Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Anthropology 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
geometric morphometrics
multivariate data analysis
biometry
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,154
22,950
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Anthropology
Archaeology
Art
Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,868
49,100
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Forensic science
Physical anthropology
Forensic anthropology
Anthropology
biological anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,606
79,544
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
cultural evolution
evolutionary theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,907
22,165
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
national memory
national narratives
collective memory
semiotic mediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,493
13,986
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary biology
evolutionary anthropology
evolutionary approaches to economics
political scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,982
16,586
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Digital Anthropology.
Material Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,089
19,664
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
transnational migration
cities
immigration
cosmopolitanism
Haiti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,022
19,889
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Public Health and Genomics
Anthropology of life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,061
42,189
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
CRIMINOLOGIST CRIMINALIST
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,905
36,301
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Political ecology
agriculture
sustainability
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,469
33,705
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,572
12,626
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Sharing Economy
Social Media Marketing
Activism
Consumer Research
Influencer Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,268
23,300
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
cultural psychiatry
medical anthropology
psychological anthropology
philosophy of psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,586
19,659
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Archaeology
Neolithic of Europe and the Middle East
Archaeological theory and method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,904
12,090
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Science & Society
Citizenship
Neoliberalism
Modernity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,782
12,548
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
molecular biology
ancient DNA
evolutionary genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,617
26,586
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Human nutrition
Anthropology
Human evolution
Body composition
Breastfeeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,476
21,566
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Forensic anthropology
physical anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,238
9,149
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Evolutionary biology
Genomics
Ancient DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,220
28,788
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
linguistics
language typology
syntax
syntactic theory
morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,757
17,542
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
nuclear architecture
4D nucleome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,269
6,756
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,205
12,601
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,938
16,092
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
anthropology
hunter gatherers
paraguay
evolution
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,454
10,220
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,023
430
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
F James Rohlf
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,154
22,950
0.129
geometric morphometrics
multivariate data analysis
biometry
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,866
223
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tim Ingold
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,868
49,100
0.468
Anthropology
Archaeology
Art
Architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,313
53
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kewal Krishan
Panjab University
Chandigarh, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,606
79,544
0.951
Forensic science
Physical anthropology
Forensic anthropology
Anthropology
biological anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,027
2,381
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robert Boyd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,907
22,165
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,411
2,554
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
James Wertsch
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,493
13,986
0.190
national memory
national narratives
collective memory
semiotic mediation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,292
2,967
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Tooby
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,982
16,586
0.248
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary biology
evolutionary anthropology
evolutionary approaches to economics
political scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,917
590
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,089
19,664
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,702
672
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nina Glick Schiller
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,022
19,889
0.337
transnational migration
cities
immigration
cosmopolitanism
Haiti
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,881
91
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vipin Gupta
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,061
42,189
0.727
Public Health and Genomics
Anthropology of life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,919
388
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
E Casiglia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,905
36,301
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,017
3,804
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Glenn Davis Stone
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,469
33,705
0.586
Political ecology
agriculture
sustainability
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,276
4,412
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elinor Ochs
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,572
12,626
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,991
4,744
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert V Kozinets
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,268
23,300
0.464
Sharing Economy
Social Media Marketing
Activism
Consumer Research
Influencer Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,497
408
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Laurence J Kirmayer
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,586
19,659
0.405
cultural psychiatry
medical anthropology
psychological anthropology
philosophy of psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,743
5,093
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ian Hodder
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,904
12,090
0.252
Archaeology
Neolithic of Europe and the Middle East
Archaeological theory and method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,505
5,453
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Aihwa Ong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,782
12,548
0.274
Science & Society
Citizenship
Neoliberalism
Modernity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,575
486
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Matthias Meyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,617
26,586
0.583
molecular biology
ancient DNA
evolutionary genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,649
1,018
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jonathan CK Wells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,476
21,566
0.474
Human nutrition
Anthropology
Human evolution
Body composition
Breastfeeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,193
5,773
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Douglas H Ubelaker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,238
9,149
0.207
Forensic anthropology
physical anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,198
218
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ludovic Orlando
Université de Toulouse III
Toulouse, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,220
28,788
0.651
Evolutionary biology
Genomics
Ancient DNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,411
521
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Haspelmath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,757
17,542
0.401
linguistics
language typology
syntax
syntactic theory
morphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,636
581
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas Cremer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,269
6,756
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,252
6,724
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lila Abu Lughod
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,205
12,601
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,605
387
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Annemarie Mol
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,938
16,092
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,940
7,484
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kim Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,454
10,220
0.273
anthropology
hunter gatherers
paraguay
evolution
biology