Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Anthropology 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 :101
Anthropology
Education
Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,589
5,441
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
culture and child development
mixed methods
culture and disability
sibling caretaking
Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,567
3,594
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
Hip Hop
Youth Culture
Language
Race
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,402
10,345
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,312
6,623
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Medicine
Emotions
Morality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,812
6,260
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,738
8,704
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
anthropology
conservation
Amazon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,711
5,752
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
Social Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,646
6,049
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Cities and citizenship
democracy
law
right-to-the-city movements
mobile and web-based apps for urban citizenship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,611
5,285
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
digital anthropology
ethnography
material culture
fashion
mobile media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,596
7,183
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
Biological anthropology
human genetics
population history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,570
2,661
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Anthropology
Communication
Youth
Gangs
Social movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,563
5,615
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
Human Evolution
Brain Evolution
Geometric Morphometrics
Evolution and Development
Paleoanthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,523
7,478
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
Human Evolution
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeolithic archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,465
7,830
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
Human behavioral ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,465
4,601
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
Archaeology
Linguistics
aDNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,402
7,712
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,183
5,403
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
vision
statistics
semantics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,075
2,201
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
Anthropology
Public Health
Indigenous Peoples
Race and Ethnicity
History of Physical/Biological Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,041
5,380
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
Human population genetics
biological anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,009
4,728
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
Brain Evolution
Comparative Neuroanatomy
Human Evolution
Biological Anthropology
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,998
7,495
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
primate behavior
primate life history
lemur conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,982
4,274
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
evolution
cognition
culture
morality
Indigenous knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,864
5,378
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
Social Anthropology
Race and Racism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,804
4,821
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Indonesia
virtual worlds
sexuality
queer studies
HIV/AIDS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,793
6,047
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,515
538
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Susan Wright
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,589
5,441
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,622
24,142
453
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Thomas S Weisner
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,567
3,594
0.231
culture and child development
mixed methods
culture and disability
sibling caretaking
Kenya
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,450
24,444
458
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
H Samy Alim
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,402
10,345
0.672
Hip Hop
Youth Culture
Language
Race
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,890
2,509
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Martha Robbins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,312
6,623
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,447
25,601
480
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Daniel Fessler
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,812
6,260
0.423
Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Medicine
Emotions
Morality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,836
2,642
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Katerina Harvati
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,738
8,704
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,976
25,776
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Manuela Carneiro Da Cunha
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,711
5,752
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,320
688
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Anuário Antropológico
Universidade de Brasília UNB
Brasilia, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,646
6,049
0.413
Social Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Social Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,539
26,006
511
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
James Holston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,611
5,285
0.362
Cities and citizenship
democracy
law
right-to-the-city movements
mobile and web-based apps for urban citizenship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,627
2,764
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Heather Horst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,596
7,183
0.492
digital anthropology
ethnography
material culture
fashion
mobile media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,766
26,084
433
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Theodore Schurr
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,570
2,661
0.183
Biological anthropology
human genetics
population history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,807
1,271
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Carles Feixa
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,563
5,615
0.386
Anthropology
Communication
Youth
Gangs
Social movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,036
2,705
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Philipp Gunz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,523
7,478
0.515
Human Evolution
Brain Evolution
Geometric Morphometrics
Evolution and Development
Paleoanthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,354
2,753
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Bence Viola
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,465
7,830
0.541
Human Evolution
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeolithic archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,357
26,283
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,465
4,601
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,708
26,422
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
David W Anthony
Hartwick College
Oneonta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,402
7,712
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,014
5,458
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Pia Christensen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,183
5,403
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,711
27,183
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
A Kimball Romney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,075
2,201
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,906
746
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Ricardo Ventura Santos
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,041
5,380
0.383
Anthropology
Public Health
Indigenous Peoples
Race and Ethnicity
History of Physical/Biological Anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,085
87
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Francisco Rothhammer
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,009
4,728
0.337
Human population genetics
biological anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,148
27,354
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Chet C Sherwood
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,998
7,495
0.535
Brain Evolution
Comparative Neuroanatomy
Human Evolution
Biological Anthropology
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,248
27,387
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Patricia Chapple Wright
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,982
4,274
0.306
primate behavior
primate life history
lemur conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,994
27,671
521
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
H Clark Barrett
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,864
5,378
0.388
evolution
cognition
culture
morality
Indigenous knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,382
5,649
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Peter Wade
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,804
4,821
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,435
27,836
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Tom Boellstorff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,793
6,047
0.438
Indonesia
virtual worlds
sexuality
queer studies
HIV/AIDS