Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Asia Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
Injury Prevention
road traffic injury prevention
health economics
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,390
148,493
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
health economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,220
49,118
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
health economics
burden of disease
economic evaluation
health performance assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,087
80,162
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,025
66,262
0.849
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Economic Evaluation
Economics of Aging
Economic Burden of Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,322
66,981
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Environmental Epidemiology
Air pollution Health effect
Risk Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,760
55,303
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Ekonomi Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,686
38,730
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
computational finance
financial engineering
mathematical finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,179
28,467
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Development
Transition
Agriculture
Institution
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,927
15,432
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Health economics
health policy
health economics modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,397
35,983
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
human capital
economic growth
macroeconomics
international finance
Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,426
13,706
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Economic Theory
Game Theory
Decision Theory
Models of Bounded Rationality...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,429
10,180
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Innovation
Growth
Patents
R&D
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,993
12,969
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
behavior
genetics
psychology
neuroeconomics
biological psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,751
9,762
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Banking and Finance
Energy and Environmental Economics
Applied Economietrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,350
26,909
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Antimicrobial Resistance
Infectious Diseases
Pharmacoeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,198
34,985
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Development Economics
Economics
Business & Management
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,265
18,440
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Growth
development
India
China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,073
8,954
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
China
Economics
Agricultural economics
Development strategies
Food policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,955
17,629
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Financial Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,921
25,392
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Health economics
Efficiency&Productivity
Economic evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,848
32,661
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
banking
bank performance
private banking
islamic banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,996
11,812
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Economics. International Relations. International Economic Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,179
4,601
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Akuntansi dan Komputer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,637
16,707
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Economics
Labor Economics
Population Economics
Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,364
8,413
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
810
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Samath D Dharmaratne
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,390
148,493
0.741
Injury Prevention
road traffic injury prevention
health economics
global health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,316
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eric Finkelstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,220
49,118
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,800
32
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nader Jahanmehr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,087
80,162
0.890
health economics
burden of disease
economic evaluation
health performance assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,873
117
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Muhammad Shahbaz
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,025
66,262
0.849
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,051
45
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vahid Alipour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,322
66,981
0.980
Economic Evaluation
Economics of Aging
Economic Burden of Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,150
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Morteza A Khafaie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,760
55,303
0.974
Environmental Epidemiology
Air pollution Health effect
Risk Assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,165
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Veithzal Rivai Zainal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,686
38,730
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,568
237
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zhang Kai
Shenzhen University
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,179
28,467
0.516
computational finance
financial engineering
mathematical finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,421
269
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Justin Yifu Lin
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,927
15,432
0.297
Development
Transition
Agriculture
Institution
History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,563
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hilton Lam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,397
35,983
0.700
Health economics
health policy
health economics modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,894
86
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lee Jong Wha
Korea University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,426
13,706
0.272
human capital
economic growth
macroeconomics
international finance
Asia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,505
50
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ariel Rubinstein
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,429
10,180
0.210
Economic Theory
Game Theory
Decision Theory
Models of Bounded Rationality...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,014
52
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,993
12,969
0.276
Innovation
Growth
Patents
R&D
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,019
489
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard P Ebstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,751
9,762
0.252
behavior
genetics
psychology
neuroeconomics
biological psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,609
544
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chien-Chiang Lee (李建強)
Nanchang University
Nanchang, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,350
26,909
0.740
Banking and Finance
Energy and Environmental Economics
Applied Economietrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,709
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zikria Saleem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,198
34,985
0.966
Antimicrobial Resistance
Infectious Diseases
Pharmacoeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,423
20
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mudrajad Kuncoro
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Sleman, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,265
18,440
0.523
Development Economics
Economics
Business & Management
Social Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,204
150
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Arvind Subramanian
Ashoka University
Sonipat, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,073
8,954
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,306
648
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shenggen Fan
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,955
17,629
0.535
China
Economics
Agricultural economics
Development strategies
Food policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,344
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Irham Fahmi
Universitas Syiah Kuala
Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,921
25,392
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,416
127
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hasan Yusefzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,848
32,661
0.994
Health economics
Efficiency&Productivity
Economic evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,269
10
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Philip Molyneux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,996
11,812
0.369
banking
bank performance
private banking
islamic banking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,164
137
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Danny Quah
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,179
4,601
0.152
Economics. International Relations. International Economic Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,862
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sudjana Apih
Politeknik Negeri Bandung
Jawa Barat, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,637
16,707
0.564
Akuntansi dan Komputer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,204
304
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Klaus F Zimmermann
United Nations University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,364
8,413
0.287
Economics
Labor Economics
Population Economics
Migration