Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationHistory, Philosophy, Theology / Philosophy 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
171,302
49,284
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,955
35,313
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,412
10,745
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
linguistics
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,586
18,297
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,665
23,287
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
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
79,943
20,201
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,091
20,667
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,793
20,423
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,273
39,742
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Pendidikan Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,568
37,428
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,515
23,570
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
history of technology
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,228
10,354
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,215
23,459
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,326
18,615
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,146
43,524
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,958
31,778
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
History
Genealogy
etc.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,371
7,399
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,684
16,813
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,231
18,388
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,176
15,597
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,671
31,145
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,420
22,448
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
History of stone applied to architecture: technology and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,873
21,793
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
History of Representations
History of Sport
Memory
Mega-Events
Nationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,665
19,163
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Sartre
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,679
19,021
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,082
458
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mark Johnson
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,302
49,284
0.288
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,083
960
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David K Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,955
35,313
0.290
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,323
1,593
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Swofford
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,412
10,745
0.111
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,379
1,615
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,586
18,297
0.191
linguistics
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,646
10
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nestor Garcia Canclini
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,665
23,287
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,610
370
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David MacKay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,943
20,201
0.253
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
4,698
181
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pierre Lévy
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,091
20,667
0.261
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,208
2,468
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kwame Anthony Appiah
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,793
20,423
0.273
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,466
19
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,273
39,742
0.609
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,769
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Saiful Bahri
Institut Agama Islam Negeri IAIN Tulungagung
Tulungagung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,568
37,428
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,946
595
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andy Clark
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,515
23,570
0.377
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,204
3,411
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nathan Rosenberg
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,228
10,354
0.169
history of technology
economic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,207
3,412
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Chalmers
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,215
23,459
0.383
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,355
3,479
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Taylor Carman
Barnard College Columbia University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,326
18,615
0.309
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,385
637
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,146
43,524
0.724
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,060
362
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Johannes Krause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,958
31,778
0.600
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,499
4,531
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jeffery A. Duvall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,371
7,399
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,724
4,630
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Barry Smith
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,684
16,813
0.332
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,868
384
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Evan Thompson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,231
18,388
0.366
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,193
4,848
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Philip Pettit
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,176
15,597
0.317
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,356
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Azhar Arsyad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,671
31,145
0.640
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,795
5,128
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Shaun Gallagher
University of Memphis
Memphis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,420
22,448
0.473
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,985
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Уляна Борняк, Ulyana Bornyak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,873
21,793
0.465
History of stone applied to architecture: technology and evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,063
191
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daniel Malanski|Daniel de Souza Malanski
Université de Lyon I
Villeurbanne, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,665
19,163
0.411
History of Representations
History of Sport
Memory
Mega-Events
Nationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,423
5,417
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kenneth Anderson
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,679
19,021
0.416