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 Rankings
Rankings

26,528
World Rank

9
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Financial Economics | Energy Finance | Empirical Finance | Bitcoin | Cryptoasset
Financial Economics | Energy Finance | Empirical Finance | Bitcoin | Cryptoasset
Citation Metrics
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Total28,305
-
Last 6 Years26,000
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.919
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

184,055
World Rank

339
Country Rank

2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Citation Metrics
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Total5,961
-
Last 6 Years1,807
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.303
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

230,200
World Rank

888
Country Rank

4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Citation Metrics
-
Total4,728
-
Last 6 Years4,446
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.940
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

288,618
World Rank

467
Country Rank

22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Financial Economics | Financial Econometrics | Time Series Analysi
Financial Economics | Financial Econometrics | Time Series Analysi
Citation Metrics
-
Total3,679
-
Last 6 Years1,784
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.485
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

314,492
World Rank

27
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Financial Economics | Macroeconometrics | Energy Polic
Financial Economics | Macroeconometrics | Energy Polic
Citation Metrics
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Total3,325
-
Last 6 Years2,226
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.669
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

317,640
World Rank

529
Country Rank

5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Corporate Finance | Islamic Finance | Corporate Governance | Sustainable Finance | Applied Econometric
Corporate Finance | Islamic Finance | Corporate Governance | Sustainable Finance | Applied Econometric
Citation Metrics
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Total3,286
-
Last 6 Years1,998
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.608
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

351,227
World Rank

606
Country Rank

37
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Citation Metrics
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Total2,907
-
Last 6 Years1,234
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.424
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

356,658
World Rank

247
Country Rank

156
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Macroeconomics | Finance | Financial Econometrics | Monetary Economics | Financial Economic
Macroeconomics | Finance | Financial Econometrics | Monetary Economics | Financial Economic
Citation Metrics
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Total2,851
-
Last 6 Years1,391
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.488
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

366,288
World Rank

39
Country Rank

2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Citation Metrics
-
Total2,758
-
Last 6 Years470
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.170
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

450,670
World Rank

807
Country Rank

84
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Citation Metrics
-
Total2,090
-
Last 6 Years1,504
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.720
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

453,535
World Rank

192
Country Rank

5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Financial Economics | Banking Behavior | Economic growt
Financial Economics | Banking Behavior | Economic growt
Citation Metrics
-
Total2,071
-
Last 6 Years1,799
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.869
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

470,943
World Rank

59
Country Rank

17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Emerging Markets | Investments | ESG | Sustainability | Real Estate | Valuation | Energ
Emerging Markets | Investments | ESG | Sustainability | Real Estate | Valuation | Energ
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,964
-
Last 6 Years830
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.423
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

518,292
World Rank

321
Country Rank

6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Islamic Finance | Sharia Compliance | SEM | Behavioral Finance & Economics | Islamic Marketing & Consumer Behavio
Islamic Finance | Sharia Compliance | SEM | Behavioral Finance & Economics | Islamic Marketing & Consumer Behavio
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,705
-
Last 6 Years1,647
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.966
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

563,815
World Rank

454
Country Rank

258
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Energy Economics and Policy | Econonomic Policy | Financial Stability | Sustainable Developmen
Energy Economics and Policy | Econonomic Policy | Financial Stability | Sustainable Developmen
Citation Metrics
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Total1,493
-
Last 6 Years1,069
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.716
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

605,939
World Rank

87
Country Rank

31
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,324
-
Last 6 Years1,079
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.815
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

670,901
World Rank

3,740
Country Rank

71
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
financial economics | corporate governance | accountin
financial economics | corporate governance | accountin
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,104
-
Last 6 Years815
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.738
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

674,523
World Rank

3,765
Country Rank

55
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Bank Performance | Financial machine learning | Financial Technology | Statistics for Machine Learnin
Bank Performance | Financial machine learning | Financial Technology | Statistics for Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,093
-
Last 6 Years923
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.844
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

706,805
World Rank

401
Country Rank

40
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Financial Economics | Economic Development | International Economics | Islamic Economics and Financ
Financial Economics | Economic Development | International Economics | Islamic Economics and Financ
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,000
-
Last 6 Years526
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.526
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

716,638
World Rank

611
Country Rank

9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Energy economics | digital finance | sustainable financ
Energy economics | digital finance | sustainable financ
Citation Metrics
-
Total973
-
Last 6 Years808
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.830
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

742,864
World Rank

448
Country Rank

280
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Financial Economics | Volatility Modelling | Financial Integratio
Financial Economics | Volatility Modelling | Financial Integratio
Citation Metrics
-
Total905
-
Last 6 Years493
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.545
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

744,301
World Rank

643
Country Rank

320
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
-
Total901
-
Last 6 Years778
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.863
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

752,042
World Rank

1,181
Country Rank

6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Financial Markets | Financial Economics | Financial Technology | Energy Economics | Econometric
Financial Markets | Financial Economics | Financial Technology | Energy Economics | Econometric
Citation Metrics
-
Total882
-
Last 6 Years527
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.598
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

841,930
World Rank

5,041
Country Rank

47
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Health Economics | Insurance Economics | Financial Economics | Global Economics | Applied Economic
Health Economics | Insurance Economics | Financial Economics | Global Economics | Applied Economic
Citation Metrics
-
Total682
-
Last 6 Years572
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.839
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

895,303
World Rank

1,770
Country Rank

59
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Financial Economics | International Economics | and Health Economic
Financial Economics | International Economics | and Health Economic
Citation Metrics
-
Total587
-
Last 6 Years177
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.302
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

951,809
World Rank

1,881
Country Rank

3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Economics & Econometrics / Financial Economics
Financial economics | crowdfunding | sukuk | Islamic financ
Financial economics | crowdfunding | sukuk | Islamic financ
Citation Metrics
-
Total509
-
Last 6 Years456
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.896