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
Political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,037
18,572
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Uncertainty Theory
Information Granulation and Cluster Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,267
37,434
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Policy Analysis
Health Systems
Health Financing
Quality Improvement
Provider Behavior Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,852
13,597
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Political economy
industrial organization
economic development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,039
9,187
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Political Science
Public & Private Management
International Political Economy
Social Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,120
16,013
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Political communication
terrorism
media effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,597
4,264
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Urban and Regional Studies
Critical Theory
Nationalism
Space and Place
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,593
4,474
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Sustainability Research
Digital Transformations
Global Governance
Climate Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,482
4,381
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
International Relations
Environmental Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,140
8,460
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,654
2,218
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Political Science
comparative politics
Public Administration
Public Policy
Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,628
4,330
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
International Strategy
Non-market Strategy
Institutional Environment
Emerging Market Firms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,051
4,408
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
International Studies
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,919
6,950
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
political theory
China studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,378
3,653
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Political Science
political Theory
Political Methodology
international politics
political development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,041
10,017
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Politics
Public Policy
& Decentralization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,521
6,838
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
political science
comparative politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,998
3,817
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Political Communication
Political Behavior
Media Effects
Political Values
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,841
5,175
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Political Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,653
2,802
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
International Relations Theory
Identity
Qualitative Methods
Post-Soviet Space
Social Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,533
3,088
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Leadership
Capacities to Govern
Policy Planning
Global Issues
Security Issures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,518
1,173
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Political violence
terrorism
exposure to violence
intergroup conflict
civilian casualties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,289
4,227
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
international management
entrepreneurship
family business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,144
2,692
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Chinese politics
contentious politics
political trust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,949
2,449
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
South Asia
Kashmir Dispute
Internatoonal Disputes
Arms Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,748
4,043
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,269
57
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shaoguang Wang 王绍光
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,037
18,572
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,204
342
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Xiao Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,267
37,434
0.809
Uncertainty Theory
Information Granulation and Cluster Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,623
223
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Arash Rashidian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,852
13,597
0.622
Policy Analysis
Health Systems
Health Financing
Quality Improvement
Provider Behavior Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,609
1,394
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Li An Zhou
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,039
9,187
0.437
Political economy
industrial organization
economic development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,052
54
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kittisak Jermsittiparsert|กิตติศักดิ์ เจิมสิทธิประเสริฐ
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,120
16,013
0.993
Political Science
Public & Private Management
International Political Economy
Social Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,525
545
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gabriel Weimann
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,597
4,264
0.338
Political communication
terrorism
media effects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,557
546
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yiftachel Oren
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,593
4,474
0.355
Urban and Regional Studies
Critical Theory
Nationalism
Space and Place
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,406
1,262
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dirk Messner
United Nations University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,482
4,381
0.351
Sustainability Research
Digital Transformations
Global Governance
Climate Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,926
1,320
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Norichika Kanie
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,140
8,460
0.697
International Relations
Environmental Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,889
618
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Arye L Hillman
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,654
2,218
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,103
625
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David Levi Faur
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,628
4,330
0.372
Political Science
comparative politics
Public Administration
Public Policy
Regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,321
707
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jane Wenzhen Lu
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,051
4,408
0.399
International Strategy
Non-market Strategy
Institutional Environment
Emerging Market Firms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,565
165
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Budi Winarno
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Sleman, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,919
6,950
0.637
International Studies
Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,018
3,884
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniel A. Bell
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,378
3,653
0.352
political theory
China studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,706
46
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kanaan Hamagharib Abdullah
University of Human Development
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,041
10,017
0.998
Political Science
political Theory
Political Methodology
international politics
political development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,725
205
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Leo Agustino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,521
6,838
0.718
Politics
Public Policy
& Decentralization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,682
117
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christian W Haerpfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,998
3,817
0.424
political science
comparative politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,860
917
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tamir Sheafer
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,841
5,175
0.585
Political Communication
Political Behavior
Media Effects
Political Values
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,680
946
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gadi Wolfsfeld
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,653
2,802
0.324
Political Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,486
774
394
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
T Hopf
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,533
3,088
0.362
International Relations Theory
Identity
Qualitative Methods
Post-Soviet Space
Social Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,733
966
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yehezkel Dror
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,518
1,173
0.138
Leadership
Capacities to Govern
Policy Planning
Global Issues
Security Issures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,324
998
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daphna Canetti
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,289
4,227
0.510
Political violence
terrorism
exposure to violence
intergroup conflict
civilian casualties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,746
962
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kevin Au
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,144
2,692
0.331
international management
entrepreneurship
family business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,130
984
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lianjiang Li
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,949
2,449
0.308
Chinese politics
contentious politics
political trust
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,736
231
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mamnoon Ahmed Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,748
4,043
0.522
South Asia
Kashmir Dispute
Internatoonal Disputes
Arms Control