Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World 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 Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities 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 is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,021
47,911
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,347
34,166
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,027
10,458
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
linguistics
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,677
17,770
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,944
22,701
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,506
19,799
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,523
20,278
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,801
20,038
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,706
38,442
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Pendidikan Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,485
36,443
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,559
22,912
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
history of technology
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,767
10,074
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,148
22,639
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,110
17,880
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,500
41,013
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,858
30,757
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,120
16,309
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,359
17,738
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,488
15,204
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,045
30,543
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,373
21,667
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sartre
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,585
18,061
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Philosophy of Language
Metaphysics
Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,286
9,622
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,687
14,252
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Mycology
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,667
28,525
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,078
463
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mark Johnson
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,021
47,911
0.283
cognitive science
philosophy of language
moral theory
aesthetics
American Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,061
959
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David K Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,347
34,166
0.284
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
mind
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,235
1,558
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Swofford
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,027
10,458
0.109
Phylogenetics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,326
1,602
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,677
17,770
0.188
linguistics
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,579
10
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nestor Garcia Canclini
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,944
22,701
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,505
359
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David MacKay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,506
19,799
0.249
Information Theory and Error-correcting Codes
Reliable Computation with Unreliable Hardware
Machine Learning and Bayesian Data Modelling
Sustainable Energy and Public Understanding of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,607
177
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pierre Lévy
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,523
20,278
0.258
Philosophy
computing
semiotics
semantics
cyberculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,164
2,470
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kwame Anthony Appiah
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,801
20,038
0.272
Ethics
Philosophy of Race
Philosophy of Mind
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,525
21
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,706
38,442
0.603
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,740
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Saiful Bahri
Institut Agama Islam Negeri IAIN Tulungagung
Tulungagung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,485
36,443
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,916
598
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andy Clark
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,559
22,912
0.372
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,052
3,359
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nathan Rosenberg
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,767
10,074
0.166
history of technology
economic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,174
3,426
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Chalmers
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,148
22,639
0.376
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Science
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,362
3,504
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Taylor Carman
Barnard College Columbia University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,110
17,880
0.302
Continental philosophy
phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,684
669
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,500
41,013
0.713
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,118
366
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Johannes Krause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,858
30,757
0.593
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,607
4,606
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Barry Smith
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,120
16,309
0.325
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,868
390
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Evan Thompson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,359
17,738
0.359
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Phenomenology
Cross-Cultural Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,134
4,850
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Philip Pettit
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,488
15,204
0.314
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,272
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Azhar Arsyad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,045
30,543
0.636
Islamic Studies
Management
Foreign Language Teaching
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,862
5,182
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Shaun Gallagher
University of Memphis
Memphis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,373
21,667
0.467
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,538
5,512
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kenneth Anderson
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,585
18,061
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,679
5,577
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Saul Aaron Kripke|Saul Aaron Kripke, Saul Kripke
CUNY Graduate Center
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,286
9,622
0.217
Philosophy of Language
Metaphysics
Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,929
5,701
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Glass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,687
14,252
0.326
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,935
5,706
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew N Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,667
28,525
0.653
Mycology
Phylogenetics
Systematics