Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Arts 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
subculture
contemporary art
design and music
popular culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,631
6,012
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Music cognition/computation and creation
previously biochemistry. ORCID : 0000-0002-8859-8902
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,955
4,659
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Music cognition
cognitive neuroscience
quantitative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,849
9,825
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
music perception
maternal singing
speech perception
cochlear implants
child development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,993
6,756
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Music Technology
Audio Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,695
5,502
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
art education
visual art education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,573
7,543
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Film
Cinema
Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,524
6,272
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,177
6,029
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Music
Language
brain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,319
5,021
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Musicology
Music Theory and Analysis
Franz Liszt
Sonata Theory
neo-Riemannian Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,305
3,956
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Music Information Retrieval
Machine Listening
Audio Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,551
9,900
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
embodied music cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,432
6,018
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
design
democracy
participation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,476
4,922
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Aesthetics
User Experience
Design & Emotion
Design Methodology
Social Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,951
5,782
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sociology
Inequality
Culture
Work
Sociology of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,214
5,007
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Music Informatics
music information retrieval
sound and music computing
audio signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,939
5,577
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
art history
art theory
history of science
historiography
theory of fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,817
3,933
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
music cognition
systematic musicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,609
4,988
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
new interfaces for musical expression
NIME
music technology
sound and music computing
computer music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
4,247
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
general practice
primary care
point-of-care in-vitro diagnostics
risk prediction models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,466
12,075
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Art History and Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,124
2,221
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Music education
music pedagogies
music and informal learning
music and gender
self-accompanied singing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,717
4,385
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Professional practice
workplace learning
informal learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,667
3,256
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
cognitive neuroscience of music
predictive coding
music analysis
music theory
eudaimonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,517
8,219
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Theatre and Performance Studies
Autoethnography
Critical Autoethnography
Queer and Feminist Theory
Affect and New Materialis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,396
7,460
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,876
10,577
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dick Hebdige
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,631
6,012
0.203
subculture
contemporary art
design and music
popular culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,973
1,085
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Roger T Dean
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,955
4,659
0.167
Music cognition/computation and creation
previously biochemistry. ORCID : 0000-0002-8859-8902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,791
13,555
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel J Levitin
Keck Graduate Institute
Claremont, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,849
9,825
0.395
Music cognition
cognitive neuroscience
quantitative methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,369
1,316
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sandra Trehub
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,993
6,756
0.282
music perception
maternal singing
speech perception
cochlear implants
child development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,945
14,456
553
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Julius Smith
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,695
5,502
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,460
691
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fernando Hernández-Hernández
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,573
7,543
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,591
21,109
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jon Lewis
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,524
6,272
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,935
2,230
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jane Davidson
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,177
6,029
0.351
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,397
1,196
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mireille Besson
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,319
5,021
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,456
4,614
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bryan A Whitelaw
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,305
3,956
0.243
Musicology
Music Theory and Analysis
Franz Liszt
Sonata Theory
neo-Riemannian Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,952
24,350
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Juan P Bello
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,551
9,900
0.637
Music Information Retrieval
Machine Listening
Audio Signal Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,562
547
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Marc Leman
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,432
6,018
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,601
848
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pelle Ehn
Malmo University
Malmö, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,476
4,922
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,756
1,716
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Paul Hekkert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,951
5,782
0.414
Aesthetics
User Experience
Design & Emotion
Design Methodology
Social Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,500
29,366
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Vincent J Roscigno
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,214
5,007
0.379
Sociology
Inequality
Culture
Work
Sociology of Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,364
6,174
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Simon Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,939
5,577
0.431
Music Informatics
music information retrieval
sound and music computing
audio signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,235
30,379
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James Elkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,817
3,933
0.307
art history
art theory
history of science
historiography
theory of fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,774
30,928
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Huron
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,609
4,988
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,607
3,350
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marcelo M Wanderley
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
4,247
0.340
new interfaces for musical expression
NIME
music technology
sound and music computing
computer music
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,795
6,457
664
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jan Verbakel
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,466
12,075
0.969
general practice
primary care
point-of-care in-vitro diagnostics
risk prediction models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,353
889
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jaswinder Singh
Chitkara University
Punjab, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,124
2,221
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,654
6,924
569
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lucy Green
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,717
4,385
0.374
Music education
music pedagogies
music and informal learning
music and gender
self-accompanied singing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,128
3,754
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul Hager
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,667
3,256
0.279
Professional practice
workplace learning
informal learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,457
775
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter Vuust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,517
8,219
0.714
cognitive neuroscience of music
predictive coding
music analysis
music theory
eudaimonia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,482
3,845
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stacy Holman Jones
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,396
7,460
0.655
Theatre and Performance Studies
Autoethnography
Critical Autoethnography
Queer and Feminist Theory
Affect and New Materialis