Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationHistory, Philosophy, Theology / History 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 :1
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,170
50,016
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,294
35,584
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
linguistics
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,839
18,503
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,897
23,473
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,296
20,513
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,471
20,987
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,047
20,651
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,940
23,972
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,640
23,846
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,486
44,833
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,511
18,806
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,887
17,014
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,450
18,587
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,398
15,812
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,838
22,853
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Sartre
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,893
19,229
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Philosophy of Language
Metaphysics
Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,859
10,019
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,611
9,185
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,113
8,540
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,477
12,764
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,750
13,846
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,473
18,252
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
História da Filosofia
Ética e Filosofia Política
Metafísica
Epistemologia
Filosofia Brasileira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,458
8,798
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
philosophy of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,420
7,237
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,285
7,956
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,086
460
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mark Johnson
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,170
50,016
0.291
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,103
968
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David K Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,294
35,584
0.291
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,407
1,624
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,839
18,503
0.193
linguistics
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,685
10
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nestor Garcia Canclini
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,897
23,473
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,638
373
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David MacKay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,296
20,513
0.255
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,721
180
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Pierre Lévy
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,471
20,987
0.264
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,234
2,469
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kwame Anthony Appiah
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,047
20,651
0.275
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,947
595
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andy Clark
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,940
23,972
0.381
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,201
3,404
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David Chalmers
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,640
23,846
0.387
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,225
626
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,486
44,833
0.729
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,402
3,497
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Taylor Carman
Barnard College Columbia University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,511
18,806
0.311
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,790
4,652
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Barry Smith
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,887
17,014
0.334
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,931
385
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Evan Thompson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,450
18,587
0.368
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,254
4,865
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Philip Pettit
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,398
15,812
0.320
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,772
5,107
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shaun Gallagher
University of Memphis
Memphis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,838
22,853
0.478
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,460
5,427
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kenneth Anderson
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,893
19,229
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,926
5,657
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Saul Aaron Kripke|Saul Aaron Kripke, Saul Kripke
CUNY Graduate Center
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,859
10,019
0.223
Philosophy of Language
Metaphysics
Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,470
6,359
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Evelyn Fox Keller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,611
9,185
0.221
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,304
564
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paul Thagard
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,113
8,540
0.213
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,619
54
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dermot Moran
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,477
12,764
0.350
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,149
1,501
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Timothy Williamson
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,750
13,846
0.387
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,342
1,522
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Broome
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,473
18,252
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,355
132
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Marilena Chaui
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,458
8,798
0.248
História da Filosofia
Ética e Filosofia Política
Metafísica
Epistemologia
Filosofia Brasileira
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,390
8,144
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Elliott Sober
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,420
7,237
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,122
8,901
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bas Van Fraassen
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,285
7,956
0.239