Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
History, Philosophy, Theology / Philosophy Highly Cited Researchers 8.518 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
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,897
43,187
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,172
31,475
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
linguistics
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,649
15,395
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,087
19,382
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
filosofia del linguaggio
pragmatica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,596
20,732
0.245
* 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
81,023
17,708
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,913
17,335
0.217
* 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
76,066
17,500
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,088
44,481
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,884
21,008
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,840
21,318
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,396
16,095
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,614
14,846
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,166
16,135
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,074
13,600
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,721
20,306
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sartre
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,909
17,810
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Philosophy of Language
Metaphysics
Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,324
8,645
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,011
7,902
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,435
7,170
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,982
11,120
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,327
12,336
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,177
15,892
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
philosophy of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,668
6,230
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
História da Filosofia
Ética e Filosofia Política
Metafísica
Epistemologia
Filosofia Brasileira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,307
7,204
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,088
461
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mark Johnson
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,897
43,187
0.247
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,098
964
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David K Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,172
31,475
0.253
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,451
1,631
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,649
15,395
0.159
linguistics
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,697
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
93,087
19,382
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,326
245
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marina Sbisa
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,596
20,732
0.245
filosofia del linguaggio
pragmatica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,695
378
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David MacKay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,023
17,708
0.219
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
4,805
184
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pierre Lévy
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,913
17,335
0.217
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,217
2,457
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kwame Anthony Appiah
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,066
17,500
0.230
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,735
574
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,088
44,481
0.683
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,945
595
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andy Clark
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,884
21,008
0.329
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,127
3,372
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David Chalmers
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,840
21,318
0.339
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,378
3,492
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Taylor Carman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,396
16,095
0.262
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,787
4,647
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Barry Smith
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,614
14,846
0.288
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,925
390
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Evan Thompson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,166
16,135
0.315
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,256
4,870
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Philip Pettit
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,074
13,600
0.272
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,670
5,064
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shaun Gallagher
University of Memphis
Memphis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,721
20,306
0.417
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,328
5,355
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kenneth Anderson
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,909
17,810
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,961
5,671
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Saul Aaron Kripke|Saul Aaron Kripke, Saul Kripke
CUNY Graduate Center
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,324
8,645
0.191
Philosophy of Language
Metaphysics
Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,539
6,387
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Evelyn Fox Keller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,011
7,902
0.188
philosophy of biology
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,415
575
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul Thagard
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,435
7,170
0.177
Cognitive science
philosophy
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
philosophy of medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,606
54
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dermot Moran
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,982
11,120
0.301
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,080
1,497
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Timothy Williamson
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,327
12,336
0.340
Philosophy
Logic
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,192
1,511
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
John Broome
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,177
15,892
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,571
8,214
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Elliott Sober
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,668
6,230
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,866
139
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marilena Chaui
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,307
7,204
0.204
História da Filosofia
Ética e Filosofia Política
Metafísica
Epistemologia
Filosofia Brasileira