Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
higher education
leadership
engagement
quality
productivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,415
6,522
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Higher education
Visualization and thinking skills
Metacognition
Assessment
STEM Career choice and 21st century skills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,620
5,518
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
international higher education
higher education policy
social policy and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,879
3,135
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cognitive Neuroscience
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,828
1,612
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Learning Technologies
Digital Learning for Development
Higher Education Innovations
Professional Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,737
3,935
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Higher Education
International and Comparative Education
Education in China
Education Policy Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,049
2,996
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Higher Education
Science Policy
Academic inbreeding
Academic mobility
Internationalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,370
3,717
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
lncRNA
Stress Biology
Ayurvedic Biology
Tumour Biology
Higher education & science policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,112
1,451
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Technology Addiction
Data Science
Computers & Education
Expert Systems
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
3,958
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Higher education
academic profession
internationalization of higher education
university curriculum development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,634
1,874
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
higher education policy
Malaysia
ASEAN
transnational education
urban geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,494
1,378
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Higher Education Marketing
Halal Marketing
Internal Marketing
TQM
Service Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,456
2,578
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,225
2,524
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Higher Education
Strategic Planning
Business and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,032
2,501
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Higher Education
Sociology of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,656
1,210
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,615
1,873
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Higher Education
Rankings
Metacognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,489
1,174
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Higher education research
learning & teaching
pedagogical research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,165
2,158
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
comparative education
higher education
international student mobility
migration experiences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,137
1,245
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
higher education
renewable energy
water resources
politics
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,817
1,020
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Women Studies
Quality assessment in higher education
Measurement and Evaluation in Education
Students' approaches to learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,814
1,128
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Business Analytics
Sustainability
Innovation Diffusion and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,789
1,524
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Civic-Minded Instructional Designer
Higher Education
Authentic learning
Service-learning
Instructional Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,786
1,508
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
International Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,657
669
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Digital Forensics
Higher Education
Information Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
906
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,094
2,812
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hamish Coates
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,415
6,522
0.486
higher education
leadership
engagement
quality
productivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,560
633
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yehudit Judy Dori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,620
5,518
0.475
Higher education
Visualization and thinking skills
Metacognition
Assessment
STEM Career choice and 21st century skills
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,864
808
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ka Ho Mok
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,879
3,135
0.317
international higher education
higher education policy
social policy and development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,509
1,540
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jamshed Bharucha
Sri Sai University Palampur
Palampur, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,828
1,612
0.183
Cognitive Neuroscience
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,860
919
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cher Ping Lim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,737
3,935
0.450
Learning Technologies
Digital Learning for Development
Higher Education Innovations
Professional Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,966
1,258
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rui Yang
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,049
2,996
0.495
Higher Education
International and Comparative Education
Education in China
Education Policy Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,063
1,408
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hugo Horta
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,370
3,717
0.692
Higher Education
Science Policy
Academic inbreeding
Academic mobility
Internationalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,453
3,480
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Subhash C Lakhotia
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,112
1,451
0.284
lncRNA
Stress Biology
Ayurvedic Biology
Tumour Biology
Higher education & science policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,109
117
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nazir S Hawi
Notre Dame University Lebanon
Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
3,958
0.808
Technology Addiction
Data Science
Computers & Education
Expert Systems
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,425
5,572
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Futao Huang 黄福涛
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,634
1,874
0.516
Higher education
academic profession
internationalization of higher education
university curriculum development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,959
1,327
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Morshidi Sirat
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,494
1,378
0.394
higher education policy
Malaysia
ASEAN
transnational education
urban geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,546
1,350
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sany Sanuri Mohd Mokhtar
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Sintok, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,456
2,578
0.746
Higher Education Marketing
Halal Marketing
Internal Marketing
TQM
Service Quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,958
2,078
521
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jisun Jung 정지선
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,225
2,524
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,906
1,602
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Abd Rahman Ahmad
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Batu Pahat, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,032
2,501
0.825
Higher Education
Strategic Planning
Business and Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,139
7,248
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Akiyoshi Yonezawa
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,656
1,210
0.456
Higher Education
Sociology of Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,575
3,053
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nitza Davidovitch
Ariel University
Ariel, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,615
1,873
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,622
2,448
363
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kevin Downing
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,489
1,174
0.472
Higher Education
Rankings
Metacognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,791
2,519
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shannon Tan
Kaplan Higher Education
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,165
2,158
0.997
Higher education research
learning & teaching
pedagogical research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,857
7,412
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jae-Eun Jon (전재은)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,137
1,245
0.583
comparative education
higher education
international student mobility
migration experiences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,314
441
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Adnan Badran
University of Petra
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,817
1,020
0.561
higher education
renewable energy
water resources
politics
human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,796
12,467
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Shreemathi S Mayya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,814
1,128
0.622
Women Studies
Quality assessment in higher education
Measurement and Evaluation in Education
Students' approaches to learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
476,208
2,962
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mohammad Dalvi Esfahani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,789
1,524
0.852
Business Analytics
Sustainability
Innovation Diffusion and Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
476,731
2,968
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Farrah Dina Yusop
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,786
1,508
0.844
Civic-Minded Instructional Designer
Higher Education
Authentic learning
Service-learning
Instructional Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,988
1,062
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nattavud Pimpa
Mahidol University
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,657
669
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,111
887
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew Marrington
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
906
0.550
Digital Forensics
Higher Education
Information Security