Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
etkileşim
dijital yayıncılık
açık ve uzaktan öğrenme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
383
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
big tennis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
587
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Gamification
Mobile Learning
Instructional Technology
Distance Education
Blended Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
433
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Educational Technology
Human Computer Interaction
Підприємництво
інновац
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
578
246
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
e-learning
IT
AI
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
564
200
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
e-learning
ICT curriculum development
S-acts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
206
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
e-learning and formal methods in computer science education
generative learning objects
educational robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
286
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
online learning
MOOCs
gamification
pre-service teacher education
technology acceptance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
518
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
e-learning
education
AI
Modelling of Context-aware systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
534
413
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
электронное обучение
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
526
336
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
eLearning
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
142
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Açık ve Uzaktan Öğrenme
Uzaktan Eğitim
E-Öğrenme
e-Devlet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
406
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
e-Learning
educational technologies
languages
literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
290
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Instructional technology
online learning environments
pre-service teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
387
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
E-learning
Computers science education
ICT in education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
306
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Distance education
e-learning
online learning
educational technology
instructional technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
460
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Computer Science
eLearning
Path Planning
Adaptive Systems
Recommender Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
469
405
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
E-learning
Software Engineering
Augmented Reality
Virtual University
Coding Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
303
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
instructional technology
online learning
community of inquiry
social media in education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
233
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
E-mentoring
Gamification
Social Media
Distance Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
340
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
e-learning
auto generative learning objects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
161
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
instructional design
multimedia simulatons
distance education
educational materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
126
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
электронное обучение
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
155
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
электронное обучение
адаптивное обучение
разработка on-line курсов
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348
216
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
e-learning
social network analysis
distance education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
273
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
849,339
17,610
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Erdem Erdoğdu
Anadolu University
Eskişehir, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
383
0.649
etkileşim
dijital yayıncılık
açık ve uzaktan öğrenme
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,706
423
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Sohiba B Djurayeva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
587
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,873
17,674
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Murat Ekici
Uşak University
Uşak, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
433
0.738
Gamification
Mobile Learning
Instructional Technology
Distance Education
Blended Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
856,052
3,338
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Ihor Katernyak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
578
246
0.426
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Educational Technology
Human Computer Interaction
Підприємництво
інновац
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
863,889
952
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Karmela Aleksić Maslać
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
564
200
0.355
e-learning
IT
AI
education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867,262
492
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Peeter Normak
Tallinn University
Tallinn, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
206
0.369
e-learning
ICT curriculum development
S-acts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870,980
531
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Renata Burbaitė
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
286
0.519
e-learning and formal methods in computer science education
generative learning objects
educational robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874,196
18,532
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Berkan Celik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
518
0.950
online learning
MOOCs
gamification
pre-service teacher education
technology acceptance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
880,563
853
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Todorka Glushkova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
534
413
0.773
e-learning
education
AI
Modelling of Context-aware systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
885,149
9,606
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Вера Токтарова
Mari State University
Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
526
336
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
889,565
1,705
287
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Zoran Putnik
University of Novi Sad
Novi Sad, Serbia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
142
0.274
eLearning
Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890,956
19,191
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Muhammet Recep Okur
Anadolu University
Eskişehir, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
406
0.787
Açık ve Uzaktan Öğrenme
Uzaktan Eğitim
E-Öğrenme
e-Devlet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,517
4,432
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Elke Höfler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
290
0.580
e-Learning
educational technologies
languages
literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
907,858
19,951
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Levent Durdu
Kocaeli University
Kocaeli, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
387
0.787
Instructional technology
online learning environments
pre-service teacher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
917,216
985
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Igor Pesek
University of Maribor
Maribor, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
306
0.636
E-learning
Computers science education
ICT in education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
917,669
20,445
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Ayşe Bağriacik Yilmaz|Ayşe BAĞRIACIK, Ayşe YILMAZ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
460
0.958
Distance education
e-learning
online learning
educational technology
instructional technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
927,097
102
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Krenare Pireva Nuci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
469
405
0.864
Computer Science
eLearning
Path Planning
Adaptive Systems
Recommender Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
959,382
1,025
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Galina Ivanova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
303
0.700
E-learning
Software Engineering
Augmented Reality
Virtual University
Coding Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
965,099
22,930
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Ebru Kuşcu
Biruni University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
233
0.546
instructional technology
online learning
community of inquiry
social media in education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
969,603
23,188
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Mehmet Kahraman
Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri University
Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
340
0.806
E-mentoring
Gamification
Social Media
Distance Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
998,401
3,290
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Ciprian-Bogdan Chirila
Politehnica University Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
161
0.410
e-learning
auto generative learning objects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,040,719
26,995
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Rauf Yildiz
İstanbul Kültür University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
126
0.357
instructional design
multimedia simulatons
distance education
educational materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,041,776
13,036
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Анастасия Меньшикова
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
155
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,046,032
13,134
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Elena Shchedrina (Щедрина Елена Владимировна)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348
216
0.621
электронное обучение
адаптивное обучение
разработка on-line курсов
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,094,872
42
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Gulshat Muhametjanova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
273
0.889
e-learning
social network analysis
distance education