Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Santa Fe Institute Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Complex Systems
Disinformation
Natural Language Processing
Nonlinear Time Series Analysis
Information Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,040
885
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
urban science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
891
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Cultural Evolution
Cognitive Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
726
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Nonlinear dynamics
Networks
Complex systems
Scientific machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
791
721
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Quantum Computation
Spin Glasses
Networks
Numerical Simulations
Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
336
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Mongolia
anthropology
women and agency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
153
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Anthropology
Archaeology
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
339
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304
281
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Evolutionary Transitions
Microbial Ecology
Complex Systems
Origins of Life
Philosophy of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
289
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
cognitive science
cultural evolution
information theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
199
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Marine microbial ecology
theoretical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
242
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Social Psychology
Computational Sociology
Identities
Belief dynamics
Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
228
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Statistical Mechanics
Stochastic Processes
Markovian and non-Markovian processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
213
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Astrobiology
Agnostic Biosignatures
Life Detection
Origin of Life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
195
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
complexity
gene expression
systems biology
stochastics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
159
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
stochastic chemical reaction networks
complex systems
molecular computing
self-assembly
thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
83
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Paleoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
85
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
667,288
198,465
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Joshua Garland
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,040
885
0.851
Complex Systems
Disinformation
Natural Language Processing
Nonlinear Time Series Analysis
Information Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708,626
208,597
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Mingzhen Lu
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
891
0.961
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
urban science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
760,827
220,893
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Helena Miton
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
726
0.906
Cultural Evolution
Cognitive Anthropology
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765,289
221,910
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Yuanzhao Zhang
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
791
721
0.912
Nonlinear dynamics
Networks
Complex systems
Scientific machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
832,345
236,765
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Ruben S Andrist
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
336
0.517
Quantum Computation
Spin Glasses
Networks
Numerical Simulations
Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,070
244,395
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Paula Lw Sabloff
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
153
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,066,173
278,420
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Michael Holton Price
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
339
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,115,642
285,775
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Hajime Shimao
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304
281
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,119,538
286,311
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Pedro Márquez-Zacarías
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
289
0.960
Evolutionary Transitions
Microbial Ecology
Complex Systems
Origins of Life
Philosophy of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,161,642
292,282
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Vanessa Ferdinand
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
199
0.732
cognitive science
cultural evolution
information theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,206,030
298,325
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Daniel Muratore
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
242
0.992
Marine microbial ecology
theoretical ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,234,094
302,214
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Tamara Van Der Does
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
228
1.000
Social Psychology
Computational Sociology
Identities
Belief dynamics
Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,260,619
305,835
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Alessio Lapolla
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
213
0.995
Statistical Mechanics
Stochastic Processes
Markovian and non-Markovian processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,270,760
307,312
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Natalie Grefenstette
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
195
0.933
Astrobiology
Agnostic Biosignatures
Life Detection
Origin of Life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,385,081
322,785
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
James Holehouse
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
159
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,605,591
352,416
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Andrés Ortiz Muñoz
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
83
0.892
stochastic chemical reaction networks
complex systems
molecular computing
self-assembly
thermodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,638,135
356,796
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Jack O Shaw
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
85
1.000