Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
History, Philosophy, Theology / Theology Highly Cited Researchers 32.662 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
44,329
12,719
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,321
18,804
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,011
7,902
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,440
38,199
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,141
7,037
0.171
* 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
40,469
12,352
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,435
7,170
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,501
9,905
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,439
9,970
0.253
* 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
39,285
18,179
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,663
20,446
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Science
Art
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,427
6,301
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
history of science
climate change
women in science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,093
16,496
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,982
11,120
0.301
* 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
36,327
12,336
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,177
15,892
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,034
12,564
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
philosophy of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,668
6,230
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
História da Filosofia
Ética e Filosofia Política
Metafísica
Epistemologia
Filosofia Brasileira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,307
7,204
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,568
6,829
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,099
21,611
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Ethics
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,976
17,416
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
evolutionary medicine
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history evolution
cooperation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,676
13,454
0.412
* 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
32,272
11,791
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Logic
Semantics of Programming Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,227
4,052
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,422
484
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Vaclav Smil
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,329
12,719
0.287
energy environment food population technical innovation history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,397
156
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Martin John Whitehouse
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,321
18,804
0.444
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,539
6,387
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Evelyn Fox Keller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,011
7,902
0.188
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,842
1,223
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Max Roser
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,440
38,199
0.922
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,017
6,599
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Nick Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,141
7,037
0.171
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,401
1,256
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Nick Black
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,469
12,352
0.305
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,415
575
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Paul Thagard
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,435
7,170
0.177
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,976
7,056
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Neal Krause
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,501
9,905
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,022
1,309
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Stringer C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,439
9,970
0.253
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,107
374
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Johan Schot
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,285
18,179
0.463
Deep Transitions
History of Technology
Sustainability Transitions
Strategic Niche Management
Multi-Level Perspective
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,158
1,405
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Mark Maslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,663
20,446
0.543
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,311
7,647
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Miral Dizdaroglu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,427
6,301
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,520
7,746
463
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Naomi Oreskes
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,093
16,496
0.445
history of science
climate change
women in science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,606
54
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Dermot Moran
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,982
11,120
0.301
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,080
1,497
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Timothy Williamson
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,327
12,336
0.340
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,192
1,511
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
John Broome
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,177
15,892
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,299
318
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Francesco D Errico
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,034
12,564
0.349
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,571
8,214
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Elliott Sober
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,668
6,230
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,866
139
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Marilena Chaui
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,307
7,204
0.204
História da Filosofia
Ética e Filosofia Política
Metafísica
Epistemologia
Filosofia Brasileira
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,297
8,964
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Bas Van Fraassen
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,568
6,829
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,713
879
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Mark van Kleunen
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,099
21,611
0.653
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,821
1,766
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Nick Bostrom
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,976
17,416
0.528
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Ethics
Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,111
9,321
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Michael Gurven
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,676
13,454
0.412
evolutionary medicine
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history evolution
cooperation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,519
1,836
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Daniel Nettle
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,272
11,791
0.365
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,580
9,962
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Dana Scott
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,227
4,052
0.130
Logic
Semantics of Programming Languages