Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Otago Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
embodied cognition
philosophy of mind
bioethics
post-structuralism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,713
1,907
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
philosophy of language
metaethics
metaphysics
philosophy of mind
Wittgenstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,152
1,714
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
British empire and colonisation
colonial knowledge
mobility
global history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,115
1,892
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Aging
Life history evolution
Evolution
Sex
Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,340
1,641
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
meta-ethics
metaphysics
conspiracy
theory is/ought. David Hume
Bertrand Russell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,884
899
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Philosophy
AI (Philosophical issues)
Philosophy of Science
Metaphilosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,708
1,112
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
New Testament Studies
Early Judaism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
588
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Philosophical logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,565
811
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
history sexuality emotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,503
677
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Pacific history
environment
World War Two
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,251
296
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
philosophy of religion
epistemology
philosophy of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
964
426
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
History
Science
Religion
Race
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
851
234
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Theology
Hermeneutics
History
Kierkegaard
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
302
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
New Zealand history
gender
race
intimacy
colonialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
771
383
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Philosophy
Philosophy of Time
Metaphysics
Metaphilosophy
Applied Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
260
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Political Theory
Environmental Philosophy
Kant
Democratic Theory
Enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620
330
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
early modern philosophy
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
300
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Colonialism and decolonization
settler states
Indigenous history
New Zealand history
Australian history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403
232
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
157
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Philosophy
Political Theory
Political Science
Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
157
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
history
religion
missions
childhood
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
108
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Biblical Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
83
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Theological Ethics
Eco-Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
86
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
evolution of religion
rituals
cooperation
alloparenting
secularization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
83
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Medieval art
medieval history
manuscripts
gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
35
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,959
567
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Grant Gillett
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,713
1,907
0.219
embodied cognition
philosophy of mind
bioethics
post-structuralism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,277
1,051
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alexander Miller
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,152
1,714
0.333
philosophy of language
metaethics
metaphysics
philosophy of mind
Wittgenstein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,643
1,061
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tony Ballantyne
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,115
1,892
0.370
British empire and colonisation
colonial knowledge
mobility
global history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,160
2,160
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Garratt
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,340
1,641
0.701
Aging
Life history evolution
Evolution
Sex
Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,649
2,528
468
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Charles Pigden
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,884
899
0.477
meta-ethics
metaphysics
conspiracy
theory is/ought. David Hume
Bertrand Russell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,765
2,700
494
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Maclaurin
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,708
1,112
0.651
Philosophy
AI (Philosophical issues)
Philosophy of Science
Metaphilosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
512,921
2,805
507
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Trebilco
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
588
0.363
New Testament Studies
Early Judaism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,493
2,870
519
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zach Weber
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,565
811
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538,256
2,952
535
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hera Cook
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,503
677
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
602,145
3,247
577
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Judith A Bennett
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,251
296
0.237
Pacific history
environment
World War Two
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
696,081
3,656
643
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gregory W Dawes
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
964
426
0.442
philosophy of religion
epistemology
philosophy of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
741,112
3,837
666
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John Stenhouse
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
851
234
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
762,741
3,930
679
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Murray Rae
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
302
0.377
Theology
Hermeneutics
History
Kierkegaard
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
775,934
3,986
695
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Angela Wanhalla
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
771
383
0.497
New Zealand history
gender
race
intimacy
colonialism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
803,797
4,078
708
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Heather Dyke
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
260
0.365
Philosophy
Philosophy of Time
Metaphysics
Metaphilosophy
Applied Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,345
4,268
737
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elisabeth Ellis
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620
330
0.532
Political Theory
Environmental Philosophy
Kant
Democratic Theory
Enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
883,448
4,363
751
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael LeBuffe
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
300
0.537
early modern philosophy
ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,008,138
4,678
788
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Miranda Johnson
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403
232
0.576
Colonialism and decolonization
settler states
Indigenous history
New Zealand history
Australian history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,060,439
4,804
809
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Will Sweetman
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
157
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,085,951
4,856
822
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vicki Spencer
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
157
0.474
Philosophy
Political Theory
Political Science
Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,241,056
5,185
896
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hugh Morrison
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
108
0.476
history
religion
missions
childhood
education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,348,156
5,379
933
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
James Harding
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
83
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,451,137
5,606
980
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andrew Shepherd
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
86
0.623
Theological Ethics
Eco-Theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,647,820
5,927
1,049
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Radim Chvaja
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
83
0.988
evolution of religion
rituals
cooperation
alloparenting
secularization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,655,292
5,941
1,053
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Judith Collard
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
35
0.422
Medieval art
medieval history
manuscripts
gender