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
comparative cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
cognitive evolution
primate cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,262
24,471
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Evolution
animal behaviour
social learning
cultural evolution
evolutionary biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,256
24,270
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
ecology
biology
evolution
statistics
StACBD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,837
13,794
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Biology
Ecology
Statistics
CREEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,928
11,219
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
tuberculosis clinical trials
tuberculosis drug development
modelling tuberculosis treatment responses
evolution of antibiotic resistance
stanchbioch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,372
6,433
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ecology
conservation and management
marine mammals
SOI-USTAN
SMRU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,816
6,630
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,224
4,843
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Evolutionary Biology
Social Evolution Theory
StACBD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,752
6,547
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
ecology
evolution
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,748
4,718
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
StACBD
SOI-USTAN
JEBED
Molecular Ecology
Bayesian Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,254
6,340
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Evolution
Speciation
StACBD
JEBED
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,703
4,995
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Botany
tropical ecology
peatlands
forest management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,157
8,688
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Evolutionary developmental biology
Genomics
Zoology
Regeneration
biomineralisation.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,708
3,768
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Biodiversity
Macroecology
Coral
StACBD
Macroscope Lab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,590
7,489
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Statistical ecology
distance sampling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,279
3,122
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Bioinformatics
Protein Structure
Quantum Chemistry
Machine Learning
Solubility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,484
3,392
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
tool use
corvids
raptors
biologging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,770
4,730
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Evolution
Natural Selection
Probablistic Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,675
2,857
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Virology
virus evolution
positive strand RNA viruses
viruses of honey bees
recombination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,971
1,818
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
virology
plant pathology
plant-microbe interactions
StBSRC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,352
2,105
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sex differences in behaviour
development
evolution
human behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,993
2,143
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
palaeoecology
pollen analysis
tephra
environmental archaeology
tropical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,676
2,919
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
genetics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,668
3,338
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Behavioural ecology
Animal behaviour
Group behaviour
StACBD
SOI-USTAN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,663
3,349
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Structural biology
chemical biology
glycobiology
carbohydrate processing enzymes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,351
2,167
0.405
Josep Call
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,262
24,471
0.369
comparative cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
cognitive evolution
primate cognition
Kevin Laland|Kevin Laland
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,256
24,270
0.417
Evolution
animal behaviour
social learning
cultural evolution
evolutionary biology
Graeme D Ruxton
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,837
13,794
0.433
ecology
biology
evolution
statistics
StACBD
Len Thomas
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,928
11,219
0.388
Biology
Ecology
Statistics
CREEM
Stephen H Gillespie
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,372
6,433
0.332
tuberculosis clinical trials
tuberculosis drug development
modelling tuberculosis treatment responses
evolution of antibiotic resistance
stanchbioch
Philip Steven Hammond
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,816
6,630
0.352
Ecology
conservation and management
marine mammals
SOI-USTAN
SMRU
Ian Boyd
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,224
4,843
0.266
Andy Gardner
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,752
6,547
0.369
Evolutionary Biology
Social Evolution Theory
StACBD
Keith Bennett
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,748
4,718
0.282
Oscar Gaggiotti
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,254
6,340
0.390
StACBD
SOI-USTAN
JEBED
Molecular Ecology
Bayesian Statistics
Michael G Ritchie
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,703
4,995
0.340
Evolution
Speciation
StACBD
JEBED
Eurídice N Honorio Coronado
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,157
8,688
0.715
Botany
tropical ecology
peatlands
forest management
David EK Ferrier
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,708
3,768
0.352
Evolutionary developmental biology
Genomics
Zoology
Regeneration
biomineralisation.
Maria Dornelas
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,590
7,489
0.707
Biodiversity
Macroecology
Coral
StACBD
Macroscope Lab
Eric Rexstad
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,279
3,122
0.336
Statistical ecology
distance sampling
John Mitchell
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,484
3,392
0.400
Bioinformatics
Protein Structure
Quantum Chemistry
Machine Learning
Solubility
Christian Rutz
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,770
4,730
0.609
tool use
corvids
raptors
biologging
Carolin Kosiol
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,675
2,857
0.372
Evolution
Natural Selection
Probablistic Modelling
David J Evans
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,971
1,818
0.261
Virology
virus evolution
positive strand RNA viruses
viruses of honey bees
recombination
Lesley Torrance
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,352
2,105
0.331
virology
plant pathology
plant-microbe interactions
StBSRC
Gillian R Brown
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,993
2,143
0.358
Sex differences in behaviour
development
evolution
human behaviour
Ian Lawson
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,676
2,919
0.514
palaeoecology
pollen analysis
tephra
environmental archaeology
tropical ecology
Michael Morrissey
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,668
3,338
0.589
Mike M Webster
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,663
3,349
0.591
Behavioural ecology
Animal behaviour
Group behaviour
StACBD
SOI-USTAN
Tracey Gloster
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,351
2,167
0.405
Structural biology
chemical biology
glycobiology
carbohydrate processing enzymes