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asiaSocial Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 5.689 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 Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
happiness
evolution
cultur
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,246
32,322
0.322
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Global Mental Health
functional near infrared spectroscopy
COVID-19
Depression
Meta-analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,968
68,499
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Psikometrika/Psychometrics and Test Constructio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,087
27,638
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
social psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,231
19,926
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,838
18,213
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
psychology
neuroscienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,438
21,217
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Face Perception
Face Processing Expertis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,508
18,441
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Psychometrics
Health-related Quality of Life
Non-communicable diseasse
Stractural Equation Model
Meta-analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,882
37,399
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
organizational psychology
culture
innovation
management
motivatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,581
9,978
0.289
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Psikologi
Statistika
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,182
13,229
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
quantitative methods
structural equation modeling
interaction
mediatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,594
15,319
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Occupational therapy
Overweight
Psychology
Mental health
Childre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,534
26,632
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
psychology
sociology
behavioral economic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,347
8,029
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cross-cultural psychopathology and psychotherapy
cultural and personality factors related to caree
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,369
6,304
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anxiety Disorders
PTSD
Traumatic Stress
Social Anxiet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,397
10,536
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Organizational psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,151
7,185
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
psychology
culture and social cognitive neuroscience
imaging genetics
self-related processing
empath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,454
13,385
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neuroimaging
Resting-State fMRI
Neuromodulation
Depressio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,339
14,023
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
psychology
cognitive scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,068
21,312
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Health Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,848
6,629
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
empathy
social neuroscience
social comparison
psychopatholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,553
10,584
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
PsychoNeuroImmunology
Biological Psychiatr
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,138
5,300
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Psikolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,027
10,435
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Social Psychology
Critical Psychology
Adolescent Identity
Positive Psychology
Positive Yout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,018
12,514
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Self and Identity
Psychopathology
Psychotherapy
Clinical-Health Psychology
Interdisciplinarity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,978
8,016
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,325
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eunkook Mark Suh
Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,246
32,322
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,381
25
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Roger C Ho
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,968
68,499
0.902
Global Mental Health
functional near infrared spectroscopy
COVID-19
Depression
Meta-analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,096
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Saifuddin Azwar
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Sleman, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,087
27,638
0.502
Psikometrika/Psychometrics and Test Constructio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,606
40
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nira Liberman
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,231
19,926
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,013
56
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mick Power
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,838
18,213
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,447
46
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ruth Feldman
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Herzliya, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,438
21,217
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,454
373
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
孙宇浩 Yu-Hao P Sun
Zhejiang SCI-TECH University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,508
18,441
0.388
Face Perception
Face Processing Expertis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,535
99
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fatemeh Rajati
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Kermanshah, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,882
37,399
0.872
Psychometrics
Health-related Quality of Life
Non-communicable diseasse
Stractural Equation Model
Meta-analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,034
104
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Miriam Erez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,581
9,978
0.289
organizational psychology
culture
innovation
management
motivatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,274
26
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sutrisno Hadi
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Sleman, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,182
13,229
0.411
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,900
803
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wen Zhonglin 温忠麟
South China Normal University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,594
15,319
0.485
quantitative methods
structural equation modeling
interaction
mediatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,589
91
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chung Ying Lin
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,534
26,632
0.933
Occupational therapy
Overweight
Psychology
Mental health
Childre
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,827
350
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Toshio Yamagishi
Hitotsubashi University
Kunitachi, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,347
8,029
0.283
psychology
sociology
behavioral economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,796
1,088
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Frederick Leong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,369
6,304
0.239
Cross-cultural psychopathology and psychotherapy
cultural and personality factors related to caree
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,516
178
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yair Bar Haim
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,397
10,536
0.415
Anxiety Disorders
PTSD
Traumatic Stress
Social Anxiet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,922
183
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dov Eden
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,151
7,185
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,166
1,230
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shihui Han
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,454
13,385
0.547
psychology
culture and social cognitive neuroscience
imaging genetics
self-related processing
empath
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,379
1,239
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chao-Gan Yan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,339
14,023
0.576
Neuroimaging
Resting-State fMRI
Neuromodulation
Depressio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,941
491
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kohske Takahashi
Chukyo University
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,068
21,312
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,431
212
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yael Benyamini
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,848
6,629
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,081
218
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Shamay Tsoory Simone
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,553
10,584
0.469
empathy
social neuroscience
social comparison
psychopatholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,587
247
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Raz Yirmiya
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,138
5,300
0.251
PsychoNeuroImmunology
Biological Psychiatr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,894
58
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Zahra Mahfudz
Universitas Airlangga
Surabaya, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,027
10,435
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,914
59
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Achmad Chusairi
Universitas Airlangga
Surabaya, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,018
12,514
0.595
Social Psychology
Critical Psychology
Adolescent Identity
Positive Psychology
Positive Yout
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,026
251
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Golan Shahar
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,978
8,016
0.382
Self and Identity
Psychopathology
Psychotherapy
Clinical-Health Psychology
Interdisciplinarity