Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University West Highly Cited Researchers Citation History, Philosophy, Theology 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
applied behavior analysis
reinforcement history
extinction
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,269
1,995
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Commemoration
Memory
History
Counterfactuals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,182
720
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Exercise physiology
risk factors for non-communicable disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,605
1,073
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Historical archaeology
prehistoric archaeology
ethnohistory
colonialism
ceramic analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,430
524
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Organized crime
corporate crime
corruption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
371
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Pentecostal Theology Apocalypticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,012
723
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Theology
Pastoral care
Spirituality
Development
Religious Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
771
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Philosophy
French philosophy
Ricoeur
Henry
Levinas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
478
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Philosophy of Education
Religion and Education
Spirituality and Education
Religious Tolerance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
813
371
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
epistemology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
813
361
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
History
water
transdisciplinarity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
310
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
History
Africa
Islam
gender
Mozambique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
713
372
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
139
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Practical theology
missiology
fatherhood
community engagement
father absence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
493
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Old Testament
Syriac
Textual criticism
Ezekiel
Psalms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
145
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Hermeneutics
Bible Translation
Socio-historic context of the New Testament
1 Peter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
216
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Majority and Minorities in Contemporary Romania
Regional History (History of Banat Region)
Interculturality and Multiculturali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546
130
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Synoptic Gospels
Matthew
Hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
231
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
American Philosophy
Pragmatism
Charles Peirce
Medical Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
523
199
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
515
389
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
crime and protest
history
heritage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449
176
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
philosophy of science
epistemology
methodology
psychometrics
aspects of management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
261
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Theology and Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
192
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Holocaust
Jewish history
European history
LGBT and media studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
143
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
103
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,006
99,354
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Claire ST Peter
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,269
1,995
0.610
applied behavior analysis
reinforcement history
extinction
education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,040
27,446
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Charles Booth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,182
720
0.330
Commemoration
Memory
History
Counterfactuals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,485
2,408
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sarah J Moss|Hanlie Moss
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,605
1,073
0.669
Exercise physiology
risk factors for non-communicable disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
540,445
166,973
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John E Worth
University of West Florida
Pensacola, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,430
524
0.366
Historical archaeology
prehistoric archaeology
ethnohistory
colonialism
ceramic analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,667
35,726
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Woodiwiss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
371
0.279
Organized crime
corporate crime
corruption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,991
3,350
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marius Nel
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,012
723
0.714
Pentecostal Theology Apocalypticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,364
3,357
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vhumani Magezi
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
771
0.765
Theology
Pastoral care
Spirituality
Development
Religious Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,588
206,980
420
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Scott Davidson
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
478
0.521
Philosophy
French philosophy
Ricoeur
Henry
Levinas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
740,576
3,800
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ferdinand Potgieter
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
813
371
0.456
Philosophy of Education
Religion and Education
Spirituality and Education
Religious Tolerance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
740,586
217,256
445
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sharon Ryan
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
813
361
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
785,003
4,084
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Johann Tempelhoff
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
310
0.433
History
water
transdisciplinarity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,363
102
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Liazzat JK Bonate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
713
372
0.522
History
Africa
Islam
gender
Mozambique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,871
47
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alan Cobley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
139
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
840,636
4,412
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Fazel Ebrihiam Freeks
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
493
0.814
Practical theology
missiology
fatherhood
community engagement
father absence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
862,803
4,566
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Herrie Van Rooy
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
145
0.256
Old Testament
Syriac
Textual criticism
Ezekiel
Psalms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866,132
4,585
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fika Janse Van Rensburg
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
216
0.386
Hermeneutics
Bible Translation
Socio-historic context of the New Testament
1 Peter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874,092
2,233
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Victor Neumann
West University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546
130
0.238
Majority and Minorities in Contemporary Romania
Regional History (History of Banat Region)
Interculturality and Multiculturali
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
882,475
4,695
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Francois P Viljoen
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
231
0.435
Synoptic Gospels
Matthew
Hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
887,143
249,636
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert Lane
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
523
199
0.380
American Philosophy
Pragmatism
Charles Peirce
Medical Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
891,624
4,763
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anné Hendrik Verhoef
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
515
389
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
945,267
51,981
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Steve Poole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449
176
0.392
crime and protest
history
heritage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
970,724
5,341
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
J Burger Van Lill
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
261
0.620
philosophy of science
epistemology
methodology
psychometrics
aspects of management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,009,706
5,663
330
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jaco Gericke
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
192
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,012,867
271,096
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jonathan C Friedman
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
143
0.377
Holocaust
Jewish history
European history
LGBT and media studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,073,228
280,311
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Douglas Low
University of West Florida
Pensacola, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
103
0.317