Citation Rankings
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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
higher education
leadership
engagement
quality
productivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,119
6,261
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Higher education
Visualization and thinking skills
Metacognition
Assessment
STEM Career choice and 21st century skills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,379
5,295
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
international higher education
higher education policy
social policy and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,718
3,014
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cognitive Neuroscience
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,715
1,536
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Learning Technologies
Digital Learning for Development
Higher Education Innovations
Professional Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,544
3,755
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Higher Education
International and Comparative Education
Education in China
Education Policy Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,876
2,827
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Higher Education
Science Policy
Academic inbreeding
Academic mobility
Internationalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,109
3,462
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
lncRNA
Stress Biology
Ayurvedic Biology
Tumour Biology
Higher education & science policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,060
1,414
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Technology Addiction
Data Science
Computers & Education
Expert Systems
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,719
3,786
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Higher education
academic profession
internationalization of higher education
university curriculum development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,522
1,767
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
higher education policy
Malaysia
ASEAN
transnational education
urban geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,424
1,324
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Higher Education Marketing
Halal Marketing
Internal Marketing
TQM
Service Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,311
2,435
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,042
2,346
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Higher Education
Strategic Planning
Business and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,865
2,338
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Higher Education
Sociology of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,598
1,156
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,503
1,761
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Higher Education
Rankings
Metacognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,427
1,116
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
comparative education
higher education
international student mobility
migration experiences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,075
1,184
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Higher education research
learning & teaching
pedagogical research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,815
1,810
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Women Studies
Quality assessment in higher education
Measurement and Evaluation in Education
Students' approaches to learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,077
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
higher education
renewable energy
water resources
politics
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,727
930
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Business Analytics
Sustainability
Innovation Diffusion and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,725
1,461
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Civic-Minded Instructional Designer
Higher Education
Authentic learning
Service-learning
Instructional Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,688
1,413
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
International Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
650
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Digital Forensics
Higher Education
Information Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
875
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,035
2,761
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hamish Coates
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,119
6,261
0.477
higher education
leadership
engagement
quality
productivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,201
636
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yehudit Judy Dori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,379
5,295
0.465
Higher education
Visualization and thinking skills
Metacognition
Assessment
STEM Career choice and 21st century skills
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,944
794
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ka Ho Mok
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,718
3,014
0.310
international higher education
higher education policy
social policy and development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,942
1,498
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jamshed Bharucha
Sri Sai University Palampur
Palampur, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,715
1,536
0.176
Cognitive Neuroscience
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,538
914
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cher Ping Lim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,544
3,755
0.439
Learning Technologies
Digital Learning for Development
Higher Education Innovations
Professional Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,441
1,258
320
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rui Yang
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,876
2,827
0.481
Higher Education
International and Comparative Education
Education in China
Education Policy Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,347
1,429
369
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hugo Horta
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,109
3,462
0.678
Higher Education
Science Policy
Academic inbreeding
Academic mobility
Internationalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,221
3,393
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Subhash C Lakhotia|Prof. S. C. Lakhotia
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,060
1,414
0.279
lncRNA
Stress Biology
Ayurvedic Biology
Tumour Biology
Higher education & science policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,950
120
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nazir S Hawi
Notre Dame University Lebanon
Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,719
3,786
0.802
Technology Addiction
Data Science
Computers & Education
Expert Systems
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,957
5,629
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Futao Huang 黄福涛
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,522
1,767
0.502
Higher education
academic profession
internationalization of higher education
university curriculum development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,667
1,301
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Morshidi Sirat
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,424
1,324
0.387
higher education policy
Malaysia
ASEAN
transnational education
urban geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,866
1,377
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sany Sanuri Mohd Mokhtar
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Sintok, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,311
2,435
0.735
Higher Education Marketing
Halal Marketing
Internal Marketing
TQM
Service Quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,168
2,116
531
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jisun Jung 정지선
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,042
2,346
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,916
1,637
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Abd Rahman Ahmad
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Batu Pahat, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,865
2,338
0.816
Higher Education
Strategic Planning
Business and Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,779
7,264
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Akiyoshi Yonezawa
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,598
1,156
0.445
Higher Education
Sociology of Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,130
3,100
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nitza Davidovitch
Ariel University
Ariel, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,503
1,761
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,929
2,424
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kevin Downing
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,427
1,116
0.460
Higher Education
Rankings
Metacognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,088
7,404
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jae-Eun Jon (전재은)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,075
1,184
0.571
comparative education
higher education
international student mobility
migration experiences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,309
2,746
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shannon Tan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,815
1,810
0.997
Higher education research
learning & teaching
pedagogical research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,213
12,370
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shreemathi S Mayya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,077
0.612
Women Studies
Quality assessment in higher education
Measurement and Evaluation in Education
Students' approaches to learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,294
452
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Adnan Badran
University of Petra
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,727
930
0.539
higher education
renewable energy
water resources
politics
human rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,571
2,961
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mohammad Dalvi Esfahani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,725
1,461
0.847
Business Analytics
Sustainability
Innovation Diffusion and Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,526
3,032
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Farrah Dina Yusop
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,688
1,413
0.837
Civic-Minded Instructional Designer
Higher Education
Authentic learning
Service-learning
Instructional Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,457
1,044
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nattavud Pimpa
Mahidol University
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
650
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
500,338
871
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew Marrington
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
875
0.543
Digital Forensics
Higher Education
Information Security