Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Arts 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
subculture
contemporary art
design and music
popular culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,264
5,777
0.197
* 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
27,699
4,489
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
music perception
maternal singing
speech perception
cochlear implants
child development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,586
6,509
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Music Technology
Audio Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,143
5,353
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
art education
visual art education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,252
7,300
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Film
Cinema
Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,259
6,057
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,687
5,643
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Musicology
Music Theory and Analysis
Franz Liszt
Sonata Theory
neo-Riemannian Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,177
3,845
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Music
Language
brain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,063
4,821
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
embodied music cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,128
5,746
0.380
* 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
15,011
9,381
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
design
democracy
participation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,255
4,726
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Sociology
Inequality
Culture
Work
Sociology of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,925
4,761
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
art history
art theory
history of science
historiography
theory of fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,608
3,776
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Music Informatics
music information retrieval
sound and music computing
audio signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,588
5,253
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
new interfaces for musical expression
NIME
music technology
sound and music computing
computer music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,170
3,960
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Art History and Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,013
2,132
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
general practice
primary care
point-of-care in-vitro diagnostics
risk prediction models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,874
11,483
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Professional practice
workplace learning
informal learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,436
3,065
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Music education
music pedagogies
music and informal learning
music and gender
self-accompanied singing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,422
4,159
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Music perception
neuroscience
motor system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,976
5,642
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Music
Neuroaesthetics
Audition
Learning and Memory
Flourishing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,949
5,823
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
cognitive neuroscience of music
predictive coding
music analysis
music theory
eudaimonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,932
7,667
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
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
10,915
7,007
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
filmes biodegradáveis
alimentos funcionais
extrusão
fibras
amidos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,662
4,964
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,531
10,449
90
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
29,264
5,777
0.197
subculture
contemporary art
design and music
popular culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,520
1,064
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Roger T Dean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,699
4,489
0.162
Music cognition/computation and creation
previously biochemistry. ORCID : 0000-0002-8859-8902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,150
1,316
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sandra Trehub
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,586
6,509
0.276
music perception
maternal singing
speech perception
cochlear implants
child development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,019
14,530
552
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Julius Smith
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,143
5,353
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,093
684
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fernando Hernández-Hernández
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,252
7,300
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,065
20,959
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jon Lewis
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,259
6,057
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,303
2,243
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jane Davidson
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,687
5,643
0.338
music psychology
psychology of music
music education
performance science
arts and health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,408
4,529
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bryan A Whitelaw
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,177
3,845
0.238
Musicology
Music Theory and Analysis
Franz Liszt
Sonata Theory
neo-Riemannian Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,943
1,195
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mireille Besson
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,063
4,821
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,324
545
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marc Leman
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,128
5,746
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,902
24,755
279
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
15,011
9,381
0.625
Music Information Retrieval
Machine Listening
Audio Signal Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,932
835
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pelle Ehn
Malmo University
Malmö, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,255
4,726
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,339
29,380
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Vincent J Roscigno
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,925
4,761
0.368
Sociology
Inequality
Culture
Work
Sociology of Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,582
30,201
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James Elkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,608
3,776
0.299
art history
art theory
history of science
historiography
theory of fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,725
6,208
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Simon Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,588
5,253
0.417
Music Informatics
music information retrieval
sound and music computing
audio signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,756
3,357
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marcelo M Wanderley
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,170
3,960
0.325
new interfaces for musical expression
NIME
music technology
sound and music computing
computer music
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,007
856
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jaswinder Singh
Chitkara University
Punjab, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,013
2,132
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,072
6,646
673
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jan Verbakel
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,874
11,483
0.967
general practice
primary care
point-of-care in-vitro diagnostics
risk prediction models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,725
3,734
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paul Hager
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,436
3,065
0.268
Professional practice
workplace learning
informal learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,838
6,931
571
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lucy Green
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,422
4,159
0.364
Music education
music pedagogies
music and informal learning
music and gender
self-accompanied singing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,862
3,833
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jessica Grahn
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,976
5,642
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,120
787
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elvira Brattico
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,949
5,823
0.532
Music
Neuroaesthetics
Audition
Learning and Memory
Flourishing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,294
790
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peter Vuust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,932
7,667
0.701
cognitive neuroscience of music
predictive coding
music analysis
music theory
eudaimonia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,467
3,939
333
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stacy Holman Jones
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,915
7,007
0.642
Theatre and Performance Studies
Autoethnography
Critical Autoethnography
Queer and Feminist Theory
Affect and New Materialis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,833
1,203
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Maria Victoria Eiras Grossmann
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Londrina, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,662
4,964
0.466
filmes biodegradáveis
alimentos funcionais
extrusão
fibras
amidos