From Times Higher Education, hat top to Leiter. The original numbers (in black) are the basis for the ranking, but I have added citation counts from 2007 in the Westlaw JLR data base in blue.
- Michel Foucault (1926-1984) Philosophy, sociology, criticism 2,521 (166)
- Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) Sociology 2,465 (58)
- Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) Philosophy 1,874 (72)
- Albert Bandura (1925- ) Psychology 1,536 (13)
- Anthony Giddens (1938- ) Sociology 1,303 (37)
- Erving Goffman (1922-1982) Sociology 1,066 (53)
- Jurgen Habermas (1929- ) Philosophy, sociology 1,049 (145)
- Max Weber (1864-1920) Sociology 971 (154)
- Judith Butler (1956- ) Philosophy 960 (65)
- Bruno Latour (1947- ) Sociology, anthropology 944 (30)
And a few notables from the rest of the list:
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Philosophy 882 (224)
- Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) Philosophy 874 (29)
- Noam Chomsky (1928- ) Linguistics, philosophy 812 (45)
- John Rawls (1921-2002) Philosophy 708 (409)
- Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) Sociology 662 (42)
- Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) Anthropology 596 (50)
- Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) Political theory 593 (126)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) Philosophy 583 (49)
- John Dewey (1859-1952) Philosophy, psychology, education 575 (105)
- Thomas S. Kuhn (1922-1996) History and philosophy of science 519 (63)
- Karl Marx (1818-1883) Political theory, economics, sociology 501 (110)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) Philosophy 501 (46)
If we were to reorder the list for the top ten in law, we get:
- John Rawls (409)
- Immanuel Kant (224)
- Michel Foucault (166)
- Max Weber (154)
- Jurgen Habermas (145)
- Hannah Arendt (126)
- Karl Marx (110)
- John Dewy (105)
- Jacques Derrida (72)
- Judith Butler (65)
By way of comparison, here are a few numbers for legal scholars (chosen "off the top of my head" from different theoretical orientations):
- Cass Sunstein (1066)
- H.L.A. Hart (342)
- Louis Kaplow (234)
- Lon Fuller (198)
- Catharine MacKinnon (176)
The difference in the ranking of Rawls and Kant is striking.
