Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 42 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
human social behavior
inequality
public policy
microeconomic theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,228
19,498
0.201
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,047
8,805
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thermodynamics of computation
nonequilibrium statistical physics
game theory
information theory
complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,277
18,000
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
AI
Cognitive Science
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,340
10,132
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lattice QCD
Quantum Mechanics and Computation
HIV Phylogenetics
Historical Linguistics
Machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,566
14,112
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
non-equilibrium statistical physics
statistical physics
complex systems
social dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,064
7,580
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
complex networks
networks
quantum computing
phase transitions
quantum computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,594
9,653
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,400
7,196
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Physics
Theoretical Physics
Quantum Field Theory
Soliton Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,137
4,981
0.260
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
ecology
food webs
ecological networks
paleoecology
archaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,925
5,090
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Complex Adaptive Social Systems
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,841
3,025
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Collective Adaptation
Belief Dynamics
Judgment and Decision Making
Science Communication
Survey Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,748
6,417
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
evolution
computation
dynamics
cognition
inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,563
2,687
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
anthropology
complexity
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,412
2,237
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
biology
physics
linguistics
economics
mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,987
1,701
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Complexity Science
Cognitive Science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,417
1,310
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,102
933
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Evolutionary Biology
Mathematical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
1,240
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
complex systems
emergence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,836
929
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
complex systems
information theory
nonequilibrium statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,319
1,878
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Collective behavior
decision-making
collective intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,999
1,379
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Collective intelligence
Cybersecurity
Complexity
Diversity
Decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,284
276
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Historical linguistics
African linguistics
Sinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,231
547
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,151
423
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Complex Systems
Natural Language Processing
Nonlinear Time Series Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,135
896
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,372
1,607
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Samuel Bowles
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,228
19,498
0.201
human social behavior
inequality
public policy
microeconomic theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,554
5,937
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stephanie Forrest
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,047
8,805
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,144
6,217
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David H Wolpert
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,277
18,000
0.416
Thermodynamics of computation
nonequilibrium statistical physics
game theory
information theory
complex systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,745
6,948
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Melanie Mitchell
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,340
10,132
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,727
9,578
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,566
14,112
0.433
Lattice QCD
Quantum Mechanics and Computation
HIV Phylogenetics
Historical Linguistics
Machine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,838
9,638
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sidney Redner
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,064
7,580
0.236
non-equilibrium statistical physics
statistical physics
complex systems
social dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,796
10,959
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cristopher Moore
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,594
9,653
0.326
complex networks
networks
quantum computing
phase transitions
quantum computation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,423
17,864
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael Lachmann
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,400
7,196
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,296
19,354
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fred Cooper
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,137
4,981
0.260
Physics
Theoretical Physics
Quantum Field Theory
Soliton Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,121
26,264
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jennifer A Dunne
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,925
5,090
0.341
ecology
food webs
ecological networks
paleoecology
archaeoecology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,258
26,314
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John H Miller
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,841
3,025
0.204
Complex Adaptive Social Systems
Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,635
31,554
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mirta Galesic
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,748
6,417
0.503
Collective Adaptation
Belief Dynamics
Judgment and Decision Making
Science Communication
Survey Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,231
43,703
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Krakauer
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,563
2,687
0.281
evolution
computation
dynamics
cognition
inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,448
53,332
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Steve Lansing
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,412
2,237
0.302
anthropology
complexity
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,119
64,268
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eric Smith
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,987
1,701
0.284
biology
physics
linguistics
economics
mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,813
82,423
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Henrik Olsson
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,417
1,310
0.297
Complexity Science
Cognitive Science
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,753
107,365
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christian Forst
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,102
933
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,495
113,725
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eric Libby
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
1,240
0.435
Evolutionary Biology
Mathematical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,908
113,831
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Miguel Angel Fuentes
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,836
929
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
411,800
131,895
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Artemy Kolchinsky
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,319
1,878
0.810
complex systems
information theory
nonequilibrium statistical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,481
143,246
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Albert B Kao
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,999
1,379
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
597,954
181,121
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Norman Lee Johnson
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,284
276
0.215
Collective intelligence
Cybersecurity
Complexity
Diversity
Decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
615,384
185,587
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
George Starostin
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,231
547
0.444
Historical linguistics
African linguistics
Sinology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,897
191,532
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bence Toth
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,151
423
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650,707
194,492
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Joshua Garland
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,135
896
0.789
Complex Systems
Natural Language Processing
Nonlinear Time Series Analysis
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