Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers CitationHistory, Philosophy, Theology / Theology 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 :226
United States
Walter Isaacson
technology
history
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,167
4,764
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :227
United States
J David Velleman
moral psychology
philosophy of action
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,153
4,180
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :228
United States
Jonathan Schaffer
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Science
Language
Mind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,130
5,986
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :229
United Kingdom
Simon Szreter
history
public health
policy
reproduction
demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,872
4,076
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :230
United States
Melvin Fitting
logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,843
2,301
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :231
Norway
Dean S Oliver
history matching
data assimilation
geostatistics
inverse problems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,827
4,075
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :232
Brazil
Jefferson L. Ferreira Jr.
Filosofia
Ética
Bioética
Filosofia política
História da Filosofia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,790
6,914
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :233
Indonesia
Didin Hafidhuddin
Islamic Studies
Islamic Economics
Islamic Banking and Finance
Zakat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,774
8,419
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :234
Belgium
Cornelis J Schilt
history of science
history of scholarship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,771
2,497
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :235
Argentina
Ricardo Piglia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,764
4,509
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :236
South Africa
Callum David Scott
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,760
7,699
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :237
Netherlands
Peter Paul Verbeek
philosophy of technology
guidance ethics
ethics of technology
postphenomenology
mediation theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,677
7,429
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :238
United States
Keith C Barton
History education
Human rights education
Northern Ireland
Civic Education
Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,673
4,839
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :239
United Kingdom
Jeff McMahan
moral philosophy
practical ethics
political philosophy
legal philosophy
bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,457
4,838
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :240
Colombia
James Edward Richardson
Natural History of Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,442
4,879
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :241
Australia
Fiona Fidler
metascience
history & philosophy of science
conservation science
psychology methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
7,662
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :242
United States
Robert N Proctor
Cigarette Design
Tobacco History
Agnotology
Agates
Human Origins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,406
4,331
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :243
United States
Kenneth Howe
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,401
2,654
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :244
United States
Gerald Dworkin
Moral
political and legal philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,367
3,040
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :245
Australia
Simon Haberle
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Archaeological Science
Quaternary Science
Aerobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,358
5,525
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :246
Indonesia
Arifin
pendidikan islam
pemikiran islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,327
7,832
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :247
Finland
Soili Stenroos
Ascomycete systematics
lichen forming fungi in particular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,326
5,826
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :248
United States
Margaret Gilbert
Philosophy
Philosophy of Social Phenomena
Political Philosophy
Moral Philosophy
Philosophy of Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,163
4,556
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :249
China
Carl Mitcham
philosophy-ethics of science-technology-engineering and STS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,163
3,907
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :250
United States
Owen Flanagan
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Ethics
Moral Psychology
Comparative Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,151
2,871
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,483
United States
29,268
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 226
Walter Isaacson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,167
4,764
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,586
United States
29,301
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 227
J David Velleman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,153
4,180
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,731
United States
29,355
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 228
Jonathan Schaffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,130
5,986
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,530
United Kingdom
6,172
375
Ranking Based On Selection: 229
Simon Szreter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,872
4,076
0.317
history
public health
policy
reproduction
demography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,725
United States
30,088
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 230
Melvin Fitting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,843
2,301
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,844
Norway
430
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 231
Dean S Oliver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,827
4,075
0.318
history matching
data assimilation
geostatistics
inverse problems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,111
Brazil
890
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 232
Jefferson L. Ferreira Jr.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,790
6,914
0.541
Filosofia
Ética
Bioética
Filosofia política
História da Filosofia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,230
Indonesia
124
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 233
Didin Hafidhuddin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,774
8,419
0.659
Islamic Studies
Islamic Economics
Islamic Banking and Finance
Zakat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,260
Belgium
705
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 234
Cornelis J Schilt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,771
2,497
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,320
Argentina
114
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 235
Ricardo Piglia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,764
4,509
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,349
South Africa
251
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 236
Callum David Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,760
7,699
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,944
Netherlands
1,877
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 237
Peter Paul Verbeek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,677
7,429
0.586
philosophy of technology
guidance ethics
ethics of technology
postphenomenology
mediation theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,976
United States
30,541
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 238
Keith C Barton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,673
4,839
0.382
History education
Human rights education
Northern Ireland
Civic Education
Asia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,578
United Kingdom
6,412
659
Ranking Based On Selection: 239
Jeff McMahan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,457
4,838
0.388
moral philosophy
practical ethics
political philosophy
legal philosophy
bioethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,681
Colombia
72
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 240
James Edward Richardson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,442
4,879
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,829
Australia
3,483
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 241
Fiona Fidler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
7,662
0.617
metascience
history & philosophy of science
conservation science
psychology methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,920
United States
31,249
948
Ranking Based On Selection: 242
Robert N Proctor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,406
4,331
0.349
Cigarette Design
Tobacco History
Agnotology
Agates
Human Origins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,963
United States
31,264
218
Ranking Based On Selection: 243
Kenneth Howe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,401
2,654
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,193
United States
31,344
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 244
Gerald Dworkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,367
3,040
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,248
Australia
3,504
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 245
Simon Haberle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,358
5,525
0.447
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Archaeological Science
Quaternary Science
Aerobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,466
Indonesia
130
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 246
Arifin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,327
7,832
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,474
Finland
405
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 247
Soili Stenroos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,326
5,826
0.473
Ascomycete systematics
lichen forming fungi in particular
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,739
United States
31,888
323
Ranking Based On Selection: 248
Margaret Gilbert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,163
4,556
0.375
Philosophy
Philosophy of Social Phenomena
Political Philosophy
Moral Philosophy
Philosophy of Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,745
China
3,179
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 249
Carl Mitcham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,163
3,907
0.321
philosophy-ethics of science-technology-engineering and STS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,852
United States
31,928
438
Ranking Based On Selection: 250
Owen Flanagan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,151
2,871
0.236
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Ethics
Moral Psychology
Comparative Philosophy