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These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
88
0.721
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
religio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
51
0.447
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
min
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
66
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human histor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
98
0.883
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
54
0.495
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosoph
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
54
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Palynology
Holocene
Climate change
Cultural change
Neolithi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
47
0.448
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
51
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
53
0.520
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Sartre
disabilit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
67
0.670
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
59
0.590
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
paleontology
systematics
geolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
49
0.510
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Science
Art
Histor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
36
0.375
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Prehistory
human evolution
archeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
59
0.628
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
linguistics
cognitive scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
54
0.593
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
filoviruses
BSL-4
viral hemorrhagic fevers
biodefense
bioengagemen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
68
0.764
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
58
0.659
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
57
0.648
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Lithic technology
Prehistory
Human Evolution
Paleoecology
Paleolithic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
42
0.477
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Developmen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
79
0.908
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
evolutionary medicine
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history evolution
cooperatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
58
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Star Formation
Planet Formation
Interstellar Medium Structure
Galaxy Evolutio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
46
0.535
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
63
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviou
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
54
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Philosophy
Cognitive Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
52
0.619
Luciano Floridi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
88
0.721
AI Ethics
Digital Ethics
Information Ethics
Philosophy of Information
Philosophy of Technolog
Neal Krause
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
51
0.447
David K Lewis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
66
0.589
Metaphysics
epistemology
logic
language
min
Johannes Krause
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
98
0.883
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human histor
Stringer C
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
54
0.495
palaeontology anthropology archaeology quaternary pleistocen
Barry Smith
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
54
0.500
applied ontology
biomedical informatics
metaphysics
ontology
philosoph
José Antonio López Sáez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
47
0.448
Palynology
Holocene
Climate change
Cultural change
Neolithi
Philip Pettit
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
51
0.500
Moral Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysic
Nestor Garcia Canclini
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata, Argentina
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
53
0.520
Kenneth Anderson
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
67
0.670
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Martin John Whitehouse
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
59
0.590
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysi
Mark Norell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
49
0.510
paleontology
systematics
geolog
Miral Dizdaroglu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
36
0.375
Francesco D Errico
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
59
0.628
Prehistory
human evolution
archeolog
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
Medford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
54
0.593
linguistics
cognitive scienc
Jens H Kuhn
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
68
0.764
filoviruses
BSL-4
viral hemorrhagic fevers
biodefense
bioengagemen
Shaun Gallagher
University of Memphis
Memphis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
58
0.659
Embodied cognition
mind
philosophy of cognitive science
self
hermeneutic
David Glass
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
57
0.648
aging
skeletal muscle
experimental design
reproducibility
history of scienc
Eudald Carbonell
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Tarragona, Spain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
42
0.477
Lithic technology
Prehistory
Human Evolution
Paleoecology
Paleolithic
Max Roser
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
79
0.908
Poverty
Growth
Health
Economic History
Developmen
Michael Gurven
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
58
0.667
evolutionary medicine
hunter-gatherers & horticulturalists
life history evolution
cooperatio
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
46
0.535
Star Formation
Planet Formation
Interstellar Medium Structure
Galaxy Evolutio
Mark van Kleunen
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
63
0.741
invasion ecology
global change ecology
life-history evolution
pollination
phenotypic plasticit
Daniel Nettle
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
54
0.643
Human behavioural ecology
Life history
Social behaviou
Andy Clark
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
52
0.619
Philosophy
Cognitive Scienc