Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences Social Sciences / Arts Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :176
music
gender
sexuality
pop culture
audiovisuality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,082
1,197
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :177
Translation
Theatre
Censorship
Audiovisual Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,079
992
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :178
Drama/theatre education
appled drama/theatre
performance studies
arts-based research
poetic inquiry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,064
1,578
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :179
Augmented Instruments
Sound and Music Computing
New Interfaces for Musical Expression
NIME
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,062
2,182
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :180
Dance Education
Dance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,039
1,495
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :181
Music
Music education
Music learning
Music psychology
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,037
1,888
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :182
Music Therapy - Neurorehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,012
2,139
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :183
Music
copyright
pranks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,000
1,018
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :184
poetry
literature
translation
art
chaos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
420
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :185
music
music education
arts based educational research
creative analytical practices
digital media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,977
1,394
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :186
arts-based methods
refugee and asylum seeker studies
participatory research
refugee women
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,975
2,523
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :187
Medical/Health Humanities
Medical Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,965
1,193
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :188
contemporary theatre
intercultural theatre
space and theatre
virtual reality and theatre
cultural herita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,959
956
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :189
Music Technology
Computer Music
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
1,244
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :190
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
1,212
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :191
aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,871
878
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :192
sound perception
auditory cortex
musical learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,850
1,239
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :193
geology
geophysics
hydrogeology
history of science
energy resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,803
618
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :194
Professeur en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,794
564
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :195
music psychology
popular music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,784
1,022
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :196
Music Education
Child Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,782
886
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :197
arts-based research
playbuilding
video
applied theatre
duoethnography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
1,618
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :198
music
performing arts health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,766
777
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :199
music
technology
hip-hop
cultural diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,734
1,026
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :200
Music
Cultural History
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,704
902
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,904
2,135
592
Ranking Based On Selection: 176
Stan Hawkins
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,082
1,197
0.388
music
gender
sexuality
pop culture
audiovisuality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,148
9,240
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 177
Raquel Merino-Álvarez
Universidad del País Vasco
Leioa, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,079
992
0.322
Translation
Theatre
Censorship
Audiovisual Media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,387
12,753
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 178
Monica Prendergast
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,064
1,578
0.515
Drama/theatre education
appled drama/theatre
performance studies
arts-based research
poetic inquiry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,527
22,101
381
Ranking Based On Selection: 179
Andrew McPherson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,062
2,182
0.713
Augmented Instruments
Sound and Music Computing
New Interfaces for Musical Expression
NIME
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,476
104,580
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 180
Doug Risner
Wayne State University
Detroit, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,039
1,495
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,642
104,627
390
Ranking Based On Selection: 181
Peter Miksza
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,037
1,888
0.622
Music
Music education
Music learning
Music psychology
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,832
13,694
995
Ranking Based On Selection: 182
Jeanette Tamplin
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,012
2,139
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,883
105,533
607
Ranking Based On Selection: 183
Kembrew Mcleod
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,000
1,018
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,821
105,808
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 184
Frederick Turner
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
420
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,893
13,037
1,162
Ranking Based On Selection: 185
Peter Gouzouasis
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,977
1,394
0.468
music
music education
arts based educational research
creative analytical practices
digital media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,024
13,815
978
Ranking Based On Selection: 186
Caroline Lenette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,975
2,523
0.848
arts-based methods
refugee and asylum seeker studies
participatory research
refugee women
ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,986
13,072
834
Ranking Based On Selection: 187
Pamela Brett Maclean
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,965
1,193
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,566
13,877
1,058
Ranking Based On Selection: 188
Joanne Tompkins
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,959
956
0.323
contemporary theatre
intercultural theatre
space and theatre
virtual reality and theatre
cultural herita
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,826
106,671
764
Ranking Based On Selection: 189
Gil Weinberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
1,244
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,690
23,083
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 190
Simon O Sullivan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
1,212
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,408
2,206
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 191
Paisley Livingston
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,871
878
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,328
12,611
307
Ranking Based On Selection: 192
Peter Schneider
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,850
1,239
0.435
sound perception
auditory cortex
musical learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,859
110,643
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 193
David Deming
University of Oklahoma
Norman, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,803
618
0.220
geology
geophysics
hydrogeology
history of science
energy resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,710
10,489
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 194
Manuel Zacklad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,794
564
0.202
Professeur en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,698
23,619
580
Ranking Based On Selection: 195
Nicola Dibben
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,784
1,022
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,909
111,197
1,496
Ranking Based On Selection: 196
Lori Custodero
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,782
886
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,079
13,641
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 197
Joe Norris
Brock University
St. Catharines, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
1,618
0.582
arts-based research
playbuilding
video
applied theatre
duoethnography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,460
111,606
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 198
Kris Chesky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,766
777
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,631
112,457
979
Ranking Based On Selection: 199
Mark Katz
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,734
1,026
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,658
24,039
616
Ranking Based On Selection: 200
Derek B Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,704
902
0.334