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Highly Cited Researchers

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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.

* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United States
Todd K Shackelford
Evolutionary Psychology
Animal Behavior
Comparative Psychology
Behavioral Ecology
Intimate Partner Violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,544
13,802
0.378
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Virgil Zeigler Hill
Social-Personality Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,966
10,334
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Kanako Taku
Posttraumatic growth
Resilience
Clinical Psychology
Social-Personality Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,532
5,318
0.706
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Lisa Lm Welling
mate choice
hormones
attraction
person perception
human sexual behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,005
2,700
0.450
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Jennifer Vonk
Cognitive Psychology
Comparative Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,927
2,553
0.431
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Michele R Parkhill
Sexual aggression
emotion regulation
violence against LGBTQ+
gun violence
masculinity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,758
1,304
0.473
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Viviana A Weekes Shackelford
Evolutionary Psychology
Social Psychology
Developmental Psycholgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,508
967
0.386
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Jennifer Vrabel
Social-Personality Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
890
0.903
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Andrea T Kozak
Obesity
distress tolerance
exercise
mental disorders
cardiovascular disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,860
840
0.452
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Martha Escobar
Learning and memory
broadening participation of minorities in STEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
524
0.351
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Destaney Sauls
Personality psychology
social psychology
friendship
interpersonal relationships
personality traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
247
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Dean Purcell
perception
face perception
facial affect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,938
168
0.087
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
Austin John Jeffery
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychopathology
Consciousness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
117
0.780
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Yzar S Wehbe
Evolutionary Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
115
0.991
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,611
United States
8,950
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Todd K Shackelford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,544
13,802
0.378
Evolutionary Psychology
Animal Behavior
Comparative Psychology
Behavioral Ecology
Intimate Partner Violence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,943
United States
13,613
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Virgil Zeigler Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,966
10,334
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,597
United States
32,101
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kanako Taku
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,532
5,318
0.706
Posttraumatic growth
Resilience
Clinical Psychology
Social-Personality Psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,750
United States
65,436
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lisa Lm Welling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,005
2,700
0.450
mate choice
hormones
attraction
person perception
human sexual behavior
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,785
United States
69,080
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jennifer Vonk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,927
2,553
0.431
Cognitive Psychology
Comparative Psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,690
United States
121,374
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michele R Parkhill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,758
1,304
0.473
Sexual aggression
emotion regulation
violence against LGBTQ+
gun violence
masculinity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,235
United States
148,551
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Viviana A Weekes Shackelford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,508
967
0.386
Evolutionary Psychology
Social Psychology
Developmental Psycholgy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522,318
United States
156,417
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jennifer Vrabel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
890
0.903
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
542,940
United States
161,798
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andrea T Kozak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,860
840
0.452
Obesity
distress tolerance
exercise
mental disorders
cardiovascular disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715,712
United States
203,725
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Martha Escobar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
524
0.351
Learning and memory
broadening participation of minorities in STEM
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,036,353
United States
265,926
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Destaney Sauls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
247
0.996
Personality psychology
social psychology
friendship
interpersonal relationships
personality traits
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,211,354
United States
294,437
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dean Purcell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,938
168
0.087
perception
face perception
facial affect
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,379,398
United States
319,797
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Austin John Jeffery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
117
0.780
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychopathology
Consciousness
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,388,974
United States
321,174
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yzar S Wehbe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
115
0.991