Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Business & Management / Human Resource Management Highly Cited Researchers 1.237 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: 1
Organizational Psychology
HRM
Innovation
Creativity
Employee Selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,602
12,708
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
International HRM
Comparative HRM
expatriation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,582
9,907
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
International HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,636
13,882
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
International Business
International HRM
Scientometrics
International Management
Expatriation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,057
9,851
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Human Resource Management
Positive Organizational Behavior
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,939
13,363
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sociology - Human Resource Management - Projects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,920
9,568
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
talent management
statistical bioinformatics
quantitative genetics
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,078
4,377
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Quality Management
Performance Management
Strategy
HRM
Operations Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,835
3,635
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
HRM
Tourism
Hospitality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,722
9,402
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
work psychology
human resource
personnel selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,373
5,932
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Global Health
Health System
Health Workforce
Human resource for health
Development Assistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,046
18,950
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Human Resources
talent management
expatriation
international management
sustainable work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,331
8,960
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Proactivity
work design
job crafting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,084
11,977
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
HRD
leadership
learning and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,017
6,676
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
human resource management
HRM
talent management
public management
strategic human resource management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,310
6,554
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,193
3,852
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Human Resource Management
Strategic Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,903
4,943
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Successful aging at work
work ability
HRM
selfmanagement and work design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,481
5,572
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
human resource management
organizational culture
employee engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,302
4,300
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Quantitative methods
leadership
organisational behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,795
4,231
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
HRM performance management career
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,722
5,504
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Human resource development
organizational learning
career development
school-to-work transition
workplace learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,581
8,781
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Organizational Studies
HRM
Organizational Psychology
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,464
7,302
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Strategic HRM
Sustainable employability
Positive organizational behavior
Survey research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,237
8,079
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Strategic Human Resource Management
Employee Engagement
Volunteering
Overqualification
Change Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,862
8,519
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,909
1,293
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Neil Anderson
University of Bradford
Bradford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,602
12,708
0.321
Organizational Psychology
HRM
Innovation
Creativity
Employee Selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,277
1,712
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chris Brewster
Henley Business School University of Reading
Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,582
9,907
0.295
International HRM
Comparative HRM
expatriation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,483
2,063
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pawan Budhwar
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,636
13,882
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,173
2,122
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Anne Wil Harzing
Middlesex University
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,057
9,851
0.339
International Business
International HRM
Scientometrics
International Management
Expatriation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,577
663
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dirk Van Dierendonck
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,939
13,363
0.478
Human Resource Management
Positive Organizational Behavior
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,658
2,509
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrew Dainty
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,920
9,568
0.369
Sociology - Human Resource Management - Projects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,918
910
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ritsert Jansen
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,078
4,377
0.190
talent management
statistical bioinformatics
quantitative genetics
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,685
3,215
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mohamed Zairi
University of Bradford
Bradford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,835
3,635
0.166
Quality Management
Performance Management
Strategy
HRM
Operations Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,949
3,241
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tom Baum
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,722
9,402
0.433
HRM
Tourism
Hospitality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,451
786
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jesús F. Salgado
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,373
5,932
0.291
work psychology
human resource
personnel selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,312
3,863
438
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yingxi Zhao
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,046
18,950
0.995
Global Health
Health System
Health Workforce
Human resource for health
Development Assistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,745
174
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David G Collings
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,331
8,960
0.489
Human Resources
talent management
expatriation
international management
sustainable work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,616
1,268
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
M Tims
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,084
11,977
0.662
Proactivity
work design
job crafting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,872
180
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Thomas Garavan|Thomas Noel Garavan, Thomas N Garavan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,017
6,676
0.371
HRD
leadership
learning and development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,747
1,453
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul Boselie
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,310
6,554
0.402
human resource management
HRM
talent management
public management
strategic human resource management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,293
4,754
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paul Sparrow
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,193
3,852
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,649
1,275
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Fernando Martín Alcázar
Universidad de Cádiz
Cádiz, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,903
4,943
0.332
Human Resource Management
Strategic Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,962
1,686
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Annet De Lange
Open University
Milton Keynes, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,481
5,572
0.385
Successful aging at work
work ability
HRM
selfmanagement and work design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,076
199
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Valeriya Konovalova
State University of Management
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,302
4,300
0.301
human resource management
organizational culture
employee engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,172
5,840
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rosalie J Hall
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,795
4,231
0.307
Quantitative methods
leadership
organisational behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,629
1,775
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Paul Gw Jansen
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,722
5,504
0.401
HRM performance management career
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,574
659
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eva Kyndt
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,581
8,781
0.647
Human resource development
organizational learning
career development
school-to-work transition
workplace learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,331
6,008
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
P Matthijs Bal
Lincoln University
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,464
7,302
0.542
Organizational Studies
HRM
Organizational Psychology
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,872
1,841
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sait Gurbuz
Hanze University Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,237
8,079
0.610
Strategic HRM
Sustainable employability
Positive organizational behavior
Survey research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,532
1,800
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kerstin Alfes
ESCP Business School
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,862
8,519
0.662
Strategic Human Resource Management
Employee Engagement
Volunteering
Overqualification
Change Management