Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Baylor University 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
Global/World Christianity
early Christianity
recent US history
terrorism
child abuse issues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,330
3,506
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
new religions
Black church
vampires
religious demographics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,145
1,204
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,237
1,262
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Religion
Democratization
Comparative Colonialism
Long-term Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,918
1,591
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Kierkegaard studies
philosophy of religion
philosophical theology
philosophy of psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,598
1,076
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Religion
Philosophy of Law
Applied Ethics
Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
481
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
religion/spirituality
clinical social work
mental/behavioral health treatment
evidence-based practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,713
1,515
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
religion
politics
religious freedom
theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,580
547
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Epistemology (traditional
virtue
formal)
rationality theory
philosophy of religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,438
686
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
History of Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Modern Philosophy
Philosophical Psychology
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
961
450
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Medieval
Early Modern
England
Church
Women's history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
275
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Theology
Patristics
Early Christian Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
297
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Old Testament
Hebrew Bible
Psalms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
200
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Religion
New Testament
Gospels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
154
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
ethics
bioethics
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
288
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Hebrew Bible
Old Testament
Israelite religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
151
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Death
memorialization
dying
grief
bereavement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
177
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
70
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
theology sport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
97
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
149
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Early Modern Philosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
135
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
practical reasons
moral reasons
virtues
political authority
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
152
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
109
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Philosophy of Religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
57
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
modern Russian history
children’s history & history of childhood
war
visual culture
religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
54
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,812
24,587
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Philip Jenkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,330
3,506
0.229
Global/World Christianity
early Christianity
recent US history
terrorism
child abuse issues
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,799
61,558
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
J Gordon Melton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,145
1,204
0.196
new religions
Black church
vampires
religious demographics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,191
70,285
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
James A Marcum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,237
1,262
0.241
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,497
73,986
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robert D Woodberry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,918
1,591
0.324
Religion
Democratization
Comparative Colonialism
Long-term Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,065
93,936
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
C Stephen Evans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,598
1,076
0.299
Kierkegaard studies
philosophy of religion
philosophical theology
philosophy of psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,792
145,229
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Francis J Beckwith|F.J. Beckwith, Francis J. Beckwith, Frank Beckwith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
481
0.258
Religion
Philosophy of Law
Applied Ethics
Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,369
152,540
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Holly K Oxhandler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,713
1,515
0.884
religion/spirituality
clinical social work
mental/behavioral health treatment
evidence-based practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
516,885
159,809
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Paul Marshall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,580
547
0.346
religion
politics
religious freedom
theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,748
168,182
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Trent Dougherty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,438
686
0.477
Epistemology (traditional
virtue
formal)
rationality theory
philosophy of religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,132
204,515
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert Miner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
961
450
0.468
History of Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Modern Philosophy
Philosophical Psychology
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
935,016
257,012
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Beth Allison Barr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
275
0.577
Medieval
Early Modern
England
Church
Women's history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
948,073
259,192
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David E Wilhite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
297
0.643
Theology
Patristics
Early Christian Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
986,226
265,618
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
W Dennis Tucker Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
200
0.476
Old Testament
Hebrew Bible
Psalms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,056,546
276,750
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrew Arterbury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
154
0.438
Religion
New Testament
Gospels
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,079,195
280,198
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Devan Stahl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
288
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,086,946
281,385
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joel S. Burnett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
151
0.463
Hebrew Bible
Old Testament
Israelite religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,179,310
294,478
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Candi K Cann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
177
0.681
Death
memorialization
dying
grief
bereavement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,196,199
296,780
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Douglas V Henry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
70
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,257,108
305,178
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
John B White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
97
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,272,352
307,313
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Charity Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
149
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,312,603
312,745
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thomas M Ward
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
135
0.714
Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Early Modern Philosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,384,893
322,608
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anne Jeffrey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
152
0.956
practical reasons
moral reasons
virtues
political authority
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,452,081
331,608
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Natalie Carnes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
109
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,658,618
359,558
300
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brandon Rickabaugh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
57
0.704
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Philosophy of Religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,658,804
359,573
302
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Julie Degraffenried
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
54
0.667
modern Russian history
children’s history & history of childhood
war
visual culture
religion