Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

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The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Sri Lanka
Samath D Dharmaratne
Injury Prevention
road traffic injury prevention
health economics
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,390
148,493
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Singapore
Eric Finkelstein
health economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,220
49,118
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Iran
Nader Jahanmehr
health economics
burden of disease
economic evaluation
health performance assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,087
80,162
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
China
Muhammad Shahbaz
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,025
66,262
0.849
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Iran
Vahid Alipour
Economic Evaluation
Economics of Aging
Economic Burden of Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,322
66,981
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Iran
Morteza A Khafaie
Environmental Epidemiology
Air pollution Health effect
Risk Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,760
55,303
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Indonesia
Veithzal Rivai Zainal
Ekonomi Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,686
38,730
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
Zhang Kai
computational finance
financial engineering
mathematical finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,179
28,467
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
Justin Yifu Lin
Development
Transition
Agriculture
Institution
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,927
15,432
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Philippines
Hilton Lam
Health economics
health policy
health economics modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,397
35,983
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Korea
Lee Jong Wha
human capital
economic growth
macroeconomics
international finance
Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,426
13,706
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Israel
Ariel Rubinstein
Economic Theory
Game Theory
Decision Theory
Models of Bounded Rationality...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,429
10,180
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Israel
Manuel Trajtenberg
Innovation
Growth
Patents
R&D
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,993
12,969
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
China
Richard P Ebstein
behavior
genetics
psychology
neuroeconomics
biological psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,751
9,762
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
China
Chien-Chiang Lee (李建強)
Banking and Finance
Energy and Environmental Economics
Applied Economietrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,350
26,909
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pakistan
Zikria Saleem
Antimicrobial Resistance
Infectious Diseases
Pharmacoeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,198
34,985
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Indonesia
Mudrajad Kuncoro
Development Economics
Economics
Business & Management
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,265
18,440
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
India
Arvind Subramanian
Growth
development
India
China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,073
8,954
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
China
Shenggen Fan
China
Economics
Agricultural economics
Development strategies
Food policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,955
17,629
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Indonesia
Irham Fahmi
Financial Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,921
25,392
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Iran
Hasan Yusefzadeh
Health economics
Efficiency&Productivity
Economic evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,848
32,661
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United Arab Emirates
Philip Molyneux
banking
bank performance
private banking
islamic banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,996
11,812
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Singapore
Danny Quah
Economics. International Relations. International Economic Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,179
4,601
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Indonesia
Sudjana Apih
Akuntansi dan Komputer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,637
16,707
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Japan
Klaus F Zimmermann
Economics
Labor Economics
Population Economics
Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,364
8,413
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
810
Sri Lanka
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Samath D Dharmaratne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,390
148,493
0.741
Injury Prevention
road traffic injury prevention
health economics
global health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,316
Singapore
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eric Finkelstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,220
49,118
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,800
Iran
32
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nader Jahanmehr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,087
80,162
0.890
health economics
burden of disease
economic evaluation
health performance assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,873
China
117
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Muhammad Shahbaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,025
66,262
0.849
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,051
Iran
45
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vahid Alipour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,322
66,981
0.980
Economic Evaluation
Economics of Aging
Economic Burden of Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,150
Iran
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Morteza A Khafaie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,760
55,303
0.974
Environmental Epidemiology
Air pollution Health effect
Risk Assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,165
Indonesia
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Veithzal Rivai Zainal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,686
38,730
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,568
China
237
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zhang Kai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,179
28,467
0.516
computational finance
financial engineering
mathematical finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,421
China
269
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Justin Yifu Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,927
15,432
0.297
Development
Transition
Agriculture
Institution
History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,563
Philippines
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hilton Lam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,397
35,983
0.700
Health economics
health policy
health economics modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,894
South Korea
86
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lee Jong Wha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,426
13,706
0.272
human capital
economic growth
macroeconomics
international finance
Asia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,505
Israel
50
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ariel Rubinstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,429
10,180
0.210
Economic Theory
Game Theory
Decision Theory
Models of Bounded Rationality...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,014
Israel
52
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Manuel Trajtenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,993
12,969
0.276
Innovation
Growth
Patents
R&D
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,019
China
489
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard P Ebstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,751
9,762
0.252
behavior
genetics
psychology
neuroeconomics
biological psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,609
China
544
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chien-Chiang Lee (李建強)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,350
26,909
0.740
Banking and Finance
Energy and Environmental Economics
Applied Economietrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,709
Pakistan
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zikria Saleem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,198
34,985
0.966
Antimicrobial Resistance
Infectious Diseases
Pharmacoeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,423
Indonesia
20
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mudrajad Kuncoro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,265
18,440
0.523
Development Economics
Economics
Business & Management
Social Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,204
India
150
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Arvind Subramanian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,073
8,954
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,306
China
648
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shenggen Fan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,955
17,629
0.535
China
Economics
Agricultural economics
Development strategies
Food policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,344
Indonesia
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Irham Fahmi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,921
25,392
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,416
Iran
127
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hasan Yusefzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,848
32,661
0.994
Health economics
Efficiency&Productivity
Economic evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,269
United Arab Emirates
10
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Philip Molyneux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,996
11,812
0.369
banking
bank performance
private banking
islamic banking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,164
Singapore
137
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Danny Quah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,179
4,601
0.152
Economics. International Relations. International Economic Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,862
Indonesia
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sudjana Apih
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,637
16,707
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,204
Japan
304
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Klaus F Zimmermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,364
8,413
0.287
Economics
Labor Economics
Population Economics
Migration