Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Santa Fe Institute Highly Cited Researchers CitationOthers 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
human social behavior
inequality
public policy
microeconomic theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,881
22,981
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
AI
Cognitive Science
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,378
11,166
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
non-equilibrium statistical physics
statistical physics
complex systems
social dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,704
8,637
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,156
8,256
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Collective Adaptation
Belief Dynamics
Judgment and Decision Making
Science Communication
Survey Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,274
6,720
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,030
1,007
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
complex systems
emergence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,768
1,004
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Collective behavior
decision-making
collective intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
1,410
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,128
491
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Nonlinear dynamics
Networks
Complex systems
Scientific machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
791
721
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Mongolia
anthropology
women and agency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
153
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304
281
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Statistical Mechanics
Stochastic Processes
Markovian and non-Markovian processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
213
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Astrobiology
Agnostic Biosignatures
Life Detection
Origin of Life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
195
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
complexity
gene expression
systems biology
stochastics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
159
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
stochastic chemical reaction networks
complex systems
molecular computing
self-assembly
thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
83
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Paleoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
85
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,333
1,592
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Samuel Bowles
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,881
22,981
0.237
human social behavior
inequality
public policy
microeconomic theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,696
6,923
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Melanie Mitchell
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,378
11,166
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,657
9,552
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sidney Redner
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,704
8,637
0.272
non-equilibrium statistical physics
statistical physics
complex systems
social dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,339
17,823
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Lachmann
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,156
8,256
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,562
31,802
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mirta Galesic
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,274
6,720
0.547
Collective Adaptation
Belief Dynamics
Judgment and Decision Making
Science Communication
Survey Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,847
106,916
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christian Forst
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,030
1,007
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,381
113,803
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Miguel Angel Fuentes
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,768
1,004
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,621
144,362
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Albert B Kao
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
1,410
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,337
191,192
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bence Toth
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,128
491
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765,289
221,910
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yuanzhao Zhang
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
791
721
0.912
Nonlinear dynamics
Networks
Complex systems
Scientific machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,070
244,395
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paula Lw Sabloff
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
153
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,115,642
285,775
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hajime Shimao
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304
281
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,260,619
305,835
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alessio Lapolla
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
213
0.995
Statistical Mechanics
Stochastic Processes
Markovian and non-Markovian processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,270,760
307,312
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Natalie Grefenstette
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
195
0.933
Astrobiology
Agnostic Biosignatures
Life Detection
Origin of Life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,385,081
322,785
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Holehouse
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
159
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,605,591
352,416
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Andrés Ortiz Muñoz
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
83
0.892
stochastic chemical reaction networks
complex systems
molecular computing
self-assembly
thermodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,638,135
356,796
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jack O Shaw
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
85
1.000