaeobotany
Cenozoic
macro fossils
palynology
evolution
Valentin Goranko
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,046
1,584
0.314
Logic
Philosophical Logic
Logic in Computer Science
Multi-agent Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Steffen Kiel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,756
2,247
0.472
paleontology
paleobiology
deep-sea
evolution
chemosymbiosis
Sören Edvinsson
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,711
1,472
0.312
Aant Elzinga
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,604
921
0.200
theory & history & politics of science
research policy
polar research
Antarctic humanities
Fredrik Svenaeus
Sodertorns University
Flemingsberg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,234
2,106
0.497
Till Grüne Yanoff
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,193
2,849
0.679
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Economics
Decision Theory
Economic Methodology