Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Education Highly Cited Researchers 17.614 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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: 26
music education
music psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,330
10,322
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Exercise Science
Biostatistics
Health
Cycling
Association Football
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,325
14,048
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
exercise
health
skills
children
analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,172
22,741
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Special Education
Intellectual Disability
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Developmental Disabilities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,048
15,276
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Physical activity
Sport Sciences
Exercise
Fitness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,209
15,255
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,642
12,630
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Education
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,931
11,693
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Психотерапия
психологическое консультирование
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,260
6,750
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Educational Technology
Technology Integration
Instructional Design
Computer Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,766
19,417
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Uzaktan eğitim
e-öğrenme
teknoloji entegrasyonu
insan bilgisayar etkileşimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,096
19,014
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Counselling Unit
Psychological Sciences and Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,970
9,473
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
instructional design
learning design
learning development
e-learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,670
18,534
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Sport Science
neurophysiology.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,212
31,833
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Exercise Physiology
Sport Sciences
Sports Sciences
Sport Science
Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,660
12,440
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Sociology of education
critical pedagogy
public sociology
radical adult education
activist research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,469
11,447
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Didática da Matemática
Educação Matemática
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,127
9,964
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Physical activity
exercise and health
body composition
sedentary behaviour
sports sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,766
23,948
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Education
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,908
10,463
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Educational Technology
elearning
doctoral research
personal knowledge management
concept mapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,630
8,444
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
STEM learning
human computer interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,339
7,851
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,225
5,499
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Didactics of Mathematics
Special Education
Cosmology
CMB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,915
23,592
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,727
8,822
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Formación profesorado
Desarrollo profesional
E-learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,587
9,296
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Mathematics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,243
10,934
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,480
1,261
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
David J Hargreaves
Roehampton University
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,330
10,322
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,483
1,262
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Greg Atkinson
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,325
14,048
0.348
Exercise Science
Biostatistics
Health
Cycling
Association Football
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,576
1,271
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Gareth Stratton
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,172
22,741
0.566
exercise
health
skills
children
analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,659
1,278
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Richard Hastings
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,048
15,276
0.381
Special Education
Intellectual Disability
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Developmental Disabilities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,150
243
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jonatan R Ruiz
Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,209
15,255
0.389
Physical activity
Sport Sciences
Exercise
Fitness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,486
673
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Alexander Renkl
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,642
12,630
0.327
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,985
1,386
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Diane Reay
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,931
11,693
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,421
63
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Александр Орлов
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,260
6,750
0.181
Психотерапия
психологическое консультирование
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,736
59
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Şirin Karadeniz
Bahçeşehir University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,766
19,417
0.528
Educational Technology
Technology Integration
Instructional Design
Computer Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,259
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Ebru Kılıç Çakmak
Gazi University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,096
19,014
0.527
Uzaktan eğitim
e-öğrenme
teknoloji entegrasyonu
insan bilgisayar etkileşimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,344
1,524
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Robert Elliott
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,970
9,473
0.263
Counselling Unit
Psychological Sciences and Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,568
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Özcan Erkan Akgün
Ibn Haldun University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,670
18,534
0.520
instructional design
learning design
learning development
e-learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,933
298
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Santos Villafaina
Universidad de Extremadura
Badajoz, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,212
31,833
0.904
Sport Science
neurophysiology.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,370
306
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Jose A Calbet
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,660
12,440
0.359
Exercise Physiology
Sport Sciences
Sports Sciences
Sport Science
Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,503
83
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Juha Suoranta
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,469
11,447
0.332
Sociology of education
critical pedagogy
public sociology
radical adult education
activist research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,805
44
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
João Pedro Da Ponte
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,127
9,964
0.292
Didática da Matemática
Educação Matemática
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,103
45
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Diana A Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,766
23,948
0.709
Physical activity
exercise and health
body composition
sedentary behaviour
sports sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,880
932
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Olaf Köller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,908
10,463
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,242
390
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Jesus Salinas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,630
8,444
0.276
Educational Technology
elearning
doctoral research
personal knowledge management
concept mapping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,606
2,001
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Mike Sharples
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,339
7,851
0.259
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
STEM learning
human computer interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,736
2,007
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Wilfred Carr
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,225
5,499
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,122
406
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Raul Fernandez-Cobos
Universidad de Cantabria
Santander, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,915
23,592
0.789
Didactics of Mathematics
Special Education
Cosmology
CMB
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,366
604
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
N Verloop
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,727
8,822
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,553
420
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Carlos Marcelo
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,587
9,296
0.314
Formación profesorado
Desarrollo profesional
E-learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,951
1,054
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Werner Blum
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,243
10,934
0.374