Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Lancaster University 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,127
73,204
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
sociology
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,785
41,975
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Astrophysics
Gravitational Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,189
91,028
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
scientific knowledge
publics
policy
STS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,463
22,658
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Discourse Studies
Identity Politics
Political Communication
Populism
Gender Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,407
42,474
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Environmental behaviour and effects of organic contaminants
passive sampling techniques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,655
29,441
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
statistics
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,490
28,343
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,769
23,217
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Environmental science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,229
21,848
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
science and technology studies
anthropology
feminist theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,279
9,043
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Coral Reefs
Fisheries
Resilience
Coral Reef Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,296
23,154
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
social practice
energy demand
consumption
everyday life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,582
17,461
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant and crop science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,748
9,677
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
equality
political economy
social theory
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,425
10,500
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,515
10,915
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
spatial statistics
geostatistics
remote sensing
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,425
18,024
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
plant biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,472
7,568
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Conservation science
Ecology
Tropical forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,940
21,344
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
linguistics
English language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,861
15,388
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Statistical Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,529
18,854
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Linguistics
Literacy Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,028
8,322
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Accounting for sustainability
stakeholders
NGO
intellectual capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,782
14,531
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
environmental chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,916
12,172
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
management
organisation
identity
resistance
diversity and gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,505
5,970
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
see: bevskeggs@com digital sociology
social reproduction and care
media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,295
8,383
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
764
58
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Norman Fairclough
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,127
73,204
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,534
121
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Urry
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,785
41,975
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,953
158
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthew Pitkin
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,189
91,028
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,144
249
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Brian Wynne
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,463
22,658
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,282
264
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ruth Wodak
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,407
42,474
0.436
Discourse Studies
Identity Politics
Political Communication
Populism
Gender Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,827
310
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kevin C Jones
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,655
29,441
0.328
Environmental behaviour and effects of organic contaminants
passive sampling techniques
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,843
312
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter J Diggle
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,490
28,343
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,665
377
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bob Jessop
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,769
23,217
0.291
Political economy
social theory
state theory
governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,844
399
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kevin Jones
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,229
21,848
0.279
Environmental science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,132
1,245
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lucy Suchman
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,279
9,043
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,702
1,281
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nick Graham
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,296
23,154
0.589
Coral Reefs
Fisheries
Resilience
Coral Reef Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,129
1,321
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shove Elizabeth
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,582
17,461
0.453
social practice
energy demand
consumption
everyday life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,644
1,360
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
William John Davies
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,748
9,677
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,875
1,373
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrew Sayer
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,425
10,500
0.281
equality
political economy
social theory
ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,219
1,514
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mark Easterby-Smith
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,515
10,915
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,077
1,597
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter M Atkinson
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,425
18,024
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,858
1,666
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lea PJ
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,472
7,568
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,325
1,714
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jos Barlow
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,940
21,344
0.648
Conservation science
Ecology
Tropical forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,404
1,721
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tony McEnery|Anthony McEnery, Anthony Mark McEnery
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,861
15,388
0.468
Corpus linguistics
applied linguistics
discourse analysis
linguistics
English language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,752
1,854
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jo Knight
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,529
18,854
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,605
2,077
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David Barton
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,028
8,322
0.287
Linguistics
Literacy Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,196
2,193
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jeffrey Unerman
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,782
14,531
0.523
Accounting for sustainability
stakeholders
NGO
intellectual capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,395
2,298
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hao Zhang
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,916
12,172
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,022
2,344
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Knights
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,505
5,970
0.225
management
organisation
identity
resistance
diversity and gender
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,383
2,387
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
beverley skeggs
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,295
8,383
0.319
see: bevskeggs@com digital sociology
social reproduction and care
media