Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education Highly Cited Researchers 228 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 Rankings
Rankings
42,192
World Rank
134
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Distance Education | Educational Technology | Open Education | Online Learnin
Distance Education | Educational Technology | Open Education | Online Learnin
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Total21,250
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Last 6 Years19,453
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Last 6 Years / Total0.915
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
51,286
World Rank
196
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Digital Learning | Online Learning | Educational Leadership | Educational Policy | Micro-credential
Digital Learning | Online Learning | Educational Leadership | Educational Policy | Micro-credential
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Total17,769
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Last 6 Years8,797
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Last 6 Years / Total0.495
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
104,184
World Rank
597
Country Rank
39
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
capacity development | learning technologies | online learning | workforce capacity buildin
capacity development | learning technologies | online learning | workforce capacity buildin
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Total10,099
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Last 6 Years8,751
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Last 6 Years / Total0.867
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
115,562
World Rank
2,793
Country Rank
142
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
e-learning | serious games | medical simulation | game-based learning | learning analytic
e-learning | serious games | medical simulation | game-based learning | learning analytic
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Total9,219
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Last 6 Years3,484
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Last 6 Years / Total0.378
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
115,853
World Rank
1,898
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Citation Metrics
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Total9,198
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Last 6 Years4,296
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Last 6 Years / Total0.467
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
147,692
World Rank
6,228
Country Rank
69
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
e-Learning | mobile learning | condensed matter physic
e-Learning | mobile learning | condensed matter physic
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Total7,376
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Last 6 Years1,742
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Last 6 Years / Total0.236
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
174,538
World Rank
4,736
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
e-learning | e-assessment | diseño instruccional | educationa technology | e-portoli
e-learning | e-assessment | diseño instruccional | educationa technology | e-portoli
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Total6,277
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Last 6 Years4,813
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Last 6 Years / Total0.767
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
192,822
World Rank
5,308
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Citation Metrics
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Total5,680
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Last 6 Years1,987
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Last 6 Years / Total0.350
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
193,170
World Rank
4,518
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Online education | talent development | leadership | digital transformation | teachers trainin
Online education | talent development | leadership | digital transformation | teachers trainin
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Total5,669
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Last 6 Years4,674
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Last 6 Years / Total0.824
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
205,488
World Rank
3,059
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Micronutrients | Iron Metabolism | Food Based Approaches to health Promotio
Micronutrients | Iron Metabolism | Food Based Approaches to health Promotio
Citation Metrics
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Total5,321
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Last 6 Years3,373
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Last 6 Years / Total0.634
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
209,931
World Rank
650
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
e-learning | b-learning | ICT | educação | ensino a distanci
e-learning | b-learning | ICT | educação | ensino a distanci
Citation Metrics
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Total5,206
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Last 6 Years1,222
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Last 6 Years / Total0.235
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
217,023
World Rank
4,994
Country Rank
26
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
serious games | instructional design | workplace learning | educational technolog
serious games | instructional design | workplace learning | educational technolog
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Total5,032
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Last 6 Years1,279
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Last 6 Years / Total0.254
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
229,798
World Rank
17,254
Country Rank
71
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
online learning and teaching | distance education | digital media | new learning space
online learning and teaching | distance education | digital media | new learning space
Citation Metrics
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Total4,734
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Last 6 Years1,999
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Last 6 Years / Total0.422
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
230,634
World Rank
17,312
Country Rank
431
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
elearning | online pedagogy | health informatics | technological interventions in healt
elearning | online pedagogy | health informatics | technological interventions in healt
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Total4,716
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Last 6 Years1,908
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Last 6 Years / Total0.405
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
249,434
World Rank
7,227
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Citation Metrics
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Total4,333
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Last 6 Years3,447
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Last 6 Years / Total0.796
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
265,112
World Rank
19,522
Country Rank
81
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
distance education | online learning | open learning | e-learning | online learnin
distance education | online learning | open learning | e-learning | online learnin
Citation Metrics
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Total4,054
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Last 6 Years1,148
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Last 6 Years / Total0.283
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
267,072
World Rank
1,851
Country Rank
232
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Learning Analytics | Data Science | AI in Education | Synthetic Data Generation | Artificial dat
Learning Analytics | Data Science | AI in Education | Synthetic Data Generation | Artificial dat
Citation Metrics
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Total4,019
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Last 6 Years3,339
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Last 6 Years / Total0.831
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
275,486
World Rank
20,138
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
eLearning | distance education | digital identity | education for development | digital inequalit
eLearning | distance education | digital identity | education for development | digital inequalit
Citation Metrics
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Total3,879
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Last 6 Years1,596
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Last 6 Years / Total0.411
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
284,942
World Rank
6,215
Country Rank
533
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Online Learning | Statistical Learning Theory | Explainable Machine Learnin
Online Learning | Statistical Learning Theory | Explainable Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
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Total3,731
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Last 6 Years2,605
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Last 6 Years / Total0.698
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
293,328
World Rank
8,710
Country Rank
129
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
E-learning | e-health | machine learning | semantic we
E-learning | e-health | machine learning | semantic we
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Total3,606
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Last 6 Years1,365
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Last 6 Years / Total0.379
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
294,283
World Rank
2,415
Country Rank
29
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Educational Technology | Open and Distance Learning | Learning Analytics | AI in Educatio
Educational Technology | Open and Distance Learning | Learning Analytics | AI in Educatio
Citation Metrics
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Total3,592
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Last 6 Years2,722
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Last 6 Years / Total0.758
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
301,646
World Rank
6,511
Country Rank
735
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Adaptive educational systems | intelligent textbooks | learning analytics | student and user modelin
Adaptive educational systems | intelligent textbooks | learning analytics | student and user modelin
Citation Metrics
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Total3,491
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Last 6 Years1,206
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Last 6 Years / Total0.345
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
316,698
World Rank
2,788
Country Rank
34
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Educational Communications and Technology | Open and Distance Learning | Online Distance Educatio
Educational Communications and Technology | Open and Distance Learning | Online Distance Educatio
Citation Metrics
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Total3,295
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Last 6 Years1,707
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Last 6 Years / Total0.518
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
340,550
World Rank
23,980
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
Online Education | e-learning | Rural Development | Rural Leadershi
Online Education | e-learning | Rural Development | Rural Leadershi
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Total3,016
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Last 6 Years879
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Last 6 Years / Total0.291
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
350,809
World Rank
10,595
Country Rank
48
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education
e-learning | dropout | educational data mining | learning analytics | wikipedi
e-learning | dropout | educational data mining | learning analytics | wikipedi
Citation Metrics
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Total2,909
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Last 6 Years889
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Last 6 Years / Total0.306
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