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 :26
energy environment food population technical innovation history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,786
14,750
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,611
9,185
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
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 :29
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,740
8,713
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,113
8,540
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,957
14,308
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,344
37,598
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,089
11,482
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,082
11,604
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Deep Transitions
History of Technology
Sustainability Transitions
Strategic Niche Management
Multi-Level Perspective
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,507
20,170
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Science
Art
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,098
7,297
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,477
12,764
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,475
21,799
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
history of science
climate change
women in science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,299
18,486
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,750
13,846
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,473
18,252
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,468
14,487
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
História da Filosofia
Ética e Filosofia Política
Metafísica
Epistemologia
Filosofia Brasileira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,458
8,798
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
philosophy of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,420
7,237
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,285
7,956
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
evolutionary medicine
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history evolution
cooperation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,079
15,157
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,030
22,876
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Ethics
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,868
19,186
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,840
13,597
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,253
7,673
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,334
481
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Vaclav Smil
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,786
14,750
0.337
energy environment food population technical innovation history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,403
6,348
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Evelyn Fox Keller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,611
9,185
0.221
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,447
156
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Martin John Whitehouse
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,516
21,141
0.509
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,864
6,552
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Nick Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,740
8,713
0.214
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,228
564
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Paul Thagard
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,113
8,540
0.213
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,315
1,253
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Nick Black
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,957
14,308
0.358
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,670
1,277
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Max Roser
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,344
37,598
0.956
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,835
7,006
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Neal Krause
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,089
11,482
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,840
1,299
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Stringer C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,082
11,604
0.297
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,173
377
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Johan Schot
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,507
20,170
0.524
Deep Transitions
History of Technology
Sustainability Transitions
Strategic Niche Management
Multi-Level Perspective
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,110
7,583
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Miral Dizdaroglu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,098
7,297
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,530
54
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Dermot Moran
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,477
12,764
0.350
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,532
1,445
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Mark Maslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,475
21,799
0.598
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,651
7,835
465
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Naomi Oreskes
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,299
18,486
0.509
history of science
climate change
women in science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,057
1,496
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Timothy Williamson
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,750
13,846
0.387
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,250
1,517
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
John Broome
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,473
18,252
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,255
313
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Francesco D Errico
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,468
14,487
0.408
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,263
132
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Marilena Chaui
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,458
8,798
0.248
História da Filosofia
Ética e Filosofia Política
Metafísica
Epistemologia
Filosofia Brasileira
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,298
8,126
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Elliott Sober
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,420
7,237
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,017
8,882
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Bas Van Fraassen
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,285
7,956
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,181
9,376
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Michael Gurven
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,079
15,157
0.472
evolutionary medicine
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history evolution
cooperation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,234
905
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Mark van Kleunen
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,030
22,876
0.714
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,378
1,816
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Nick Bostrom
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,868
19,186
0.602
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Ethics
Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,413
1,818
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Daniel Nettle
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,840
13,597
0.427
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,076
10,198
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
John Esposito
Georgetown University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,253
7,673
0.254