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
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,486
44,833
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
history of technology
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,410
10,496
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,511
18,806
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Sociolinguistics
Pragmatics
Discourse Theory
Cultural Anthropology
Philological Hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,253
21,003
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,700
15,817
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
second language acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,780
17,843
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Genre Analysis
EAP
Discourse studies
Academic writing ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,152
17,346
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Literacy
Education
Reading
Teacher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,883
12,321
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,878
7,304
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
discourse analysis
pragmatics
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,228
16,858
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,553
32,326
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,211
15,852
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
language creation and development
using gesture to communicate
think
and learn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,907
19,506
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,887
17,014
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
critical applied linguistics
global spread of English
metrolingual practices
language & popular culture
semiotic assemblages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,502
20,413
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,482
12,146
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,450
18,587
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,398
15,812
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,124
31,564
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Lingustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,608
13,366
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
digital literature
Shakespeare
Thomas Morel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,216
8,504
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,838
22,853
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Linguistics
Phonetics
Phonology
Speech technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,007
17,875
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,337
20,669
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
стилистика
преподавание русского языка иностранцам
stylistics
teaching Russian to foreigners
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,029
13,878
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,186
624
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,486
44,833
0.729
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,200
3,418
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Nathan Rosenberg
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,410
10,496
0.171
history of technology
economic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,362
3,492
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Taylor Carman
Barnard College Columbia University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,511
18,806
0.311
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,809
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Владимир Ильич Карасик Vladimir I. Karasik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,253
21,003
0.361
Sociolinguistics
Pragmatics
Discourse Theory
Cultural Anthropology
Philological Hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,931
312
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Anna Wierzbicka
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,700
15,817
0.274
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,145
3,891
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Susan Gass
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,780
17,843
0.314
second language acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,578
4,090
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
John Swales
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,152
17,346
0.315
Genre Analysis
EAP
Discourse studies
Academic writing ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,637
4,127
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
P David Pearson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,883
12,321
0.224
Literacy
Education
Reading
Teacher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,638
4,128
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Michael Arbib
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,878
7,304
0.133
Computational Neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Neuroinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,795
156
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Dominique Maingueneau
Sorbonne Université
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,228
16,858
0.311
discourse analysis
pragmatics
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,984
362
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Johannes Krause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,553
32,326
0.604
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,072
4,332
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Richard Schmidt
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,211
15,852
0.298
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
sociolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,430
4,508
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Susan Goldin Meadow
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,907
19,506
0.376
language creation and development
using gesture to communicate
think
and learn
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,744
4,645
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Barry Smith
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,887
17,014
0.334
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,868
387
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Alastair Pennycook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,502
20,413
0.404
critical applied linguistics
global spread of English
metrolingual practices
language & popular culture
semiotic assemblages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,874
181
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Luigi Rizzi
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,482
12,146
0.241
Linguistics
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,884
385
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Evan Thompson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,450
18,587
0.368
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,206
4,858
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Philip Pettit
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,398
15,812
0.320
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,290
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Azhar Arsyad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,124
31,564
0.643
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,445
191
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Peter Trudgill
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,608
13,366
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,589
5,044
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
John Freeman
University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,216
8,504
0.176
digital literature
Shakespeare
Thomas Morel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,724
5,101
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Shaun Gallagher
University of Memphis
Memphis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,838
22,853
0.478
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,009
260
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Paul Boersma
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,007
17,875
0.380
Linguistics
Phonetics
Phonology
Speech technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,253
266
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Jan Blommaert
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,337
20,669
0.446
sociolinguistics
discourse analysis
literacy
linguistic anthropology
social theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,354
47
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Виталий Григорьевич Костомаров Vitaly G. Kostomarov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,029
13,878
0.302
стилистика
преподавание русского языка иностранцам
stylistics
teaching Russian to foreigners