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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 804 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Social identity
collective behaviour
intergroup conflict
leadership and mobilisatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,440
32,217
0.421
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Perception
Evolutionary Psychology
Recognition
Face Perceptio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,647
14,000
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
comparative cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
cognitive evolution
primate cognitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,208
22,603
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Evolution
animal behaviour
social learning
cultural evolution
evolutionary biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,208
22,829
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
comparative immunology
fish immunology
marine microbiology
marine biotechnology
SOI-USTA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,885
28,807
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
software engineering
dependability
cscw
sociotechnical systems
responsibilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,264
11,890
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Social Cognition
Evolutionary Psychology
Comparative Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Social Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,253
13,750
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Accounting and Accountabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,454
16,633
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Optical manipulation
biophotonics
StBSRC
StAWT4YPh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,160
15,222
0.337
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Galaxy evolution
large-scale structure
observational cosmology
statistical method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,005
26,347
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Asymmetric organocatalysis
methodology development
StAWT4YPh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,640
23,947
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Statistical Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,266
10,444
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bacterial genomics
StAWT4YPhD
Antibiotic resistance
Microbiology
Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,653
16,630
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
developmental psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,005
10,847
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
acoustic communication
vocal learning
marine mammals
SMRU
SOI-USTA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,289
11,636
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
psychology biology anthropolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,838
7,310
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
ecology
biology
evolution
statistics
StACB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,485
13,299
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
solar physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,750
5,492
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
health care
managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,498
8,315
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Membrane traffic
electron microscopy
stereology
endosome
autophag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,852
8,309
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biology
Ecology
Statistics
CREE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,093
10,595
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pathology
AI
cancer biology
translational researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,016
6,375
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Remote Sensing
Cryosphere
Glaciology
Periglacial Geomorphology
Glacial Hazard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,671
16,009
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
StAWT4YPh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,651
9,272
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,305
14,427
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,478
457
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stephen Reicher
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,440
32,217
0.421
Social identity
collective behaviour
intergroup conflict
leadership and mobilisatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,819
489
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Perrett
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,647
14,000
0.190
Perception
Evolutionary Psychology
Recognition
Face Perceptio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,618
568
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Josep Call
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,208
22,603
0.331
comparative cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
cognitive evolution
primate cognitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,067
697
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kevin Laland|Kevin Laland
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,208
22,829
0.379
Evolution
animal behaviour
social learning
cultural evolution
evolutionary biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,147
705
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Valerie J Smith
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,885
28,807
0.481
comparative immunology
fish immunology
marine microbiology
marine biotechnology
SOI-USTA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,752
756
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ian Sommerville
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,264
11,890
0.208
software engineering
dependability
cscw
sociotechnical systems
responsibilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,541
829
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrew Whiten
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,253
13,750
0.253
Social Cognition
Evolutionary Psychology
Comparative Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Social Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,768
850
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rob Gray
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,454
16,633
0.311
Accounting and Accountabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,751
1,131
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kishan Dholakia
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,160
15,222
0.337
Optical manipulation
biophotonics
StBSRC
StAWT4YPh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,813
1,135
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rita Tojeiro
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,005
26,347
0.585
Galaxy evolution
large-scale structure
observational cosmology
statistical method
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,470
1,190
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrew D Smith
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,640
23,947
0.549
Asymmetric organocatalysis
methodology development
StAWT4YPh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,647
1,206
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
ST Buckland
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,266
10,444
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,141
1,321
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Matthew Holden
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,653
16,630
0.409
Bacterial genomics
StAWT4YPhD
Antibiotic resistance
Microbiology
Evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,551
1,544
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Malinda Carpenter
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,005
10,847
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,707
1,762
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter L Tyack
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,289
11,636
0.339
acoustic communication
vocal learning
marine mammals
SMRU
SOI-USTA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,079
1,798
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard Byrne
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,838
7,310
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,412
1,821
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Graeme D Ruxton
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,485
13,299
0.397
ecology
biology
evolution
statistics
StACB
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,151
1,883
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
ER Priest
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,750
5,492
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,421
1,901
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Huw Davies
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,498
8,315
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,236
2,038
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
John Lucocq
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,852
8,309
0.269
Membrane traffic
electron microscopy
stereology
endosome
autophag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,148
2,113
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Len Thomas
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,093
10,595
0.352
Biology
Ecology
Statistics
CREE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,863
2,334
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David J Harrison
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,016
6,375
0.228
Pathology
AI
cancer biology
translational researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,929
2,530
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tobias Bolch
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,671
16,009
0.600
Remote Sensing
Cryosphere
Glaciology
Periglacial Geomorphology
Glacial Hazard
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,667
2,681
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David O Hagan
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,651
9,272
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,287
2,734
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Vivienne Wild
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,305
14,427
0.570