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 :26
United States
Saul Aaron Kripke|Saul Aaron Kripke, Saul Kripke
Philosophy of Language
Metaphysics
Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,859
10,019
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
United States
David Glass
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,308
14,806
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
United States
Ryan Edwards
History
Geography
Latin America
Environment
Prisons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,880
13,281
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Canada
Vaclav Smil
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 :30
United States
Evelyn Fox Keller
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 :31
Sweden
Martin John Whitehouse
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 :32
United States
Nick Miller
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 :33
Türkiye
Ayla Efe
Yakınçağ Osmanlı Tarihi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,592
20,952
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Canada
Paul Thagard
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 :35
United Kingdom
Nick Black
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 :36
United Kingdom
Max Roser
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 :37
United States
Neal Krause
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 :38
United Kingdom
Stringer C
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 :39
Netherlands
Johan Schot
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 :40
Bulgaria
Цветан Василев|Tsvetan Vasilev, Tsvetan Vassilev
Byzantine epigraphy
post-Byzantine epigraphy
Medieval Latin language
Neolatin Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,945
20,336
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
United States
Miral Dizdaroglu
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 :42
Ireland
Dermot Moran
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 :43
United Kingdom
Mark Maslin
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 :44
United States
Naomi Oreskes
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 :45
United Kingdom
Timothy Williamson
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 :46
United Kingdom
John Broome
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 :47
France
Francesco D Errico
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 :48
Brazil
Marilena Chaui
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 :49
United States
Elliott Sober
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 :50
United States
Bas Van Fraassen
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,285
7,956
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,927
United States
5,657
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Saul Aaron Kripke|Saul Aaron Kripke, Saul Kripke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,859
10,019
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,169
United States
5,758
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
David Glass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,308
14,806
0.334
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,357
United States
5,852
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Ryan Edwards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,880
13,281
0.303
History
Geography
Latin America
Environment
Prisons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,397
Canada
481
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Vaclav Smil
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
13,471
United States
6,359
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
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
13,515
Sweden
157
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Martin John Whitehouse
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
13,937
United States
6,565
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
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
14,017
Türkiye
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Ayla Efe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,592
20,952
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,305
Canada
564
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Paul Thagard
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
14,394
United Kingdom
1,257
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
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
14,747
United Kingdom
1,281
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Max Roser
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
14,912
United States
7,019
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Neal Krause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,089
11,482
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,917
United Kingdom
1,303
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
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
15,253
Netherlands
379
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Johan Schot
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
15,601
Bulgaria
6
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Цветан Василев|Tsvetan Vasilev, Tsvetan Vassilev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,945
20,336
0.536
Byzantine epigraphy
post-Byzantine epigraphy
Medieval Latin language
Neolatin Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,195
United States
7,599
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Miral Dizdaroglu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,098
7,297
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,619
Ireland
54
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Dermot Moran
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
16,621
United Kingdom
1,450
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
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
16,740
United States
7,851
466
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Naomi Oreskes
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
17,149
United Kingdom
1,501
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Timothy Williamson
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
17,342
United Kingdom
1,522
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
John Broome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,473
18,252
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,347
France
314
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Francesco D Errico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,468
14,487
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,355
Brazil
132
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Marilena Chaui
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
17,390
United States
8,144
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Elliott Sober
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,420
7,237
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,122
United States
8,901
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Bas Van Fraassen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,285
7,956
0.239