Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
BRICS Education / Education (Other, All) Highly Cited Researchers 11.327 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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 Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Immunology
Genetics
Infectious Diseases
Pediatric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,383
87,164
0.804
Get Full Access to Premium Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pedagogia. Filosofia da Educação. História da Educação
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,463
26,517
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kurikulum dan Pembelajara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,729
33,998
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Formação e política de formação docent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,955
19,315
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
cognitive psychology and Parentin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,856
13,951
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
education
philosophy
political economy
A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,851
15,832
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Curriculum Plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,645
33,522
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Educação Físic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,888
22,283
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Educação
Filosofia
Filosofia da Educaçã
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,966
9,873
0.353
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
Unlock 360° Real-Time Institutional Analysis to identify your institution’s strengths and areas for improvement.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Educational Management
Educational Supervision
Educational Leadership
Educational Administration
Instructional Leadershi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,155
21,865
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Education for Sustainable Development
Curriculum Development
Research and Evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,231
14,123
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Educational Management
Educational Leadership
Character Education
Educational Supervisio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,160
18,157
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,585
8,423
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Manajemen Pendidikan
Ilmu Pendidikan
Administrasi Pendidika
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,375
23,289
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
science education
educação em ciências
classroom discourse
educação
language and cognitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,314
6,473
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sepakbol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,667
12,816
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Exercício
Insuficiência Cardíaca
Síndrome Metabólica
Hipertensã
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,751
5,832
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
neuromuscular adaptations
exercise training and chronic disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,654
9,182
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bio-communication Science
Educational Technology
Information System
Information Communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,427
10,775
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Методология и история психологи�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,396
5,117
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
education
applied linguistics
Russian language teaching
language teaching methodology
обучение русском�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,271
6,944
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Educação
Ensino-Aprendizagem
Interdisciplinaridade
Currículo
Formação
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,246
4,606
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Education technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,051
6,742
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Educação Matemática
Formação de Professores
Desenvolvimento Profissional
Pesquisa em Educaçã
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,219
5,746
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Currícul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,677
4,125
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,946
27
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nima Rezaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,383
87,164
0.804
Immunology
Genetics
Infectious Diseases
Pediatric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,580
61
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dermeval Saviani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,463
26,517
0.387
Pedagogia. Filosofia da Educação. História da Educação
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,846
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wina Sanjaya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,729
33,998
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,562
73
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marli André
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,955
19,315
0.333
Formação e política de formação docent
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,005
111
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Saeedeh Toofani
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,856
13,951
0.341
cognitive psychology and Parentin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,907
592
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael A Peters
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,851
15,832
0.418
education
philosophy
political economy
A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,811
131
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yahya Safari
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Kermanshah, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,645
33,522
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,999
156
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mauro Barros
Universidade de Pernambuco
Recife, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,888
22,283
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,942
220
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Antonio Joaquim Severino
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,966
9,873
0.353
Educação
Filosofia
Filosofia da Educaçã
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,168
33
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Imam Gunawan
Universitas Negeri Malang
Malang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,155
21,865
0.805
Educational Management
Educational Supervision
Educational Leadership
Educational Administration
Instructional Leadershi
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
Unlock 360° Real-Time Institutional Analysis to identify your institution’s strengths and areas for improvement.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,673
39
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mohammad Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,231
14,123
0.538
Education for Sustainable Development
Curriculum Development
Research and Evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,453
45
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ali Imron
Universitas Negeri Malang
Malang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,160
18,157
0.752
Educational Management
Educational Leadership
Character Education
Educational Supervisio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,599
294
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Selma G Pimenta
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,585
8,423
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,015
49
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Opan Arifudin
Universitas Islam Nusantara
Bandung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,375
23,289
0.996
Manajemen Pendidikan
Ilmu Pendidikan
Administrasi Pendidika
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,127
299
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eduardo Fleury Mortimer
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,314
6,473
0.278
science education
educação em ciências
classroom discourse
educação
language and cognitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,537
52
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zainal Arifin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,667
12,816
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,346
405
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carlos Eduardo Negrão
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,751
5,832
0.295
Exercício
Insuficiência Cardíaca
Síndrome Metabólica
Hipertensã
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,628
515
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Carlos Ugrinowitsch
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,654
9,182
0.520
neuromuscular adaptations
exercise training and chronic disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,872
92
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Deni Darmawan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,427
10,775
0.656
Bio-communication Science
Educational Technology
Information System
Information Communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,025
170
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Владимир Мазилов
Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University
Yaroslavl, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,396
5,117
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,592
172
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Эльхан Гейдарович Азимов Elkhan G. Azimov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,271
6,944
0.427
education
applied linguistics
Russian language teaching
language teaching methodology
обучение русском�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,696
618
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ivani Catarina Arantes Fazenda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,246
4,606
0.284
Educação
Ensino-Aprendizagem
Interdisciplinaridade
Currículo
Formação
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,666
606
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rajesh Kumar Sharma
Amity University
Noida, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,051
6,742
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,962
708
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dario Fiorentini
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,219
5,746
0.378
Educação Matemática
Formação de Professores
Desenvolvimento Profissional
Pesquisa em Educaçã
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,994
755
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Antonio Flavio Barbosa Moreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,677
4,125
0.281