Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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 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 :376
Language and Culture
Amazonia
Performance
Media
Human Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,457
1,843
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :377
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,447
1,804
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :378
Archaeology
Mesoamerica
Maya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,443
2,381
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :379
Archaeology
Historical Ecology
Channel Islands
California
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,437
2,941
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :380
Antropologia
Antropologia da Religião
Psicanálise
Surdez
Língua Brasileira de Sinais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,426
2,446
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :381
antropologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,392
2,312
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :382
cultural anthropology
leisure
recreation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,373
2,089
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :383
Sustainable Resource Management
Economic Development
Conservation
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Environmentalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,364
2,380
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :384
general linguistics
historical linguistics
Chinese linguistics
computational linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,356
4,273
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :385
Anthropology
Cognition
Evolution
Linguistics
Society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,350
2,922
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :386
Anthropological Archaeology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Macroecology
Complex Systems
Hunter-Gatherers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,346
2,581
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :387
Environmental Humanities
Indigenous Philosophy
Creative Writing
Cultural Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,344
1,703
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :388
Ancient Maya Bioarchaeology
Paleodiet
Migration
Paleopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,341
1,779
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :389
Evolutionary anthropology
Human behavior
Evolutionary psychology
Geometric Morphometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,317
1,972
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :390
Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,307
1,381
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :391
socio-cultural anthropology
small-scale fisheries
political ecology
wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,299
2,598
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :392
biological anthropology
functional morphology
bone biomechanics
human evolution
trabecular bone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,289
2,555
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :393
human evolution
paleoecology
evolutionary theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,253
1,706
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :394
anthropology
religion
archeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,250
2,555
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :395
human behavioral ecology
climate change Anthropology
evolution of cooperation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,242
2,060
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :396
borders
legal anthropology
migration
migrant health
citizenship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,221
3,473
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :397
anthropology
migration
Mexico
Turkey
China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,219
2,045
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :398
anthropology
human rights
climate justice
lithium
Bolivia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,184
2,153
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :399
antropologia social
cultura digital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,173
2,570
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :400
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,159
1,140
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,706
68,079
395
Ranking Based On Selection: 376
Laura R Graham
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,457
1,843
0.338
Language and Culture
Amazonia
Performance
Media
Human Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,036
68,190
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 377
James Trostle
Trinity College
Hartford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,447
1,804
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,206
68,229
483
Ranking Based On Selection: 378
Takeshi Inomata
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,443
2,381
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,371
68,277
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 379
Todd Braje
San Diego State University
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,437
2,941
0.541
Archaeology
Historical Ecology
Channel Islands
California
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,760
3,851
1,058
Ranking Based On Selection: 380
César Augusto De Assis Silva
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,426
2,446
0.451
Antropologia
Antropologia da Religião
Psicanálise
Surdez
Língua Brasileira de Sinais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
189,888
439
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 381
Claudia Briones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,392
2,312
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,529
68,910
738
Ranking Based On Selection: 382
Garry Chick
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,373
2,089
0.389
cultural anthropology
leisure
recreation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,846
8,640
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 383
Simon Foale
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,364
2,380
0.444
Sustainable Resource Management
Economic Development
Conservation
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Environmentalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,102
7,886
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 384
Johann-Mattis List
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,356
4,273
0.798
general linguistics
historical linguistics
Chinese linguistics
computational linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,316
433
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 385
Thom Scott Phillips
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,350
2,922
0.546
Anthropology
Cognition
Evolution
Linguistics
Society
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,458
69,170
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 386
Marcus J Hamilton
University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,346
2,581
0.483
Anthropological Archaeology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Macroecology
Complex Systems
Hunter-Gatherers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,532
8,667
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 387
stephen muecke
Flinders University
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,344
1,703
0.319
Environmental Humanities
Indigenous Philosophy
Creative Writing
Cultural Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,628
69,217
657
Ranking Based On Selection: 388
Lori E Wright
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,341
1,779
0.333
Ancient Maya Bioarchaeology
Paleodiet
Migration
Paleopathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,463
1,110
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 389
Katrin Schaefer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,317
1,972
0.371
Evolutionary anthropology
Human behavior
Evolutionary psychology
Geometric Morphometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,833
14,750
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 390
jonathan spencer
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,307
1,381
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,100
8,259
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 391
Derek Johnson
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,299
2,598
0.490
socio-cultural anthropology
small-scale fisheries
political ecology
wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,441
69,780
745
Ranking Based On Selection: 392
Tim Ryan
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,289
2,555
0.483
biological anthropology
functional morphology
bone biomechanics
human evolution
trabecular bone
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,759
70,173
1,422
Ranking Based On Selection: 393
John Kingston
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,253
1,706
0.325
human evolution
paleoecology
evolutionary theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,853
1,821
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 394
Rane Willerslev
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,250
2,555
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,201
70,302
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 395
John Ziker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,242
2,060
0.393
human behavioral ecology
climate change Anthropology
evolution of cooperation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,952
70,544
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 396
Heide Castaneda|Heide Castañeda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,221
3,473
0.665
borders
legal anthropology
migration
migrant health
citizenship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,051
70,569
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 397
Jeffrey H Cohen
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,219
2,045
0.392
anthropology
migration
Mexico
Turkey
China
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,345
2,933
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 398
Mark Goodale
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,184
2,153
0.415
anthropology
human rights
climate justice
lithium
Bolivia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,761
5,487
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 399
Elisenda Ardévol
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,173
2,570
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,275
71,227
1,093
Ranking Based On Selection: 400
Dwight Read
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,159
1,140
0.221