Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Anthropology 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 :26
colonial and postcolonial studies
decolonization
extreme violence and genocide
the politics of knowledge production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,623
10,912
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,752
14,259
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Anthropology
India
South Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,692
11,393
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Paleolithic
Human Evolution
Virtual Paleoanthropology
Neanderthal
Modern Humans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,566
16,923
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Anthropology and environment
Amazon
land use
global change
institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,175
20,362
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Genetics
Population Genetics
Pigmentation
Facial Features
Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,079
9,096
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
gender
democracy
participation
sexuality
masculinity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,474
12,126
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Human Growth and Development
Public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,790
2,688
0.085
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Paleoanthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,820
7,228
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Evolutionary Genomics
Computational Biology
Evolution
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,568
14,364
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Population genetics
sediment DNA
Neandertals
migration
selection on gene regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,184
14,839
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
social learning
evolutionary ecology
Bayesian statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,115
14,756
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
anthropologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,836
13,249
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
environmental health
climate change
medical anthropology
social inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,710
10,083
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Evolutionary Anthropology
Animal Cognition
Comparative Cognition
Primatology
Developmental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,329
11,013
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,244
8,944
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Archaeology
Anthropology
Historical Ecology
Human Migrations
Seafaring and Maritime Adaptations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,818
9,916
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
behavioral ecology
primatology
chimpanzees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,574
8,851
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
childhood obesity
human ecology
growth
adaptation
human diet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,389
20,495
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Cultural Evolution
Social Evolution
Cliodynamics
Evolutionary Anthropology
Cooperation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,068
7,205
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
cognitive anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,586
3,426
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
cultural evolution
animal cognition
language evolution
philosophy of biology
historical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,574
9,821
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,349
4,884
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Isotope Geochemistry
human evolution
paleoecology
diet
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,133
7,447
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Social cognition
Animal Communication
Cooperation
Hormones & Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,024
16,457
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,856
7,501
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Mahmood Mamdani
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,623
10,912
0.298
colonial and postcolonial studies
decolonization
extreme violence and genocide
the politics of knowledge production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,467
7,781
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Veena Das
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,752
14,259
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,502
7,799
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Akhil Gupta
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,692
11,393
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,599
724
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jean-Jacques Hublin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,566
16,923
0.476
Paleolithic
Human Evolution
Virtual Paleoanthropology
Neanderthal
Modern Humans
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,700
8,320
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Eduardo S Brondizio
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,175
20,362
0.596
Anthropology and environment
Amazon
land use
global change
institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,779
8,354
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Mark D Shriver
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,079
9,096
0.267
Genetics
Population Genetics
Pigmentation
Facial Features
Anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,219
1,609
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Andrea Cornwall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,474
12,126
0.362
gender
democracy
participation
sexuality
masculinity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,775
9,243
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Stanley Marion Garn
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,790
2,688
0.085
Human Growth and Development
Public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,776
9,678
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Erik Trinkaus
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,820
7,228
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,012
936
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Kay Prüfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,568
14,364
0.470
Evolutionary Genomics
Computational Biology
Evolution
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,397
952
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Benjamin Vernot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,184
14,839
0.492
Population genetics
sediment DNA
Neandertals
migration
selection on gene regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,474
960
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Richard Mcelreath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,115
14,756
0.490
Evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
social learning
evolutionary ecology
Bayesian statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,795
421
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Philippe Descola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,836
13,249
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,969
10,207
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Merrill Singer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,710
10,083
0.339
environmental health
climate change
medical anthropology
social inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,457
10,417
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Brian Hare
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,329
11,013
0.375
Evolutionary Anthropology
Animal Cognition
Comparative Cognition
Primatology
Developmental Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,552
94
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,244
8,944
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,090
10,704
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Jon Erlandson
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,818
9,916
0.344
Archaeology
Anthropology
Historical Ecology
Human Migrations
Seafaring and Maritime Adaptations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,678
11,395
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Anne Pusey
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,574
8,851
0.321
behavioral ecology
primatology
chimpanzees
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,345
62
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Cristina Padez
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,389
20,495
0.777
childhood obesity
human ecology
growth
adaptation
human diet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,850
12,348
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Peter Turchin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,068
7,205
0.276
Cultural Evolution
Social Evolution
Cliodynamics
Evolutionary Anthropology
Cooperation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,299
13,399
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Roy Goodwin D Andrade
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,586
3,426
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,323
97
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Russell D Gray
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,574
9,821
0.400
cultural evolution
animal cognition
language evolution
philosophy of biology
historical linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,735
2,588
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Maurice Bloch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,349
4,884
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,090
13,751
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Stanley H Ambrose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,133
7,447
0.309
Isotope Geochemistry
human evolution
paleoecology
diet
archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,300
1,308
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Catherine Crockford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,024
16,457
0.685
Social cognition
Animal Communication
Cooperation
Hormones & Behavior