Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 55 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
Data analysis
data management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
563
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
historical linguistics
areal linguistics
Khoisan studies
multidisciplinary studies
human
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
443
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Human Genetics & Population History
Research Ethics
Genes & Languages
GWAS
Target Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
437
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Archaeology
Paleoecology
Geochemistry
Stable isotope analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
490
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
407
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
paleoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
335
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Oldowan Behavior
Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
274
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Palaeolithic
Human Evolution
Spatial Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
246
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Phylogenetics
Phylodynamics
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
216
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
archaeobotany
archaeology
Silk Road
domestication
plant dispersal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
199
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Dendrochronology
Archaeology
Tropical Forest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
197
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Organic Geochemistry
Palaeoclimate
Geoarchaeology
Human-Environment
Anthropocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
169
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
archaeology
digital cultural heritage preservation
Mesopotamia
Afghanistan
Mongolia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
162
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Vertebrate Paleontology
Megafauna Extinctions
Sedimentology
Science Outreach & Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
165
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Paleodiets
stable isotopes
Amazon
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
94
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Stable isotopes
Bioarchaeology
Big Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
136
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
computational archaeology
spatial statistics
landscape arcaheology
southern Africa
middle stone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
122
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Human Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
106
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Mathematical Phylogenetics
Phylolinguistic
Mathematical Modeling
Stochastic Processes
Population Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
94
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
95
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Human Microbiome
Microbiology
Molecular Anthropology
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
72
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Language
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantic Typology
Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
71
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
archaeology of smell
oganic residue analysis
metabolomics
dispersal of natural resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
48
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Archaeology
Zooarchaeology
ZooMS
Palaeoproteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
47
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,856
27,579
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Christoph Rzymski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
563
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
839,529
28,279
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Anne-Maria Fehn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
443
0.687
historical linguistics
areal linguistics
Khoisan studies
multidisciplinary studies
human
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
869,377
29,252
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Hiba Babiker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
437
0.742
Human Genetics & Population History
Research Ethics
Genes & Languages
GWAS
Target Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
920,189
31,052
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Nicolas Bourgon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
490
0.959
Archaeology
Paleoecology
Geochemistry
Stable isotope analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
946,098
31,983
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jennifer Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
407
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,052,526
35,941
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Sean Hixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
335
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,105,739
37,864
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Emma Finestone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
274
0.846
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Oldowan Behavior
Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,212,846
41,719
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Nils Vanwezer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
246
0.980
Palaeolithic
Human Evolution
Spatial Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,259,537
43,293
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Luis Roger Esquivel Gómez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
216
0.960
Phylogenetics
Phylodynamics
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,309,715
44,939
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Basira Mir-Makhamad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
199
0.995
archaeobotany
archaeology
Silk Road
domestication
plant dispersal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,309,824
44,945
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Victor Lery Caetano-Andrade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
197
0.985
Dendrochronology
Archaeology
Tropical Forest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,348,300
46,109
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Deepak Jha|Deepak Kumar Jha, D.K Jha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
169
0.923
Organic Geochemistry
Palaeoclimate
Geoarchaeology
Human-Environment
Anthropocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,348,429
46,112
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Michael T Fisher|Mike Fisher, Michael Timothy Fisher, M.T. Fisher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
162
0.885
archaeology
digital cultural heritage preservation
Mesopotamia
Afghanistan
Mongolia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,390,045
47,332
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Michael J Ziegler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
165
0.994
Vertebrate Paleontology
Megafauna Extinctions
Sedimentology
Science Outreach & Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,418,536
48,184
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Tiago Hermenegildo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
94
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,472,058
49,723
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Carlo Cocozza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
136
0.993
Stable isotopes
Bioarchaeology
Big Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,520,108
51,108
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Amy Hatton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
122
1.000
computational archaeology
spatial statistics
landscape arcaheology
southern Africa
middle stone
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,562,786
52,298
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Arturo Cueva-Temprana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
106
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,574,314
52,587
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Lina Herbst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
94
0.879
Mathematical Phylogenetics
Phylolinguistic
Mathematical Modeling
Stochastic Processes
Population Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,620,254
53,779
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Naihui Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
95
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,668,601
55,011
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Bryan Cordova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
72
0.857
Human Microbiome
Microbiology
Molecular Anthropology
Metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,723,336
56,278
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Annika Tjuka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
71
0.986
Language
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantic Typology
Cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,836,174
58,780
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Barbara Huber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
archaeology of smell
oganic residue analysis
metabolomics
dispersal of natural resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,849,262
59,028
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Rachel Rudd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
48
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,860,641
59,250
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Carli Peters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
47
1.000
Archaeology
Zooarchaeology
ZooMS
Palaeoproteomics