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 should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,820
21,332
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Hemodialysis
Nursing education
Nursing practice
Medical ethic
Nursing ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,076
33,682
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Reproductive Health
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,101
31,184
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Medical and Health Sciences
Nursing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,418
14,761
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Public Health
Drug abuse
Substance use disorder
Mental health services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,943
26,048
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Quality of Life
Environmental Health
Public Health
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,284
11,049
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
nurse educator
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,933
7,159
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
reproductive health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,656
21,896
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Nursing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,830
15,046
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Epidemiology
Public health
Research Methodology
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,822
20,311
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Systems biology
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Molecular docking and dynamics
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,721
20,575
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
chiild health nursing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,240
13,888
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Pain management and palliative care
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,947
4,600
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Nursing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,320
16,271
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Nursing and Midwifery - Pediatric health nursing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,314
16,253
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
neuroscience
RCT
depression and suicide research
treatment prevention
Transcranial Pulse Stimulation
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,276
15,993
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
NURSING
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,656
15,493
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nursing
Qualitative Research
Content Analysis
Psychometric Properties
Nurses Experiences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,395
7,765
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Molecular Virology
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,595
6,922
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Critical Care
Family Presence
Nurse Prescribing
Cardiac Nursing
Education
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,563
14,043
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,592
6,450
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Mental Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,864
7,835
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Smoking cessation intervention
Paediatric oncology nursing
Instrument development and Psychometic testing
Child and adolescen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,414
9,796
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nursing
Public health
nursing administration
disaster nursing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,941
6,758
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
• Holistic and Partnership Care in Health promotion and Chronic Diseases Control • Designing
Developing and Evaluating of
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,213
7,003
0.625
李中一 Chung-Yi Li
Fu Jen Catholic University
New Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,820
21,332
0.510
Mansour Ghafourifard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,076
33,682
0.960
Hemodialysis
Nursing education
Nursing practice
Medical ethic
Nursing ethics
Ensiyeh Jenabi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,101
31,184
0.942
Reproductive Health
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Abdul Aziz Alimul Hidayat
Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya
Surabaya, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,418
14,761
0.502
Medical and Health Sciences
Nursing
Bahram Armoon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,943
26,048
0.967
Public Health
Drug abuse
Substance use disorder
Mental health services
Daniel Fong
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,284
11,049
0.420
Quality of Life
Environmental Health
Public Health
Lin Chun Shing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,933
7,159
0.287
Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,656
21,896
0.966
reproductive health
Azar Ahmadi
Islamic Azad University Falavarjan
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,830
15,046
0.689
Hamid Reza Tohidinik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,822
20,311
0.975
Epidemiology
Public health
Research Methodology
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Amir Jalali
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Kermanshah, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,721
20,575
0.993
Systems biology
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Molecular docking and dynamics
Machine learning
Vijay Kumar MB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,240
13,888
0.686
chiild health nursing
Huda Abu Saad Huijer
University of Balamand
El-Koura, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,947
4,600
0.256
Pain management and palliative care
Dimas Ria Angga Pribadi
Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
Surakarta, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,320
16,271
0.997
Maha Atout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,314
16,253
0.996
Nursing and Midwifery - Pediatric health nursing
Teris Cheung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,276
15,993
0.983
neuroscience
RCT
depression and suicide research
treatment prevention
Transcranial Pulse Stimulation
Afsaneh Arzani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,656
15,493
0.990
Fazlollah Ahmadi
Tarbiat Modares University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,395
7,765
0.504
Nursing
Qualitative Research
Content Analysis
Psychometric Properties
Nurses Experiences
Chung Pei Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,595
6,922
0.474
Molecular Virology
Cell Biology
Hamidreza Haririan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,563
14,043
0.964
Critical Care
Family Presence
Nurse Prescribing
Cardiac Nursing
Education
Doris Yp Leung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,592
6,450
0.475
Chien Wt
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,864
7,835
0.609
Li Ho Cheung William
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,414
9,796
0.789
Smoking cessation intervention
Paediatric oncology nursing
Instrument development and Psychometic testing
Child and adolescen
Wang zhongxiang
Zhengzhou University
Zhengzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,941
6,758
0.566
Nursing
Public health
nursing administration
disaster nursing
Eesa Mohammadi
Tarbiat Modares University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,213
7,003
0.625
• Holistic and Partnership Care in Health promotion and Chronic Diseases Control • Designing
Developing and Evaluating of