Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences Social 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 is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :251
Archaeology
theory
medieval
historical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,459
1,876
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :252
Medical anthropology
race and racism
health equity
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,442
3,875
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :253
Paleolithic archaeology
Human brain evolution
Lithic technology
Cognitive neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,424
3,644
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :254
globalization
gender
sexuality
sports
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,416
2,613
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :255
animal behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,345
2,608
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :256
Physical Anthropology
Primatology
Comparative Phylogenetic Analyses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,339
3,355
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :257
Ecological Anthropology
Ethnoarchaeology
Subsistence Strategies
Indigenous Land and Resource Use
Western Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,325
3,026
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :258
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,282
3,907
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :259
Paleoanthropology
Lithic Analysis
Morphometrics
Raw Material Sourcing
Pleistocene hominin behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,278
4,234
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :260
Anthropology of childhood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,271
2,104
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :261
Afghanistan
nomadic peoples
political anthropology
history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,256
2,103
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :262
anthropology
complexity
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,201
2,418
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :263
Immigration and Transnationalism
Language Socialization
Anthropology and Education
Indigeneity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,171
2,347
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :264
Climate adaptation
smallholder agriculture
indigenous knowledge
water
Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,151
3,192
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :265
Antropologia do Consumo
Comunicação
Consumo
Publicidade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,146
1,979
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :266
climate adaptation
smallholder agriculture
indigenous knowledge
water
Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,145
3,174
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :267
Örgütsel Davranış
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,092
2,120
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :268
Antropologia
Epidemiologia
Antropologia médica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,080
2,234
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :269
Anthropology of Childhood
Sociology of Childhood
Qualitative Research Methods
Ethnicity
Nationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,051
3,505
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :270
roads
infrastructure
state
networks
nuclear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,001
2,813
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :271
isotopic anthropology
skeletal biology
bioarchaeology
Mesoamerica
Peru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,982
2,482
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :272
Population Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,975
1,962
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :273
Cultural Anthropology
gender and sexuality
political economy and cultural politics
health
militaries and militarism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,972
1,626
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :274
Anthropology
Health
Immigration
Race
Social Inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,970
5,076
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :275
biological anthropology
paleontology
evolutionary biology
functional morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,894
3,306
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,121
51,175
320
Ranking Based On Selection: 251
Matthew Johnson
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,459
1,876
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,413
51,258
512
Ranking Based On Selection: 252
Clarence C Gravlee
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,442
3,875
0.521
Medical anthropology
race and racism
health equity
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,787
51,363
346
Ranking Based On Selection: 253
Dietrich Stout
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,424
3,644
0.491
Paleolithic archaeology
Human brain evolution
Lithic technology
Cognitive neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,948
3,293
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 254
Niko Besnier
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,416
2,613
0.352
globalization
gender
sexuality
sports
mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,281
2,176
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 255
Maria A Van Noordwijk
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,345
2,608
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,382
2,181
287
Ranking Based On Selection: 256
Isler Karin
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,339
3,355
0.457
Physical Anthropology
Primatology
Comparative Phylogenetic Analyses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,668
51,969
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 257
Douglas Bird
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,325
3,026
0.413
Ecological Anthropology
Ethnoarchaeology
Subsistence Strategies
Indigenous Land and Resource Use
Western Australia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,536
52,237
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 258
Crickette Sanz
Wildlife Conservation Society
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,282
3,907
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,634
52,270
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 259
David R Braun
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,278
4,234
0.582
Paleoanthropology
Lithic Analysis
Morphometrics
Raw Material Sourcing
Pleistocene hominin behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,763
52,315
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 260
David Lancy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,271
2,104
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,079
52,418
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 261
Thomas J Barfield
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,256
2,103
0.290
Afghanistan
nomadic peoples
political anthropology
history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,202
52,785
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 262
Steve Lansing
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,201
2,418
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,789
52,983
835
Ranking Based On Selection: 263
Patricia Baquedano Lopez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,171
2,347
0.327
Immigration and Transnationalism
Language Socialization
Anthropology and Education
Indigeneity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,214
53,108
359
Ranking Based On Selection: 264
Carla Roncoli
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,151
3,192
0.446
Climate adaptation
smallholder agriculture
indigenous knowledge
water
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,320
2,374
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 265
Everardo Rocha
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,146
1,979
0.277
Antropologia do Consumo
Comunicação
Consumo
Publicidade
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,339
53,153
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 266
Carla Roncoli
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,145
3,174
0.444
climate adaptation
smallholder agriculture
indigenous knowledge
water
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,441
685
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 267
Hayat Kabasakal
Bogazici University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,092
2,120
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,693
2,400
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 268
Daniela Riva Knauth
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,080
2,234
0.316
Antropologia
Epidemiologia
Antropologia médica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,300
84
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 269
Spyros Spyrou
European University Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,051
3,505
0.497
Anthropology of Childhood
Sociology of Childhood
Qualitative Research Methods
Ethnicity
Nationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,428
11,390
458
Ranking Based On Selection: 270
Penny Harvey
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,001
2,813
0.402
roads
infrastructure
state
networks
nuclear
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,828
6,289
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 271
Christine D White
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,982
2,482
0.355
isotopic anthropology
skeletal biology
bioarchaeology
Mesoamerica
Peru
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,985
3,991
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 272
Frederic Austerlitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,975
1,962
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,049
54,338
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 273
Matthew Gutmann
Brown University
Providence, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,972
1,626
0.233
Cultural Anthropology
gender and sexuality
political economy and cultural politics
health
militaries and militarism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,083
54,348
849
Ranking Based On Selection: 274
Seth M Holmes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,970
5,076
0.728
Anthropology
Health
Immigration
Race
Social Inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,731
54,887
703
Ranking Based On Selection: 275
Doug M Boyer
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,894
3,306
0.480
biological anthropology
paleontology
evolutionary biology
functional morphology