Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
History, Philosophy, Theology / History Highly Cited Researchers 24 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,706
28,979
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Phylodynamics
Phylogenetics
Molecular epidemiology
Stochastic processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,134
9,991
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Population Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,619
7,350
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Palaeoecology
Archaeology
Land Use
Anthropocene
Historical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,549
4,899
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
quantitative cultural history
cultural evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,965
1,301
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Archaeology
East African prehistory
lithics
food production
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,593
1,400
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Disease ecology
Pathogen evolution
DNA metabarcoding
Ancient DNA
Bayesian inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
884
723
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Data analysis
data management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
563
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
historical linguistics
areal linguistics
Khoisan studies
multidisciplinary studies
human
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
443
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Human Genetics & Population History
Research Ethics
Genes & Languages
GWAS
Target Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
437
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Oldowan Behavior
Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
274
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Palaeolithic
Human Evolution
Spatial Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
246
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Phylogenetics
Phylodynamics
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
216
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dendrochronology
Archaeology
Tropical Forest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
197
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Vertebrate Paleontology
Megafauna Extinctions
Sedimentology
Science Outreach & Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
165
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stable isotopes
Bioarchaeology
Big Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
136
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
computational archaeology
spatial statistics
landscape arcaheology
southern Africa
middle stone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
122
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Human Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
106
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
95
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Human Microbiome
Microbiology
Molecular Anthropology
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
72
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Language
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantic Typology
Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
71
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Archaeology
isotope analysis
diet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
45
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ottoman History
Environmental History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
30
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ancient population of Mongolia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,935
359
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Johannes Krause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,706
28,979
0.530
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,103
2,917
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Denise Kühnert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,134
9,991
0.707
Phylodynamics
Phylogenetics
Molecular epidemiology
Stochastic processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,803
4,098
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephan Schiffels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,619
7,350
0.692
Population Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
189,033
7,837
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Patrick Roberts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,549
4,899
0.883
Palaeoecology
Archaeology
Land Use
Anthropocene
Historical Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,490
16,616
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olivier Morin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,965
1,301
0.662
quantitative cultural history
cultural evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522,916
18,710
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Steven T. Goldstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,593
1,400
0.879
Archaeology
East African prehistory
lithics
food production
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,818
24,910
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Arthur Kocher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
884
723
0.818
Disease ecology
Pathogen evolution
DNA metabarcoding
Ancient DNA
Bayesian inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,856
27,579
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christoph Rzymski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
563
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
839,529
28,279
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Anne-Maria Fehn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
443
0.687
historical linguistics
areal linguistics
Khoisan studies
multidisciplinary studies
human
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
869,377
29,252
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hiba Babiker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
437
0.742
Human Genetics & Population History
Research Ethics
Genes & Languages
GWAS
Target Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,105,739
37,864
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Emma Finestone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
274
0.846
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology
Oldowan Behavior
Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,212,846
41,719
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nils Vanwezer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
246
0.980
Palaeolithic
Human Evolution
Spatial Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,259,537
43,293
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Luis Roger Esquivel Gómez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
216
0.960
Phylogenetics
Phylodynamics
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,309,824
44,945
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Victor Lery Caetano-Andrade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
197
0.985
Dendrochronology
Archaeology
Tropical Forest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,390,045
47,332
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael J Ziegler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
165
0.994
Vertebrate Paleontology
Megafauna Extinctions
Sedimentology
Science Outreach & Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,472,058
49,723
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Carlo Cocozza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
136
0.993
Stable isotopes
Bioarchaeology
Big Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,520,108
51,108
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Amy Hatton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
122
1.000
computational archaeology
spatial statistics
landscape arcaheology
southern Africa
middle stone
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,562,786
52,298
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Arturo Cueva-Temprana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
106
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,620,254
53,779
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Naihui Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
95
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,668,601
55,011
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bryan Cordova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
72
0.857
Human Microbiome
Microbiology
Molecular Anthropology
Metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,723,336
56,278
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Annika Tjuka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
71
0.986
Language
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Semantic Typology
Cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,873,213
59,479
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mary Lucas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
45
1.000
Archaeology
isotope analysis
diet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,891,144
59,857
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Georgios Liakopoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
30
0.698
Ottoman History
Environmental History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,262,847
65,934
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Batsuren Byambadorj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Ancient population of Mongolia