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
Political Philosophy
Political Theory
Philosophy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,235
23,766
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Cognition
memory
emotion
neuroscience
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,196
25,813
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
aggression
victimization
bullying
peers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,380
11,088
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Evolutionay psychology
antisocial behavior
prediction of violent behavior
psychopathy
sex offenders
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,659
3,821
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
socio-cognitive development
language learning and processing
evidentiality
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,074
6,926
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Language Assessment
Teaching English as a Second Language
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,852
4,312
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Psychology
Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,593
4,896
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ethnic Conflict
Northern Ireland
Iraq
Federalism
Consociationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,516
2,376
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
cognitive evolution
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive archaeology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,415
1,763
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
vision
Audition
Electrophysiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,794
1,358
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Theory of Mind
Social Learning
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,688
2,644
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
eye movements
scene perception
attention
visual search
visual cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,508
2,415
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Sexuality
Gender
Psychophysiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,060
2,944
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Health Psychology
pain
coping
urologic disease
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,817
2,261
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
music psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,404
1,533
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
surveillance
security
cities
technology
environment
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,556
2,030
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
political theory
territory
nationalism
political philosophy
liberalism
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,151
1,613
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,665
3,534
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Political Ecology
Agriculture
Climate Change
Labour
Livelihoods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,523
3,076
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
global political economy
development
debt
finance
housing and infrastructure in the global North and global South
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,458
2,002
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Digital Culture
Visuality
Visual Culture
Photography
Everyday Life
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,036
1,573
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
First interest
The evolution of communication.00
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,477
350
0.101
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
surveillance
Middle East
Colonialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,448
952
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Psychological Entitlement
Emotion Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,277
1,318
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
literary practices
writing
poetry
curriculum
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,031
672
0.222
Will Kymlicka
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,235
23,766
0.250
Political Philosophy
Political Theory
Philosophy
Jonathan Smallwood
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,196
25,813
0.627
Wendy Craig
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,380
11,088
0.323
Vern Quinsey
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,659
3,821
0.129
Evolutionay psychology
antisocial behavior
prediction of violent behavior
psychopathy
sex offenders
Stanka Fitneva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,074
6,926
0.625
socio-cognitive development
language learning and processing
evidentiality
Liying Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,852
4,312
0.438
Language Assessment
Teaching English as a Second Language
Kate Harkness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,593
4,896
0.510
John Mcgarry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,516
2,376
0.250
Ethnic Conflict
Northern Ireland
Iraq
Federalism
Consociationalism
Merlin Donald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,415
1,763
0.187
cognitive evolution
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive archaeology
Barrie Frost
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,794
1,358
0.174
Mark Sabbagh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,688
2,644
0.344
Theory of Mind
Social Learning
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Monica S Castelhano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,508
2,415
0.322
eye movements
scene perception
attention
visual search
visual cognition
Meredith L Chivers Cpsych
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,060
2,944
0.417
Dean Tripp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,817
2,261
0.332
Health Psychology
pain
coping
urologic disease
Lola L Cuddy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,404
1,533
0.239
David Murakami Wood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,556
2,030
0.365
surveillance
security
cities
technology
environment
Margaret Moore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,151
1,613
0.313
political theory
territory
nationalism
political philosophy
liberalism
David J Hauser
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,665
3,534
0.758
Marcus Taylor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,523
3,076
0.680
Political Ecology
Agriculture
Climate Change
Labour
Livelihoods
Susanne Soederberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,458
2,002
0.449
global political economy
development
debt
finance
housing and infrastructure in the global North and global South
Martin Hand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,036
1,573
0.390
Digital Culture
Visuality
Visual Culture
Photography
Everyday Life
Ronald Weisman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,477
350
0.101
First interest
The evolution of communication.00
Elia Zureik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,448
952
0.276
Glenda Fisk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,277
1,318
0.402
Psychological Entitlement
Emotion Regulation
Rebecca Luce Kapler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,031
672
0.222
literary practices
writing
poetry
curriculum