Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationHistory, Philosophy, Theology / Theology Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,027
10,458
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,706
38,442
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
history of technology
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,767
10,074
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,858
30,757
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,687
14,252
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Mycology
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,667
28,525
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
energy environment food population technical innovation history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,083
14,169
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,556
20,252
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,376
8,417
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,516
13,916
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,467
37,636
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,386
11,049
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Deep Transitions
History of Technology
Sustainability Transitions
Strategic Niche Management
Multi-Level Perspective
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,187
18,997
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Science
Art
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,782
7,025
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
history of science
climate change
women in science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,160
17,500
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,077
20,519
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,665
13,874
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history theory
evolutionary medicine
cooperation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,414
14,543
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,222
13,074
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,784
21,653
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
History and philosophy of science
philosophy of social technology
causal inference
objectivity in science
evidence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,567
9,961
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Mycology
systematics
molecular identification
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,809
16,420
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Systematic Zoology
Mammalogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,778
8,188
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Early Modern European Economic History
Global History
Consumer Behavior
Urban History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,585
13,179
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Palynology
Holocene
Climate change
Cultural change
Neolithic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,474
10,630
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,235
1,558
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Swofford
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,027
10,458
0.109
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,525
21
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,706
38,442
0.603
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,052
3,359
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nathan Rosenberg
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,767
10,074
0.166
history of technology
economic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,118
366
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Johannes Krause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,858
30,757
0.593
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,929
5,701
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Glass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,687
14,252
0.326
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,935
5,706
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrew N Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,667
28,525
0.653
Mycology
Phylogenetics
Systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,209
477
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vaclav Smil
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,083
14,169
0.329
energy environment food population technical innovation history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,480
160
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Martin John Whitehouse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,556
20,252
0.499
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,577
6,460
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nick Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,376
8,417
0.208
Former Yugoslavia
Nationalism
Refugees
Population Movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,056
1,233
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nick Black
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,516
13,916
0.352
Health services research
health care policy
health care history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,085
1,236
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Max Roser
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,467
37,636
0.954
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,738
1,286
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stringer C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,386
11,049
0.288
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,459
385
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Johan Schot
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,187
18,997
0.511
Deep Transitions
History of Technology
Sustainability Transitions
Strategic Niche Management
Multi-Level Perspective
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,747
7,454
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Miral Dizdaroglu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,782
7,025
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,899
7,969
469
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Naomi Oreskes
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,160
17,500
0.498
history of science
climate change
women in science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,978
1,483
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mark Maslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,077
20,519
0.585
Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography
Human Evolution
Climate Change
Earth History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,286
314
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Francesco D Errico
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,665
13,874
0.400
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,128
9,390
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Gurven
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,414
14,543
0.463
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history theory
evolutionary medicine
cooperation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,354
1,808
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Daniel Nettle
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,222
13,074
0.419
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,807
928
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mark van Kleunen
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,784
21,653
0.703
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,159
1,967
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nancy Cartwright
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,567
9,961
0.337
History and philosophy of science
philosophy of social technology
causal inference
objectivity in science
evidence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,100
98
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Karl Henrik Larsson
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,809
16,420
0.570
Mycology
systematics
molecular identification
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,138
10,726
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Don E Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,778
8,188
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,354
10,818
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jan De Vries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,585
13,179
0.461
Early Modern European Economic History
Global History
Consumer Behavior
Urban History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,494
415
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
José Antonio López Sáez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,474
10,630
0.373
Palynology
Holocene
Climate change
Cultural change
Neolithic