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 :26
Family business
Entrepreneurship
Regional development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,597
3,501
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
Digitalization
MCDM
Performance Evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,555
4,283
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Business Communication
BELF
CSR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,501
1,679
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Strategic Management
Innovation
Knowledge Management
Technology Management
Open Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,305
2,162
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Leadership
HRM
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
MIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,294
4,177
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Knowledge-based Economy
Project-oriented Business
Sustainable Development
Social Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,268
3,014
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Management and Strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,196
1,115
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Corporate Leadership
Behavioral Governance
Knowledge and Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,172
3,668
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Strategic Alignment
Business Analytics
Electronic Commerce
Technology Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,868
2,697
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
HRM
Organizational Behaviour
Talent Management
Emotional Intelligence
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,779
2,032
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Decision Analysis
Multi Criteria Decision Making
Knowledge Management
Collaboration Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
2,623
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Digital Sociology
Internet
Media Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
1,975
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
International business
Strategy
Human resource management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,685
2,018
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Digital Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,621
3,474
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,580
1,722
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
HRM
OB
performance Mgt
innovation
CSR ... etc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,542
1,522
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
advertising
agenda setting
international
global
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,520
1,099
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Crowdfunding
Fintech
Sustainability
Entrepreneurship
Technology Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,510
3,466
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Operations Research
Combinatorial optimization
Metaheuristics
Logistics
Scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,481
1,685
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Open Innovation
Strategy
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,473
2,801
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
B2B
Internationalization
SMEs
NPD
Family Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,334
2,227
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Leadership studies
organizational behavior
change management
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,331
2,732
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Performance Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,324
2,724
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
information systems
digital marketing and digital transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,288
1,885
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
B2B Marketing
Branding
Relationship Marketing
Innovation
Emerging Markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,189
2,763
0.866
Rodrigo Basco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,597
3,501
0.762
Family business
Entrepreneurship
Regional development
Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,555
4,283
0.940
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
Digitalization
MCDM
Performance Evaluation
Catherine Nickerson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,501
1,679
0.373
Business Communication
BELF
CSR
John Rice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,305
2,162
0.502
Strategic Management
Innovation
Knowledge Management
Technology Management
Open Innovation
Hamzah Elrehail
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,294
4,177
0.973
Leadership
HRM
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
MIS
Mian M Ajmal|Mian Ajmal
Abu Dhabi University
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,268
3,014
0.706
Knowledge-based Economy
Project-oriented Business
Sustainable Development
Social Innovation
Shanker Menon
American University of Ras al Khaimah AURAK
Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,196
1,115
0.266
Management and Strategy
Virginia Bodolica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,172
3,668
0.879
Corporate Leadership
Behavioral Governance
Knowledge and Innovation
Jeff Baker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,868
2,697
0.697
Strategic Alignment
Business Analytics
Electronic Commerce
Technology Adoption
Abhilasha Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,779
2,032
0.538
HRM
Organizational Behaviour
Talent Management
Emotional Intelligence
Leadership
Norita Ahmad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
2,623
0.711
Decision Analysis
Multi Criteria Decision Making
Knowledge Management
Collaboration Technology
Glenn Muschert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
1,975
0.535
Digital Sociology
Internet
Media Studies
Satwinder Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,685
2,018
0.548
International business
Strategy
Human resource management
Mohammed T Nuseir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,621
3,474
0.959
Digital Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Jason Fitzsimmons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,580
1,722
0.481
Abubakr Suliman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,542
1,522
0.430
HRM
OB
performance Mgt
innovation
CSR ... etc
Marilyn Roberts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,520
1,099
0.312
advertising
agenda setting
international
global
Hasnan Baber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,510
3,466
0.987
Crowdfunding
Fintech
Sustainability
Entrepreneurship
Technology Adoption
Bassem Jarboui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,481
1,685
0.484
Operations Research
Combinatorial optimization
Metaheuristics
Logistics
Scheduling
M Muzamil Naqshbandi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,473
2,801
0.807
Open Innovation
Strategy
Management
Mumin Dayan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,334
2,227
0.668
B2B
Internationalization
SMEs
NPD
Family Innovation
Abdullah Osman
Abu Dhabi University
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,331
2,732
0.820
Leadership studies
organizational behavior
change management
Human Resource Management
Qian Long Kweh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,324
2,724
0.819
Performance Management
Kathy Ning Shen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,288
1,885
0.573
information systems
digital marketing and digital transformation
Munyaradzi W Nyadzayo|Munyaradzi Nyadzayo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,189
2,763
0.866
B2B Marketing
Branding
Relationship Marketing
Innovation
Emerging Markets